Other Maryland officials said they did not see salvia use as a widespread problem.

Maryland officials said they could not accept an invitation to the game due to it conflicting with the school's final exams.

A Maryland official said the school had received requests for help from other schools in implementing similar changes.

Maryland officials figure that unwanted pregnancies cost the state $454 million a year in prenatal care, welfare and other services.

Maryland officials have budgeted $375,000 for the amnesty program's advertising campaign.

Maryland officials said no bets were on Terrapin games.

But Maryland officials said their state intended to offer the insurance as a subsidized benefit to state employees in about two years.

On the other hand, Maryland officials say that this is the clearest-cut wiretapping case they have seen.

Diebold executives and Maryland officials said the report vindicated their view that the machines could be used reliably.

Maryland officials responded quickly to the accusation of racial profiling, with a news conference of their own where they denied it.