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Anne Arundel food stamps more than double
Almost one in every 13 Anne Arundel County residents receives food stamps, a 162.4 percent increase in households over just five years ago, the Capital Gazette reports.
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Jury foreman says life or death decision unfair
In an interview Friday, jury foreman William Zervakos provided a glimpse into the private deliberations, describing four women and eight men who struggled with the question: How heinous of a killing deserves a similar fate?
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Rolling Thunder rider fatally crashes
A motorcyclist riding with the Rolling Thunder fatally crashed Friday evening. Police have not said what led to the crash.
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Metro employee accused of stealing defibrillators
A 40-year-old Metro employee is accused of stealing more than a dozen defibrillators from transit agency facilities and selling them online.
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Journalist, author, professor Haynes Johnson dies
Haynes Johnson, a pioneering Washington journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the civil rights movement and migrated from newspapers to television, books and teaching, died Friday. He was 81. Johnson had taught at the University of Maryland since 1998.
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No deficiencies found in abortion death at Germantown clinic
Maryland health officials investigating the death of a woman being treated at a Germantown abortion clinic found "no deficiencies" in her care.
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Ex-Bethesda preschool teacher sentenced in child porn case
A preschool teacher who previously pleaded guilty to producing child pornography using several of his students has been sentenced to 14 years Friday.
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Maryland women's lacrosse takes on Syracuse
The Maryland women's lacrosse team will put their undefeated season on the line Friday night when they battle Syracuse in the NCAA semi-finals.
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Brookland neighbors battle over proposed new restaurant
A small group of D.C. residents is trying to keep a new restaurant and bar from opening in their Brookland neighborhood. But other residents disagree, saying the group doesn't speak for the whole community.
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Teen arrested in SE carjacking; second suspect wanted
Two people were injured Thursday morning when a car chased from Prince George's County into Southeast Washington crashed, police say. One arrest has been made as police search for a second suspect.
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Obama says nation must do more for fallen heroes
In his weekly radio and Internet address, President Obama says the country must care for the loved ones the fallen leave behind.
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Rolling Thunder rumbles into D.C. area to honor POWs, MIAs, veterans
Continuing a decades-long tradition, tens of thousands of motorcycle riders are rumbling into the D.C. area for Memorial Day, coming from all across America, bringing the nation’s attention to veterans issues and to the POW/MIA cause.
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Gaithersburg murder suspect son of Bush White House official
It started out as a burglary call. But police say when they arrived on the scene they found something different. Investigators believe a hatchet was used by the son of a former aide to George W. Bush to allegedly kill another man.
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Terps beat Syracuse 11-10, advance to NCAA women's lacrosse finals
Brooke Griffin scored the go-ahead goal with 2:51 left to lead top-seeded and undefeated Maryland (22-0), which has won 11 national titles, into its 21st championship game appearance. The Terps will play North Carolina in the final Sunday.
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I-95 traffic delays grow even worse on Memorial Day weekend
People heading south for the Memorial Day weekend are running into delays that stretch for miles. But for those who drive I-95 in Northern Virginia, the miserable delays aren't something isolated to holiday weekends.
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Obama: Sex assaults threaten "trust and discipline" in military
A day after laying out his counterterrorism vision, President Barack Obama addresses future military leaders who could help carry it out in a speech to U.S. Naval Academy graduates.
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Man accused of showing child porn to child in Arlington
A 19-year-old man was arrested this week in Arlington after he allegedly showed a young child child pornography.
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"Potomac Lice Lady" in high demand these days
Memorial Day officially kicks off summer and that means the start of camp season. Unfortunately, for many children it's also the start of lice season. But did you know about the Potomac Lice Lady?
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