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In the community of Shady Grove Woods, trees are becoming more and more scarce. Residents and other anti-Intercounty Connector activists marched through the neighborhood on Saturday, pointing out the trees that were cut down to make way for the six-lane highway. ‘‘It’s just that we didn’t have a say in it in so many ways and we’re not talking about a two-lane road, we’re talking about a major highway running through here,” resident Sam Chim said of the ICC. ‘‘We have a lot of nice, private woods back here and now we’re going to have a highway running through instead....

Fixing the Prince George's County hospitals, a ban on panhandling in Prince George's and money for improvements to the Laurel Armory, the Laurel mill dam ruins and the Laurel Boys and Girls Club are among the top priorities of local lawmakers for the 2008 session of the Maryland General Assembly, which opened Wednesday, Jan. 9. In addition, local lawmakers are pushing legislation that would ban the use of special taxing districts in residential developments, an attempt to avoid the type of controversy that has roiled the upscale Victoria Falls community in Laurel. Developers used such a taxing district to help...

Please join us on June 7th when we have a special day of prayer for our men and women who are serving in our armed forces. (If you have someone you would like us to pray for, please contact the pastor by emailing: questions@laurelbaptisttemple.org.) "We still care, and we're still praying."

SALISBURY, Md. -- A Delaware man wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying a handgun yesterday went on a two-state shooting spree in which he killed two persons and wounded four, police said. Police arrested Allison Lamont Norman, 22, of Seaford, Del., about 45 minutes after the first shooting was reported, but would not say last night what triggered the deadly, 16-mile rampage. "We have a possible motive, but I cannot release it at this time," said Cpl. Jeff Oldham of the Delaware State Police. Police said Mr. Norman acted alone but declined to say whether he had a relationship with...

Okay, this is what Kerry looked like while he sat there tonight - can't find a picture yet, but I'll post when I do. DKK

Laurel and Hardy's German film found Rare footage of comedy legends Laurel and Hardy performing in German has been found by German archivists. Workers from the Munich Film Museum were said to have been stunned when they discovered the treasure in the Moscow Film Archive. The film, 'Spuk um Mitternacht', or 'Spook at Midnight', was the first German language film made by Laurel and Hardy. It premiered in Berlin on May 21, 1931, according to the City of Munich. As well as including scenes from the pair's two short films 'Berth Marks' and 'The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case' it also shows...

In Virginia Beach they're into jury selection in the capital murder trial of John Muhammad, one of two implicated in the sniper shootings that terrorized the D.C. area south to Richmond a year ago. The trial may last two months. The trial of his alleged young accomplice, Lee Malvo, is set to begin later in nearby Chesapeake. Muhammad, who has pleaded not guilty, may be found innocent. But circumstantial evidence of his involvement abounds. In the realm of motive — if Muhammad participated in or helped plan the sniper shootings, why? — the principal piece of evidence, apparently carrying telltale...