WASHINGTON – After the rain, Baltimore’s Inner Harbor is clogged with an eclectic combination of garbage — soda bottles and a large purple ball, sticks and dirt, candy wrappers and a hollowed-out television

SILVER SPRING – Vice President Joseph Biden sought to allay the fears of seniors Wednesday, assuring them that their Medicare benefits are safe — and will be stronger — under the administration’s health care reform plan

NATIONAL HARBOR – As part of a two-day effort in Maryland to sell President Obama’s health care plan, Vice President Joe Biden Tuesday told the National Association of Insurance Commissioners basic “ground rules” are needed for insurance companies

ANNAPOLIS – The weak economy and the resulting budget deficit remain the most pressing concerns facing the state and solutions might require sacrifices Marylanders don’t support, according to a statewide poll released on Tuesday by Gonzales Research and Marketing Strategies

WASHINGTON – Algae blooms and dead zones in America’s waterways — including the Chesapeake Bay — represent a significant health risk for Americans, as well as a threat to the nation’s economy, said Robert Magnien, director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Silver Spring-based Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research

COLLEGE PARK -President Obama’s health care rally at the University of Maryland’s Comcast Center Thursday drew thousands of bright-eyed college students who chanted and cheered as they waited in massive lines to enter the venue, while small but vocal groups of protesters gathered outside

COLLEGE PARK – President Obama “fired up” a largely student audience at the University of Maryland Comcast Center Thursday, trying to induce them to support his embattled health care reform plan

COLLEGE PARK – Top Maryland Democrats praised President Obama’s speech Thursday at the University of Maryland, saying his national health care plan would save the state money and boost the economy

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s Board of Public Works got through its Wednesday meeting without making additional cuts to the state’s budget, but the long-term repercussions of the $700 million that have already been cut dominated the meeting’s agenda

WASHINGTON – When President Obama takes the microphone to talk about health care reform at University of Maryland, College Park Thursday, some traditional protesters will skip the event, but that doesn’t mean emotions won’t run high