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ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Court of Appeals, splitting 4-3, ruled Tuesday that evidence of prior child abuse is admissible in cases against allegedly abusive parents

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court let stand a Maryland court ruling that bans police officers from detaining passengers in traffic stops

ANNAPOLIS – State officials Wednesday will kick off a $500,000 advertising campaign telling Marylanders that this summer’s Pfiesteria outbreak has not compromised the safety of Chesapeake Bay seafood

ANNAPOLIS – Driven by more vigorous salesmanship and new free trade agreements, Maryland’s agricultural exports have increased by about 40 percent since 1993 to last year’s total of $247 million, according to the state Department of Agriculture

GREENBELT – Annie Halley thought she was in heaven on a fall day 60 years ago when, as a young housewife in the midst of the Depression, she stepped into her new home – a tiny white two- bedroom house in Greenbelt

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WASHINGTON – Congress is giving money to improve three Western Maryland highways, expand Metro in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties and extend commuter rail service into Frederick

WASHINGTON – A new Clinton administration plan will ensure cleaner air in Maryland by requiring the state and 21 others to reduce their smog-causing emissions by one third, officials said Friday

ANNAPOLIS – In a strong show of support for a new law that opens up serious juvenile court cases to the public, the rules committee for the Maryland Court of Appeals Friday decided to recommend that Maryland courts daily post a public calendar naming the accused and giving other facts