Maryland primary voters hit the polls Friday for the state's first-ever experience with early voting — a dry run, candidates and election officials say, for the weeklong voting period before the general election in November.
ASSATEAGUE ISLAND Md. — Neil and Mary Edith Flynn waved goodbye to their son and his family and turned to their sand-colored RV. A high ridge of sea grasses and bayberry bushes blocked the ocean from view in this stretch of the state park, but the sound of hurricane-driven surf smashing onto the shore traveled over the dunes.
State officials all agree the government's revenue beat last fiscal year's expectations, but whether it is a harbinger of better times remains an open question. In final data for fiscal 2010 released by the state Comptroller's Office yesterday, revenue exceeded the official forecast by $183.7 million.
SILVER SPRING, Md. — A gunman police shot to death after he took hostages at Discovery Channel's headquarters said he hated the company's shows such as "Kate Plus 8" because they promote population growth and its environmental programming because it did little to save the planet.
MIAMI, Fla. -- Forecasters say Hurricane Earl is bringing tropical storm conditions to the Outer Banks of North Carolina and winds around its eye are still at 105 mph. Earl had weakened throughout the day but even its edges were packing powerful winds early Friday as it heads up the Eastern Seaboard.
There's $10 billion for schools in the state aid bill Congress passed last month. But some school systems have reason to wonder whether they are going to see the money.
