Maryland

High Court Won’t Hear Wrongful Death Suit Against Metro for Escalator Death

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to hear the appeal of a Rockville family whose son suffered a fatal heart attack after climbing a stopped 10-story Metro escalator on a hot summer day in 1998

Chesapeake Bay Health No Better Than Last Year

ANNAPOLIS – The drought may have actually helped the Chesapeake Bay improve its health this year – but it’s only a temporary fix, according to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, which released its annual State of the Bay report Tuesday

Sniper Nicks Maryland Tourism Industry

ANNAPOLIS – Last fall, it was terrorist attacks

Farmers Returning From Fields With Little Harvest, Little Hope This Fall

WASHINGTON – Bobby Hutchison has been farming corn and soybeans on the Eastern Shore for 30 years, and says this is the worst harvest he’s ever seen

Mikulski, Sarbanes Buck Senate, Say Nay to War Resolution

WASHINGTON – Maryland Sens

NASA ‘Eyes’ West Nile Virus

ANNAPOLIS – The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is usually preoccupied with tracking space shuttles and satellites, but soon the lowly mosquito will be on its radar

New Teachers Fill Classrooms, But Mentors Scarce

ANNAPOLIS – Lydia Foster’s Baltimore elementary school is full of fresh, young faces – and she’s not referring to the students

Website Owners Use Sniper’s Infamy To Draw Response

ANNAPOLIS – Two Web site owners are capitalizing on the worldwide notoriety of the recent sniper attacks in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D