Maryland

Some Maryland Schools Close, Some Close Early as Students Learn of Attacks

ANNAPOLIS – Cars crowded streets outside St

State House Targeted; Maryland Sends Aid to Terror Sites

ANNAPOLIS – The historic Maryland State House was evacuated just after noon Tuesday when Gov

Travel Gridlock Strikes Region in Wake of Airplane Attacks

ANNAPOLIS – The three largest airports in the Washington area closed until late this morning, traffic snarled as government offices shut down and Metro trains skirted the heavily damaged Pentagon in the wake of apparent terrorist airplane attacks in the region and New York City

Military Surplus, Outdoors Stores Report Brisk Business in Survival Gear

COLLEGE PARK – Army surplus stores in Maryland reported a brisk business in survival gear Tuesday, with some saying they sold out of gas masks in the wake of apparent terrorist attacks around the country

State House Evacuated, Emergency Declared; Maryland Sends Aid to Terror Sites

ANNAPOLIS – The historic Maryland State House was evacuated just after noon Tuesday when Gov

Attacks, Evacuations Leave Washington Tourists, Workers Dazed and Worried

WASHINGTON – Hours after attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center, FBI employee Linda headed to her suburban Maryland home to wait for word of the investigation and her husband, a member of the FBI’s terrorist response unit

Movie Celebrates the World War II Memories that Maryland Veterans Can’t Forget

WASHINGTON – More than half a century after paratroopers from Easy Company jumped onto the beaches at Normandy on D-Day, fought at the Battle of the Bulge and captured Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest retreat, the bond they formed then still exists

Plan to Shift Farm Crop Subsidies to Farm Conservation Gets a Cool Reception

WASHINGTON – A Maryland farm group is wary of legislation that would shift $2 billion from traditional crop subsidy payments into voluntary conservation programs

Maryland Model for States in Budget Trouble

ANNAPOLIS – With Maryland boasting a nearly $1 billion budget surplus at a time when the national economy is slumping, the state is one of the few that has not used temporary fixes and short-term gimmicks to alleviate its money woes, according to a Washington-based nonprofit organization that studies budgets

State Mosquito Spray Threatens Bay, Environmentalists Say

ANNAPOLIS – The state Department of Agriculture is caught between two demanding groups on the West Nile virus issue: the worried public and protective environmentalists