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Maryland to start ticketing for cellphone use while driving
Published: Mon, May 20, 2013
Study: Such laws affect accidents little Marylanders soon will be ticketed for texting or talking on a mobile phone while driving under a new law, but studies show such crackdowns on phone use...
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Crime, Maryland, Local
New Maryland law requires smoke alarms with long-life batteries
Published: Sun, May 19, 2013
A new law in Maryland aims to increase the likelihood that people's lives will be saved by smoke alarms during a fire, officials said. Legislation approved by Gov. Martin O'Malley on Thursday...
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Cold Case, Crime, Virginia, Maryland
Cold Case: Police still purse leads in Johns Hopkins grad student's slayings
Published: Sun, May 19, 2013
The disappearance of a Johns Hopkins University graduate student once gripped the region and became known as the "Route 29 Stalker" investigation, but 17 years later her case remains unsolved....
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Prince Georges County, Maryland
Prince George's plan would increase demolitions of blighted foreclosures
Published: Sun, May 19, 2013
Prince George's County officials unveiled a new foreclosure action plan aimed at speeding up the demolition process after knocking down nearly 50 houses and apartment complexes so far this fiscal...
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Metro and Traffic, Maryland
Montgomery residents voice concerns about rapid bus network
Published: Sun, May 19, 2013
Montgomery County residents are raising concerns about the county's proposed bus rapid transit system after planners revealed a scaled-back system that would center around Route 355 from...
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Maryland, Local
Preakness a feast for people watchers
Updated: Sat, May 18, 2013
While InfieldFest sat smack dab in the middle of the track at the famed Preakness Stakes, it might as well have taken place on another planet entirely. Equal parts music festival and...
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Talking Points, Maryland
Talking points: Student kidnapper, delivering drugs, potty mouth states
Updated: Sat, May 18, 2013
A student did what to avoid telling his parents he failed? Instead of coming clean about failing an English class, college student Aftab Aslam staged his own kidnapping. The Georgia Gwinnett...
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The Blotter, Crime, Virginia, Maryland
The Blotter: Three arrested in robbery spree, students maced, Loudoun County man found shot
Published: Sat, May 18, 2013
Three arrested in connection to P.G. county robberies Police in Prince George's County have arrested three men in connection with more than 50 burglaries in the county since December 2012....
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Crime, Maryland, Local
Three arrested in connection to P.G. county robberies
Published: Sat, May 18, 2013
Police in Prince George's County have arrested three men in connection with more than 50 burglaries in the county since December 2012. Anthony Nyrekie Edwards, 40, David Benjamin Neal, 24, and...
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Maryland, Local
Maryland law punishes those who wreak 'fiscal terror'
Published: Sat, May 18, 2013
A new Maryland law punishes those who file false financial claims against state residents, a tactic used by anti-government extremists to ruin the finances of public officials. The law stemmed...
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Montgomery County, Maryland
Democratic fundraiser exceeds goals despite union boycott
Published: Sat, May 18, 2013
The Montgomery County Democratic Party's spring fundraiser brought in more money than expected despite a union boycott that organizers credit for low attendance. A spokeswoman for the county...
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Metro and Traffic, Maryland
MARC to add weekend service between Baltimore, Washington
Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013
Washington residents soon will have a new way to get to Baltimore or Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport on the weekends. Maryland's MARC commuter train is extending its...
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Top Cop, Crime, Maryland
Prince George's County officer named department's youngest pilot-in-command
Published: Sat, May 18, 2013
Prince George's County police Cpl. Ben Conner started flying at a young age. He said he first began flying planes as a 16-year-old high school sophomore and then became a flight instructor...
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University of Maryland, Education, Maryland
Maryland universities approve 3 percent tuition hike as college costs rise across region
Published: Thu, May 16, 2013
Maryland's state universities announced that in-state undergraduate tuition would rise by 3 percent, the same amount as the past three years. That means local students at the system's flagship...
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Energy, Maryland
Montgomery County Council cuts energy tax
Published: Thu, May 16, 2013
Also tentatively approves $4.8 billion budget The Montgomery County Council voted to cut the county's energy tax 10 percent as lawmakers tentatively approved a $4.8 billion budget for fiscal...
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Metro and Traffic, Maryland
Gov. Martin O'Malley announces $1.2 billion in transportation projects
Published: Thu, May 16, 2013
Governor signs gas tax bill to fund them ANNAPOLIS -- Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley on Thursday announced $1.2 billion in transportation projects as he signed into law a new gas tax to fund...
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Gun Control, Maryland
Gov. Martin O'Malley signs gun law amid threats of lawsuit, referendum
Published: Thu, May 16, 2013
ANNAPOLIS -- Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley signed into law Thursday some of the toughest new gun restrictions in the nation, though a lawsuit and possible voter referendum threaten the new...
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Prince Georges County, Crime, Maryland
Police use Taser on naked man, charge him with shooting friend
Published: Thu, May 16, 2013
A Montgomery County man was arrested in Prince George's County after he shot a childhood friend, took off his clothes, climbed onto a firetruck while naked and was shot with a Taser by police,...
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Prince Georges County, Crime, Maryland
Estranged spouses dead in Prince George's murder-suicide
Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013
A 47-year-old man shot in his estranged wife and then took his own life in Prince George's County, police said. According to a preliminary investigation, Jason Taffe, of Silver Spring, went to...
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Prince Georges County, Maryland
Pennsylvania casino owner makes surprise casino bid in Maryland
Updated: Wed, May 15, 2013
Greenwood Racing's bid to build a Parx Casino in Fort Washington came as a surprise to many following Maryland's gambling saga, but company officials say the move had always been in the cards....
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Anonymous Cincinnati IRS official: “Everything comes from the top.”
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