Montgomery County
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Montgomery County enforces new smoking regulations
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Starting this week, Montgomery County will begin enforcing additional rules on where you can smoke.
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Montgomery County test scores: School district looks into scores
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In January, 62 percent of Montgomery County students failed the first semester final in geometry. Sixty one percent failed the algebra one final.
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Burtonsville car chase leads to accident, suspect hospitalized
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A man is in critical condition following a car chase in Burtonsville, Maryland on Monday morning.
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Carroll Dexter Wills killed in Montgomery Mall parking deck collapse
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One construction worker was killed and another one was critically injured when a parking garage that was closed to the public partially collapsed outside the Westfield Montgomery Mall in Bethesda Thursday afternoon.
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Montgomery County students receiving record low math scores
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Montgomery County schools are now part of a puzzling phenomenon: A large majority of their high school students are receiving failing, or near-failing grades on their math final exams.
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Henry Sanders sentenced to 60 years in carjackings
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Henry Sanders, the Landover man who was convicted in 2011 of carjacking and robbing three elderly people in Wheaton, was sentenced Friday to six decades behind bars.
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Police Week 2013: William Talbert Sr. honored
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It’s an emotional week for one Maryland family. A local officer is honored at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial following a long journey that began with an injury in the line of duty.
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Takoma Park lowers voting age to 16
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Takoma Park officials have voted to lower the voting age to 16. The law passed 6 to 1 and will take effect in 50 days.
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Purple Line may open by 2020
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Purple line project manager Mike Madden says the project is in the design phase. He says the federal government would have to pay for about 50 percent for the line to be built.
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Maria Colindres, 77, struck, killed at Wheaton bus stop
A 77-year-old woman has died after she was struck by an SUV at a Wheaton bus stop Thursday. Witnesses tell ABC7 News that a driver lost control, jumped two curbs, hit the woman, went through the bus stop, and took out a fence behind it.
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The Benghazi hearings; Montgomery County gun turn-in; Internet sales tax bill
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Nahshon Kornegay sentenced to 10 years for pimping in Rockville
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Convicted in January, Nahshon Kornegay of District Heights was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years and 6 months in prison for selling the services of two women he set up in a room at the Twinbrook Hilton on Rockville Pike.
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Montgomery County Police to step up pedestrian safety patrols
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Officers from the department's traffic division will be conducting a "sting" at an undisclosed intersection on Wednesday.
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Montgomery County officials hope to keep pedestrians safe with new plan
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Montgomery County officials are taking action to slow down drivers and protect pedestrians.
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Montgomery Co. council votes to allow Wal-Mart to move in
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Aspen Hill is split over whether to let Wal-Mart build on a large piece of land on Connecticut Avenue. The county voted Monday to let the large retailer move in, but not everyone's happy.
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Montgomery County math exam failures prompt review
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Figures released by the school system show 62 percent of high school students failed their final exams in geometry and 57 percent failed Algebra 2. Among honors level students, about a third failed those exams.
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California milk processors threaten name of kids' experiment
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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
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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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