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Share + Nov 30, 2009 11:18 pm US/Eastern Reporting Kai Jackson PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md.

Firefighters encountered a real "backdraft" -- one that blew two firefighters 15 to 20 feet out of a burning home -- Sunday night.

In about a year, Prince George's County will welcome its newest mixed-used development.

A Wegmans grocery under construction at Woodmore Towne Centre at Glenarden. The first phase of the Prince George's development is scheduled to open next fall.

As I entered rooms I had never before seen, I was amazed at the condition of my surroundings.

Voters in Woodville are faced with a new tax to rebuild the 90-year-old elementary school.

Woodmore Elementary School is welcoming a new principal this school year. Randy Pawlowski, who is looking forward to returning to education, spent 29 years working in the field before his 2007 retirement.

After announcing Friday night that she was bowing out of the race for mayor of Annapolis just days after clinching the Democratic nomination, Zina Pierre quickly backpedaled Saturday, pledging to continue fighting for the city's top spot.

Zina Pierre, who made history Tuesday night as the first African-American woman to clinch the Democratic nomination for Annapolis mayor, announced Friday night that she is withdrawing from the race.

The living room features 19-foot ceilings, a stone fireplace, hardwood floors and floor-to-ceiling windows.

Wegmans Food Markets Inc. is taking office space at 9475 Lottsford Road in Largo to support the grocer's planned location in Prince George's County.

It's becoming a common trend; states have continually cut funding for schools, leaving many districts to drastically trim their budgets and try to supplement their lost revenue elsewhere.

It's becoming a common trend; states have continually cut funding for schools, leaving many districts to drastically trim their budgets and try to supplement their lost revenue elsewhere.

This Bowie town house features landscaped yards and new furniture that conveys with the sale.

Charles Black Cos. is building 11 traditional town homes at the Kentlands in Landover, near the planned Woodmore Towne Centre, a mixed-use development with retail, residential, hotel and office components.

WOODVILLE -- The Woodmore school district plans to go on the August ballot for an emergency levy to replace a regular operating levy.

A Colonial-style home with professional landscaping on a 2-acre lot has sweeping views of Enterprise Golf Course directly across the street and Woodmore Golf Course out the back windows.

Dave Whitaker, in front of his White Plains home, shows the golf balls that he has collected to send to servicemen and -women in Iraq.