Utility companies in Maryland and the District of Columbia are reporting only sporadic power outages in the hours since steady rain moved into the area. Baltimore Gas and Electric reported 346 outages as of 6 a.m. Monday and said service ...

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HAGERSTOWN — Maryland utility companies and emergency management officials say they’re preparing for large-scale power outages, flooding and other damage from a storm that could arrive as early as Sunday. Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. said Thursday it’s planning for ...

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PITTSBURGH — The wheeling and dealing over the natural gas-rich Marcellus Shale has hit the pause button. Marcellus mergers and acquisition activity fell to zero in the third quarter of 2012, after major energy companies spent tens of billions of ...

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WASHINGTON — Maryland’s economy would be particularly hard-hit if Congress is unable to reach a budget agreement to avoid the broad, automatic cuts to the federal budget set to take effect in January, according to economic experts. Going over the ...

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A Maryland health advocacy group is releasing a study on the effects of tax increases on small cigars and smokeless tobacco products. The Maryland Health Care For All Coalition is releasing the study on Wednesday in Baltimore. The tax increases ...

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NEW CARROLLTON — Maryland is no longer planning to build a new headquarters for the Department of Housing and Community Development in New Carrollton. The Washington Post reports that state officials have been unable to negotiate an acceptable lease. They’re ...

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Eligible voters in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, are testing an Internet-based voting system designed by Baltimore-based Scytl, a provider of electronic elections technology, by voting for their favorite color of jellybean. The 2012 Jellybean Internet Voting Election will help the city ...

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ATLANTA — The pharmacy that distributed a steroid linked to an outbreak of fungal meningitis has issued a voluntary recall of all of its products, calling the move a precautionary measure. The New England Compounding Center announced the recall Saturday. ...

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NEW YORK — Health providers are scrambling to notify patients in nearly two dozen states that the routine steroid injections they received for back pain in recent months may have been contaminated with a deadly fungal meningitis. It became apparent ...

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HAGERSTOWN — Maryland cities and towns will renew their push for more state money for road work and police in next year’s General Assembly, leaders of the Maryland Municipal League said Friday. The group representing 157 municipalities discussed legislative priorities ...

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