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Montgomery County, Crime, Maryland
Man arrested in Gaithersburg hatchet slaying
Updated: 8 hr ago
A 20-year-old man was taken into custody after using a hatchet to kill another man in Gaithersburg, police said. Claude Alexander Allen III was charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of...
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Health Care, Virginia, Maryland, DC
D.C. teen birth rate drops 15 percent as U.S. hits record low
Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013
Teenage birth rates dropped in D.C. and nearly every other state from 2007 to 2011, with the country as a whole hitting a record low, according to a new study from the U.S. Centers for Disease...
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Terps, College, Maryland, Sports
Homegrown players fuel Maryland women's lacrosse championship hopes
Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013
Team's top five scorers all hail from Maryland The University of Maryland has long been a recruiting force in women's lacrosse, dominating its home state but also cherry-picking national talent...
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Crime, Maryland, Local
Prominent swim coach gets 7-year sentence
Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013
A former Northern Virginia swim coach whose club has produced six Olympians was sentenced Thursday to seven years in prison for sexually abusing a girl whom he coached in the 1980s. Rick Curl,...
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Montgomery County, Maryland
Montgomery County Council approves $4.8 billion budget
Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013
Montgomery County taxpayers will begin paying higher property taxes on July 1 as the County Council approved a $4.8 billion budget on Thursday that includes multimillion-dollar pay raises for...
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Prince Georges County, Education, Maryland
Audit: Prince George's County schools used stimulus funds for principals' watches, microwave ovens
Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013
A federal audit shows that Prince George's County schools misused nearly $167,000 in stimulus money on things like a microwave oven and minifridge for a school administrator, engraved watches for...
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Montgomery County, Maryland
One dead, one hurt after Montgomery Mall construction collapse
Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013
A 50,000-pound beam collapsed on the third deck of a mall parking garage, killing one man working on the second floor and trapping another for hours. As crews labored on a new parking garage at...
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Metro and Traffic, Maryland
Pedestrian killed by Metrobus in Olney
Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013
A 50-year-old Montgomery County pedestrian died after he was hit by a Metrobus late Wednesday in Olney, according to Montgomery County police. Ronald Maurice Johnson of Brookeville was hit as a...
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Montgomery County, Crime, Virginia, Maryland
Prominent swim coach faces sentencing for child sex abuse
Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013
Rick Curl, whose Northern Virginia swim club has produced several Olympians, is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday for sexually abusing a child he coached more than 25 years ago. Curl, 63, faces...
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Maryland, Local
Worker crushed to death after Montgomery Mall garage collapses
Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013
Updated, 4:05 p.m. One construction worker is dead and another severely injured after a 50,000-pound piece of concrete fell and crushed them at a Montgomery County mall. Montgomery County...
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Montgomery County, Crime, Maryland
Basketball-playing teen stabbed near Silver Spring park
Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013
Montgomery County police are investigating a stabbing of a teenager who had been playing basketball at Silver Spring park. Around 6:40 p.m. Monday, two men approached a 17-year-old at Stonegate...
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Prince Georges County, Maryland
Dead man found at Anne Arundel County marina
Published: Thu, May 23, 2013
A 70-year-old Hyattsville man was found dead at an Anne Arundel County marina, police said. About 9 p.m. Wednesday,William Eckert was found in the water near his boat at Holiday Hill Marina in...
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Montgomery County, Virginia, Maryland, DC
D.C.-area cities keep pace with Sun Belt growth
Published: Wed, May 22, 2013
The nation's fastest-growing cities may be in the Sun Belt, but the District and nearby Alexandria and Gaithersburg are gaining residents at a blistering pace, according to census data released...
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College, Maryland, Sports
Suburban Maryland's Stevenson University one win away from first Division III lacrosse title
Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013
Suburban Md. school in Division III title game It was interesting that Stevenson University junior Brent Hiken estimated his faceoff counterpart in the NCAA semifinals to be 6-foot-5 and 280...
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Montgomery County, Maryland
Maryland taxpayers could see refunds as attorney general weighs appeal
Published: Wed, May 22, 2013
Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler is weighing an appeal of a decision by the state's highest court that would cost the state's counties and Baltimore City $128 million in taxes. Maryland's...
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Montgomery County, Maryland
Montgomery County task force to revamp nighttime economy
Published: Wed, May 22, 2013
A Montgomery County panel will explore loosening liquor laws and integrating more bars and restaurants aimed at young people in new developments in an effort to make the county more hip. The...
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Metro and Traffic, Virginia, Maryland, DC
Officials: Only handful of Capital Bikeshare bikes stolen
Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013
Capital Bikeshare has shiny red bikes on street corners all over the region, with plans to expand. But surprisingly, those cherry red numbers haven't been stolen very often. Only 15 bikes have...
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Montgomery County, Crime, Maryland
Jogger struck by school bus in Rockville
Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013
A jogger was struck by a Montgomery County school bus in Rockville, police said.
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Education, Virginia, Maryland, DC, Local
Washington area spends big bucks on its students
Published: Tue, May 21, 2013
D.C. public schools spent $18,475 per student in fiscal 2011, more than any state outside of New York, according to census data released Tuesday. Among the country's 100 public school systems...
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Education, Virginia, Maryland, DC, Local
D.C. residents have highest student loan debts
Published: Tue, May 21, 2013
D.C. residents have the highest student debt in the country, according to a new study by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, but the data also show D.C. residents paying off their loans quicker...
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