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WASHINGTON – Some top industrial polluters in Maryland blame their size and high production for their large toxic emissions

WASHINGTON – Scientists believe human activities may be contributing to the Baltimore oriole’s decline

WASHINGTON – The fortunes of its orange-and-black-clad baseball namesakes may be on the rise, but those of the Maryland state bird are on a steady decline

ANNAPOLIS – Today, the only way to find out how much lobbyists spend wining and dining legislators and other officials is to visit the State Ethics Commission in Towson

ANNAPOLIS – Concerned adults in Maryland want children to “protect their melons

WASHINGTON – With the help of six of seven Maryland members, the House passed a bill Thursday that would attempt to prevent terrorism and restrict appeals of death row inmates

ODENTON – There was a sense of urgency among Doreen Koke’s seventh grade science students as they surveyed the empty beer cans and cigarette packages along the banks of Towsers Branch

WASHINGTON – The lower Potomac was cited as one of the nation’s 20 most threatened rivers in a report released Wednesday by American Rivers, a national conservation organization

ANNAPOLIS – Joan Vinson was a distraught woman when she first met Ross Perot in 1969