$22 Million Aid for Washington Region’s Foreclosed Properties

In July 2008, the U.S. Congress passed a housing bill that would provide $3.92 billion to help rehabilitate foreclosed and vacant properties. Included in the bill are $22 million grants for Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. and counties of Prince George’s and Prince...

AIDS Patient Is Reported Cured

Bone Marrow Transplant Cured AIDS Patient BERLIN — A man suffering from AIDS, not knowing that he had been infected with the AIDS virus for more than 10 years appears to have been cured of the disease after...

Maryland Governor Expands Foreclosure Initiative

Governor O’Malley has extended a foreclosure program he launched in June 2007 to help homeowners keep their homes and control the soaring number of foreclosed properties across the state. "He announced that he...

Night at the Aquarium

Unlike the hit comedy, "Night at the Museum" the exhibits at the National Aquarium in Baltimore really do come alive after hours. Well, okay they are alive during the day as well, but at night, you get to see them...

New president-elect may move quickly to fill jobs

" WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two wars and a deepening financial crisis have raised expectations that whoever wins the U.S. presidential election on Tuesday will move quickly to announce picks for senior government jobs. Democrat Barack Obama, who leads in the polls over...

Al-Qaida-linked site backs McCain as prez

Republican presidential candidate John McCain hag got more trouble in the run up to the election. He allegedly took support from a lobbyist group that backs the Kosovo Liberation Army...

Study: U.S. suicides rising; risk high in middle age

Another sad statistic of the Bush administration will be the rise in suicides due to unemployment and foreclosures. During the depression of 1929 the suicide rate spiked and many Wall Street investors and brokers jumped from high rise buildings after the stock market crash....

St. Mary's Bank Heist Plot Made for the Movies

" For several weeks, police said, the suspects secretly watched the bank manager, noting when she arrived at work and how she got there. They staked out the PNC branch, across from a busy strip mall in...

Sssshhhh...... Woman told not to talk about visions of Virgin Mary

"Woman told not to talk about visions of Virgin Mary"HAGERSTOWN, Md. - A Pennsylvania woman whose purported messages from the Virgin Mary have been discredited by the Roman Catholic Church has canceled her...

Forget the election - has Biden had botox?

As the world looks to see if the bailouts have worked and Obama and McCain look to unveil and talk up their fiscal plans it seems the big question is "has Joe Biden been botoxed?"mushroom pickingi smooth out the...

McCain's latest flip flop is his darkest and most cowardly

Now, as he stares defeat in the face, John McCain has flip-flopped yet again.  This time he has thrown out all pretense of decency or honor, two things he said he would never abandon for politics.This...

Cause of 'Treeman's' barklike growths revealed

"(CNN) -- For 20 years, the warts studding Dede Kosawa's hands and feet multiplied and sprouted like gnarled roots. ...

Foreclosure Does Not Mean Losing Your Voting Rights

"As Election Day nears, more and more Maryland voters are getting worried about not being able to exercise their right to vote because of foreclosure. In an effort to address this particular concern, the state’s...

Four Killed in Medevac Helicopter Crash

A Medevac helipcopter crashed while transporting two car-accident vicitms to Prince George's Hospital. The pilot, a paramendic, an EMS technician, and of the patients were killed. Currently the crash is attributed to bad weather."Two Maryland State troopers, a Charles County...

Coastal storm churns at Va. Beach, Outer Banks

We have had to secure and lockdown everything in our yard. All lawn furniture has been put away the winds are higher in this storm than the hurricane winds. I said before we get worst nor' easters than Hurricanes at times. The wind gust have been up to 50 miles per...

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