Maryland

TOWSON – Joshua Golden, 18, walked for the first time at age 14

BALTIMORE – Michael, a drug addict at the Maryland Detention Center in Baltimore, said he has found his salvation — in a needle

ANNAPOLIS – Lawmakers from Prince George’s County came to the General Assembly session here three months ago with a 12-point written agenda, but one key item wasn’t on the list: Get people to stop calling the county P

WASHINGTON- Police brutality cases are rarely prosecuted by the U

BALTIMORE – Meditation music hums through the single-wide trailer as 25 men in maroon uniforms, their names scrawled on plastic identification bracelets, sit shoulder-to-shoulder in a cramped circle

WASHINGTON – Before his kidney transplant, Chris Barbera, 15, of Darnestown was always out of breath during sports, had low stamina and was too tired to pay attention in class

WASHINGTON – Maryland ranked 43rd out of 46 states surveyed by a national advocacy group on their ability to warn the public about potentially dangerous levels of mercury in fish

ANNAPOLIS – Bill Trautman taught biology in Baltimore public schools for 17 years

WASHINGTON – When it comes to reasons why her MARC train is late, Christy Huddle believes she’s heard it all

WASHINGTON – Most of the elected officials had already had their say, but when Carole Price got up to speak Wednesday in the shadow of the Capitol, the crowd got a little more attentive and the applause grew a little more enthusiastic