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Slots Opponents Say No Deal
People across the state are planning protests against having slots in Maryland. The ink is barely dry on the proposed ballot language for the slots referendum and opponents are already crying foul.
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Straddling the Mason-Dixon line
Bea Waybright and family operate the Mary-Penn Bed and Breakfast which is part in Pennsylvania and part in Maryland.
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MARYLAND: Inspectors to examine barriers on Bay Bridge
ANNAPOLIS - Inspectors will be on the Bay Bridge this week, examining a part of the bridge where a tractor-trailer crashed through a concrete barrier and into the water.
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Sample Ballot: Language for Md. slot machine gambling referendum
Maryland Secretary of State John McDonough has submitted ballot language to the State Board of Elections for two constitutional amendments on Maryland's ballot in November - including whether to legalize slot ...
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Officials say mobile home fire was arson
An arsonist is responsible for a fire that destroyed a vacant mobile home in North East last month, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office.
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Franchot: No Plans To Run For Governor
Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot has been outspoken in his opposition to slot machines, and he's waded into many other issues that aren't necessarily the purview of his office.
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P.G. Jail Deaths Higher Than Most
Records show 16 inmates have died in recent years at the Prince George's County correctional center, nearly half from homicides and suicides.
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MARYLAND: NAACP criticizes slow probe into inmate death
The Prince George's County chapter of the NAACP and the family of an inmate found dead in his jail cell in June say an investigation of the death is taking too long.
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Frederick Co. Hispanic population growth second highest in Md.
Washington and Frederick counties had the two fastest-growing Hispanic populations in Maryland between 2006 and 2007, according to the latest U.S. Census Bureau estimates.
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Engineer Says Bridge Wall Shows No Sign of Deterioration
A state engineer said Monday that the speed and size of a tractor-trailer appeared to be what led the truck to crash off the Chesapeake Bay Bridge during a dramatic weekend accident, not any failing by the ...
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"America's Next Top Model" Has Transgender Contestant Isis
One of the 14 girls who will compete on the new season of America's Next Top Model - which returns to The CW on September 3 - is transgender.
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MARYLAND: Family vows to fight Taser death ruling
A federal judge has ruled that the family of a man who died after being shocked with a Taser cannot sue Frederick County or the Sheriff's Office.
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Two Teen Escapees Remain At Large
Maryland State Police say two teens who escaped from the Cheltenham Youth Facility in Prince George's County on Sunday are still on the run.
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Former CareFirst CEO challenges severance pay cut
A lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Baltimore says the ruling last month by Insurance Commissioner Ralph Tyler was unconstitutional.
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Twenty-First Member of MS-13 Convicted of Racketeering Conspiracy, Murder Conspiracy and Murder
A federal jury convicted Israel Ernesto Palacios, also known as Homie, age 31, of Silver Spring, Maryland, today of conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise, conspiracy to commit murder in aid of ...
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Maryland, Land of Bedwetting Socialists
Yesterday morning the Editorial Staff arose from the Marital Bed nearly speechless with delight to find that once more our small demesne had not been absorbed by the People's Republic of Maryland and summarily ...
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Traffic tie-ups continue in Bay Bridge accident until Monday afternoon
The tractor-trailer fell about 30 to 40 feet into shallow water, said Maryland Transportation Authority spokesman Jonathan Green, who said he did not know what caused the crash.
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Maryland Conservation Corps grad hopes to continue work in parks
Jeanette Bitzel has always had a love for nature and the environment, which led to her to study interpretive biology and natural history at Frostburg State University.
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Lousy economy threatens states' sales tax holidays
Thousands of shoppers have been flocking to malls in more than a dozen states for back-to-school sales tax holidays, buying millions of dollars worth of clothes and school supplies - and depriving states of ...
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Audit faults Maryland's DNR spending
Maryland's Department of Natural Resources appears to have flouted state laws to pay for projects that were not eligible, according to a report by the Office of Legislative Audits.
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