Mixed-use tower planned for Baltimore
A new skyscraper rivaling some of Baltimore's tallest buildings will rise in the Inner Harbor under a plan presented for one of downtown's most prominent, but long vacant, sites. The...
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Stewart sentenced to five months
Apologizing to supporters for "a small personal matter" that "became an almost fatal circus event," Martha Stewart was sentenced yesterday to five months in prison and five months of home...
Business costs rise with new Md. laws
As the General Assembly scrambled to finish its work late last night, business interests were tallying their tab: more than a half-billion dollars in possible new taxes, fees and surcharges...
Bird flu yet to hurt industry
While the avian influenza outbreak continues to reverberate on the Delmarva Peninsula - with the latest case discovered in Maryland Saturday - it has thus far not rippled to the...
Bird flu forces killing of poultry
More than 300,000 chickens on Maryland's Eastern Shore were destroyed yesterday to stem a fresh outbreak of avian influenza. The flu has infected birds in Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey...
Md. senators reject bill to limit worker eligibility for injury pay
In a move cheered by labor advocates, a state Senate panel unanimously voted down a bill yesterday that would have restricted the number of injured workers eligible for workers' compensation...
Head of House panel assails BWI bid
The chairman of a state legislative committee that oversees financing for Baltimore-Washington International Airport criticized yesterday the approach for selecting a new concession operator there, the latest in a chorus...
Study aims to fend off rise in Md. business tax
The state Chamber of Commerce released yesterday a study on taxation to help persuade lawmakers not to raise business taxes and to counter perceptions from a recent national study -...
Testing for bird flu continues; no new cases reported yesterday
Testing continued in the Mid-Atlantic region yesterday for avian influenza, the virus that infected flocks of chickens in Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania this month. Delaware officials said in a...
Unease reaches poultry market
PHILADELPHIA - In South Philadelphia, in between the gleaming new sports stadiums and the gritty Italian street market, is a small brick storefront where a 21-year-old in dirty rubber boots...