In Trial Run, Chipotle Heads to the Farm

Chipotle's experiment is emblematic of the enormous hurdles that face national chains hoping to embrace the eat-local trend that has until now been limited to exclusive restaurants and farmers markets.

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Looking Towards the Future

Retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey has long had a reputation for audacity, both on the battlefield (during 32 years in the Army, he received three Purple Hearts, two Distinguished Service Crosses and two Silver Stars) and in his thinking.

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Obama's record in Senate light on his campaign issues

His three-year record in the Senate, however, offers little evidence that he can do what he's promising. His party was in the minority for his first two years, and in the third he began campaigning for president and missed lots of time on Capitol Hill.

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Flynn Bounces Back as Syracuse Ends Maryland's Season in NIT

An injured Jonny Flynn had to watch helplessly from the bench Tuesday night as Syracuse struggled in its opening-round National Invitation Tournament game.

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Gallup Daily: Clinton Moves Into Lead Over Obama

New Gallup Poll Daily tracking finds Hillary Clinton with a 49% to 42% lead over Barack Obama in national Democratic voters' presidential nomination preference. This is the first time Clinton has held a statistically significant lead in over a month. She last led Obama in Feb.

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County Executive to Get $65,000 Bathroom

As Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett works to raise taxes and eliminate 225 jobs, a construction crew is installing a bathroom in his locked suite of offices, complete with a small sitting room and shower. The cost to taxpayers: $65,225.

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For Md. schools, date to NCAAs 'priceless'

For schools like Mount, Coppin and the University of Maryland Baltimore County, just making the 65-team tournament already has generated headlines, excitement - and money.

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Terps keep season alive with NIT win

A 68-58 victory in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament, only the second win for Maryland (19-14) in its past seven games, put the Terps into the second round against Syracuse tomorrow night at the Carrier Dome. The Orange beat Robert Morris, 87-81, last night.

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Are We Heading Toward Depression?

"American consumers are coming to the end of their ropes and don't have the buying power they need to absorb the goods and services the U.S. economy is capable of producing.

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George Speaks, Badly

The president squinched his face and bit his lip and seemed too antsy to stand still.

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In Most Species, Faithfulness Is a Fantasy

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We will never have a perfect model of risk

"The current financial crisis in the US is likely to be judged in retrospect as the most wrenching since the end of the second world war. It will end eventually when home prices stabilise and with them the value of equity in homes supporting troubled mortgage securities."

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Fact Sheet: Sen. Obama's Record on Iraq

Summary of Obama's statements on the Iraq war prior to and during his Senate career.

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Howard Student and Man, 18, Are Arrested in Fatal February Shooting

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Plan to Freeze Tuition Advances in Md. Senate

Tuition at Maryland's public colleges and universities would be frozen for at least a year under a state spending plan that won preliminary approval in the Senate yesterday.

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Electricity Bills in Maryland May Rise

For residents of Montgomery and Prince George's counties served by Pepco, a typical bill would increase by about 39 percent, or $468 annually, starting June 1, according to a statement issued yesterday by the Maryland Public Service Commission, which has yet to formally take acti

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Drug-test compromise

The School Board approved a drug-testing program Tuesday that could reach every middle school and high school student in Williamsburg and James City County - if they each volunteer to pee in the cup.

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Reagan Navy Secretary Will Run for U.S. Senate

James Webb, who served as President Ronald Reagan's Navy secretary, said Tuesday that he will seek the Democratic nomination to run against U.S. Sen. George Allen (R-Va.) this year, hoping to challenge the one-term incumbent on foreign policy and the conduct of the war in Iraq.

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Wounded solider required by Army to pay for armor

"They said that I owed them $700," Rebrook said. "It was like 'thank you for your service, now here's the bill for $700.' I had to pay for it if I wanted to get on with my life."

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New federal rules will make job hunting online trickier

New federal guidelines meant to standardize how employers track data on the diversity of their job-applicant pool are taking effect starting today for jobs at federal contractors -- and similar rules will kick in later this year at U.S. companies with more than 50 employees.

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The new Godspeed is nearly complete, and almost ready for her commemorative sail

The new Godspeed is 90% complete and should reach Jamestown Settlement in plenty of time for the big sail up the East Coast promoting the 2007 commemoration.

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Illegal Video Gambling Machine, widespread and costly problem in Maryland

Operators of amusement video games in hundreds of corner bars and mom-and-pop convenience stores cheat the state out of $15 million annually in uncollected tax revenue and make illegal payments to players, according to a report released yesterday by the Abell Foundation.

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City of Hyattsville amends annexation plans

City removes the Graduate Hills housing complex from the proposed annexation of University Hills following a circuit court ruling.

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The Harder They Fall: Culture of Corruption in the House

"At this critical moment in the party's history, when survival required some kind of dramatic public gesture toward self-policing, the GOP needed an innocent, someone with clean hands, to lead the "anti-corruption" drive.

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W-JCC superintendent offers budget choices

Williamsburg-James City County Schools new superintendent Gary Matthews introduces two proposed budgets for the school system to address the education needs of the county, while giving the school board and the board of supervisors more choice and flexibility.

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