ANNAPOLIS – Inconsistency in collecting data and a rush to file it has left colleges and universities complaining about new online crime data filing requirements from the Department of Education

ANNAPOLIS – The University of Maryland’s College Park campus ranked among the top five of 50 of the nation’s largest public post-secondary schools for increases in alcohol-related arrests between 1998 and 1999, according to U

LEONARDTOWN – Winds gusted forcefully as the first winter storm of the season rapidly approached the Eastern Shore from the south

ANNAPOLIS – A federal mandate to lower the drunken-driving limit to a blood-alcohol level of

ANNAPOLIS – The General Assembly will try again to eliminate the state’s 10 percent inheritance tax when it reconvenes in January to consider a bill to give aunts, nephews, cousins and friends the same exemption that closer relatives now have

ANNAPOLIS – The woman traveling on the Beltway last summer was sure she saw a man standing in the bay of a moving truck with a shotgun pointed at a neighboring car

ANNAPOLIS – Food operators at FedEx Field were told to throw out or reheat food during health inspections because the food was otherwise unsafe to eat, a Capital News Service investigation of county records found

ANNAPOLIS – A draft order by the state judiciary system to limit access to computerized criminal court records is raising eyebrows among freedom of information and privacy advocates

ANNAPOLIS – The University System of Maryland told state legislators Tuesday it underestimated the cost of 16 construction projects by more than $52 million for the upcoming fiscal year, citing a seller’s market with unusually high construction costs

ANNAPOLIS – Vicki Turner owns two dogs, two cats, three turtles and a bird, but Maryland law forbids her from owning the one pet she covets: a skunk