Oyster Repletion Program in Danger of Ending?

ANNAPOLIS – Oyster spawning season is approaching, and with it comes the need to dredge and move old shells — part of a decades-old oyster repletion program

Editors: This is a shortened version of a story transmitted Tuesday.

WASHINGTON – For about 20 years, he has slept under the Capitol’s east steps, in a cardboard hut beneath a granite archway

Low-Income and Minority Home Buyers Helped With Home Financing

WASHINGTON – Pilot programs recently started in the District and Baltimore to help low-income and minority residents finance homes will soon be expanded to six other cities, officials announced Wednesday

COG Approves Recommendations to Improve Drinking Water Safety

WASHINGTON – The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments approved recommendations Wednesday to improve public health and drinking water

Bug Zapper Offers Help for Farmers, Relief for Cattle

WASHINGTON – Build a better fly trap and the cows will beat a path to your barn

County, City Officials React Favorably to Barry Downsizing Plan

WASHINGTON – Local government leaders Wednesday reacted favorably to D

Rape Suspects Can Cite Prior Offer of Sex for Drugs

ANNAPOLIS – While advocates for rape victims attacked a court ruling last week that a victim’s prior conversations with the defendant can be used against her in court, prosecutors said the damage was minimal, and one said it might even help

Experts Question Possible Changes in Lead Poisoning Protections

ANNAPOLIS – Sherry Fowlkes took her daughter Aijee to a routine checkup in January, only to discover that the baby had an alarming level of lead in her blood

Editors: Please hold this for release for Sunday, March 10, and after.

WASHINGTON – An electronic message circulating on the Internet has infected millions with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS