Maryland

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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

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

WASHINGTON – Maryland was among the worst states in the nation for low birth-weight and premature births in 1999, capping a decade in which its standing against other states steadily fell

ANNAPOLIS – With little surprise, legislators voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to make Montgomery County Delegate Nancy Kopp the new state treasurer

WASHINGTON – Baltimore had the highest rates of out-of-wedlock and teen births among the country’s 50 biggest cities in 1999, according to a report released this week by two national child advocacy groups

ANNAPOLIS – A bill requiring veterinarians to report suspected animal abuse is drawing support from the animal-rights community but skepticism from some lawmakers in the General Assembly

WASHINGTON – Super Bowl Sunday may be one of the deadliest days for alcohol-related traffic deaths across the nation, but county police and sheriff’s departments report that this Sunday will be “business as usual” in Maryland

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ANNAPOLIS — Police could confiscate vehicles and impound them for up to 12 hours if the driver has been charged with drunken driving under pending legislation in the Maryland General Assembly