Maryland

Sauerbrey Brings In GOP Big Guns to Help Raise Money

ANNAPOLIS – George Bush and Dan Quayle are stepping up to the plate to help Republican Ellen Sauerbrey fuel her gubernatorial bid in Maryland

Bill to Attack Nutria in Maryland Gets Preliminary OK

WASHINGTON – A House subcommittee gave preliminary approval Thursday to a bill that would give Maryland $2

Cumberland Airport Bill Takes Backseat to Clinton Scandal

WASHINGTON – A proposed $10 million loan to the Greater Cumberland Regional Airport took a backseat to the Clinton scandal on Capitol Hill Thursday

Universities to See Improvements in Athletic Fields, Labs

BALTIMORE – The University of Maryland, College Park, will receive $36 million to modernize the Stamp Student Union – if the Board of Regents approves a recommendation from its Finance Committee to sell $42 million in bonds for this and other projects

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ANNAPOLIS – The Court of Special Appeals Thursday reversed the demotion of a Somerset County correctional officer who made lewd jokes and touched a female student while teaching a CPR class for police recruits

Maryland Lottery Uses Real Winners in TV Spots Promoting Games

ANNAPOLIS – Bob Janus wandered into the Greenbelt Variety store in July in search of a newspaper

Medical Institute Gives Science Research Grants to UMCP, Hopkins

ANNAPOLIS – Sara Brooks, a 20-year-old senior at the University of Maryland, College Park, was planning on working a retail job this summer

Court Upholds Mandatory Sentence for Three-Time Criminal

A federal appeals court has upheld the mandatory minimum 15- year sentence handed to a three-time criminal, rejecting his claim that only two of his prior convictions should have counted against him

Annapolis Lunch Crowd Generally Behind President Clinton

ANNAPOLIS – As Congress prepared Friday to release Kenneth Starr’s report outlining grounds for impeaching President Clinton, the lunch crowd here in Maryland’s capital was taking a more tolerant view of his actions