Supreme Court Denies Appeal of Maryland ‘Patient-Dumping’ Case

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday denied an appeal from a Frederick woman who claimed her father was the victim of negligent medical care and “patient dumping” by Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring

Looming New License Restrictions Have Teens Rushing to Driving Schools

WASHINGTON – Maryland teens are flocking to driving schools in an effort to beat a batch of new restrictions that will make it harder to get a drivers license after July 1

Traffic Death Rate is Twice as High in State’s Rural Areas

WASHINGTON – Rural residents in Maryland are more than twice as likely to be killed in a car accident as the state’s urban dwellers, according to an analysis of 1997 fatal crash data

State Cuts Government Workers Overall, Adds Bureaucrats

WASHINGTON – Maryland had the nation’s 46th-lowest number of state and local government workers per capita in 1997, based on figures scheduled to be released Friday by the Census Bureau

“Unbankables” Keep Treasury From Meeting Direct Deposit Deadline

WASHINGTON – More than a month after it was supposed to be making all federal benefits payments by direct deposit, the federal government is still making almost one-third of those payments with paper checks

Maryland Firm Targeted in National Credit Scam Crackdown

WASHINGTON – Federal officials announced a crackdown on 43 businesses – including one in Maryland – that offer to clean up bad credit histories by helping people get taxpayer ID numbers that can be used as fake Social Security numbers

FCC Defends Role in Study Sidebar

WASHINGTON – Critics of the Federal Communications Commission report on discriminatory advertising practices said the agency had no business commissioning the study and has no power to enforce its findings

Minority Broadcasters Boom, but Charge Discrimination

WASHINGTON – Like much of the radio industry, which has ridden a wave of more than 70 months of sales growth, Lanham-based Radio One Inc

Morgan State Studies Business With an Urban Outlook

BALTIMORE – The business students at Morgan State University started class by discussing a textbook marketing case — should an Indonesian coffee company enter the U