Topic - University Of Maryland, College Park

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  Muslim families turn to home-schooling

  A rising number of Muslim-Americans are embracing home-schooling, shaking off the stigma that taking their children out of the public school system would increase the community's isolation and cultural distance from the American mainstream.

• USAID's role in covert work questioned

  It was part of John F. Kennedy's New Frontier: a government agency to work with developing countries around the world and spread democracy in the process.

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  Plea deal expected in U.Md. student's killing

  A Hyattsville man accused of murdering a University of Maryland student during a robbery of the man's College Park home is considering a plea deal in the case, according to court records.

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  Han Xiao hoping to grab a U.S. place at the pingpong table

  When the best table-tennis player in North America is ranked 149th in the world, and that player is Canadian, it means that any American player with hopes of qualifying for this year's London Olympics really is just playing for the chance to get a first-hand view of the Olympic experience.

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  SNYDER: Gary Williams leaves lasting impression on Terps' hardwood

  Gary Williams has made himself scarce around the Maryland Terrapins men's basketball program, which he ran for the prior 22 seasons. He's been busy completing various tasks for the athletic department (for which he's paid a tidy $400,000), working as an analyst for the Big Ten network and, just recently, making weekly local radio appearances on ESPN 980.

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  Boudreau's passion is cultivating the game

  Bruce Boudreau recalled Thanksgiving 2007 with a certain amount of awe. Just named coach of the Washington Capitals, he was walking from the practice facility atop Ballston Common Mall to the food court and then his temporary housing at a nearby apartment cloaked in anonymity.

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  D.C. bill mandates college application for high school diploma

  D.C. Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown will introduce a bill Wednesday that would require all city high school students to apply to at least one college before graduating.

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  Get Out: Scott Weiland

  Scott Weiland, formerly of Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, recently made his most incomprehensible decision to date by releasing an album of big band Christmas covers.

• Maryland LB Alex Twine arrested Friday

  Police say a Maryland linebacker has been charged with disorderly conduct after an officer spotted him ranting and punching cars.

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  LAMBRO: Obama's statistical slump

  Mark Twain, who took a dim view of elected officials, once said that in the world of politics and government there were lies, damned lies and statistics. That scathing remark certainly applies to the Obama administration's response to last week's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report, which said the nationwide unemployment rate dropped to 8.6 percent in November. The White House joyfully lept on the news, saying it showed the economy was "moving in the right direction."

• Maryland RB D.J. Adams is granted release

  Tailback D.J. Adams received his release from Maryland and intends to transfer.

• HELLER: Terps' once-great track program on last legs

  The University of Maryland's decision to eliminate eight of 27 varsity sports hurts the athletes involved more than anybody else. But because three of the teams affected are indoor and outdoor track and cross country, I keep expecting to hear Jim Kehoe roar from somewhere in the great beyond.

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  Anne Arundel seen as pivitol in Md.'s reworked 4th congressional district

  Anne Arundel County could play a pivotal role in the newly aligned 4th Congressional District race, though no candidate from there has officially entered the race.

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  Maryland sports have chance to save selves

  University of Maryland President Wallace D. Loh accepted the recommendations of an athletic commission to cut eight of the school's 27 sports, but also offered a lifeline by granting the affected programs the opportunity to raise eight years of total costs by June 30 to save themselves.

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  DALY: It's not where you go, it's will you be able to play

  While the University of Maryland mulls cutting eight sports, the men's basketball team is hooping it up in Puerto Rico at a tip-off tournament. Is there something wrong with this picture?

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