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Two people injured in Davidsonville collision
Two people were injured Friday morning in Davidsonville after a two vehicle collision around 7:49 a.m., Anne Arundel County officials said. A 19-year-old man was transported to a trauma center in Prince George's County with serious, but non-life...Tags: Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Injuries and Wounds, Health
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The right call for voice of Camden Yards
The 911 call came in like so many do, a frantic voice that cuts through the night like the wail of a siren. "My granddaughter has drowned! She's not responding! Please help me!" Dave McGowan took the call. Last year at this time, he was the veteran...
Tags: Laurel, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Military Equipment, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Vietnam
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O'Malley's slots gamble
Our biggest concerns about the push to expand gambling at the end of this spring's regular session of the General Assembly were that there had been insufficient public debate about all of the changes slots boosters wanted to institute and that there was...
Tags: Regional Authority, Republican Party, Politics, Maryland Stadium Authority, Crime, Law and Justice
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Maryland ban on arsenic in chicken feed to spread?
Maryland is set to become the first state in the nation to outlaw chicken feed additives containing arsenic - but it won't be the last, if environmental activists have their way. Gov.Martin O'Malleyis scheduled to sign into law today legislation that...
Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Livestock Farming, Food Industry, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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O'Malley names panel to study gambling expansion
Gov. Martin O'Malley named an 11-member work group Monday night to study a possible expansion of gambling in Maryland and announced that if the group can reach consensus he would call a special session July 9 to vote on casino legislation. O'Malley...Tags: Michael E. Busch, Anne Arundel County, Republican Party, Politics, U.S. Senate
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Mids describe smooth transition from 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
When his roommate at the Naval Academy said jokingly last year that Andrew Atwill was a homosexual, the midshipman told him to cut it out.
His friend didn't know it, Atwill says, but he really was gay — and under the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy,...Tags: West Point, Minority Groups, Barack Obama, United States Naval Academy, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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One special session down, another to go?
State Sen. Jamie Raskin likens the prospect of being called back to Annapolis for another special session to the plight of a middle school student being told on the last day of classes that he has to attend summer school. But the Montgomery County...
Tags: Brian E Frosh, Jamin B. Raskin, Thomas V. Mike Miller, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Republican Party
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Maryland court recognizes out-of-state, same-sex marriages
Maryland's highest court handed a victory to same-sex couples Friday in a ruling that the governor and other advocates hailed as an endorsement of administration policies recognizing gay marriages performed in other states.
"To treat families differently...Tags: Voting, Entertainment, Same-Sex Marriage, Music, Lawyers
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Opposed to same-sex marriage? How about same-sex divorce?
Even as the question of same-sex marriage has roiled the political spectrum, the legal world -- at least in Maryland -- has been dealing with same-sex divorce. Maryland’s highest court ruled Friday that same-sex couples who legally married in other...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Music, Barack Obama, Gays and Lesbians, Crime, Law and Justice
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New Grand Prix chief has been a big city contractor, campaign donor
Despite financing more than $140 million city contracts in the past 12 years, donating tens of thousands of dollars to Democratic candidates and being a member of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's inner circle, J.P. Grant III has largely avoided the...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Finance, Bernard C. Young, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Sheila Dixon
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Alonso, area superintendents plead for restoration of education funding
Three Maryland superintendents whose school systems stand to take the biggest hit from Maryland's 'Doomsday' budget pleaded with state legislators Monday to reverse an estimated $129 million cut to public education that they said would have devastating...Tags: Andres Alonso, Maryland General Assembly, Teaching and Learning, Students, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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Lawmakers want special session to stick to budget
In theory, a special session of the General Assembly could be an opportunity raise any issue a legislator wanted to attempt to put on the agenda. In reality, there seems to be virtually no desire on the part of lawmakers to deal with anything but the...Tags: James C. Rosapepe, Michael E. Busch, Annapolis, Jennie M Forehand, Thomas V. Mike Miller
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