Maryland

ANNAPOLIS – A divided Court of Appeals ruled Friday that police need only reasonable suspicion to pull a car over, a lower standard than probable cause

WASHINGTON – Health officials are targeting sports teams in an effort to stop recent outbreaks of a “superbug,” a drug-resistant strain of staph infection, in Maryland and Virginia

ANNAPOLIS – Holly Foster spends her days shuttling to Pennsylvania for weekly cheese-making sessions with an Amish expert, then to farmer’s markets throughout Maryland to sell her gourmet cheeses like cave-aged Chapelle

ANNAPOLIS – Howard County officials and the state Comptroller’s Office are pushing ahead with plans to recruit more children for a federally funded health insurance program, even as the program’s future is up in the air

CHEVERLY – Prince George’s County Executive Jack Johnson said Friday the county will give Dimensions Healthcare System a much-needed infusion of cash within weeks, temporarily ending a months-long feud over the ailing hospital system’s leadership

BALTIMORE – The average consumer saw a 72 percent spike in electricity bills in June 2006, but fewer than 3 percent of residential customers are shopping for a better rate, according to the Office of the People’s Counsel

HAGERSTOWN – William Sang fled his country because the military government continuously threatened to arrest him for his pro-democracy connections

ANNAPOLIS – Traffic congestion in the Baltimore and Washington areas costs Maryland citizens $3

ROCKVILLE – Montgomery County officials pleaded for help from the state Wednesday in planning for the massive expansion at the National Naval Medical Center, saying they fear it is getting short shrift to even larger military projects in Maryland

WASHINGTON – House Democrats are readying another bill after failing to override President Bush’s veto of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program Thursday, while a Maryland Republican has his own ideas on the subject