WASHINGTON – The map itself looked like it had only been dug up a few days earlier

WASHINGTON – An aggressive federal campaign to get gun-toting felons off the streets has convicted a disproportionate number of Maryland blacks, according to Justice Department statistics

WASHINGTON – Moving to stop threats to Maryland’s “perishable inheritance,” a state task force Tuesday outlined 14 steps for historical and archaeological preservation that ranged from emergency funding requests to expanded web sites

WASHINGTON – Virginia officials on Friday laid out for a Supreme Court special master their argument that the state has greater authority over the Potomac River than claimed by Maryland, which has controlled most of the river since Colonial days

WASHINGTON – A month after President Clinton signed a bill to allow the adoption of military service dogs that might otherwise be put to sleep, legal delays and an apparent lack of interest have prevented any of the animals from being adopted, officials said

WASHINGTON – Maryland officials have appealed an arbiter’s decision that would let a Fairfax County, Va

WASHINGTON – Federal agents were able to trace only a fraction of the guns used by Baltimore criminals in 1999 back to a legal sale — evidence, officials said, of a brisk trade in illegal weapons

WASHINGTON -The Baltimore/Washington region may have a bad reputation for traffic congestion, but a report released Thursday gave the area high marks for keeping transportation costs down

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court’s mediator in the Potomac River feud between Maryland and Virginia said an arbitrator’s recent ruling will not affect his handling of the case, but he acknowledged that the decision could pressure the states to act on the issue

WASHINGTON – Joyce Kimble lost her Democratic primary bid for Congress earlier this year and now she has lost a round in her far-ranging legal battle against Montgomery County and county school officials