Maryland

Students Ask Questions About Terror, Make Statement About Peace With Charity

HYATTSVILLE – Neico Joy can’t remember the last time he flew on an airplane and the Prince George’s County seventh-grader can’t say when he might fly again

Hopeful `Millionaires’ Audition in Baltimore

BALTIMORE – Oscar Rodriguez, 40, has four daughters – that’s four college tuitions and four weddings he’ll have to pay for over the next 20 years – which is why his wife made him audition for “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” Friday

Flu Vaccine Still Scarce But Doses Are on the Way, Health Officials Insist

WASHINGTON – Flu season is upon us, but many health clinics say they have not received their vaccine shipments yet

HealthChoice Problems Have No Easy Fix

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s managed care Medicaid program is crumbling, and the experts all agree why: there isn’t money in the program to cover insurers’ administrative costs, pay providers enough to keep them in the system and support a pool of enrollees grown well beyond state estimates

HealthChoice Pediatricians Stranded on the Eastern Shore

ANNAPOLIS – Eastern Shore pediatricians are giving up on HealthChoice

Urban Legends Bring Same Old Scary Stories Back with New Terrorist Twist

WASHINGTON – The stories have spread panic quickly to already-anxious Americans — terrorists will attack on Halloween or poison trick-or-treaters’ goodies with anthrax

Terrapin Athletic Success Paying Dividends in University, College Park Community

COLLEGE PARK – Winning isn’t everything, or the only thing, but it sure is a wonderful thing at the University of Maryland, College Park

Officials Urge Flu Shots for the `Worried Well’ to Help Head Off Anthrax Panic

WASHINGTON – A cough, a sniffle, a mild fever: It looks like the flu, but it could be anthrax

Tuition Remains High for Maryland Colleges

ANNAPOLIS – The cost to attend a public college in Maryland continues to be one of the highest in the country, although it hasn’t increased as much as the national average, according to a recent report and state higher education statistics