Baltimore Woman Finds Way to Reach Detained Youth

BALTIMORE – The tall teenager looked down at his paper, then asked: “What else should I put on there to show my mother that I love her?”
“I like smiley faces,” Jessica Turral replied

Methodology for Cold Case Analysis

Capital News Service reported this story from a database downloaded from Scripps Howard News Service at http://www

More Than 1,500 Homicides Grow Cold in Prince George’s County

WASHINGTON – When Jonathan Scott, 28, found out he had a 5-year-old son in Connecticut, he left his home in Prince George’s County to meet him

A Brief, Brutal Reign: The Fall of Maryland’s Latin Kings

Editor’s note: This is the last in a two-part series of articles in which Capital News Service recreates the story of the rise and fall of Maryland’s Latin Kings through court documents, witness testimony at the trial of Chinua Shepperson and an extended interview with Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent Chris Trainor

A Brief, Brutal Reign: The Rise of Maryland’s Latin Kings

This is the first of a two-part series of articles, in which Capital News Service recreates the story of the rise and fall of Maryland’s Latin Kings through court documents, witness testimony at the trial of Chinua Shepperson and an extended interview with Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent Chris Trainor

Westboro Relishes Legal Fight as Md. Lawmakers Push Picketing Restrictions

WASHINGTON – Maryland lawmakers introduced three state and federal bills in the past five weeks to strengthen restrictions on picketing funerals

Bartlett ‘Sanctuary’ Plan Would Rescue Chimps, Taxpayers

WASHINGTON – Maryland Rep

U-Md.’s Broder Remembered as “Towering Figure” in Journalism

WASHINGTON – A Royal typewriter, a Rolodex bursting with dog-eared cards, two notepads displaying hastily-scrawled, barely-legible writing, a Chicago Cubs coffee mug and a meticulously folded American flag were laid out on a table at David Broder’s memorial service

Nuclear Plant Manager Warned Employees of Roof Leaks, Declining Maintenance

WASHINGTON – Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant General Manager Thomas Trepanier warned his employees about a pattern of “tolerating degraded roof conditions” at the 35-year-old facility last year after water damage shorted out backup power systems, leading to a weeklong shutdown

Japan Crisis Casts Pall Over Maryland Nuclear Power Expansion

WASHINGTON – Maryland’s only nuclear power plant is fundamentally different from the endangered Fukushima plant in Japan, but what’s happening on the other side of the world could suppress the public’s appetite for more reactors here