Maryland News Archives

The federal probe of Maryland Sen. Ulysses Currie may be expanding to include legislative records, according to a legislative staff member.

A total of 938 Prince George's County students are still barred from school because they have failed to get state-required vaccines.

A speed boat crew has set a record time for the trip by water from Annapolis to Baltimore .

A prominent state senator who is a consultant for a grocery store chain has not indicated his employment on financial disclosure statements, which would be required if he worked for the company and received ...

FBI agents went to the home of a prominent state senator from Prince George's County today after serving a search warrant at the headquarters of a grocery chain where the politician works as a consultant.

Maryland business advocates worried that not enough people understand the seriousness of a potential energy crunch announced Thursday they are forming a coalition to raise awareness about the problem.

As the time nears for residents to yay or nay slots, a group of activists are fighting to keep the much-debated gambling machines out of the state.

Wednesday, May 28, 2008 WBAL Radio and Associated Press In this photo released by the Israeli Government Press Office, Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, left, meets with Martin O'Malley, the governor of the ...

A Baltimore highway was closed overnight after a tractor-trailer carrying car batteries overturned, spilling fuel and battery acid.

As Maryland wraps up its worst flu season in three years, a small army of researchers is working on a vexing problem: why flu shots so often don't help the elderly. No matter how many people are vaccinated and what recipe drug makers use to formulate the flu vaccine each year, it generally works in only 30 percent to 40 percent of those over 65 - compared with 80 percent to 90 percent of younger adults, experts say.

A new law that takes effect June 1st permanently closes Maryland's power dredge clam fishery in the Atlantic coastal bays.

The Maryland fire marshal's office says a fire that destroyed a Frederick County barn Saturday morning was intentionally set.

Maryland congressman Wayne Gilchrest is headed overseas on a trip aimed at establishing democracy abroad.

Despite rising gas prices, it looks as though a lot of folks are still planning to get away for the long Memorial Day weekend.

Maryland State Police are investigating two accidents that killed three people yesterday in Frederick and Carroll counties -- two men in their 80s in one crash and a 16-year-old boy in the other.

An 81-year-old man who has been a fugitive from Maryland authorities for 43 years is back in state custody.

The nomination of Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr.'s son for a District Court judgeship is prompting a vow of resignation from at least one member of the Anne Arundel County Judicial Nominating Commission and raising old questions of nepotism and political interference. Thomas V. Miller III, a 12-year veteran of the Maryland Parole Commission, was passed over by the 13-member nominating commission in February when he applied for one of three vacant positions. But after Gov. Martin O'Malley, a Democrat, issued an executive order in April requiring all such panels to produce at least three nominations per vacancy, the commission voted Wednesday night to recommend Miller and four other previously rejected candidates for a spot on the bench. 'He would never have been treated seriously if he hadn't been Mike Miller's son,' said Annapolis attorney Paula J. Peters, who told The Sun yesterday that she would resign from the commission because of the nomination, after serving more than two decades on the panel. Peters said she had been lobbied by 'political people' to vote in Miller's favor this week, but felt that his having only practiced law for four years disqualified him as a serious candidate for the bench. She declined to name those who had lobbied her on Miller's behalf. In an interview, Miller, 41, said he has become accustomed to people second-guessing his qualifications and said he worried that suggestions of patronage would hurt his prospects for winning appointment from the governor. 'I know it's going to hurt my chances,' Miller said. 'I have nothing but respect for everyone that was on the commission.

The Maryland Natural Resources Police has announced, based on information received from the National Weather Service and the Maryland Emergency Management Agency, that boating and other recreational uses of the ...

A Maryland judge has vacated a $1.5 million judgment awarded to a woman who filed a defamation suit against rapper DMX after he alleged that she raped him.

Governor Martin O'Malley says he will reluctantly move forward with getting Maryland's execution protocol approved.

A plan to cut Maryland's female crab harvest by a third this year is up for a hearing before a panel of lawmakers in Annapolis who have to sign off on the proposal.

The California Supreme Court ruling last week overturning that state's ban on same sex marriage could have repercussions for Maryland, gay rights advocates said.

High fuel prices won't keep Marylanders at home this holiday weekend. AAA Mid-Atlantic predicts that car trips will decline only slightly this holiday weekend, despite gas prices nearing $4 a gallon.

There's a growing population of young men with head and neck cancer not caused by alcohol or tobacco, CBS station WJZ-TV in Baltimore reports.

Instead, it's caused by human papillomavirus or HPV. That's the same sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer in women.

Johns Hopkins researchers are now working feverishly to determine whether the same vaccine that protects girls from HPV also works on boys.

Sally Thorner has the health story that could save your life.

We can't help but get the message: girls need to be vaccinated for HPV. It may surprise you that in the not too distant future guys could be next.

Dave and Betty Carpenter gathered at the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration on Saturday to urge state lawmakers to comply with the Real ID Act, which would cut off illegal immigrants' access to valid ...

Frederick County Sheriff's deputies are searching for the suspects involved in a stabbing late Sunday night.

The California Supreme Court ruling on Thursday overturning that state's ban on same sex marriage could have repercussions for Maryland, gay rights advocates and same-sex marriage opponents said.

' Fine-tuning controls on the nation's traffic signals would cut U.S. road congestion by as much as 10 percent, transportation experts estimate.

With raw sewage pouring into the Anacostia River after recent storms and two-thirds of the river in Maryland, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty wants to see Maryland do more to clean up the river.

Police said a sinkhole along Interstate 70 just east of Hagerstown has caused a three-mile backup in westbound traffic. via WRC Washington DC Channel 4

Gov. Martin O'Malley signed numerous business-related bills into law this week, including a measure that analysts say will increase the number of companies that qualify for the state's Small Business Reserve ... via Bowie Star

The Maryland Public Service Commission has heard from both sides in the debate over whether to re-regulate the state's electric power market. via WMDT-TV Salisbury

“Jack Johnson apparently has serious reasons for making his decision and it is his decision”

A pledged delegate for Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday he now supports Barack Obama, becoming the first pledged delegate to publicly announce that he is switching sides in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Jack Johnson, county executive of Prince George's County outside Washington, D.C., said he believes Obama has sealed the nomination and that Clinton has "fallen a little short of the line" needed to be the party's candidate in the general election.

Johnson said he will encourage other state party leaders backing Clinton to throw their support to Obama. "It is time for the leadership of the Democratic Party to come together and make a decision," Johnson said Wednesday. Read more

“But if it was your loved one you would want to do everything possible”

S ure, fill out a living will because it might let you and your loved ones avoid heartache and agony at the end of your life. via The Baltimore Sun

Seth Moessinger yanks on a white cord and hoists a bright purple box high into the branches of an ash tree. via Chicago Tribune

Gov. Martin O'Malley has agreed to postpone a ban on the use of phosphates in dishwashing detergents, despite calls for a veto of the legislation. via Gazette.Net

“Our motto is 'Every kilowatt helps.'”

As alternative energy grows in popularity, the Frederick County Commissioners have started to ponder zoning for residential solar and wind energy systems. via WTOP-FM Washington

“The teachers association doesn't feel the State Board of (Education) is neutral”

Discussions about workload, planning time and health insurance for retirees are holding up contract negotiations for the county's 2,700 teachers. via WTOP

“No disrespect, but he was zapped out.”

An inmate accused of killing another on a prison bus talked to himself, covered the wall of his cell with writings and drawings and was afraid of being poisoned, two other inmates testified Monday. via WRC Washington DC Channel 4

SALISBURY - Thousands of people along Maryland and Delaware beaches are currently without power as rain and high winds continue to cause chaos on the roads. via The Daily Times

Kohl's Department Stores said Monday it will convert more than 50 of its existing stores in Connecticut, New Jersey, and Maryland to solar power. via Newsday.com

CBS News Interactive: Tornadoes MARYLAND Heavy rain and strong winds battered the mid-Atlantic region Monday, knocking out power to tens of thousands of customers, closing roads that flooded and prompting ... via KCBS-TV Los Angeles

“I had times, when I was in patrol, where I knew people didn't hear”

The town of Vienna isn't big, but anyone who's tried to navigate its main streets at peak times knows it can be crowded and noisy. via WMAL-AM Washington

“We're going to be careful not to violate someone's civil liberties and rights”

Federal immigration officials, as well as Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins, dispute the findings of a recent report about the costs of a program to arrest and detain unauthorized immigrants. via WTOP

“Some people wait a few weeks. They want to go to a financial adviser or something like that.”

Someone in Frederick County could be holding a lottery ticket worth $1.15 million. via WTOP-FM Washington

The view across the Potomac from George Washington's Mount Vernon estate will remain pristine, as it was more than 200 years ago, thanks in part to a purchase of 63 acres by the National Park Service on the ... via USA Today

A nationwide conservation organization says Maryland has six of the nation's largest trees of their species. via Washington Examiner

Maryland's highest court has ruled that Maryland's victims rights laws don't invalidate appeal hearings that are held when the victim wasn't notified about them. via Washington Examiner

“The point is dealing with the downer issue at the slaughterhouses is not enough. We've got to deal with the issue at the intermediate markets because that's where animals are coming and going and no one is watching”

The Humane Society of the United States found this animal, called a downer cow because it cannot stand, at the Westminster Livestock Auction Facility. via WJZ-TV Baltimore

“I'm taking the chance ... that people are smart and that they do figure out why the person in elective position is doing what he or she believes is in our best long-term interest as a community”

Gov. Martin O'Malley said today that if a referendum on slot machine gambling fails in November, "it'll be back to the drawing board with a lot of unpopular choices, and I don't think any of us wants to go ... via The Baltimore Sun

“I'm glad that Maryland, by being in front, was able to change the way an entire industry operates in a product that's offered, in essence, nationwide”

Gov. Martin O'Malley said Wednesday he is inclined to sign a bill to allow a six-month delay in the nation's first statewide requirement for low-phosphorus dishwashing detergent, a law aimed at reducing pollution in the Chesapeake Bay.

The Maryland General Assembly approved a bill a year ago to require companies that make dishwashing detergent to use low amounts of phosphorous by the end of this year.

But detergent maker Procter & Gamble Co. complained the legislation took effect too soon to make production changes and pushed to delay implementation until July 2010, a change that was approved by lawmakers in the last session. Read more

The immigrant advocacy group CASA de Maryland said the new immigration enforcement program in Frederick County could cost the county $3.2 million per year. via Washington Examiner

Transportation agencies from around the region are trying to leave the light on for you -- the traffic light. via WTOP

FREDERICK COUNTY, Md. Civil rights activists and advocates for immigrants are scheduled to discuss the cost and consequences of Frederick County's immigration enforcement program. via WJLA-TV Arlington

“We contend that the constitution requires that Maryland tell jurors you can't make that finding unless you find it beyond a reasonable doubt”

Lawyers for a Maryland death row inmate argued Monday that their client's sentence should be overturned because a jury didn't use the highest standard of proof when weighing aggravating factors of his crime ... via Daily Times

Four Maryland superdelegates officially announced Monday their support for Barack Obama in his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, including two who previously had not said whom they were ... via WBAL-TV Baltimore

The governors of Maryland and Virginia are seeking federal disaster assistance for watermen who are expected to take a financial hit because of recently imposed limits on blue crab harvests in the Chesapeake ... via WMDT-TV Salisbury

“It's humiliating. We live in the same community, and with family and friends knowing about your business is humiliating”

Ellen Scrivens reminisces about the house that she lost due to foreclosure last August that is located off Burning Bush Drive. via WTOP-FM Washington

Sunday, May 04, 2008 WBAL Radio as reported by Anne Kramer and Associated Press A bid by the governors of Maryland and Virginia to obtain federal disaster assistance for watermen affected by new crabbing ... via WBAL-AM Baltimore

“Yes, I am licensed and no the company isn't under investigation”

When Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson released the government's blueprint for overhauling the nation's financial regulatory structure, he promised to direct more attention toward the front-line people who ... via CourierPostOnline

The Mega Millions jackpot has reached an even $100 million for Friday night's drawing. via WBALTV.com

“It's all the ways people get together.”

Art here. Art there. Art everywhere _ in Worcester County. Art is alive and well as galleries across Worcester County highlight the drawings, paintings, photography and sculpture of local artists. via WTOP

“This program enables us to act quickly and prevent complications. It leads to improved patient outcomes, getting patients home with their families more quickly and more safely.”

SALISBURY -- Two Lower Shore hospitals entered a partnership this week to provide better care in their intensive care units by sharing resources electronically with other medical centers across Maryland. via The Daily Times

Today is Friday, May 2, the 123rd day of 2008. There are 243 days left in the year. via The Topeka Capital-Journal

Gov. Martin O'Malley has asked the U.S. Commerce Secretary to declare the Chesapeake Bay's blue crab fishery a federal disaster, a move he hopes will generate $15 million to create jobs for watermen.

O'Malley made the announcement today in Fells Point with U.S. Sens. Benjamin Cardin and Barbara Mikulski, who pledged to work to expedite the request so funds could be available this fall, when the season for harvesting female crabs closes seven weeks early.

'We will keep our watermen working on things that bring back the bay while we are waiting for this population to rebound,' O'Malley said. The blue crab population has fallen so sharply that Maryland and Virginia moved last month to impose rules to reduce the harvest of female crabs by a third. The harvest restrictions are expected to significantly hurt watermen's ability to earn a living, particularly on the lower Eastern Shore. Read more

“The main reason we're doing this is because of jobs, and that's what the hell we're supposed to do”

A union conglomerate that represents more than 300,000 workers in the area today endorsed a referendum to legalize slot machine gambling in Maryland. via The Baltimore Sun

“We have dramatically expanded health care cradle to grave”

And, until this year, he was facing medical concerns of his own. His parents health insurance would no longer cover him when he graduated from undergraduate school. via WUSA9.com Washington, DC

“I would like to postpone this for a couple of weeks, just so we can look at it more.”

The state Board of Public Works approved yesterday the purchase by St. Mary's College of Maryland of 34 acres of undeveloped land from a member of the state college's board of trustees, over Comptroller Peter Franchot's objections.

Franchot initially praised the liberal arts college's handling of the ethically tricky transaction but then changed course when Treasurer Nancy K. Kopp brought up an article in the St. Mary's Today newspaper criticizing the $800,000 sale as a 'land scam' and likened it to a 'sweetheart deal' for developer Michael P. O'Brien. Read more

“Maryland has been changing for a while, and these numbers reflect that continuing trend”

The number of minorities -- and especially Latinos -- in Maryland is continuing to grow as the state's white population shrinks.

According to U.S. Census Bureau figures released today, the state's population of non-Hispanic whites decreased by 21,428 between 2006 and 2007, while the Latino population of all races grew by 17,779.

Latinos now account for just over 6 percent of the state's 5.6 million people, whose overall numbers edged upward marginally in the past year.

From a racial standpoint, whites account for 63.6 percent of Maryland's population, African-Americans for 29.5 percent and Asians for 5 percent. Read more

Gov. Martin O'Malley is taking a tour of the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant on Thursday. via Washington Examiner

ANNAPOLIS - The Board of Public Works has approved the purchase of two parcels of land next to St. via The Daily Times