WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court refused Tuesday to hear the appeal of a Maryland death-row inmate who argued that he was wrongly sentenced under harsher guidelines that took effect after he committed his crimes

WASHINGTON – Environmental Protection Agency officials praised Chesapeake Bay cleanup efforts Wednesday, but stood by President Bush’s fiscal 2006 budget which cuts overall bay funding

WASHINGTON – State health officials are urging people to get immunized for the flu, saying there is enough time and enough vaccine left to do some good

WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it plans to remove the Southern Maryland Wood Treating site from the Superfund list, saying cleanup is complete and there are no health or environmental threats remaining

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WASHINGTON – A woman who said her doctor drugged and sexually assaulted her cannot collect a $310,000 award for the abuse from the physician’s insurance company, a federal appeals court has ruled

WASHINGTON – Maryland hospitals almost always administered aspirin and beta blockers when heart attack patients came in and when they left, but the hospitals were less consistent when it came to administering recommended medications

WASHINGTON – Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce President Richard N

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court ordered a new sentence for a Maryland man convicted of fraud and perjury, for the first time citing a recent Supreme Court reinterpretation of federal sentencing guidelines

WASHINGTON – The buffet was lackluster, the line for drink tickets seemed endless at times and President Bush danced for all of 55 seconds, but Gene Mobley still had a fine time celebrating the inaugural Thursday night at the Independence Ball