Maryland

Duckpin Enthusiasts Want State To Recognize Sport

ANNAPOLIS – Forget the stadium deals, Art Modell and pro football

Legislators Move To Strengthen Domestic Violence Laws

ANNAPOLIS – Domestic violence has its roots in the human heart

Home Builders May Have To Disclose Environmental Hazards

ANNAPOLIS – Worried citizens and home builders locked horns Thursday in the House of Delegates Economic Affairs Committee over a bill that would require developers to warn prospective buyers about environmental hazards near newly built houses

Black Ministers Organize for Gun Control

BALTIMORE – Rev

Bill Would Make Unsolicited Faxes Traceable

ANNAPOLIS – You’re waiting for a fax so you can finish a report that was due an hour ago

Bill Would Help Combat Thefts of Cellular Phone Time

ANNAPOLIS – In a crime that underscores the problem of data security in an Information Age, technologically savvy drug dealers are reaching into the airwaves to steal cellular telephone service

State Says Osteoporosis Prevention Bill Too Costly

ANNAPOLIS – Before she dies, one of every two women gets osteoporosis, as does one of every five men

Project Roadblock Pulls Plug on High-tech Scams

WASHINGTON – Maryland and 19 other states have joined with the Federal Trade Commission to pull the plug on high-tech telemarketing scams that have been ripping off unwary investors, the director of the FTC’s consumer protection branch announced Tuesday