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The Washington Examiner to end daily print publication
Matt Connolly
Updated: Tue, Mar 19, 2013
The Washington Examiner will cease daily print publication on June 14 as owner Clarity Media Group ends local coverage to focus on national politics, the company announced Tuesday. The shuttering of the local, sports and entertainment sections means a loss of 87 editorial and operations...
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Two Maryland stores sell million-dollar Powerball tickets
Matt Connolly
Published: Mon, Mar 18, 2013
Two million-dollar Powerball tickets were sold in Maryland last week, Lottery officials announced Monday. One ticket came from a Giant supermarket in Baltimore County and the other came from Thunderhead Bowl and Grill in Carroll County, officials said. Each store will receive $2,500 for...
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Prince George's County Council to vote on employee retirement incentives
Matt Connolly
Published: Mon, Mar 18, 2013
The Prince George's County Council is scheduled to vote tomorrow on County Executive Rushern Baker's proposal to offer retirement incentives for county employees. The proposal, which was introduced last week along with a $3.2 billion budget, would offer qualified employees $1,000 for every...
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Police search for driver in Frederick hit and run
Matt Connolly
Published: Sun, Mar 17, 2013
Frederick Police are looking for help in identifying the driver of a gold Toyota Camry who struck a pedestrian on Key Parkway Sunday. The woman reported that she was trying to cross the parkway near the Bel Aire Lane intersection when the car struck her in the left lower leg, police said. She...
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The Blotter: Hyattsville shooting, intruder shot to death, fatal car accident
Matt Connolly
Published: Sun, Mar 17, 2013
Two injured in Hyattsville shooting Two people were injured early Sunday morning in an incident at a Hyattsville gas station where 19 shots were fired, according to police. The shooting occurred just before 3 a.m. at the Shell station on the 5300 block of Queens Chapel Road, police said. A...
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Loudoun homeowner shoots, kills intruder
Matt Connolly
Published: Sun, Mar 17, 2013
A Loudoun County homeowner shot and killed an intruder early Sunday morning, police said. The resident, who lived on the 45900 block of Pullman Court in Sterling, Va., reported that there was an unknown male in the house at 2:30 a.m., according to police. The homeowner then fatally shot the...
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Two injured in Hyattsville shooting
Matt Connolly
Published: Sun, Mar 17, 2013
Two people were injured early Sunday morning in an incident where 19 shots were fired at a Hyattsville gas station, according to police. The shooting occurred just before 3 a.m. at the Shell station on the 5300 block of Queens Chapel Road, police said. A man leaving his car was shot in the...
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Arlington County Board moves ahead with $80 million pool plan
Matt Connolly
Published: Sun, Mar 17, 2013
The Arlington County Board moved forward with the county's planned $80 million riverfront aquatics center by approving its master plan. The facility -- which includes a 50-meter pool, a water park with a lazy river, a teaching pool and a hot water therapy pool along with several fitness rooms...
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Man dies in Clinton car accident
Matt Connolly
Published: Sun, Mar 17, 2013
A man involved in a car crash at 5:30 a.m. in Clinton has died, police said. Officers responded to the crash on Temple Hill Road near the Salima Street intersection to find the driver suffering from trauma, police said. He was transported to an area hospital where he was later pronounced dead...
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Local counties in good shape compared with national trend
Matt Connolly
Published: Sat, Mar 16, 2013
Despite the Washington area's slowing growth rate -- down to 1.5 percent last year from 1.9 percent the year before -- its counties are in good shape compared with the 33 percent across the country that are losing population to old age and migration. Nationwide, 1,135 of 3,143 counties saw...

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