February Gas Prices Hit Record High in Maryland, Leaving Motorists Fuming

WASHINGTON – Chris Remuzzi shoots guns for a living, but it’s the price he pays for gas that kills him

US-China Business Leaders Court Over Szechuan Delicacies

ROCKVILLE – Set two days before Valentine’s Day, the banquet at Seven Seas Restaurant had all the makings of romance: tables set with fine linen, the smell of exotic dishes floating in from kitchen and bright red napkins folded like blooming flowers

Retailers Feeling Unloved on Valentine’s Day

WASHINGTON – Mel Fishman’s lingerie and adult store in Bethesda has everything anyone would ever dream of on Valentine’s Day — except customers

Congress Finishing Fight Over White Oak in 2003, Vows to Renew Fight in 2004

WASHINGTON – Maryland lawmakers vowed Tuesday to preserve funding for a Food and Drug Administration complex at White Oak, after President Bush failed to include construction funds for the project in his fiscal 2004 budget

Corporate Scandals Add Up to Money, Interest in Suddenly `Sexy’ Accounting

WASHINGTON – Recruiter Richard Rabicoff has told students for years that accounting can be “sexy,” but it took corporate scandals at Enron and Arthur Andersen to make them listen

Federal Government Unveils Plan to Tie Workers Raises to Performance

WASHINGTON – The Bush administration announced plans Sunday to revamp the way federal workers are rewarded, asking for $500 million in raises for fiscal 2004 that will be awarded based on performance rather than years of service

Kirwan Says States Need Help from Bush Economic Plan to Head Off College Cuts

WASHINGTON – Maryland University Chancellor William E

Black & Decker Contract Workers to Also Get Government Help Retooling Careers

WASHINGTON – The federal government said Wednesday that it will extend job retraining benefits to hundreds of contract workers who stand to lose their jobs when Black & Decker’s Easton plant closes this year

Extension of Jobless Benefits Could Reach 20,000 Marylanders

WASHINGTON – President Bush signed a bill Wednesday extending federal unemployment benefits for about 20,000 jobless people in Maryland, and about 2