ANNAPOLIS – Understaffed agencies and tough legal requirements allow numerous employers to skirt a Maryland disclosure law without threat of prosecution, according to a Capital News Service analysis of government records
A Year in Prison Brings a Promise to Begin Life Anew — With Some Help
BALTIMORE – Paul Banks squinted in the beaming April sunlight and stopped to catch a glimpse of freedom
For Prisoners, Preparing for Life Outside Can Mean Shedding Their Old Selves
BALTIMORE – It was 9:15 am on an icy February morning when Yusef El, graying, dreadlocked and soft-spoken, told a small group of disinterested inmates that they were about to begin the process of becoming “somebody else
For Repeat Offenders, Life on the Outside is Fraught with Uncertainty
BALTIMORE – Life in a prison cell doesn’t bother Terrell Peacock
With Little Preparation Inside Prison, Inmates Face a Shock on the Outside
BALTIMORE – Paul Banks is one of the lucky ones
The Good, the Bad and the Smoggy: Some Cars, Sites Have Higher Failure Rates
WASHINGTON – Better not drive that 1991 Chrysler LeBaron to Waldorf for an emissions test: That’s practically begging to fail
SUVs Have Higher Emissions, Are Still More Likely to Pass Emissions Tests
WASHINGTON – Sport-utility vehicles emitted significantly more pollutants than regular passenger cars, but they were still more likely to pass their emissions tests in 2001, according to a Capital News Service analysis of inspection records
Researchers’ Search for Sources of Ozone Takes Them High in the Sky
FORT MEADE – The twin-engine plane buzzed Tipton Airport’s runway around 11 p
Problems of East Coast Smog Seem Distant to Ohio Town that Relies on Plant
BEVERLY, Ohio – Bessie Sparling doesn’t remember whether ground was broken for the Muskingum River Plant in 1950 or 1951, but she can’t forget the construction traffic it brought to Waterford Township — the first sign of the jobs that would follow
‘Wall of Honor’ is Source of Pride, Comfort for Students in Military Families
ABERDEEN – The bulletin boards lining the hallways of Aberdeen Middle School are a little tattered, a bit abused and somewhat faded, except for one — the enormous floor-to-ceiling, red-white-and-blue “Wall of Honor” outside Peggy Busker’s classroom