Nov 24th, 2008 · Myron Rolle, the starting strong safety for the Florida State Seminoles, has been awarded the Rhodes scholarship to study at Oxford University. The pre-med student had to miss part of Saturday's game against Maryland because he was being interviewed for the scholarship.
Nov 18th, 2008 · Washington hotels are getting booked up and charging high rates for President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration Jan. 20. Visitors could stay in nearby Maryland or Virginia. But if crowds make that impossible, Sen. Bob Casey has a tip. He's urging people to stay in his state of Pennsylvania. He's sent his Senate colleagues a list of hotels, some of which are as close as 90 minutes away.
Nov 12th, 2008 · As markets around the world take record losses, ramifications of the financial crisis are being felt from board rooms to beauty salons. At a shop in the Washington suburb of Sliver Spring, Maryland, the chairs are empty and the stylists worried.
Nov 6th, 2008 · Immigrant workers felt the squeeze of the current economic crisis early: Their household incomes were already down 7 percent last year. Day laborers in Maryland say they have had a harder time finding steady employment — meaning less money to save or send home to their families.
Oct 25th, 2008 · Lack of credit, high fuel costs, slumping demand aren't problems for a new business in Maryland. Six-year-old Enzo Fiore and his brother Otto, 4, are seeing their fortune in the worm business. Supplies are strong, it is all cash-and-carry, and when customers don't come there are always the worms to play with.
Oct 23rd, 2008 · A Maryland man apparently left his fingerprints at the scene of a robbery. One fingerprint in particular. Police say he used a machete to hold up an alleged brothel in Washington D.C. But before he left, one of the victims grabbed the machete and chopped off the robber's right thumb. Police fingerprinted the thumb, and later matched it to the suspect.
Oct 15th, 2008 · Lovers and Dollars is the latest from musician and songwriter Frank Hoier. Maryland-based rockabilly duo the Weber Brothers join Hoier on the album, and together they've created a memorable collection of Americana songs with a rock and roll energy.
Oct 8th, 2008 · Pollution in the Chesapeake Bay is putting the iconic blue crab in danger. To keep the crab population from shrinking further, Maryland and Virginia have limited their harvests. Already hurting watermen have to deal with new regulations.