WASHINGTON – Budweiser cans and 10,000-year-old artifacts are unlikely companions

WASHINGTON – Lawmakers are looking anew at proposals to outlaw the use of hand-held phones behind the wheel, after a recent headline-grabbing manslaughter trial in a car crash that involved a cell phone

WASHINGTON – The recent high-profile manslaughter trial of a midshipman who crashed on the Capital Beltway, killing a New York couple, focused attention on the problem of people using cellular phones behind the wheel

WASHINGTON – It was hard to tell what excited Cashell Elementary School students more — singing in the White House or just missing the president’s dog, Buddy, who padded past just minutes before they sang

WASHINGTON – Maryland is pushing ahead with plans for a pilot project to examine industrial hemp as an alternative to tobacco — even though most of the officials associated with the project have doubts about the crop’s potential

WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice has filed a suit against Colonial Pipeline Co

WASHINGTON – With Congress on the brink of the slimmest GOP majority since 1955, political analysts say Maryland’s Republican House members are poised to wield greater influence than ever before

WASHINGTON – The apples look shiny

WASHINGTON – Richard Kane has a different kind of decision to make than most in the aftermath of the presidential election — for him it’s a choice between sedans or limousines

WASHINGTON – The rain falling on Maryland this week ends what was one of the driest months on record, with less than one-tenth of an inch of rain recorded in the Baltimore region in October