SOLOMONS – Neighbors of the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant supported the relicensing of the plant at a Nuclear Regulatory Commission hearing Tuesday and told environmentalists to “leave our power plant alone

MOUNT VERNON, Va

ANNAPOLIS – Black students in Maryland are entering college and graduating at lower rates than their white counterparts, according to a report released Tuesday by the Southern Education Foundation

ANNAPOLIS – Any college recruiter could see that Heather Austin was a prize

JESSUP – Maryland has reinstated college classes for inmates at seven state prisons, replacing federally funded programs that were eliminated in 1995

JESSUP – The hallways here, with their wide windows into each classroom, are just like those in any high school — only much, much quieter

ANNAPOLIS – There don’t seem to be as many spring chickens on Maryland farms these days

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland children’s advocates fear a new law that takes effect July 1, will hurt a successful health program for the state’s poor children and pregnant women and force many of them to go without coverage

ANNAPOLIS – After a slam dunk vote in a key House committee Friday, a bill telling the federal government to keep its hands off Maryland’s tobacco settlement money could see a final vote on the House floor as early as Monday

WASHINGTON – Ocean City charter boat captain Mark Sampson’s specialty is shark and his customers willingly shell out up to $900 for a full day of off- shore fishing on his six-passenger boat