COLLEGE PARK — A University of Maryland student died Wednesday morning – in the middle of the Greek system’s rush period – after he was found outside his fraternity house, according to Prince George’s County Police, which will lead the investigation into the cause

COLLEGE PARK – Felony charges have been dropped for all four University of Maryland student athletes arrested in connection with the fires set in College Park following the Terps’ Final Four basketball loss

SPARROWS POINT – The last two residents of Sparrows Point have been flushed out

WASHINGTON – The public housing project at Hollander Ridge was demolished last year, but the 8-foot wrought-iron fence that separated the Baltimore City project from its Baltimore County neighbors still stands

WASHINGTON – Several classic amusement rides accumulated the most safety violations in state inspections over the last two years, according to a Capital News Service analysis of amusement ride inspection records

WASHINGTON – Every screw, tie-line and tea cup on every amusement ride erected in Maryland must pass Craig Lowry’s band of inspectors before the kids can climb aboard

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court has slapped a former Bethesda couple with more than $600,000 in back taxes, in a ruling that some tax attorneys fear could adversely affect many small business owners in Maryland

WASHINGTON – More Marylanders would benefit under President Bush’s tax plan than taxpayers in most other states, but that benefit amounts to less than $300, according to a coalition that opposes the plan

WASHINGTON – More than 680 Maryland police officers and teachers have purchased homes for half-price under a federal homeownership program that investigators now say is rife with fraud

WASHINGTON – Baltimore Mayor Martin O’Malley laid out $62