High-Tech Police Work is Not High-Speed; DNA Analysis is Painstaking Process

BALTIMORE – On TV, the fictional Las Vegas detectives on “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” solve crimes each week by carrying clues like a single hair into the lab and emerging a short while later with a complete genetic profile of a suspect

DNA Analysis in Baltimore Hobbled by Lack of Resources, Personnel

BALTIMORE – In the scrupulously clean crime lab of the Baltimore City Police, a small locked room called “the Vault” is lined with shelves stacked with giant brown bags of evidence

Compromise Crab Regulations Head to General Assembly

ANNAPOLIS – Following months of debate, Natural Resources Secretary C

Charter School Compromise Pushes Ahead With Tentative Senate Approval

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Senate gave preliminary approval Friday to charter school legislation, but the measure still faces a series of hurdles before groups would be able to start the secular schools funded by the public

Government Workers Called to War Leave Their Civilian Salaries Behind

WASHINGTON – Parkville resident Lakia Jackson has two jobs with the Defense Department — as a civilian, she is a technician in human relations, and when she is on active duty, she is Spc

Growth of Salisbury Area Pushes into Federal Ranks of Big Cities

WASHINGTON – Salisbury will soon join the ranks of New York, Los Angeles and Chicago — in the eyes of federal statisticians, at least

Ehrlich Initiatives Hewing Troubled Road in General Assembly

ANNAPOLIS – At the beginning of Maryland’s General Assembly session, Gov

Ehrlich Softens Tax Veto Threat

ANNAPOLIS – Gov

Court Upholds Fraud Conviction of Man Who Said Investment Funds Were a Gift

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court panel upheld the fraud and money- laundering conviction Wednesday of a Chevy Chase man who posed as an investment counselor to bilk a retired history professor out of his $107,000 life savings