Maryland Drug Arrests Climb for Second Year in a Row

WASHINGTON – Drug arrests have increased steadily in Maryland for the past two years after a sharp drop in 1996, as police agencies have become “more aggressive” in pursuing drug crimes

BG&E Officials Brush Off Impact of Court Ruling on Calvert Cliffs Relicensing

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court decision mandating “a meaningful hearing” on the relicensing of the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant will have “minor, if any” effect, a Baltimore Gas & Electric spokesman said Tuesday

Liberty Tree is Gone, But Ideas Flourish on How to Carve Up its Wood

WASHINGTON – How do you preserve the legacy of a 96-foot-tall tulip poplar that stood for liberty and justice for centuries?

Some people think croquet mallets are the perfect answer

Maryland Colleges Hope Bill Can Boost Enrollment of D.C. Students

WASHINGTON – Maryland public universities hope to jump-start lagging enrollment of Washington, D

Environmentalists Say Hoyer Has Turned a Lighter Shade of Green

WASHINGTON – Maryland environmental groups that have in the past supported Rep

Scientist Aims to Keep American History Alive by Cloning Liberty Tree

COLLEGE PARK – A piece of American history is being kept alive in about 30 baby-food jars lining the bottom shelf of a fluorescent-lighted, pristine white storage tank in the back of a lab at the University of Maryland

Ficker Formally Announces Senate Bid, After 18 Months Campaigning For Job

GAITHERSBURG – Republican Robin Ficker made it official Thursday: After campaigning for a year and a half, the former state delegate announced that he is running for the U

State’s College Campuses Often Sit in Unsafe Areas, National Study Says

WASHINGTON – Many of Maryland’s four-year colleges sit in unsafe communities, according to a new national study that state college officials immediately attacked as irrelevant

Vets Worried by Plan to Shift Services from Fort Howard Medical Center

WASHINGTON – Billy Buck says he is in good health now, but the Army veteran worries about what might happen if the Department of Veterans Affairs scales back services at nearby Fort Howard VA Medical Center