Published Fall 2008; last updated Dec. 5, 2008

Special report produced by Maryland Newsline's Laurie White, James K. Sanborn, Avital Medoff and Jasmine Jernberg. With additional reporting by Newsline's Michelle Williams, Tamra Tomlinson and Karen Shih, and by Capital News Service's Christopher Carey, Karisse Carmack, David Hill, Eli Segall, Lindsey McPherson, Ben Swartz, Megan A. Conlan, Jessica Groover, Jenn Bogdan, Kelly Wilson, Kate Elizabeth Queram and Will Skowronski. Edited by Chris Harvey (Web-only stories, video, art and interactives) and Adrianne Flynn and Rafael Lorente (CNS print stories).

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