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Best-selling author Tom Clancy has died at age 66
NEW YORK — In 1985, a year after the Cold War thriller “The Hunt for Red October” came out, Tom Clancy was invited to lunch at the White House, where he was questioned by Navy Secretary John Lehman. Who, the secretary wanted to know, gave Clancy access to all that secret material? Clancy, the best-selling […]
Bowie Training Center horse’s illness not due to herpesvirus
Officials at the Bowie Training Center said blood samples from a euthanized horse at the Bowie Training Center show the animal was not infected with equine herpesvirus. A hold order placed Saturday on 27 horses in Barn 16 at the training center has been lifted. Horses stabled in the barn will be allowed to train […]
Flu season fuels debate over paid sick time laws
NEW YORK — An unusually early and vigorous flu season is drawing attention to a cause that has scored victories but also hit roadblocks in recent years: mandatory paid sick leave for a third of civilian workers — more than 40 million people — who don’t have it. Supporters and opponents are particularly watching New […]
What lurks in what you eat
Do you think that some "organic" or "natural" labels are false advertising?
Ex-court worker loses FMLA fight
A former Maryland court employee’s $1 million lawsuit ended Tuesday in the U.S. Supreme Court, which held that states cannot be sued under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act’s self-care provision. Daniel Coleman, who was once the executive director of procurement and contract administration at the Administrative Office of the Courts in Annapolis, claimed […]
Maryland reports first case of seasonal influenza
Maryland health officials are reporting the state’s first case of seasonal influenza. The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene announced Friday that the first laboratory-confirmed case of seasonal influenza has been diagnosed in an adult in the Baltimore area. This season’s first confirmed case comes months later than last season’s. Officials say last season’s first [&he[...]
Sick daze
It’s that time of year again: everyone I know is sick, myself included. Working in the courthouse is almost like working in a school — it feels like every pen, door handle and elevator button is covered in germs and, at the rate I use it, I am seriously considering buying stock in a hand […]
Maryland panel launches plan to cut cancer deaths
Maryland is launching a plan to reduce cancer deaths. The Maryland Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan announced Tuesday aims to save the lives of an additional 1,200 residents annually by preventing, detecting and treating the illness. Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, secretary of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, says the goal is to have to lowest […]
Panel: No follow-up on anthrax suspect’s mental illness
HAGERSTOWN — A court-ordered panel of experts said Wednesday that security investigators failed to follow up on signs of mental illness that should have prevented the apparent perpetrator of the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks from working with anthrax at the Army’s flagship biodefense laboratory at Fort Detrick in Frederick. The report says Bruce Ivins’ psychiatric […]
