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The response means that 70 percent of Medicare beneficiaries in Maryland now have coverage through Medicare to buy medicines. Because of a last-minute surge in Part D enrollment before a May 15 deadline, the federal government estimates that more than 38 million seniors nationwide -- more than 90 percent of Medicare beneficiaries -- have prescription drug coverage.
-- Susan Levine
BALTIMORE SCHOOLS
12-Year-Old Stabbed; 10-Year-Old Charged
A 12-year-old girl was stabbed by another student in the hallway of a Baltimore elementary school shortly after school began yesterday.
A 10-year-old girl at Steuart Hill Academy was charged as a juvenile with aggravated assault. She told school police that the other girl had been taunting her.
The victim was stabbed in the chest and upper left arm with a steak knife. She was treated at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Police said her injuries were not life-threatening.
-- Associated Press
