Maryland

Company that Sells Anthrax Leaves Maryland for Virginia

ANNAPOLIS – The Rockville company that sold cultures of anthrax and the bubonic plague to two Nevada men recently is moving its 230 high-tech jobs to Northern Virginia this month

Here Comes the Bride For the 2,000th Time at Naval Academy

ANNAPOLIS – Mary Torresse put together all five weddings at the U

`Bio-headaches’ Lurk in Maryland’s High-Tech Corridor

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland fire and rescue crews will have one less “bio-headache” when American Type Culture Collection moves to Northern Virginia this month and takes its store of germs with it

Lawmakers Fear Reproductive Health Care at Stake in Takeovers

ANNAPOLIS – Lawmakers and reproductive rights groups expressed fears Friday that the trend toward mergers of secular and religious-based hospitals could jeopardize women’s access to full health-care services, like abortions and birth control

March Madness Hits State House, But Don’t Tell Anybody

ANNAPOLIS – Which is more scandalous, the fact that state lawmakers are betting on the NCAA tournament, or the fact that they are not picking the University of Maryland Terrapins to win?

“I’m picking the (University of North Carolina) Tar Heels,” said Del

Farmers Brace for Lower Price as Tobacco Auctions Begin

UPPER MARLBORO – Joe Duvall stood in a frigid warehouse filled with the pungent smell of tobacco and assessed the acre of brown, leafy bundles stretched out behind him

Appeals Court Chides Judge With Hand in Cookie Jar

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Court of Special Appeals lectured a Baltimore Circuit Court judge this week on the potentially corruptive influences of chocolate chip cookies in a courtroom

State Dinosaur Lumbers Toward Official Recognition

ANNAPOLIS – Some of the state’s youngest residents stood confidently in front of a Senate committee Thursday to speak on behalf of one of Maryland’s oldest residents

Bills Would Ease Access to Computerized Records, Pension Data

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s public records laws need to be beefed up to ensure that “what’s reasonably accessible is given to us,” media representatives told a House committee Thursday

Court Gives Judges More Leeway in `Career Offender’ Cases

ANNAPOLIS – A federal appeals court on Wednesday made it easier for judges to examine details of criminals’ previous convictions to determine if, for sentencing purposes, they are “career offenders