ICC section gets finishing touches

First ICC section gets final touches

State workers are putting the finishing touches on Maryland's newest highway. The first leg of the Intercounty Connector — a toll road that will eventually connect I-95 with I-270 in Montgomery County — is slated to open Tuesday. The section, though the farthest from Baltimore, will still cut travel time to the Gaithersburg area by about 15 minutes.


No doubt Cleaven Williams killed wife

Attorneys prosecuting and defending Cleaven L. Williams Jr. all agree that he killed his wife outside a Baltimore courthouse just after she had taken out a protective order against him. Under dispute, however, is whether he planned the attack in which he stabbed her seven times, as prosecutors say, or it was a spontaneous, irrational act.

Cordish files defamation suit against Maryland Jockey Club

The Cordish Cos. are suing the Maryland Jockey Club and the owners and trustees of the Cordish-built gambling venture in Indiana, in a $600 million suit that claims the parties "conspired" to defame the company in an effort to prevent it from developing what could be the state's most lucrative slots parlor.

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Jewish ritual bath may be oldest in U.S.

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Carl Gordon Kirwan Jr., vintage auto collector, dies

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