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WASHINGTON – The lower Potomac was cited as one of the nation’s 20 most threatened rivers in a report released Wednesday by American Rivers, a national conservation organization

Anne Arundel County Meets Success with Service Learning Program

ODENTON – There was a sense of urgency among Doreen Koke’s seventh grade science students as they surveyed the empty beer cans and cigarette packages along the banks of Towsers Branch

Perot Activist Has Long Association With Texas Billionaire

ANNAPOLIS – Joan Vinson was a distraught woman when she first met Ross Perot in 1969

Regents’ Committee Makes Domestic Partner Benefits Report

CATONSVILLE – A committee of the University of Maryland System Board of Regents Friday recommended extending family benefits to domestic partners of system employees – whether of the same or opposite gender

All 19 Anti-Smoking Measures Failed in General Assembly

ANNAPOLIS – After dozens of hearing hours, none of the 19 tobacco bills introduced in 1996 passed the General Assembly

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WASHINGTON – A gloved crowd of about 16 people carrying garbage bags, buckets and shovels waited patiently Friday afternoon outside the D

Editors: ADDS information on the disposition of Kimble’s civil suits to the paragraphs before the last.

John Kimble says he is running for Congress because he’s “just your average Joe

Naval Academy Midshipmen Indicted for Car Theft Conspiracy

In the latest of a series of scandals to rock the Naval Academy in a week, two current and three former midshipmen have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Baltimore for conspiring to traffic in stolen cars

Mids Defend Honor Concept as New Scandal Breaks

ANNAPOLIS – Leaders of the Brigade of Midshipmen expressed faith in the Naval Academy’s Honor Concept Thursday as the U