Maryland

EDS: EMBARGOED UNTIL SATURDAY, NOV. 14, AT NOON.

COLLEGE PARK – A recent survey of Maryland public school children could calm parents who worry the drug Ritalin is being over-prescribed

Increase in Charity Pitches Brings Increase in Charity Scams

WASHINGTON – Of the $8 billion a year that Marylanders donate to charity, they lose at least $100 million to telemarketing fraud, state officials estimate

Death Row Inmate Denounces Justice System, Says Didn’t Pull Trigger

BALTIMORE – Facing execution next week, convicted murderer Tyrone Delano Gilliam said he does not believe he pulled the trigger in the December 1988 murder of a Baltimore County hardware clerk and added he is “frustrated” with a justice system that is “inundated with evil

Democratic Gain in House of Delegates Comes to Six Seats

ANNAPOLIS – Four years ago, voters in Montgomery County’s District 39 sent four Republicans to the state legislature

High Court to Hear Local Case on Cops, Media Raid of Home

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear an appeal from a Montgomery County couple who sued police for bringing a newspaper reporter and photographer along on a raid of their home

Maryland High Court To Hear Child Abuse Case

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s Court of Appeals will hear arguments Monday on whether “inaction” is enough reason to convict in a child sexual abuse case