WASHINGTON – Maryland dairy farmer Kevin Leaverton knew that if he didn’t eat the cow-brain soup, he wasn’t going to close the deal
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Skyrocketing Sales of SUVs Blamed for Pollution Increase in Region
WASHINGTON – The number of light-duty trucks, which includes most sport utility vehicles, has jumped by 224 percent in Maryland over the last 12 years, leaving officials scrambling to fix pollution problems caused by the unforeseen popularity of the vehicles
State Educator Looks to Close Widening Achievement Gap
ANNAPOLIS – Then only 12 years old, Freeman Hrabowski III huddled in a jail cell, calming his classmates and friends
Love Them or Hate Them, SUV Emotions Are as Big As the Vehicles Themselves
WASHINGTON – When Brenley Jacobs began searching for her first car four years ago she knew exactly what she wanted — a sport-utility vehicle
Bill Extends Benefits for Disabled Veterans, But Not Far Enough, Vets Say
WASHINGTON – Ron Anderson spent 23 years as a Navy paratrooper before retiring with foot injuries in 1990, but he refuses to apply for disability benefits — doing so would cost him a chunk of his $1,500 monthly retirement check
Montgomery College Students Could be From Damascus, Md. — or Damascus, Syria
WASHINGTON – Seven months after the fact, Montgomery College registrar’s associate Naheda Kaibni is still astonished when she tells the story of the phone call from her cousin in Ramallah
State Health Officials Ready to Answer President’s Smallpox Vaccination Call
WASHINGTON – Maryland officials said they should have no problem meeting President Bush’s mid-February deadline for vaccinating up to 6,000 medical personnel who would be the first to respond to any outbreak of smallpox in the state
Community Colleges Begin to Look Overseas for Potential Students
WASHINGTON – Diane Drake of the Community College of Baltimore County does not usually have to tell prospective students where Baltimore County is — or what a community college is, for that matter
Federal Worker Unions, Handed Big Defeats This Year, Gloomy About Future
WASHINGTON – It’s been a rough year for federal labor unions
Dwindling Oyster Harvest Doesn’t Diminish Skipjack’s Lure
CHESTERTOWN – From sunrise to sunset, twice a week, Richard Person kneels in freezing weather, raking through mud, seaworn rocks and shells to cull live oysters