Colorado mom sniffs out son’s alleged stink-bomb plot, takes him to principal

Mom sniffs out son’s alleged stink-bomb plot

Md. police say men apparently confused a funeral home for a bank during robbery

Police: Confused men try to rob Md. funeral home

Md. city erects Dred Scott decision plaque to quell rancor over Supreme Court justice’s statue

Md. city aims for balance with Dred Scott plaque

Maryland town, setting of ‘Blair Witch Project,’ hopes new welcome signs will deter thieves

‘Blair Witch’ thieves prompt new signs in Md. town

Fort Hood shooting victims included newlywed, woman inspired to serve after Sept. 11 attacks

Fort victims had different reasons for enlisting

Man dies after catching fire at Md. gas station pump; cause of blaze still a mystery

Man fatally burned in Md. gas station fire

UQM Technologies prices 7.5M common stock offering at $4 per share

FREDERICK, Colo. — UQM Technologies Inc., which makes generators and electric motors, on Friday priced its 7.5 million share common stock offering at $4 per share, an 8.4 percent discount from its Thursday stock closing price.

Fort Detrick head to review panel: Safety a priority for new biodefense lab under construction

FREDERICK, Md. — A $680 million laboratory building under construction at Fort Detrick will likely be safer than the decades-old complex it will replace, an Army biodefense official told a scientific review panel Tuesday.

Maryland man faces charges for allegedly making fake 911 calls from pay phone

FREDERICK, Md. —Police said a man is facing charges that he made fake 911 calls. Bryan Paul Blanchard, 20, was charged after officers staked out a pay phone from which several of the calls were made. Police said Blanchard admitted making the calls after his car was pulled over early Thursday after a 911 call was received from the pay phone he had been observed recently using.

Army biodefense lab in Frederick, Md., completes inventory of dangerous germs and toxins

FREDERICK, Md. — The Army says workers at a military biodefense laboratory in Frederick have finished an inventory of dangerous germs and toxins.

Army investigators believe 3 vials of encephalitis missing from Md. weapons lab were destroyed

FREDERICK, Md. — An investigation of three disease samples missing from a Fort Detrick lab found that the samples were likely destroyed, according to Army officials.

Sheriff says Md. father who killed family, self nearly decapitated 3 kids; had $450K in debt

FREDERICK, Md. — A Maryland father who shot his wife and three children to death and then killed himself struggled with depression, had $450,000 in debt and nearly decapitated his kids after they had died, Frederick County Sheriff Charles Jenkins said Tuesday.