Cleared paths or not, postal workers finish their rounds
Etched in granite on the facade of the main post office in New York, the motto sounds like a noble calling: "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of...
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Plow crews stop only for coffee, catnaps
Phil Pietrolungo wouldn't mind a single 24-hour shift right about now. Fueled by Pepsi and Marlboro Mediums, the Baltimore County public works driver has been plowing snow since Friday night....
Race profiling advisory panel concern raised
Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. told the Legislative Black Caucus yesterday that he has problems - "big time" - with a key provision of the racial profiling settlement negotiated under...
Police look for ways to split sniper reward
Now that police have made arrests in the sniper case that terrorized the Washington area, they face a more mundane mystery: How should the $500,000 reward be distributed? Law-enforcement officials,...
Drivers of white vans, trucks face suspicion, stares, stops by police
Drivers of white vans with ladder racks or beat-up box trucks have found they need an alibi. Painters, plumbers, caterers and computer installers have been stopped and searched simply because...