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An average of twice a day, a patient at the University of Maryland Medical Center has a heart attack, dangerous allergic reaction or other emergency that requires supplies from a crash cart.s

Newly-launched interview archive hosts hours of clips from gaming industry luminaries

The single most important thing people can do to save the Bay

Maryland's yield of corn could be cut in half this year amid the nation's worst drought since 1956.

A Beverly Hills sports drink maker being sued by Baltimore-based Under Armour Inc. says the trademark infringement lawsuit is without merit, according to court documents filed Thursday.

Should you choose the organic strawberries versus conventional ones? Both are bright and colorful at the perfect ripeness and provide vitamins, antioxidants and fiber while being low in sodium.

State can't afford to wait any longer to become competitive with our neighbors

Independence Day means steamed crabs for many Marylanders, but the outlook for celebrating the nation's birthday with a heaping tableful of locally caught crustaceans is as iffy as the weather of late.

Quarterly meeting draws slim attendance during council president's son's viewing

In a letter to the editor of the Laurel Leader, a Laurel resident writes that public subsidies are not to blame for health issues in our country.

Foster Holcombe converted a milking barn into an inferno where he and his fellow artisans create magical glass creations

An increase to Baltimore's bottle tax – the linchpin of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's plan to raise funds to renovate the city's decrepit school buildings—received preliminary approval from the City Council Monday, likely assuring the measure will become law.

Edwin C. Fry, a longtime Kent County farmer who was active in agricultural affairs, died Friday of pulmonary disease at Washington Hospital Center in Washington. He was 88.

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's proposed increase to the city's tax on bottle beverages is expected to move forward Monday after being corked up for months by a City Council committee.

Couponers share tips on saving big at Howard County area shops.

People can't make informed investment decisions unless corporations disclose the financial risks they face from climate change

The Star-Spangled Sailabration has announced three open cooking competitions -- for cold crab dips, cupcakes and crab cakes -- that will be held as part maritime festival at Baltimore's Inner Harbor.

Baltimore takes own approach on sugary beverages as New York moves to ban large containers

The recent fish kill at the Inner Harbor should be a wake-up call

About 100 employees of Big Huge Games, a Timonium-based video game maker, were tossed out of work this week as the studio and its Rhode Island-based parent company abruptly shut down due to financial problems.

A mysterious fire destroyed the Sharon Acres residence of Miss K. Ady this week 50 years ago. The brick frame 170-year-old house was totally engulfed in flames by the time firefighters arrived.

The casino food operations include a buffet, an Asian noodle bar and a Phillips Seafood.

This weekend, as the Wine in the Woods wine festival marks its 20th anniversary, education seminars, tastings, attract a loyal following.

Obesity epidemic is fueled in large measure by rise of sugar-filled beverages

Culinary Institute of America instructs culinary students at Severn school for the day.

The state has awarded a casino license to the sole applicant at the struggling Rocky Gap resort in Western Maryland.

Critics of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's school construction proposal should either back the bottle tax or build support for an alternative.

Teachers, students, retailers and beverage industry lobbyists are preparing to make themselves heard Wednesday as the battle over raising Baltimore's bottle tax to fund school repairs moves to a skeptical City Council committee.

The NFL relaxed its policy last week, allowing franchises such as the Baltimore Ravens to accept casino ads in game programs, on limited signs at stadiums and on local radio.

John Y. Crow, a retired salesman of dairy industry products and a decorated World War II veteran, died of pneumonia complications April 8 at Charlotte Hall Veterans Hospital. He was 89 and had lived in North Baltimore.

Consumer protests Starbucks' use of bugs in food coloring

Gant and Safeway pulls pink slime from shelves

The 2012 Harford County Ag Banquet was held Friday night.

Ann Lansinger, who's run Baltimore's Emerging Technology Center in Canton since 1999, retires April 5.

Seafood, spices and other imports linked to uptick in foodborne illnesses

Maryland gaming industry veteran picked for top post at Emerging Technology Centers.

Four years after leading the way in the previous fight against slots legislation by the Maryland General Assembly, Kevin McGhee and the Laurel Clergy Association are taking casino gambling on again slammed slots as a "predatory practice."

Bottle tax: 2-cent levy is bad enough but 5 cents would be devastating, beverage industry says

The federal indictment of a flamboyant online gambling mogul that was unsealed in Maryland on Tuesday was nearly a decade in the making and continues a recent crackdown on such sites, though some question the impact such cases will have as operators continue to shift tactics.

By some estimates, as much as a quarter of the country has cut back on gluten or eliminated it altogether. And yet, experts say less than 10 percent of us have a real problem with gluten. So everyone else? Those gluten-free muffins in your grocery cart are there for no good reason.

Baltimore Schools CEO Andrés Alonso's idea to leverage existing school construction funds could have an immediate impact — if politics don't derail it.

NFL has shut down hundreds of China-based sites selling counterfeit Baltimore Ravens and other team jerseys and other merchandise to U.S. consumers