WASHINGTON – Complex scientific issues continue to creep into the courtroom, driving Maryland judges to the classroom to help them understand the issues they must decide

ANNAPOLIS- Despite “fairly disappointing” federal funding, still-high fuel costs and a growing number of applicants, state and local agencies are preparing for an expanded statewide energy assistance program set to start next week

WASHINGTON – President Bush signed into law Monday a provision that eliminates funeral honors and burial benefits for a veteran convicted of state or federal crimes carrying any life sentence

WASHINGTON – The number of people filing for bankruptcy in Maryland has risen slightly after a steep decline following historic changes in bankruptcy law last October, electronic court records show

BALTIMORE – Maryland counties lack the emergency management planning and resources to respond to a massive outbreak of avian flu, according to a study by researchers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County

ANNAPOLIS – In a stinging defeat for Gov

WASHINGTON – In what a federal District judge has called an “unusual–if not bizarre” defense strategy, four Maryland men filed motions to drop charges against them, including some carrying the death penalty, in part, because their names were capitalized in court filings

ANNAPOLIS- Mozart and Rossini didn’t write parts for grunts and groans, but during the Washington Youth Symphony Orchestra’s performance at the Korean American Day Celebration on Thursday, sounds of human exertion punctuated the soft tones of strings and woodwinds

ANNAPOLIS- In an effort to ease the pressure on the state’s busiest court systems, Maryland judges asked the General Assembly Thursday to relax restrictions on potential jurors with criminal records and to increase penalties for people who fail to answer a summons to jury duty

CHEVY CHASE – As current senators questioned Judge Samuel A