Maryland

WASHINGTON – You check the expiration date on your milk, cottage cheese and orange juice

HANOVER – State Highway Administration officials announced Thursday that they have added new materials and equipment to fight the winter storms that may accompany El Nino — the warming of ocean waters in the equatorial Pacific — in the coming season

COLLEGE PARK – The advisory board for President Clinton’s Initiative on Race came to the University of Maryland on Wednesday to find ways to preserve campus diversity in the face of recent attacks on affirmative action

ANNAPOLIS – Marylanders may be able to access complete voting records of the state’s General Assembly on the Internet during the 1998 session

WASHINGTON – Commercial striped bass harvests jumped 77 percent last year in the Chesapeake Bay area, the largest increase since Maryland lifted its rockfish moratorium in 1989, the federal government reported

ANNAPOLIS – Ruling that the accused did not receive a fair trial, the Maryland Court of Appeals Tuesday reversed the double- murder conviction of Darris Ware, who was sentenced to death for the 1993 gunshot slayings in Anne Arundel County of Bettina Krista Gentry and Cynthia Allen

WASHINGTON – A federal appellate court said a Maryland prison guard was “too stupid” to realize he was placing an inmate at risk and should not be held liable for a violent knife attack by another inmate

Fast-growing Frederick has edged Rockville to become the second-largest city in Maryland, according to Census Bureau estimates released Tuesday

ANNAPOLIS – Nearly two months after mandatory treadmill testing became required for most Maryland cars, few vehicles have been damaged and wait times have been short, state officials said Tuesday

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear Maryland’s request to expand the type of booking questions that can be asked before a suspect receives Miranda warnings