Maryland

Health Choice Program Endangered, Physicians Warn

ANNAPOLIS – Health care experts warned lawmakers Wednesday that Health Choice, Maryland’s largest Medicaid program, is in danger of collapse if it doesn’t get more money soon

Students, Homeless After Monday Tornado, Pick Up Pieces from Apartments

COLLEGE PARK – Hundreds of University of Maryland students were allowed back into tornado-damaged apartments Wednesday and given 15 minutes to collect up clothes, books and other parts of their lives before being shooed away again

Maryland Reserve Unit Called to Active Duty, Begins Training at Andrews AFB

WASHINGTON – They don’t know where they’re going or exactly what their jobs will be, but members of the Maryland-based 459th Security Forces Squadron of the Air Force Reserves have been called to service and told to get their affairs in order

Tougher Drunken-Driving Law Takes Effect Oct. 1

ANNAPOLIS – On Oct

Students Suffer Through Weird September at Maryland

COLLEGE PARK – They wandered the streets Tuesday, the shell-shocked survivors of the third significant tragedy to touch the University of Maryland since classes began Aug

Survey Shows Maryland Teen Drug Use Down, Except Ecstasy

BALTIMORE – Drug use among Maryland teens has continued to decrease over the past six years, according to a survey released Tuesday, but administrators are concerned about the increasing popularity of designer drugs

Fall May Be in the Air, But Fall Outlook is Up in the Air, Forecasters Say

WASHINGTON – Mary Sue Shaw looks for cool nights and sunny autumn days to produce the ideal crop of apples at Shaw Orchards in Harford County, with maybe a little more rain

Clarksville Sisters Inseparable in Life, Death

CLARKSVILLE – Colleen and Erin Marlatt were inseparable – so much so that they died together, victims of the tornado that ripped through the University of Maryland, College Park and across parts of Prince George’s County Monday evening

FEC Rules Lierman Did Not Violate Election Laws in Loan to Moran

WASHINGTON – The Federal Elections Commission said this week there was “no reason to believe” that lobbyist and Maryland congressional candidate Terry Lierman violated election laws when he made a $25,000 low-interest loan to Rep

Appeals Court Overturns Finding of Excessive Force by Guards at Super Max

WASHINGTON – A divided appeals court ruled that Maryland prison guards did not use excessive force when they sprayed an inmate 12 times with pepper spray and then locked him, shackled in his underwear, in a bare cell for two days