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Gifts for Guns in PG County sees huge turnout after Connecticut shooting
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Prince George’s County Police collected 150 guns, surrendered voluntarily today, at the Gifts for Guns event, bringing the total to 450 guns collected this year. The gun owners were given a $100 gift card in exchange.
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Sandy Hook shooting: Local schools increase security after elementary shooting
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Schools in the Washington area have counselors and some extra police patrols as students return to class following the school shooting in Connecticut.
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Cambridge apartment fire injures 21; people jump to safety
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Maryland fire officials say more than a dozen people had to jump from windows to safety during a four-alarm fire at a three-story apartment building in Cambridge.
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Montgomery County still faces pedestrian challenges
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Less than two months after a Montgomery County teen was struck and killed on her way to school, the county still faces several pedestrian challenges.
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Tax season: Experts brace for repeat of scammers
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Tax season is right around the corner and already privacy experts are bracing for a repeat of a huge problem: scammers stealing your name and social security number and using them to file false returns.
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Maryland out of appeals for Sandy disaster relief
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Maryland Emergency Management Agency spokesman Ed McDonough said Monday that there is no recourse to last week's denial of a state appeal seeking assistance for individuals in Dorchester, Garrett, Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester counties.
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Connecticut school shooting: Bloomberg calls for stricter gun control
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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and dozens of shooting survivors and victims' relatives are calling on Congress and President Barack Obama to tighten gun laws and enforcement.
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Redskins' London Fletcher's family involved in fight in Cleveland
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Following the Washington Redskins’ win on Sunday night, linebacker London Fletcher had little time to celebrate.
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Washington Redskins playoff tickets available to general public Dec. 29
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Want to get your hands on tickets to a potential Washington Redskins Wild Card playoff game? Here's all the info you need.
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Francis Maguire arrested for Marymount University stabbing
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A Marymount University student has been charged with stabbing someone inside a dormitory on the campus of the Catholic school in Arlington.
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President Barack Obama offers love, prayers of nation to Newtown
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Alone on a spare stage after the worst single day of his presidency, the commander in chief was a parent in grief.
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Sandy Hook Elementary School closed 'indefinitely' while investigation continues
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Authorities say the Connecticut elementary school where a gunman shot to death 26 people will be closed indefinitely while the crime is investigated.
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Washington Redskins vs. Cleveland Browns: Cousins leads Redskins over Browns 38-21
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Rookie Kirk Cousins threw for 329 yards and two touchdowns filling in for injured star Robert Griffin III, leading the Redskins to their fifth straight win, 38-21 over the Cleveland Browns on Sunday. The Redskins are now tied for the NFC East lead.
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Italy's Silvio Berlusconi engaged to a woman nearly 50 years younger
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Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi has revealed he is engaged to a woman almost 50 years his junior, and says that "finally I feel less alone."
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Inauguration to hold multi-million dollar price tag
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The pomp surrounding the inauguration of the president of the United States can carry a hefty price tag, from the glitzy galas to all those inaugural balls.
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San Antonio movie theater shooting: Suspect in custody after wounding one
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Sheriff's officials say a man opened fire in a San Antonio movie theater parking lot, wounding one person before an officer shot him inside the theater.
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Sandy Hook shooting: NFL honors lives lost during tragedy
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The New England Patriots silenced their "End Zone Militia" on Sunday night, taking the muskets away from the Revolutionary War re-enactors who fire into the air to celebrate every score.
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Car bomb explodes in Afghanistan outside U.S. military contractor compound
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A car bomb exploded outside of a compound housing a U.S. military contractor in the Afghan capital Monday, blowing apart an exterior wall and wounding dozens inside, company representatives and police said. In another part of the country, a suspected landmine killed 10 young girls, police said.
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