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Maryland braces for Hurricane Sandy
As the eye of Hurricane Sandy loomed a few hundred miles to the southeast and the monster storm churned toward the Mid-Atlantic coast, Marylanders braced for the arrival of a weather system with the potential to be the most damaging to hit the United...
Tags: Government, Disasters and Accidents, Maryland Department of Transportation, Hurricanes, Voting
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Kratovil for AG?
Democratic former Congressman Frank Kratovil's name could appear on the ballot again in 2014, if a group of supporters have their way. A "recruit Frank Kratovil" campaign has been launched to entice him to run for Attorney General in the next state-wide...
Tags: Government, Frank Kratovil, Douglas F. Gansler, Martin O'Malley, Democratic Party
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It's official: It's English.
The commissioners of Carroll County, Maryland, are solemnly considering a measure to make English the official language of their county, following the examples of Frederick County and Queen Anne's County. Perhaps the best that can be said of the measure...Tags: England, Queen Anne (Talbot, Maryland), Queen Anne (Prince George's, Maryland), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Carroll County (Maryland)
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Facebook `like' leads to fugitive's capture in Tazewell County
A Maryland fugitive is in custody after his girlfriend's "like" of a Virginia sheriff's Facebook page led authorities to him. The Tazewell County Sheriff's Office says 29-year-old Dyllan Otto Naecker was captured Wednesday at his girlfriend's residence...
Tags: Queen Anne (Prince George's, Maryland), Queen Anne (Talbot, Maryland)
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Maryland State Fair organizers on alert for swine flu
As the state fair opens in Timonium, pigs that will be judged for prizes will also be under scrutiny from state veterinarians after an outbreak of swine flu nearly threatened to shut down the event.
The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Timonium, E. coli Infection, Health, Flu
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Harris rising through state's sparse GOP ranks
He's a rookie in Congress, but Rep. Andy Harris is positioned to become a GOP heavyweight in Maryland. As delegates from across the country converge at the Republican National Convention this week to nominate Mitt Romney for president, the first-term...
Tags: 2012 Republican National Convention, Government, Parties and Movements, Roscoe G Bartlett, Barack Obama
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Tarpaulin system leads to Bay Bridge ordeal
A tarpaulin system that caught too much wind forced an extended shutdown Tuesday of the westbound span of the Bay Bridge, officials said, turning the morning commute into an hours-long ordeal for thousands of Marylanders. Workers doing overnight...
Tags: Traffic, Highway Transportation, Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Ocean City, AAA
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Swine flu cases found in Maryland
Six Queen Anne's County residents have been diagnosed with a strain of swine flu that has been infecting people across the country, including many who have been attending state and local agricultural fairs, according to state health officials.
There have...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Preventative Medicine, Vaccines, West Nile Virus, Symptoms
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Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Monday
WEATHER
The National Weather Service is calling for Monday to be mostly sunny in the Baltimore area, with a high near 92 and north winds between 5 and 8 miles per hour. There is a 30 percent chance of precipitation. Forecasters are warning that afternoon...Tags: Government, Disasters and Accidents, Matt Wieters, Howard County, Roscoe G Bartlett
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Westminster man killed by light pole in motorcycle accident
A Westminster man was killed Saturday by a light pole that fell on him on the side of Route 50 in Queen Anne's County after he lost control of his motorcycle on the roadway and it struck the pole, Maryland State Police said. Police believe Philip Jeffrey...Tags: Queen Anne (Talbot, Maryland), Queen Anne (Prince George's, Maryland), Disasters and Accidents, Accidental Death, Westminster (Carroll, Maryland)
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O'Malley faces tough sell to locals on land development
Gov. Martin O'Malley's broad strategy to revamp land development rules across Maryland met harsh criticism Friday, as local officials worried that the governor's proposal would interfere with their ability to plan and pay for schools, roads and housing....Tags: Government, Ken Ulman, Perry Hall, Martin O'Malley, Politics
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Fish kills fade, troublesome algae remain
The fish kills that have plagued Baltimore's Inner Harbor and nearby creeks over the past two weeks may have eased with the dip in temperatures, but scientists caution that's not the last we've seen of potentially toxic and even deadly algae blooms in...
Tags: Chemical Industry, Caroline County (Maryland), Annapolis, Fertilizer, Dundalk
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