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Washington area spends big bucks on its students
Matt Connolly
Published: Tue, May 21, 2013
D.C. ranks second in country behind New York state D.C. public schools spent $18,475 per student in fiscal 2011, more than any state outside of New York, according to census data released Tuesday. Among the country's 100 public school systems with the most students, Montgomery and Prince...
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Federal Reserve Bank of New York: D.C. residents have highest student loan debts
Kate Jacobson
Published: Tue, May 21, 2013
D.C. residents have the highest student debt in the country, according to a new study by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, but the data also show D.C. residents paying off their loans quicker than the rest of the nation. People in the District have on average of about $41,000 in student...
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Beretta to stay in Maryland, at least for now
Andy Brownfield
Published: Tue, May 21, 2013
Gun-maker Beretta has decided to stay in Maryland for now despite tough new restrictions on firearms signed into law by Gov. Martin O'Malley, but the manufacturer says it will continue to look into moving to other states. Officials in Texas, West Virginia and Illinois have written to Beretta...
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Foul play suspected in 1995 disappearance of Maryland teen
Naomi Jagoda
Published: Tue, May 21, 2013
Tracie Lynn Mosley was 18 years old when she was last seen in Maryland nearly two decades ago. After visiting two nightclubs in Pikesville, Md., a friend dropped Mosley off in the early morning hours of April 17, 1995, at Highfalcon Road and Pittston Circle in Reisterstown, the Baltimore...
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Victim takes gun from robber in Laurel
Scott McCabe
Published: Tue, May 21, 2013
A would-be robber in Laurel was foiled when he lost his gun to his victim. It happened around 1:45 a.m. Tuesday in the 3400 block of Laurel Fort Meade Road just off the Baltimore-Washington Parkway. A man approached a group of people in the rear parking lot near a Walmart, pointed a handgun...
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Montgomery County police investigate report of shooting
Naomi Jagoda
Published: Tue, May 21, 2013
Montgomery County police are investigating whether a man being treated for a gunshot wound was shot Monday afternoon near an elementary school in the Montgomery Village area. Police received an anonymous report from someone who said they witnessed a shooting near Stedwick Elementary School at...
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Laurel man gets 20 years for secretly videotaping teen
Scott McCabe
Published: Mon, May 20, 2013
A Laurel man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for secretly videotaping a 13-year-old girl in a bathroom. Frank Alan Klukosky, 43, pleaded guilty in March to producing child pornography. After he finishes his prison sentence, he will have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his...
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New Maryland law requires smoke alarms with long-life batteries
Naomi Jagoda
Published: Sun, May 19, 2013
A new law in Maryland aims to increase the likelihood that people's lives will be saved by smoke alarms during a fire, officials said. Legislation approved by Gov. Martin O'Malley on Thursday requires that battery-operated smoke alarms in homes have sealed-in batteries designed to last 10...
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Cold Case: Police still purse leads in Johns Hopkins grad student's slayings
Scott McCabe
Published: Sun, May 19, 2013
The disappearance of a Johns Hopkins University graduate student once gripped the region and became known as the "Route 29 Stalker" investigation, but 17 years later her case remains unsolved. On March 2, 1996, the 25-year-old Alicia Showalter Reynolds was driving along Route 29 to...
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