Maryland

ANNAPOLIS – The state’s cash-strapped mental health system’s deficit is expected to triple initial estimates to more than $70 million by 2003, according to a new report

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court upheld a Maryland bank robber’s conviction, rejecting his claim that police violated his rights by keeping his driver’s license before arresting him

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ANNAPOLIS – Lawmakers anxious to put an end to highly publicized instances of child abuse in Maryland’s juvenile justice system will likely require the Juvenile Justice Department to maintain an independent monitor

WASHINGTON – Charles Young knew instantly the offer was too good to be true

COLLEGE PARK – Police will be prominent at Sunday’s final game at Cole Field House, in an effort to keep what should be a poignant farewell from turning into a raucous, or violent, one

WASHINGTON – The 300 wastewater treatment plants in the Chesapeake Bay watershed need $1

WASHINGTON – Marissa Moore stood in a marble corridor of the Dirksen Senate building Thursday with her fifth-grade classmates from Mount Rainier Elementary, hundreds of paper dolls cascading from their arms

BALTIMORE – The chief physician at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center defended the hospital Thursday against charges that it denied a gay man visitation with his domestic partner as the second man lay dying

ANNAPOLIS – Anti-poverty activists rallied in front of the State House Thursday, trying to influence legislators to provide more money for programs for the poor in this tight budget year