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The Celtic Society of Southern Maryland Inc. is a nonprofit group. Its mission is to preserve the cultural and historical heritage of the Celtic nations of Brittany, Cornwall, England, Ireland, Isle of Man, ... via The Independent

“Pot makes you crazy and leads to heroin”

Bipartisan support for reforming the two-decade-old federal sentencing structure that treats crack cocaine offenses one hundred times more severely than crimes involving powder cocaine is growing in Congress. via The Nation

BLACKSBURG, Va. A Virginia Tech student is dead and another injured after police say a motorist crashed into a group of students walking on campus Saturday night. via WJLA-TV Arlington

This is not a good time for those of us who like to eat.

Every day brings a new bit of bad news.

People who live in cities don't have to spend much time actually thinking about how those marbled cuts of meat made it into their plastic-wrapped home in the supermarket bin. But it's getting harder and harder to eat in blissful ignorance.

If it's a nice juicy burger you want, consider the largest meat recall in the history of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The total -- 143 million pounds of beef -- represents a California meatpacker's entire production for two years. Read more

As a new meeting room is being built on the governmental center campus in Leonardtown, the St. via The Enterprise

Several Southern Maryland residents are among the 165 nominees to numerous state boards and commissions as part of the annual ''green bag" appointments submitted Friday by one of Gov. via The Independent

The revitalization of Leonardtown launched about two decades ago has focused in part on making the downtown area a pleasant and safe place to walk and shop. via The Enterprise

The Social Security Administration has added an additional location to serve the citizens of St. via St. Mary's County Government

“I will continue to look to him for guidance.”

After nearly 60 years in the grocery business, Jim McKay is retiring as chairman and chief executive office of Southern Maryland's largest independent retailer grocer. via Food World

The idea behind Vince Vaughn 's Wild West Comedy Show is, at the least, logistically ambitious: Take four comedians, put them on a bus and have them do a show a night for a month, starting in L.A. and ... via Baltimore Sun

Three volunteer emergency agencies are asking for a larger share of the property tax from the areas they serve. via The Enterprise

A wind power developer says it wants to downsize its approved project in far western Maryland under a newly streamlined regulatory process. via WMDT-TV Salisbury

SLIDESHOW James Nielsen lights up at the Monterey Mexican restaurant in California, in St. via Washington Post

“I sponsored immigration reform before Barack came to the Senate”

Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton sought common ground today on basic Democratic policies on immigration, health care and tax relief in their first one-on-one debate, but grew testy at times in ... via Baltimore Sun