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Unmanned aerial vehicles in the D.C. area?
5/3/13 11:49 PM
From Pakistan to Petworth, there's no shortage of concerns about how unmanned aerial vehicles will be used.
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Maryland to unmarried gay employees: Get married or lose benefits
5/3/13 6:15 PM
The State of Maryland is sending an unusual message to hundreds of state employees: get married or lose your benefits. It can be chalked up to the fallout from unintended consequences.
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Firefighters battling blaze on Addison Road
5/3/13 3:18 PM
Prince George's County firefighters are battling a blaze Friday afternoon in the 1100 block of Addison Road South.
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Broadband Internet bill introduced in Prince George's County
5/3/13 9:15 AM
At a time when instant, reliable access to the Internet is perhaps taken for granted, a Prince George's County lawmaker is standing up for an area just miles from the nation's capital that still doesn't have it.
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Wegmans hiring hundreds for new store in Germantown
5/2/13 11:31 PM
The new Wegmans, in Seneca Meadows Plaza in Germantown, is making 600 new hires before its grand-opening in September. And 550 of the store's 600 employees will be local hires.
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Tamerlan Tsarnaev: Remains of Boston Marathon bombing suspect claimed
5/2/13 8:53 PM
The body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was claimed on Thursday. Tsarnaev's widow wanted it released to his side of the family. Tsarnaev's uncle Ruslan Tsarni, of Montgomery Village, Maryland, said Tuesday night the family would take the body.
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Maryland repeals death penalty
5/2/13 6:00 PM
Maryland has ended the death penalty as a punishment in the state, making it the 18th state to do so.
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Gene Kirchner, volunteer firefighter, dies after Reisterstown fire
5/2/13 2:15 PM
Twenty-four-year-old Gene Kirchner of the Reisterstown Volunteer Fire Co. died Thursday at Shock Trauma in Baltimore. He had been carried, unconscious, from the April 24 fire in a Victorian-style home.
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Aberdeen Proving Ground deaths: Navy says 2 face charges
5/1/13 9:23 PM
A spokeswoman said Wednesday the unidentified defendants are "senior leaders" in Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit Two. Navy Diver 1st Class James Reyher of Caldwell, Ohio, and Navy Diver 2nd Class Ryan Harris of Gladstone, Mo., belonged to that unit.
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California milk processors threaten name of kids' experiment
5/3/13 9:54 PM
Two Montgomery County brothers, ages 9 and 7, came up with a science project idea: How to figure out if milk was sour without smelling it. But California's milk processors weren't too happy with it.
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Postal worker sexually assaulted in Silver Spring
5/3/13 5:39 PM
A 21-year-old postal worker was sexually assaulted Thursday while she was out walking behind a post office on her lunch break in Silver Spring. Her mother is speaking out about the attack.
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Gambrills/Crofton vandalism spree leaves homes, cars damaged
5/3/13 9:43 AM
Authorities in Anne Arundel County are on the lookout for whoever is throwing bricks and rocks through windows throughout Gambrills and Crofton.
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Kyle Druckemiller charged with building bombs
5/2/13 11:40 PM
Authorities say they were contacted in April by the father of the suspect's girlfriend, who reported finding what appeared to be two pipe bombs while searching his duffel bag.
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Laurel homicides: Tina Towler, James Ferguson found dead
5/2/13 9:55 PM
Tina Towler, 45, and her boyfriend, James Ferguson, were found dead inside the apartment. Towler's severely disabled daughter, 24, was found unharmed, but taken to a hospital for observation. She has not been able to communicate what she may have witnessed.
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Montgomery County to hold gun turn-in event May 11
5/2/13 6:27 PM
The Montgomery County gun turn-in event will be held Saturday, May 11 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. It's anonymous with no appointment necessary and no questions asked.
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Maryland shark fin law exempts some species
5/2/13 2:58 PM
Hawaii, Illinois, Oregon and Washington have enacted shark fin laws and other states are considering legislation. Maryland's governor signed the bill Thursday.
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Developer alleges Army didn't stop Fort Detrick pollution
5/2/13 11:57 AM
A developer claims the Army failed to stop toxic chemicals from seeping into the groundwater near Fort Detrick.
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Gateway Arts District breathes new life in Prince George's County
5/1/13 7:45 PM
A portion of the Prince George’s County Route 1 Corridor is breathing new life thanks to the arts.
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