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Md. POW Fights for McCain
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Everett Alvarez Jr. was flying a Navy fighter jet at 500 mph toward an enemy naval base on Aug.
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MARYLAND: Man accused in children's deaths to be evaluated
BALTIMORE - A competency hearing for a man accused of drowning his three children has been postponed.
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State To Launch Independent Bridge Inspection Probe
Gov. Martin O'Malley is directing state officials to form an independent panel of experts to review Maryland's tunnel and bridge inspection program.
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MARYLAND: Former lawmaker pleads guilty to child porn
Federal prosecutors are seeking a sentence of at least three years in prison for a former state legislator who pleaded guilty to a child pornography charge.
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Drug co. not liable in crash that killed Isaac Gourdine
Maryland 's highest court has ruled that pharmaceutical maker Eli Lilly and Co. isn't liable to a third party in a fatal crash caused by a diabetic driver who used the company's medication.
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O'Malley Issues Pre-Disaster Emergency Declaration
Gov. Martin O'Malley is preparing for Tropical Storm Hanna. He's issued a Limited Emergency Declaration on Thursday in anticipation of the storm's impact on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
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State Medevac system focus of legislative hearing
Almost half of the patients flown by helicopter to Maryland trauma centers are released within 24 hours, making some lawmakers wonder whether the state's vaunted Medevac system is overused.
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Proposal: Outlaw sex between officials, employees
Maryland state elected officials who have sexual relationships with employees under their supervision would be violating state ethics law, if a county commissioner gets his way. The ethics law would not apply, however, if the official and the worker were married to each other. Frederick County Commissioner John Thompson says the proposal is a response to a specific situation, but he won't name the people involved out of consideration for innocent third parties. Thompson wants the issue included in the county's list of state legislative priorities. But several local lawmakers say they would oppose Thompson's proposal.
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MARC Service Delayed During Morning Commute
The Maryland Transit Administration says some Washington-bound MARC trains were disrupted during the morning commute after a person was found unconscious near a set of train tracks.
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MD--DNA Samples-Crime
Black lawmakers and civil rights activists are criticizing Gov. Martin O'Malley's administration of failing to implement compromises in a law that expands when police can collect DNA samples from crime ...
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MARYLAND: Fish kill reported in South River cove
Maryland officials are investigating a fish kill in an enclosed cove off South River, near Annapolis.
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Ex-Lawmaker Faces Child Porn Charge
Former Maryland state lawmaker Robert McKee , 59, has been charged by the U.S. attorney's office with one count of possessing child pornography.
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Gilchrest expected to endorse Kratovil
ANNAPOLIS - The Democrat running for Congress in Maryland's First District is expected today to receive the endorsement of the Republican incumbent he is hoping to replace.
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ABC 7 News - Attorney: Driver 'Devastated' by Bay Bridge Crash
An attorney says his 19-year-old client feels "just awful" and is "devastated" about the accident on the Bay Bridge that killed a tractor trailer driver Aug.
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Marylanders Have Highest Income
Maryland has the nation's highest median household income. According to newly released census figures, the average Maryland household brought in $68,080 last year.
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ABC 7 News - Lanes Re-Open on Bay Bridge for Labor Day Traffic
The Maryland Transportation Authority has completed repairs to strengthen the parapet on the right side of the eastbound span of the Bay Bridge and has reopened the right lane to traffic.
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DEL., VA. INCREASES: Drunken driving deaths fall in 32 states, including Maryland
WASHINGTON - Drunken driving deaths fell in 32 states in 2007, but the government says the number of alcohol-related fatalities among motorcycle riders climbed in half the states last year.
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Drunken-driving deaths decrease 5.3 percent in Md.
Maryland was one of 32 states to post decreases last year in the number of driving fatalities caused by drunken drivers, according to a report released today by the federal government.
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BALTIMORE: Olive oil spills into harbor
Officials with the Maryland Department of the Environment say it will take days to clean up about 5,000 gallons of olive oil in the Baltimore harbor.
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Part of eastbound Bay Bridge to close for emergency repairs
Just days before a busy holiday weekend, Maryland Transportation Secretary John D. Porcari ordered the immediate closing Tuesday of one lane of the eastbound Bay Bridge amid concerns about the safety of the ...
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