USM Regents Approve Campuses’ Strategic Goals

ROCKVILLE – The University System of Maryland Board of Regents Friday approved strategic goals set by individual campuses to both improve education and keep down consumer costs

Holiday Hazards,530

Deck the halls with boughs of holly — but don’t hang the them by the fireplace or where children might confuse the poison red berries with candy

Baltimore/Washington Area Has More Than 400 Drug Organizations

WASHINGTON – Authorities have identified more than 400 drug organizations operating in the Washington/Baltimore region, ranging from technologically advanced cartels to street-level youth gangs

Carroll County Special Education Program Involves Community

WESTMINSTER – The multi-colored beach volleyball came over the net with force and landed on the court – point scored

Court of Special Appeals Reverses Evidence Suppression Ruling

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Court of Special Appeals Tuesday reversed an Anne Arundel County court’s decision to suppress evidence – a plastic bag of drugs – dropped by a passenger fleeing the scene of a traffic violation

USM Campuses Respond to Lawmakers’ Concerns Over Rising Tuition

Students at Salisbury University receive credit for working at the registrar’s office, food service and other campus departments, giving the university labor production at no cost

Ex-Congressman’s Problems a Puzzle to Friends

WASHINGTON – Former Rep

Bills Boosting Small Business Win Praise

WASHINGTON – The Small Business Administration is lauding two measures aimed at making it easier for small companies to contract with the federal government

Appeals Court Overturns Arundel Double Murder Conviction

ANNAPOLIS – Ruling that the accused did not receive a fair trial, the Maryland Court of Appeals Tuesday reversed the double- murder conviction of Darris Ware, who was sentenced to death for the 1993 gunshot slayings in Anne Arundel County of Bettina Krista Gentry and Cynthia Allen

U.S. Appeals Court Overturns Decision in Prison Guard’s Favor

WASHINGTON – A federal appellate court said a Maryland prison guard was “too stupid” to realize he was placing an inmate at risk and should not be held liable for a violent knife attack by another inmate