WASHINGTON – Several classic amusement rides accumulated the most safety violations in state inspections over the last two years, according to a Capital News Service analysis of amusement ride inspection records

OWINGS – At first glance, Bryan Murtha would seem like the normal energy- guzzling American: He commutes more than 40 miles to work from his rural, air- conditioned suburban home to work in downtown Washington

ANNAPOLIS – Christie Brown places a properly fitted blue mask over her mouth and nose before she enters the isolation room at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore

ANNAPOLIS – Tuberculosis is the world’s deadliest disease killing almost 3 million people a year, but many Americans think it is a thing of the past, say health officials

WASHINGTON – Road design is only partly to blame for the relatively high number of alcohol-related fatalities on the state’s rural roads

WASHINGTON- Alcohol-related fatal accidents are more likely to occur on rural roads in Maryland than on urban roads, according to a Capital News Service analysis of fatal crash statistics from 1995-1999

WASHINGTON – Cheaper property, a better quality of life and proximity to Washington helped lure Lutheran World Relief and its 40 employees to Baltimore after 55 years in Manhattan

BALTIMORE – After 55 years of renting pricey office space in Manhattan, Jonathan Frerichs says he’s glad his organization settled on a permanent headquarters overlooking Baltimore’s famed Inner Harbor

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ANNAPOLIS – It’s official: the calico cat will become Maryland’s state cat