8-17-12: Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast

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Five years after the Place Matters program was launched in Maryland, there are 1,700 fewer children in Maryland's foster care system. Why--and what's next? Sheilah asks Ted Dallas, secretary of Maryland's Department of Human Resources and Molly McGrath, the director of the Baltimore City Department of Social Services.

Baltimore's Wye Oak plays in Washington this weekend with art-rockers Dirty Projectors. We'll meet head Projector Dave Longstreth and take a look their last album, "Bitte Orca."

The world of comic books has changed dramatically over the last few years, and it can be hard to tell what's appropriate for kids--and what's not.  Tom Hall talks with librarian Paula Willey and author Snow Wildsmith about navigating the comic book landscape.