SCAGGSVILLE – Laurie Collins once thought she might never have children

WASHINGTON – It sounds like an operation worthy of the Department of Homeland Security

WASHINGTON – This year is shaping up to be a rainfall record-breaker in parts of the state

WASHINGTON – Maryland, like many other states, is struggling to balance its budget, but the economy has begun to recover and states should see improvements soon, according to a national survey released Thursday

WASHINGTON – The holly and the ivy may be little more than the ivy in parts of Maryland this Christmas

WASHINGTON – Federal waters off the Atlantic Coast may be reopened to striped bass fishing as soon as 2005, if the National Marine Fisheries Service accepts a recommendation to lift a ban that has been in place since 1990

WASHINGTON – When Maryland officials tried to determine the severity of last year’s drought they looked at rainfall, reservoir levels, stream-flow data — and groundwater levels that could be as much as a month out of date

WASHINGTON – A new report charges that Bush administration revisions to the Clean Air Act will continue to allow millions of tons of pollutants into the atmosphere, including more than 200,000 tons of sulfur dioxide from Maryland power plants alone

WASHINGTON – If almanac weather prognosticator Bill O’Toole is right, the coming winter will be almost as harsh as last year’s, with snow into March

WASHINGTON – One year after a nutria eradication program began on the Eastern Shore, trappers have killed about 5,000 of the estimated 75,000 critters in Dorchester County and officials said it is still too soon to tell if the effort will work