Maryland

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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

Census Undercount Costs Maryland Millions, Counties Fight Back

WASHINGTON – The Census Bureau admits that it missed more than 100,000 Marylanders in the 1990 census, an error that state officials say has cost more than $100 million a year in lost federal funding

Ecker’s `Chuck Wagon’ Heads to Baltimore and Washington Suburbs in Final Days of Campaign

ANNAPOLIS – “Chuck Ecker for governor,” the Republican candidate said over and over Wednesday morning, as he methodically made his way across the room of an assisted-living home, shaking hands and introducing himself to residents

Maryland Delegation Votes 7-1 for Release of Starr Report

WASHINGTON – Maryland’s congressional delegation voted 7-1 Friday to release independent counsel Kenneth Starr’s report on the president, despite reservations about its content and fairness to President Clinton

Starr Report Sparks Press Rush at Washington Copy Centers

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Federal Court Upholds Union Official’s Embezzlement Conviction

A federal appeals court Wednesday upheld Harry Seidman’s conviction for embezzling $800,000 from the International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots in a complicated kickback scheme