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Master Gardener Plant Sale Shop for herbs and hundreds of other plants at the Master Gardener Plant Sale, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 26, at the Washington County Agricultural Education Center, 7303 ... via Herald-Mail

The Central Maryland AFL-CIO Council, which covers Washington and Frederick counties, will honor fallen workers Monday on Workers Memorial Day at 10 a.m. at council headquarters, 511 E. Franklin St. via Herald-Mail

"We're somewhere on the edge, but we're not in imminent danger of collapsing."

The great protein factory that was the Chesapeake Bay is sputtering. The shad, once abundant enough to feed George Washington's army, are struggling to survive. Oysters are at historic lows. There are hardly any sturgeon left. Eels and clams have dwindled.

Could the blue crab be next?

The Chesapeake's iconic crustacean is in big trouble, with pollution and development contributing to the lowest baywide crab harvests in decades. But some scientists say crabs don't have to go the way of almost every other once-productive species in the bay. Read more

"People are very creative, and their sentiments seem to very heartfelt"

Nearly half of Maryland's 27 Democratic superdelegates remain uncommitted to either Sen. via Daily Times

The Maryland Republican Party is looking for a new executive director.

John Flynn resigned this week to become general counsel for Americans For Prosperity, a public interest group in Washington.

Flynn took over as executive director at a low point for the party -- January 2007, when Governor Martin O'Malley took office after defeating incumbent Republican Robert Ehrlich.

Later that year, the party reported that it was nearly broke. But state GOP Chairman Jim Pelura says Flynn helped turn things around. He says Flynn drew more small donations, allowing the party to pay off its debts. Read more

U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Marc Freedman, age 49, of North Potomac, Maryland, today to 63 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for wire fraud and money laundering ... via Federal Bureau of Investigation

"We certainly have heard anecdotally that there are extremely worrying instances of different kinds of social ills developing - prostitution, human trafficking, human smuggling"

The United States remains on track to accept 12,000 Iraqi refugees by the end of September, despite having fallen sharply behind the pace needed to meet that resettlement pledge, administration officials said yesterday.

The Bush administration fell well short of last year's target of admitting 7,000 Iraqis and has resettled fewer than 3,000 in the first half of the current fiscal year. But Ambassador James Foley, the top State Department official on Iraqi refugees, said the government is now able to process many more candidates for admission. Read more