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  • Prince George's plan would increase demolitions of blighted foreclosures

    Matt Connolly

    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 year. No county in Maryland was hit harder by the foreclosure crisis than Prince George's. The...

  • Prince George's County officer named department's youngest pilot-in-command

    Naomi Jagoda

    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 during his senior year. On his 31st birthday, May 8, Conner became the youngest pilot-in-command in the...

  • Gov. Martin O'Malley announces $1.2 billion in transportation projects

    Andy Brownfield

    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 them. The projects include the proposed Purple and Red light rail lines in Montgomery and Prince...

  • Police use Taser on naked man, charge him with shooting friend

    Naomi Jagoda

    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, authorities said. Mohamed S. Bah, 24, was charged with attempted murder, assault and other offenses....

  • Estranged spouses dead in Prince George's murder-suicide

    Naomi Jagoda

    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 the home of his 41-year-old estranged wife, Denise Taffe, in the 7700 block of Pinewood Drive in...