Maryland

ANNAPOLIS – While the Senate may help decide the future of the death penalty in Maryland next week, it is the state’s attorneys for each county that decide whether to file capital charges

UPPER MARLBORO – Synthia Wilson bought her Bowie home at the end of 2007 and thought she had done everything right

CAMBRIDGE – Acres of farms and marshy wetlands dominate the landscape of Maryland’s Eastern Shore, little changed from when Harriet Tubman was born and enslaved there for the 30 years before her escape

WASHINGTON – Capt

COLLEGE PARK – It’s the newest Facebook obsession — creating a list of 25 random facts about yourself and letting 25 of your closest “friends” in on it

ANNAPOLIS – An unlikely coalition of state environmentalists and manufacturers has formed in support of a bill that would reduce Maryland’s greenhouse gas emissions 25 percent by 2020

ANNAPOLIS – Lawmakers, parents and advocates called for health insurers to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism Thursday at a rally and hearing in the House Health and Government Operations Committee

WASHINGTON – The Access for All Americans Act is the best way to rebuild a “terribly broken” health care system, said Sen

WASHINGTON – Tim Kenny, then 15, protested when his father made him spend a snowy day replacing windows and doors as part of the weatherization program the elder Kenny coordinated in Harford County

WASHINGTON – Maryland is home to the nation’s third-highest percentage of foreign-born college graduates and should capitalize on the diversity of language abilities, according to a 2009 report of the Preservation of Heritage Language Skills Task Force