Maryland

BALTIMORE – Power plant emissions cause more than 900 Maryland deaths each year, according to a nationwide study commissioned by an environmental watchdog group

ANNAPOLIS – Two parts of the state’s HOPE Scholarship program may need retooling to bring in more recipients, a key House subcommittee determined Tuesday

ANNAPOLIS – When Najat Arafat Khelil left Palestine in 1962, she never thought it would be the last time she would live in her homeland

WASHINGTON – Flu vaccinations will be offered at any one of a number of groceries across the state beginning Saturday, at a time when health officials have said that the currently limited supply of flu vaccine should be targeted to those most in need

WASHINGTON – A congressional proposal that could save military dogs from their current fate of being put down shortly after their working days are over will come too late for retired Airman 1st Class John Langley

ANNAPOLIS – Reform Party presidential candidate Pat Buchanan said Friday the recent terrorist bombing of the USS Cole and the increased violence between Israelis and Palestinians should be treated as separate issues

ANNAPOLIS – School officials throughout the state are desperately rethinking their hiring practices and compromising on quality as they attempt to fill hundreds of teaching vacancies this year, and forestall the record number expected next year

WASHINGTON – In the rush to ensure that all Maryland schools have the latest computer technology, an older educational technology has been left behind — books

WASHINGTON – Della Curtis calls it her “shelf of shame” — books culled from Baltimore County school library shelves that should have been tossed years ago

ANNAPOLIS – While Maryland Green Party voters are willing to put their money into their presidential candidate, some may be a little less willing to give Ralph Nader their votes