School Suspensions Rise Among Maryland’s Youngest

ANNAPOLIS – A mix of shock and sadness, with a hint of disbelief — that’s how Robin El-Amin remembers feeling two years ago after learning her 5-year-old grandson was suspended from his East Baltimore kindergarten class for kicking a teacher’s aide

Reservist Families Cope With Bills, Chores, Lonely Homes — as Well as Worry

WASHINGTON – Victoria Lengsfeld was at a Honda dealership having her car serviced when the funerals of two soldiers killed in Iraq came on the television

The Cop on the Beat is Just a Little More Beat, as Deployments Thin Ranks

WASHINGTON – For Aberdeen Police Detective Sgt

Schools Becoming Racially Isolated, Statewide

WASHINGTON – Maryland public elementary schools became more racially isolated during the 1990s, at the same time that the overall student population was becoming more diverse, according to a Capital News Service analysis of school demographics

At Kitschy Styling Ranch, Del No Longer Cuts Hair, But Still Cuts a Figure

ANNAPOLIS – Del Puschert puts it bluntly as he surveys the trinkets, toys and tchotchkes arranged around the grounds of his Annapolis barbershop, Del’s Styling Ranch

Dorchester Commuters Ride on County Change

CAMBRIDGE – It markets itself as the “first true premier Mid-Atlantic resort,” a palace that rises in the east for motorists crossing the Choptank River Bridge on their summertime treks to the beach

Maryland Nears Completion on Police Car Recall; Critics Charge Problems Remain

ANNAPOLIS – A 26-year-old Prince George’s County Police officer killed in 1994 helped ignite a probe into the allegedly fire-prone Ford Crown Victoria police car that prompted the company to offer safety upgrades

When the Books Look Cooked in the Neighborhood, Who Ya Gonna Call? The CPA

WASHINGTON – When the American Federation of Teachers suspected one of its locals, the Washington Teachers Union, of some bookkeeping hanky-panky, it called on a professional to unravel the case

‘Victimless’ White-Collar Crime Costs Money, Jobs

WASHINGTON – In March 2000, computer companies ruled the Dow

Immigrants’ U.S. Wages Become Major Source of Revenue in Developing Countries

LANGLEY PARK – Every morning before the sun is up, Moises is on his feet, looking for work at the corner of University Boulevard and Piney Branch Road