Seward Johnson's sculpture "The Awakening" is secured by Allen Lawrence before being driven on a truck from East Patomac Park in Washington to its new home at the National Harbor in Prince George's County, Maryland, February 20, 2008. Perhaps you didn't know this, but the US and China have been battling over aluminum for quite some time now, and over the last week or so the conflict has gotten particularly weird.
Pages stand against a wall in the Maryland House of Delegates chamber as they wait for the opening of the first day of the 2017 legislative session in Annapolis, Md., Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. Pages stand against a wall in the Maryland House of Delegates chamber as they wait for the opening of the first day of the 2017 legislative session in Annapolis, Md., Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017.
Pages stand against a wall in the Maryland House of Delegates chamber as they wait for the opening of the first day of the 2017 legislative session in Annapolis, Md., Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. Pages stand against a wall in the Maryland House of Delegates chamber as they wait for the opening of the first day of the 2017 legislative session in Annapolis, Md., Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017.
A library lover who found two books more than four decades overdue at a vacation cabin in Canada is making a donation to cover the late fees - at the 1970s-era rate of a nickel a day. The Minnesota man and his family gave the Maryland library a check for about $1,550 to cover the fees.