WASHINGTON – The specter of recent sniper attacks in the Washington area has campaigns scaling back door-to-door volunteer efforts and personal appearances less than a month before Election Day

ANNAPOLIS – As the reward fund for the arrest and indictment of the Washington area’s serial sniper continues to soar, funds for victim families are conspicuously lacking

WASHINGTON – The House unanimously approved a bill Wednesday that could exempt military personnel from paying tax on the sale of their homes and death gratuity payments, among other provisions

ANNAPOLIS – After a gunman rampaged through Montgomery County last week, police officers swarmed public school entrances and parking lots, vowing to protect every student in the county

ANNAPOLIS – Challenging his Democratic opponent on her signature issue Wednesday, GOP gubernatorial candidate Bob Ehrlich called for improved education, treatment and early intervention in the state’s troubled juvenile justice system

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court has ruled that Baltimore County does not have to pay back wages to 24 people who lived in county parks rent-free in exchange for taking care of the parks

WASHINGTON- The Supreme Court has refused to intervene in a suit that sought to block stem-cell research by claiming that rights of an embryo, “Mary Doe,” were violated by the government-funded research

ASPEN HILL – It is definitely not business as usual in the shopping centers surrounding Aspen Hill, where the area’s serial sniper felled three of four Montgomery County victims last week

WASHINGTON – The sniper attack on a 13-year-old Prince George’s County schoolboy this week triggered lockdowns and restrictions on students in about half of the state’s 24 counties Tuesday

COLLEGE PARK – A campus is an insular place, but not even the columns and brick of the University of Maryland’s buildings could keep out the feeling of insecurity brought by the serial shootings that shocked the region in the past six days