Maryland

Talking Turkey,650

REISTERSTOWN – Raising and killing turkeys is a tradition for the Reynold and Lemmon families of the R&L Hay & Straw Farm here

Turkey Spared Thanksgiving Slaughter

ANNAPOLIS – When Days Cove Reclamation Co

Lung Cancer Becomes an Equal Opportunity Killer, As Women Smokers Increase

BALTIMORE – She wheezes a little when she walks, even the few steps from the living room to the front door of her middle-class Baltimore home

Animal Abuse Often Signals Other Family Problems

ANNAPOLIS-A Frederick County boy and girl last month microwaved two adult cats, one of them pregnant

Officer Adds Domestic Abuse to Her Duties

ANNAPOLIS – Domestic violence educator is not her official job title, but that hasn’t stopped Col

Maryland Business Has Knee-Jerk Reaction to Ergonomics Rules

WASHINGTON – Maryland business groups are worried that proposed federal rules to protect against “ergonomic” workplace injuries will open floodgates to more frequent and more onerous regulation

Sorority Sisters Pull Together, Push Away Cigarettes

COLLEGE PARK – On a recent quiet evening, 40 women are tucking into cheesecake at the Alpha Phi sorority at the University of Maryland College Park

Charities Have to Overcome Wariness of Donors, Who Fear Scams

WASHINGTON – Almost 90 percent of Marylanders who are solicited over the phone by an unfamiliar charity worry they might be getting scammed, according to a preliminary data from a survey commissioned by state nonprofits

Heroin Arrests Continue to Rise as Drug’s Popularity Creeps into Suburbs

WASHINGTON – Arrests for heroin, cocaine and opiates exceeded marijuana arrests in Maryland in 1998 for the second year in a row, as heroin continued its spread into the suburbs, authorities said

Hispanics Complain About Pace of Census Bureau Outreach for Census 2000

WASHINGTON – Some local Hispanic leaders are complaining that “very little is being done” by the Census Bureau to reach hard-to-count minority populations in the upcoming census