The Baltimore City Housing Authority can continue its speedy eviction proceedings against tenants charged with certain criminal activity, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday

ANNAPOLIS-The state revoked the Medicare and Medicaid certification of its second nursing home in three months – part of a larger crackdown on such facilities

ANNAPOLIS – Southern Maryland tobacco farmers and lawmakers asked a Senate committee Wednesday for $220 million to help cushion the expected economic blow to their markets from ongoing anti-smoking efforts

WASHINGTON – For Frederick resident Patricia Shank, it was bad enough that she had to sit on a grounded Virgin Atlantic jet for nine hours in an ice storm in January

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WASHINGTON – Poultry industry officials Tuesday attacked Vice President Al Gore’s plan to make them share responsibility with independent farmers for chicken waste, calling the proposal unnecessary and heavy-handed

WASHINGTON – When Maryland officials caught six California wineries illegally mailing their product to individuals in the state in 1997, they levied fines ranging from $3,000 to $35,000 on the wineries

ANNAPOLIS Comptroller William Donald Schaefer and Treasurer Richard Dixon challenged the governor’s handling of the controversial Brookeville and Manchester bypasses, which have run into trouble for not meeting state anti- sprawl objectives

ANNAPOLIS Gael Whetstone knows it for a fact – seatbelts do work, and teen-agers aren’t always using them