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He oversaw expansion and renovations at Elizabeth City, and enrollment, which had been shrinking, increased. It now has about 2,600 students.
-- Susan Kinzie
Lab Blast Injures Woman
A 25-year-old woman was taken to a hospital last night after a small explosion in a chemistry lab at the University of Maryland at College Park, Prince George's County authorities said.
A fire department spokesman said a beaker exploded after two chemicals were mixed in it. The woman was taken to Washington Hospital Center for observation.
-- Martin Weil, Clarence Williams
HOWARD COUNTY
Accountant Indicted
A Howard County man has been indicted in connection with an alleged scheme to defraud investors in an obesity treatment clinic.
Wilkins McNair Jr., 48, of Ellicott City was indicted by a federal grand jury this week on 12 wire fraud charges and 11 money laundering charges. McNair did work as an accountant for Bariatric Care Associates LLC, a clinic for people with morbid obesity.
Prosecutors said McNair misappropriated about $1.3 million entrusted to him by investors in the clinic.
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