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Text Messaging Changing Way Teens Chat

Thirty-three percent of teens have sent text messages from cell phones.

Thanks to the messages they can send on their cell phones, teens can contact friends and family at any time. But some warn this trend may also encourage bullying, academic dishonesty and less-serious thinking.

Crowded Democratic Field Angles for Chance to Challenge Gilchrest

Charges Fly in Lively Campaign for 4th District

In Uphill Battle Against Van Hollen, Challengers Try to Take the High Road

Challengers Knock Bartlett, as Bartlett Knocks on Doors

Green Candidate Left to Challenge Hoyer

Numbers Bode Well for Cummings in Uncontested Contest

Labor Day wasn't always about shopping or end-of-summer barbecues. The Department of Labor explains its history, while the Census Bureau gives info on the U.S. labor force.

"People would ask, 'Do you have a $100,00 in the bank?' and I'd say no and they'd say, "Call back when you have $100,000.' "

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Teens are increasingly personalizing their cell phones with catchy - and sometimes kitchy - rings. But not all are buying into the trend.

The University of Maryland's College Park campus has been invaded by an army of terrapins.

Some of Maryland's aging tobacco barns may get a facelift this year with help from a national nonprofit.

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