Potomac Lighthouse, Known to Presidents, Now a Secret Treasure

PINEY POINT – It is called the “Lighthouse of Presidents” — but not because Piney Point Lighthouse rises to any presidential stature

Lawmakers See Little Hope for Deregulating Electric Utilities

ANNAPOLIS – A legislative task force studying retail electric competition meets Thursday, but leaders of the panel concede that chances for deregulation are all but dead this year

State Puts High Priority on Immunization This Fall

ANNAPOLIS – Persuading small children to hold still for their shots sounds like one of the hardest jobs a nurse could have

Sixties Senator Brings New Ideas, Personal Flair to Politics

ANNAPOLIS – The words “People Before Profit,” written in graceful script, float across state Sen

Homeless Trio Protest Round-the-Clock Outside White House

WASHINGTON – Teamwork allows three of the District’s most durable peace activists to protest within yards of the White House in a 24-hour, in-your-face-mister-president vigil

Editors: Hold for release for Sunday, Dec. 22, and after.

WASHINGTON – Commuters are more likely to get hurt on and around Baltimore’s subway than on any other heavy-rail system in the country, according to an analysis of five years of system reports

Baltimore Mayor Honored for Initiative in Domestic Aid Program

WASHINGTON – Amanda Crook Zinn established a peer-lending program to help poor women in Baltimore set up their own businesses

Crawford Wants to Protect Jobs, Balance Budget

WASHINGTON – Most people can tell you where they were on Nov

Court of Appeals Affirms Use of DNA Evidence in Rape Conviction

ANNAPOLIS – In a 6-1 ruling, the Maryland Court of Appeals Wednesday upheld the admissibility of DNA evidence and the statistical measures used in the science of matching criminals with crime scenes