U. Md. President Calls Campus Racial Incident Sickening

University of Maryland President Clayton Daniel “Dan” Mote Jr

Ethics Commission Recommends Changes to State Law

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland moved a step closer Tuesday to revamping its decades-old state ethics law

Northwest Strike Won’t Hurt Record Holiday Weekend Traffic

WASHINGTON – Despite record numbers of air travelers, regional airports say that the Northwest Airlines pilots’ strike should have little impact on air travel over the holiday weekend

State Officials Defend Maryland’s Below-Average SAT Scores

WASHINGTON – Maryland’s 1998 SAT scores ranked 34th among states and remained below the national average for the fourth year in a row, according to data released by the College Board

Appeals Court Won’t Interfere With University Tenure Decision

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Court of Special Appeals overturned a lower-court decision Thursday and ruled that the University of Baltimore did not break contract or deal unfairly with a professor when it denied her tenure

Think Tank Gives Glendening a C on Fiscal Policy Report Card

WASHINGTON – Maryland Gov

Court Says Woman Can Sue Police in Brutal Dog Attack

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court ruled a Silver Spring woman can sue the city of Takoma Park and Prince George’s County for being mauled by a police dog during a 1995 search of her home

Maryland Counts Down to Millenium

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland officials began counting down Wednesday to the year 2000, unveiling a 9-foot clock, describing a series of celebrations and announcing a contest to name the state’s millennium mascot

Bay May Claim Bits of Prehistoric Maryland From Tilghman Island

TILGHMAN ISLAND – Darrin Lowery held a black bit of stone that he found on this Tilghman Island beach 23 years ago

Sauerbrey Bases ’98 Run for Governor on Lessons of ’94 Loss

CHESTERTOWN – She has been running 15 minutes late all day, but Ellen Sauerbrey still takes time to stop and greet everyone she meets, whether they’re the waitresses at a retirement brunch, community business leaders or just people on the street