ADELPHI – Carolee Botts, a pre-kindergarten teacher, kneels on the floor to help a group of her 4- and 5-year-old students put together a 48-piece puzzle of a bustling town scene

WASHINGTON – Managers at many Maryland money-wiring businesses said they have seen transfers to El Salvador jump from hundreds of dollars a day to thousands in the two weeks since a massive earthquake devastated that country

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland General Assembly Delegate A

WASHINGTON – A $24 million Justice Department grant will fund 202 new officers in Maryland – 200 in Baltimore City and one each for Garrett County and the little town of Hancock

ANNAPOLIS – Gov

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s pro-choice advocates say they are gearing up for combat in Annapolis against anti-abortion legislation, but they may find themselves on the wrong battlefield

WASHINGTON – If the Baltimore Ravens beat the New York Giants in Sunday’s Super Bowl, New York Sens

WASHINGTON – Fears of a scarlet fever epidemic in Maryland have more to do with sensationalistic press coverage than any real danger of an outbreak, said local doctors and hospital officials

ANNAPOLIS – The year’s first Public Works Committee opened with Comptroller William Donald Schaefer admonishing Gov

ANNAPOLIS – Montgomery County is $23 million short in its request for school construction funds, but its leaders and legislators were confident the Board of Public Works will make up the shortfall eventually