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Federal judge's decision might force Pr. George's to repay millions in wages to 5,900 workers.

Olympic gold medal swimming champion Michael Phelps was involved in a traffic accident in Baltimore, Maryland, on Thursday night, but was uninjured, police said.

A 44-year-old woman faces charges of child abuse after she gave birth in a portable toilet and deliberately dropped the newborn into the waste tank, according to police in Cambridge, Maryland.

More than 1,000 people were defrauded out of about $70 million by a group advertising the dream of homeownership in what turned out to be a nightmare Ponzi scheme, federal and Maryland officials said Monday.

More than $20 million from dozens of clients is unaccounted for in the aftermath of what police say was a murder-suicide by the attorney who invested the money, according to a source with direct knowledge of deceased lawyer William Parente's financial dealings.

A New York man who killed his wife, two daughters and himself in a Maryland hotel room may have had serious financial problems, police said.

Frederick man who killed his wife, three children last week owed more than $450,000, police say.

The bodies of a New York lawyer, his wife and two daughters were found in a hotel room in a Maryland suburb, the authorities said Tuesday, apparently the victims of a murder-suicide.

Authorities in Maryland say a prison work crew kept a toddler safe after the child was found wandering alone on a rural highway.

Maryland ranked No. 1 in the nation in the percentage of high school seniors in 2008 who earned a passing score on the rigorous, college-level Advanced Placement exams, according to a report released today by the College Board.