CROWNSVILLE-A state land use commission voted unanimously Wednesday against a proposal to develop environmentally sensitive land near the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Cambridge, dealing a major setback to a controversial $1 billion development that has become a symbol of the struggle to balance growth with environmental protection

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WASHINGTON – Discovery Education hopes to lift the dread surrounding the school fundraiser this fall by giving families the option of buying online homework support for their children, rather than selling wrapping paper, sweets or nuts to friends and relatives

WASHINGTON – It’s a myth that young Americans are uninvolved in civic and political activity, but there remains a great number of those aged 15 to 25 who are completely unengaged, according to a report released Tuesday by The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement from the University of Maryland, College Park

WASHINGTON – Property values and mortgage costs throughout Maryland rose in 2005, according to U

WASHINGTON – Maryland welfare clients will find it increasingly difficult to get work credit for going to college or receiving drug treatment under program changes that take effect Sunday

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WASHINGTON – El Salvadorans living in Maryland could face a new obstacle to reuniting with family members under an immigration reform bill pending in the U

WASHINGTON – Petty Officer 2nd Class David Sean Roddy was offered a temporary leave from Iraq to recuperate after seeing his partner blown up by a homemade bomb in late August

COCKEYSVILLE – Baltimore County Councilman Kevin Kamenetz held up a broken DVD-player he cheerfully described as the casualty of a recent encounter with his two-year-old son