Maryland

Allfirst Bank Worker Missing Along with $750 Million; Four Others Suspended

BALTIMORE – Maryland-based Allfirst Bank suspended four employees and said Wednesday it will write off the $750 million that disappeared this week along with one of its employees, foreign exchange trader John Rusnak

Problem Reported With Poison Center Phone Number

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Poison Center is investigating a report that a caller to its new hotline had difficulty making a connection

Townsend Supports Limiting Judicial Power

ANNAPOLIS — Lt

Allfirst Bank Depositors Not Likely to Lose Their Money, Stockholders Might

WASHINGTON- Bank experts say depositors’ money is safe at AllFirst Bank, but that shareholders will likely take a hit from the suspected $750 million fraud that the bank announced Wednesday

Maryland’s `Foreign Stock’ Grew Steadily During 1990s, Census Report Says

WASHINGTON – Foreign-born residents made up an estimated 9 percent of Maryland’s population in 2000, up from 6

Schoolchildren Push Walking As Official Exercise

ANNAPOLIS – Four years ago, milk became the official state drink, and the Astrodon johnstoni, the official dinosaur

Bill Would Close Gap in Chesapeake Bay Critical Area Law

ANNAPOLIS – The state needs to close a gap “a truck could drive through” in a law that restricts building along the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, former Maryland Gov

Maryland Firefighters Join Call for Funds to Support Post-Sept. 11 Roles

WASHINGTON – Within an hour of the Sept

Sad Stories Fill Hearing on Increased Hit-and-Run Penalties

ANNAPOLIS – Rajiv Vaidya died three days after a car veered onto the median where he was waiting to cross East West Highway in Silver Spring in December 2000