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LOCAL
Tainted waters
Despite a generation of efforts to clean up the Chesapeake, development and farming along Maryland's rivers still foul the bay
Trees lean over the headwaters of the Choptank River near Hillsboro. The Choptank, one of Maryland's most polluted rivers, feeds into the Chesapeake Bay carrying nutrients from farms and residential developments that overfertilize.
Sun coverage: Lawmakers stop short of enacting effective safeguards | Photos | Slideshow
Videos: Saving the Severn | Dead water | Chesapeake Bay decline

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Clark RockefellerLOCAL
Clark Rockefeller
Man who fled Boston with daughter captured in Baltimore

The anthrax case NATION
The anthrax case
Md. scientist linked to anthrax deaths commits suicide

Mayor Sheila Dixon LOCAL
City spending probe
State investigates Dixon, City Hall

Cindy McKay LOCAL
Cindy McKay
Career thief charmed and cheated, without remorse

Recruiting Tavon Austin SPORTS
Tavon Austin
Dunbar standout takes readers through the recruiting process

Remembering the '83 O'sSPORTS
1983 O's
Players, fans and games that shaped the last Series title

The 'bupe' fixHEALTH
The 'bupe' fix
The use of buprenorphine as a treatment for addiction

Featured stories

LOCAL | SEPT. 28, 2008
Young man moves up

Rejecting doubts that he is too young to head the NAACP, Benjamin Jealous moves to renew the group
Sun coverage: More news on NAACP

TRAFFIC | SEPT. 7, 2008
Driven away by tolls?
Some commuters are likely to be priced out of future toll routes in Md. and Va. that could cost $200 or more -- a week
Map: Tolls down the road

LOCAL | SEPT. 7, 2008
Dubious science
Careless in city crime lab procedures raises serious questions about evidence
Sun coverage: City crime lab problems

LOCAL | AUG. 31, 2008
Towson rising
Billion-dollar boom is designed to lure thousands to live, work and play in an urbanized county seat
Map: Condos, updated mall and more

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Hurricane Ike
Hurricane Ike
Storm damage in costal Texas, Houston area
Michael Phelps
Phelps
Maryland native, accomplished Olympian

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