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...team travels to Virginia on Thursday for weekend matchups against nationally-ranked teams George Mason and Maryland. Harvard follows that up with a trip to Connecticut to take on UConn, another national powerhouse, a week from Wednesday...
...over a picturesque stretch of King's Creek last week tugging at his bright red fisherman's overalls and frowning as he looked down at his catch. With a single toss of his net, Goodall had pulled up 14 perky-looking menhaden, a finger-length bait fish native to Maryland's Eastern Shore. But on closer inspection, all except one of the fish turned out to have ugly red-brown lesions across their silvery skin, where bacteria were literally eating them alive. "It's just horrific," said Goodall, wearing rubber gloves as he sorted through the infected fish...
King's Creek is one of three Chesapeake Bay tributaries Maryland has closed in the wake of an alarming outbreak of deadly waterborne bacteria. Along with thousands of fish killed and infected, as many as 28 people who have come into contact with the water have developed symptoms including skin rashes, respiratory problems and memory loss. The culprit appears to be an obscure microbe called Pfiesteria piscicida, which under certain circumstances turns toxic. Though the precise trigger remains unclear, suspicion has fallen on agricultural runoffs, particularly from the region's numerous chicken farms. In addition to closing waterways, Governor Parris...
...legislature to fight any new restrictions. "Poultry farmers are a small voting bloc, and many don't make a lot of money, but the poultry industry is very wealthy and has been very active in politics," says Paul Herrnson, professor of government and politics at the University of Maryland. "I'm sure they will be very involved in protecting their interests...
Take Mary Andes, 69, a former schoolteacher in Virginia, Maryland and Guam with a lifelong love of flying, who earned her pilot's license in 1981. Today Andes hops around the Mariana Islands in the Pacific at the controls of a Cherokee-6 commuter plane for Guam-based Freedom Air. Then there is June Bond, 72, a retired music teacher and an experienced bookkeeper who puts in 40-hour weeks in the accounting department of the Rosicrucian Museum in San Jose, Calif. "I want to be part of the world and not part of some pity party," Bond says...