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Aiming to boost the fledgling market for plug-in vehicles, Maryland and seven other states pledged Thursday to use their governments' tax and spending powers to get 3.3 million "zero-emission" cars, trucks and vans on the road in the next dozen years.

A variety of factors have driven down gasoline prices across the state this week, from a stagnant demand to a stable international market — and now the federal shutdown could mean added relief at the pump.

A proposed pricing structure for electronic toll lanes set to open next year along Interstate 95 northeast of Baltimore was approved Thursday by the Maryland Transportation Authority Board.

For the first time on Tuesday, the nation will log 1,000 days straight with an average cost of gasoline at or above $3 per gallon, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic.

Baltimore transit gets a big boost with $1.5 billion for Red Line and millions more for rail projects that will help define the city's future

Airport officials welcomed last week's announcement by Gov. Martin O'Malley that weekend MARC train service between Baltimore and Washington will start in December because such a connection to the nation's capital is a huge selling point — especially for international travelers BWI is trying to court.

Needed repairs to aging bridge joints and damaged concrete barriers along large stretches of the Jones Falls Expressway in Baltimore will close a varying number of travel lanes for the next 10 months, city officials said Friday.

Forecasts of sunny skies are combining with falling gas prices and an apparent "pent-up demand" for a getaway to put Maryland on a course for its busiest Labor Day weekend for travel since the end of the recession.

Harford Community College has been gearing up the for Fall sports season. Here's a peek at the women's and men's soccer teams. The college has also named a new softball coach.

While many Orioles haven't had the chance to look through the outline of the proposed instant replay installation released by Major League Baseball on Thursday, some still feel the much-talked-about subject will ultimately be a positive for the game.

Orioles closer Jim Johnson blew his third straight save opportunity, and his ninth of the year, and the Arizona Diamondbacks completed a three-game sweep with a 5-4 victory.

Orioles rookie Henry Urrutia hasn't started a game since Aug. 3, but he was still an important part of the club's eight-game interleague road trip through National League West parks in San Diego, San Francisco and Arizona, as he pinch hit in all but one game.

While the Orioles bullpen has received its share of work over the course of the club's eight-game road trip to San Diego, San Francisco and Arizona, manager Buck Showalter says he isn't worried about his relievers tiring.

Sunday's loss to the Seattle Mariners dropped the Orioles to 4-5 on a homestand that featured the division rival Boston Red Sox, the last-place Houston Astros and up-and-coming but below .500 Seattle team.

The Orioles recalled infielder Danny Valencia from Norfolk and immediately inserted him into Sunday's lineup as the designated hitter. Valencia responded with a homer and a double against the Seattle Mariners.

Teenagers in Maryland and across the country are receiving driver's licenses in fewer numbers than in years past, according to a national study by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.

Aberdeen takes first game of twin bill, then is topped in the second on the last day of their road trip

With a masterful, 6-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Friday night that snapped a three-game losing streak for the Orioles, the 25-year-old Tillman (13-3) became the first Oriole since lefty Erik Bedard in 2007 to win at least 13 games in a season. He¿s the first to hit the mark in July since Sidney Ponson won No. 13 on July 10, 2003.

Matt Wieters' bat has sizzled coming out of the All-Star break, but the Orioles' catcher said he doesn't think the four days of rest over the break has anything to do with it.

Crash experts from the National Transportation Safety Board were at a Glen Burnie salvage yard Thursday morning to look at the three vehicles involved in the Bay Bridge accident that catapulted a young woman and her car into the water.

Two National Transportation Safety Board investigators will meet Thursday with Maryland officials to review last Friday's crash on the Bay Bridge that flung a woman and her car into the water.

Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski used a speech on the Senate floor Wednesday to join in calling for a federal review of safety procedures on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.