Maryland

CLEAR SPRING – Along most of Route 40 west of Hagerstown, the 20th century has made its presence felt

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s three most powerful politicians accepted at least $158,650 in campaign contributions and donations from companies with a strong interest in the electric deregulation legislation that passed this year

WASHINGTON – Charles “Mac” Mathias will soon return to the Capitol — but not to rejoin a Congress that the former senator from Maryland sees as increasingly contentious

BALTIMORE – Lynne Battaglia is in argument mode

WASHINGTON – Maryland’s federal courts handed down some of the nation’s harshest sentences between 1993 and 1997, according to a federal records database

ANNAPOLIS – To protest rising gasoline prices, angry drivers are circulating a letter over the Internet urging people to refuse to buy gas Friday, in an event nicknamed “The Gas Out

WASHINGTON – Power

ANNAPOLIS – Health care officials declared the 1999 General Assembly session a success, but some owners of small assisted living facilities aren’t so sure

ANNAPOLIS – Gov

A federal appeals court upheld the convictions and sentences of a former Burtonsville real estate agent and his accomplice, who used private information about clients to fraudulently obtain credit cards