Mentoring: An Old Idea with New Promise

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With CNS-Historic Greenbelt

WASHINGTON – Maryland’s oldest lighthouse, a one-time Western Maryland resort town and a law office that survived the Salisbury fire of 1886 now share a common factor with Graceland and San Simeon: They are in the National Register of Historic Places

Bankruptcy Logjam,700

GREENBELT – By the time a clerk rolls an overflowing two- tiered document cart into the courtroom, a dozen lawyers and about 50 clients are already milling about – an hour and a half before visiting Judge L

House Approves School Voucher Plan By A Single Vote

WASHINGTON – By a single vote, the House of Representatives late Thursday passed a Republican plan to allow some District students to attend suburban and private schools with government vouchers

River Keeper Gives Congress Simple Message: Clean Up The Water

WASHINGTON – A veteran river watcher told Congress on Thursday the answer to solving the region’s Pfiesteria crisis is simple: Clean up the water

Court Rules Maryland Truck Driver Not Forced From Her Job

A court ruling that a Maryland waste removal company drove a truck driver from her job after she accused the firm of sexual harassment was overturned by a federal appeals court

Md. Appeals Court: Can’t Void `No-Beard’ Rule without Hearing

ANNAPOLIS – The Baltimore County Circuit Court can’t force Domino’s Pizza to change its “no-beard” policy for employees without a hearing, even if those employees wear beards for religious reasons, the Maryland Court of Appeals said Thursday

Drum and Bugle Championship Strikes Up the Band Saturday

ANNAPOLIS – The midshipmen of the Naval Academy Drum and Bugle Corps are fine-tuning their act, checking their uniforms and giving their instruments a last polish for the annual Interservice Drum and Bugle Corps Championship Saturday morning

Silent but Deadly: Carbon Monoxide Risk Grows in Cold Weather

BALTIMORE – Matt Kelly described the beginning of events seven years ago that nearly killed him and two other people:

“I started getting flu-like symptoms — dizzy, vomiting, that sort of thing,” said the 34-year-old Hamilton resident

Maryland Lawmakers Split on “Partial-Birth” Abortion Ban

WASHINGTON – Republican Rep