Maryland

COLLEGE PARK – After years of quiet, donations from political action committees are exploding in the current election cycle to candidates in Maryland’s 1st District congressional campaign

BALTIMORE – East Baltimore is still waiting for the biotech industry to blossom there as it has in other parts of Maryland

BALTIMORE – Construction of the biotech park linked to the $1

WASHINGTON – Police SWAT teams were deployed in Maryland more than four times per day during the second half of 2009, mostly to serve search warrants — figures that indicate the state is part of a nationwide trend that some experts say contradicts the main duty of law enforcement to protect public safety

BALTIMORE – The East Baltimore Community School was designed to be a neighborhood school, but earning widespread community support took a while, the city schools chief executive said

BALTIMORE – It’s late spring in East Baltimore Community School’s inaugural year, the pupils have just taken their state assessment tests, and the teachers could pass a test of their own based on what they’ve learned since August:

The fifth-graders needed classes in respect

BALTIMORE – In February 2006, Sawsan Al-Sayyab walked outside her home in Baghdad to find the streets covered in debris, burning mosques polluting the air with smoke and ash, and her roof crumbling above her head

ANNAPOLIS – As former Republican Gov

LUSBY – Despite restoration efforts, government dollars, and a multi-state movement to save the Chesapeake Bay, one scientist doesn’t think a rescue is possible

LAUREL – Joanne Wilson loves puppies