Study Shows Maryland Infants Get Healthy Start Overall, Not So for Baltimore

WASHINGTON – Maryland babies get a healthier start than newborns in many other states, but Baltimore infants fare worse on average than babies in the nation’s 50 largest cities, according to a study released this week

Goddard Janitor Ordered Held on Charges He Assaulted Women Employees

WASHINGTON – A former janitor at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center will be held in jail until at least Monday on charges that he assaulted four women at the facility by masturbating into their coffee

19 Neighborhoods Receive Homeownership Funds

ANNAPOLIS – Nineteen Maryland communities with high crime rates will receive $10

Wilson Bridge Labor Agreement Could Be Jeopardized by White House Action

WASHINGTON – President Bush is expected to sign an executive order this weekend that may nullify the controversial labor agreement negotiated for the Woodrow Wilson Bridge reconstruction, according to wire service reports

Washington Convention Center Raises Hopes for Wilson Bridge Labor Agreement

WASHINGTON – The answer to questions swirling around the project labor agreement proposed for the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge replacement may be found less than 10 miles away

Domestic Violence Deaths Decline in Maryland to Lowest Level in Five Years

WASHINGTON – Fewer people died at the hands of “loved ones” last year in Maryland than in the previous four years, according to new state police data on domestic violence

Suit Citing Stalled Metro Escalator in Fatal Heart Attack Can Proceed

WASHINGTON – A federal judge has ruled that a Maryland couple can sue Metro for their son’s deadly heart attack after he climbed a non-working escalator at the Bethesda station on a sweltering summer day in 1998

Safe Haven Won’t Save Babies, Some Say

ANNAPOLIS – Safe haven legislation, designed to save abandoned newborns, isn’t safe at all, said some adoption advocates in a General Assembly hearing this week

Instant Runoff Is Possible Maryland Voting Reform

ANNAPOLIS – Imagine yourself sequestered in a voting booth, marking a vote for your favorite candidate