And the Dearly Departed Bequeaths All His Worldly Possessions to . . . Fluffy?

ANNAPOLIS – As if dogs and furballs aren’t bad enough, now your pet cat might have to worry about the estate tax

$1 Per Pack Increase in Cigarette Tax Proposed

ANNAPOLIS – Anti-smoking activists and legislators are backing a bill that would increase Maryland’s cigarette tax by $1 per pack, in an effort to curb smoking and fund an expansion of health care to the state’s uninsured

Pimlico Quarantines Lifted, but Fair Hill Outbreak Remains.

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland officials lifted the last quarantine on a barn at Pimlico Race Course Friday after almost a month without the appearance of a new case of equine herpes at the track

Duncan Joins Calls for Crime Statistics Audit

ANNAPOLIS – Montgomery County Executive Douglas M

Quarantine at Pimlico Lifted, Easing Equine Herpes Fears

ANNAPOLIS – The two-and-a-half-week quarantine of all horses stabled at Pimlico Race Course due to concerns over equine herpes was lifted Wednesday morning, freeing around 425 Pimlico horses to race at Laurel Park

Md. Tracks Awaiting End of Equine Herpes Quarantine

ANNAPOLIS – The outbreak of the equine herpes virus at Pimlico Race Course – home of the Preakness Stakes – may now be spreading to other Maryland thoroughbred facilities, even as the scheduled lifting of the quarantine at Pimlico draws closer

Republican Challenger Not Likely to Take On Cummings Again in 2006

COLLEGE PARK – Tony Salazar believes in the two-party system, and he hopes to see a Republican step forward to challenge Rep