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ANNAPOLIS – In a courtroom packed with as many clerical collars as business suits, Maryland’s highest court heard arguments Thursday over whether a sect that leaves a parent church can assume ownership of its property

ANNAPOLIS – Marylanders have reported 14 cases of Bridgestone/Firestone tire failure, a figure that accounts for less than 1 percent of the more than 1,400 incidences of tire failure collected by the agency nationwide, according to a review of a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data

BALTIMORE – After six years of analyzing schools turning in unsatisfactory test results and poor attendance records, the Maryland State Department of Education has found 93 schools that could be handed over to private corporations for improvement

WASHINGTON – Baltimore County’s nationally recognized “gainsharing” program was paraded before a congressional subcommittee Wednesday that is looking at ways to make government more efficient

ANNAPOLIS – In a case that could affect future vehicle searches, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals overturned the drug conviction of a Jamaican man Wednesday, ruling that an identification by a confidential source was not sufficient probable cause for searching the suspect’s car trunk

WASHINGTON – Everett Alvarez has a high school, a city park and several scholarships named after him, but that apparently is not enough for members of Congress

WASHINGTON – Maryland health officials, faced with a likely delay in the availability of flu vaccine this fall, said they will target people at greatest risk of developing complications from the bug

WASHINGTON – Maryland health officials will confer Wednesday on contingency plans for this year’s flu season, after indications that the influenza vaccine may not be available for mass vaccinations until January

WASHINGTON – A new Commerce Department report ranked Maryland among the 10 states with the slowest annual growth in economic output from 1992 to 1998