In an unusual probe, federal agents fanned out to markets across Virginia, Delaware and North Carolina, scooping up crab meat from Casey's Seafood and sending it out for the type of DNA analysis more common in rape and murder cases.

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(AP) Baltimore County has launched a $13 million effort to clean a polluted stream that flows into the Chesapeake Bay. Years of flooding have caused the banks of White Marsh Run to erode. That storm water has chipped away at ...

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Hughes Network Systems Inc., of Germantown, a provider of broadband satellite services, said it will sponsor the DC Regional competition and participate in judging the Chesapeake Regional competition of the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Robotics ...

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By Memorial Day, one of Baltimore’s culinary landmarks will once again be seating diners.

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COOK POINT — “Watch your toes.” Not proffered advice but a command shouted over the hum of a crane, this is Capt. Lloyd Lewis’ go-to phrase on the Patricia Campbell as the crew drops 100-pound concrete domes, called reef balls, ...

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Maryland’s crab harvest last year led the nation. That’s according to figures released Wednesday by the National Marine Fisheries Service. Nearly 200 million pounds of blue crabs were landed nationwide last year, with Maryland accounting for more than 25 percent ...

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The Environmental Protection Agency is urging New York to submit its overdue state plan for cutting pollution that flows into Chesapeake Bay, part of an effort by all six bay watershed states and the District of Columbia, a top EPA ...

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EASTON — Watermen and lawmakers on the Eastern Shore are asking state natural resources officials to ease tougher striped bass harvest regulations. The harvest quota was cut 5 percent after illegal nets were found last year with tons of striped ...

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Rubble from a demolished dam on the Patapsco River has moved to its new home on the bottom of the Chesapeake Bay, and it will soon be joined by a boatload of new neighbors — 4 million baby oysters. For ...

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Check out a slideshow of our past Photos of the Day from The Daily Record’s staff photographers. We also have a SmugMug page, where you can purchase photos taken by The Daily Record staff

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