ANNAPOLIS – The good news about visiting family and friends this Thanksgiving is that airport security is now a smooth operation, but whether leaving by plane, train, bus or car, holiday travelers can expect to face a crowd
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Muslim Reporter Questioned For Looking `Suspicious’
ANNAPOLIS – A Capital News Service reporter, covering the closing of the Black & Decker plant in Easton, was approached Friday by three police officers who said she was reported to be “a suspicious-looking person of Middle Eastern descent
Physicians, Other Health Advocates at Odds Over Threat to Medical Care Access
WASHINGTON – Doctors say the looming cuts to Medicare reimbursement rates will be felt by patients in the form of less access to health care, and they say they have studies to prove it
Health Officials Embrace Study Showing Diet, Exercise Can Stave Off Diabetes
WASHINGTON – Robert Huber dropped 30 pounds, increased his energy and improved his health, not with a fad diet or obsessive exercise but by walking 30 minutes a night with his wife, eating less meat and more vegetables
Farmers Wary of Open-Ended Plan to Preserve Environment, Encourage Farming
WASHINGTON – A project aimed at using existing federal programs to keep farming viable, while preserving the environment, is being touted by Maryland agriculture officials in the fight against the onslaught of farmland development
Overlapping Police Jurisdictions Cause Confusion in College Park
COLLEGE PARK – A rising awareness of violent crime in College Park has students and residents wondering just who is responsible for their safety and how well different police departments communicate with each other
Eagles’ Nest Toppled at National Harbor Project, Officials Believe Birds OK
WASHINGTON – Opponents of the National Harbor project said an eagle’s nest was knocked from a tree at the site earlier this month, only days before the developer was to be sentenced for knocking down the nest of the same pair of eagles two years ago
Maryland Freshmen Get First Lesson in Capitol Pecking Order Politics
WASHINGTON – Chris Van Hollen and Dutch Ruppersberger spent millions of dollars and thousand of hours this fall campaigning for their seats in Congress — but their actual seats might not be all they had hoped for
Children’s Mental Health System in Works for Montgomery County
ROCKVILLE – The importance of mental health services for children was made apparent after the shootings at Columbine High School in Colorado in 1999 and, more recently, the sniper attacks centered in the Washington, D