Maryland’s top court Monday upheld the constitutionality of the death penalty, nearly two months after a state law abolishing capital punishment went into effect Oct. 1.

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When Karen Mills became head of the Small Business Administration in April 2009, the U.S. was in a recession and a credit crisis. It was hard, if not impossible, for many to borrow money. It also was a difficult environment ...

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In a case that could turn a Howard County couple into folk heroes, Maryland’s top court on Tuesday considered the constitutionality of the state’s refusal to deduct from city or county taxes the income tax Marylanders pay to other states ...

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RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia executioners who inject condemned inmates with lethal doses of drugs are illegally practicing medicine, pharmacy and anesthesiology without licenses, two Alexandria lawyers claim in a complaint filed Tuesday. Attorneys Meghan Shapiro and Christopher Leibig asked the ...

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After about two months and countless hours of researching, planning and designing, students at one of the region’s universities may get the chance to see their real estate development efforts come to fruition. The University of Maryland, Johns Hopkins University, ...

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Erika Elaine Sifrit, serving a life sentence plus 20 years for killing and dismembering a Virginia couple in an Ocean City condominium, is asking a federal court to vacate her convictions based on ineffective assistance of counsel at her 2003 ...

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ANNAPOLIS – The Republican leader in Maryland’s House of Delegates says he will challenge Democratic Rep. Steny Hoyer in the state’s 5th Congressional District. Fifty-year-old Delegate Anthony O’Donnell announced his candidacy on Wednesday. O’Donnell says politicians in Washington have lost ...

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RICHMOND, Va. — The federal health care overhaul survived two legal challenges on technicalities Thursday, leaving President Barack Obama’s signature initiative headed toward a final resolution in the U.S. Supreme Court as early as next year. It’s possible the high ...

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During a second contentious meeting in two weeks, a group of Middle East residents Thursday night challenged a new plan for the massive redevelopment of their community by East Baltimore Development Inc. For more than an hour, about 50 angry ...

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CINCINNATI — The free-speech rights of tobacco companies are improperly restricted by a federal law giving the Food and Drug Administration the power to impose graphic warnings about the dangers of smoking and regulate how tobacco companies market and advertise ...

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