Maryland Delegates Dabble in Foreign Affairs, Recognize 1915 Armenian Genocide

ANNAPOLIS – After three days of emotional and lengthy debate, Maryland is close to passing a controversial resolution recognizing the World War I killing of 1

Power Lines Are Not Straight Lines to the Consumer, Under Deregulation

WASHINGTON – If a new plant fueled by chicken waste is approved in Dorchester County, only about half of the power it generates is expected to be used by its owner, poultry processor Allen Family Foods

Deregulation Leads to Surge in Maryland Power Plant Applications

WASHINGTON – Maryland has seen a boom in applications for new or expanded power plants since deregulation, despite predictions that suppliers would shun the state and its low-cost energy prices

Bill To Ban Genetic Discrimination Headed for Law in Maryland

ANNAPOLIS – Within five to 10 years, scientists believe they will be able to predict who might be at risk for a genetically linked disease

Senate Gives Preliminary OK to Death Penalty Hiatus

ANNAPOLIS – A bill to temporarily halt executions in Maryland quietly received a preliminary favorable vote in the Senate after a week of intense and emotional political maneuvering

Disabled Advocates `Content for Now’

ANNAPOLIS – The first 100 disabled people are being processed for moves from nursing homes to community-based programs now that funding has come through for a relocation program that began April 1

Maryland Has Nation’s Second-Highest Percentage of Women Business Owners

WASHINGTON – Maryland has the second-highest percentage of women-owned businesses in the nation, according to new Census Bureau data, many of them new, small companies like Pam Young’s Eye of the Needle Embroidery

Chinese Carryout: National Zoo Gets Pandas’ Bamboo from Prince George’s Farm

WASHINGTON – At age 90, Nancy Poore Tufts has earned two masters degrees in music, was an organist and church choir director for almost 70 years, drove an ambulance in Washington in the 1940s and was a founder and longtime director of the Potomac English Hand-bell Ringers group

Senate Backs Jobs-For-Felons Incentives

ANNAPOLIS – Johnny Woodhouse spent five years in a federal institution for cocaine possession, but he will be paying for it for the rest of his life

Student Arrested In Final Four Rampage; Police Hope Video Nets More Suspects

WASHINGTON – Police arrested a student athlete Thursday in connection with Saturday’s Final Four rampage in College Park, in which disappointed basketball fans set bonfires that caused more than $500,000 in damages