Maryland

Editors: This is a re-transmission of a story we attempted to send Friday.

WASHINGTON – The message was unmistakably clear from 131 Marylanders recently interviewed on election-year concerns: Congress and President Clinton need to resolve their differences and agree on a budget plan

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