WHEATON – Luxury station wagons and sport-utility vehicles lined the street to Glenallan Elementary School on Thursday afternoon, as calm but wary parents came to pick up children less than a half-mile from one of five Montgomery County slayings

WASHINGTON – An estimated 31,400 Marylanders stand to lose unemployment benefits unless Congress acts to pump more money to the state-run programs by the end of the year, according to an independent report released Tuesday

BALTIMORE – Maryland’s economic and labor departments released figures Tuesday showing the state’s construction industry may be enjoying a rebound – good news for the state’s lagging economy

WASHINGTON – The number of people seeking gun permits in Maryland last year declined to the lowest number in at least five years, while the number permit applications nationwide rose slightly in 2001, according to state and federal officials

ANNAPOLIS – Howard County Delegate Elizabeth Bobo is campaigning hard this year – but not for herself

BALTIMORE – Maryland’s projected $1

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s highest court decided Tuesday not to open an inquiry into four top Senate Democrats on charges of attempting to influence judges on political redistricting

WASHINGTON – Maryland police agencies will send up to 240 officers as early as Thursday to help control expected protests this week against the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Washington, D

ANNAPOLIS – Baltimore’s drought-driven decision to pump Susquehanna River water into the metro water supply may have one serious unintended consequence — bad beer

ANNAPOLIS – Enrico Esposito of White Marsh never thought he could afford to buy a house