Maryland

WASHINGTON – When Maryland Republicans form battle lines, they form a circle, quipped one GOP moderate

ANNAPOLIS – About two weeks before Thanksgiving, Berlin First Baptist Church had to close its weekly food bank an hour early

HYATTSVILLE – Chantee Davis spent Veterans Day fighting boredom

ANNAPOLIS – For years, holiday shopping sprees have pumped ample cash into Maryland’s coffers, helping fund a range of government services

WASHINGTON – The struggling economy has made many Marylanders wary of travel this Thanksgiving, but plummeting gas prices could cause them to reconsider in time for Christmas

WASHINGTON – Already high student loan rates are going to go up even more because of the bad economy, according to the Project on Student Debt, a group focused on cost-effective education

WASHINGTON – Congressman-elect Frank Kratovil stole a moment Thursday to corral his four young boys and chat with his wife, Kim, in the lobby of the Hyatt Regency, where new members are lodged

ANNAPOLIS – In response to rising utility costs and encouraged by the state’s desire to lower its carbon footprint, Jeane and Joseph Flesch thought it would be ideal to install a small wind turbine next to their remodeled farmhouse on two-and-a half acres in Clarksburg

WASHINGTON – Brittany Lietz, Miss Maryland 2006, first used tanning beds when she was 17 and getting ready for the prom; just three years later she was diagnosed with melanoma

ANNAPOLIS – From the time he was a baby in diapers picking clams on his father’s boat Puddin, 41-year-old J