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State Police Sack 64 Drunken Drivers on Super Sunday, Monday
WASHINGTON – The number of drunken driving arrests by Maryland State Police during Super Bowl Sunday and the following Monday dropped 20 percent this year, although the number of traffic-related fatalities increased, according to Sgt
Law Would Clear Arrest Records
ANNAPOLIS – Sparked by charges that the police in Baltimore are arresting too many people for little or no reason, legislators and city prosecutors are supporting legislation that would automatically clear arrest records of people who have been arrested but released without being charged
National Retailer Group Sues to Block ‘Wal-Mart’ Bill
ANNAPOLIS – A national retailers association filed suit in federal court Tuesday, challenging a Maryland law that requires Wal-Mart to spend more on health care for its employees
Maryland Comes In No. 2 in AP Passing Grades
WASHINGTON – Maryland has the nation’s second-highest percentage of graduating students who passed Advanced Placement exams, but it still has not closed equity gaps for some minority groups, according to a report released Tuesday
UMd. Study Finds Comets May Be Origin of Life
WASHINGTON – University of Maryland, College Park researchers working with NASA may have discovered clues to the origins of life on Earth — water on the surface of a comet
Md. Learning Gets Breath of Fresh Air
WASHINGTON – Maryland is taking advantage of federal funding and new technology to stay at the forefront of school air-quality monitoring, a measure that can help students learn and keep them in the classroom
Bush White House to Become Middle-Schooler’s Stage
WASHINGTON – Stephanie Crockett was too young to apply to the Dance Theatre of Harlem, but when she first saw them perform she knew she was destined for the troupe
Horses, Frankincense and Cure: Skin Cancer Declines With Biblical Gift
WASHINGTON – Frankincense, valued for thousands of years as a liniment, perfume and biblical gift, may have a new use: cancer treatment