High Court Won’t Hear Wrongful Death Suit Against Metro for Escalator Death

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to hear the appeal of a Rockville family whose son suffered a fatal heart attack after climbing a stopped 10-story Metro escalator on a hot summer day in 1998

Glendening Demands Support for Higher Education

COLLEGE PARK – In one of his final major speeches as Maryland’s head of state, Gov

Website Owners Use Sniper’s Infamy To Draw Response

ANNAPOLIS – Two Web site owners are capitalizing on the worldwide notoriety of the recent sniper attacks in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D

New Teachers Fill Classrooms, But Mentors Scarce

ANNAPOLIS – Lydia Foster’s Baltimore elementary school is full of fresh, young faces – and she’s not referring to the students

NASA ‘Eyes’ West Nile Virus

ANNAPOLIS – The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is usually preoccupied with tracking space shuttles and satellites, but soon the lowly mosquito will be on its radar

Mikulski, Sarbanes Buck Senate, Say Nay to War Resolution

WASHINGTON – Maryland Sens

Farmers Returning From Fields With Little Harvest, Little Hope This Fall

WASHINGTON – Bobby Hutchison has been farming corn and soybeans on the Eastern Shore for 30 years, and says this is the worst harvest he’s ever seen

Educators, Animal Rights Advocates Debate Importance of Dissection

ANNAPOLIS – Students in Dan Pogonowski’s zoology class learn invaluable lessons while dissecting squid, sharks and rabbits, among other animals — lessons, the Annapolis High School teacher said, that cannot be replaced by pictures or models

Crisis Hotlines See Slight Increase in Calls in Wake of Sniper Attacks

WASHINGTON – At crisis hotlines in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties, operators are standing by — but so far a rush of sniper-inspired calls has not come