ANNAPOLIS – A referendum disputing Maryland’s new gay-rights law may be in jeopardy after a special review released Friday indicated more than 7,500 signatures used to get the measure on the November 2002 ballot are “subject to challenge

WASHINGTON – Baltimore City health officials who are sniffing around for signs of bioterrorism have turned to dogs and cats — specifically, dead dogs and cats

ANNAPOLIS – Despite terrorist attacks and an economy in a tailspin, the 32nd annual United States Sailboat Show promises to be as successful as years past, organizers said Thursday, the show’s first day

WASHINGTON – The percentage of Maryland parolees who successfully completed parole fell sharply in the 1990s, according to new figures from the U

WASHINGTON – Workers and businesses cheered — some literally — as Reagan National Airport celebrated its return to business Thursday, even though the expansive hallways remained largely empty of passengers

ANNAPOLIS – They came in pairs, dressed in jeans and T-shirts, with photographs, badges, and their questions for Sabir Rahman, imam of the Muslim Community Center of Silver Spring

BALTIMORE – At exactly noon Thursday, members of the Maryland National Guard, armed with M-16 rifles and dressed in battle uniform, took their places at Baltimore/Washington International Airport terminals

WASHINGTON – The House on Thursday narrowly rejected a proposal that supporters said would have benefited smaller farmers like those in Maryland by shifting funds in the $170 billion farm bill from subsidies to conservation incentives

ANNAPOLIS – Comptroller William Donald Schaefer pressed Gov

COLLEGE PARK – The CIA recruiting booth did a brisk business at the University of Maryland career fair Wednesday, as students joined the “unprecedented” boom in applications to the spy agency since the Sept