Maryland

College Park Students Warn Peers About Perils of Credit Cards

COLLEGE PARK – “Don’t be a sucker” was the rallying cry at the University of Maryland here on Thursday, as campus activists handed out literature warning students of the potential risks of having a credit card

Jackson Tells Black Students to Take Control of Their Fates, Stay in School

FORESTVILLE — Citing statistics that black students are three times more likely than whites to be expelled from school, the Rev

Calvert Cliffs Meltdown Could Spell Disaster, Anti-Nuclear Groups Say

SOLOMONS ISLAND – A disaster at the Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant in Lusby could lead to thousands of deaths because of congested escape routes and other potential problems, anti-nuclear groups said Thursday

Immigration Rule Prompts Protests

WASHINGTON – Religious and community leaders meeting in Baltimore County Thursday hailed a judge’s ruling that temporarily halts a crackdown on illegal immigrants that could inadvertently lead to the firing of even legal workers

Md. Airman Returns Home for Burial After 63 Years

WASHINGTON – Army airman Sgt

Maryland Officials Back BRAC Costs

WASHINGTON – Maryland’s congressional delegation on Wednesday defended the process that will move thousands of military jobs to the state as cost effective and good for the country, after criticism from other states that spawned an oversight hearing

Obama Rallies in Largo

LARGO – Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama brought his star power to Prince George’s Community College Wednesday night, where a diverse crowd of thousands helped him raise more than $60,000

Coalition Counteracts Talk of Lowering Drinking Age

WASHINGTON – Upper Marlboro native Jan Withers may have lost her 15-year-old daughter, Alisa, to underage drunken driving, but she still stands behind a report that 25,000 lives have been saved by keeping the minimum age for drinking alcohol at 21

Maryland Loaded with Federal Defense Dollars

WASHINGTON – The Department of Defense spent more than $15 billion in Maryland in fiscal year 2005, ranking it in the top five states nationally, according to census figures released Tuesday

After “Contentious” Immigration Debate, Frederick Rejects Cutting Services

ANNAPOLIS – Frederick County commissioners voted 3-2 to reject a proposal Tuesday to refuse public services like education to illegal immigrants, capping two months of “divisive, contentious” debate over immigration in the county