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Casino license competitors have strengths, weaknesses
Although Maryland has handed out five casino operating licenses, the state is entering uncharted territory with the allocation of its sixth. For the first time, there's real competition. Three serious operators submitted bids to run a casino in Prince...
Tags: Penn National Gaming, Casino and Gambling Industry, MGM Resorts International, Construction, Harford Community College
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Preakness Stakes road closures
The Baltimore City Department of Transportation has posted road closures and traffic modifications for Saturday's 138th running of the Preakness Stakes and InfieldFest at Pimlico Race Course. DOT says Saturday from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., the southbound Jones...
Tags: Preakness Stakes, Equestrian, Jones Falls Expressway
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Federal agency says lowering legal limit could cut DUI deaths
Even moderate drinking before driving could become illegal if a federal safety panel's recommendation Tuesday is enacted eventually by the states. The National Transportation Safety Board recommended that states cut their thresholds for drunken driving...
Tags: Justice System, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Montgomery County (Maryland), Laws, AAA
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Alcohol and traffic deaths
The entire undergraduate student bodies of the Johns Hopkins University and the U.S. Naval Academy combined. The population of Bel Air, according to the 2010 U.S. Census. The average attendance at a Hershey Bears hockey game (the highest in the AHL)....
Tags: Justice System, Johns Hopkins University, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Prosecution, Public Officials
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MARC to add weekend service to Washington
Maryland's MARC commuter trains, which have always operated Monday through Friday, will begin offering weekend service between Baltimore and Washington on the Penn Line in coming months. The expansion — put on hold in 2008 when the recession hit...
Tags: Amtrak, Woodlawn (Baltimore, Maryland), Maryland Area Regional Commuter Rail, Howard County, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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State hopes to ease some Baltimore-area traffic jams
In the stop-and-go world of Baltimore-area traffic, there's a lot more braking than commuters and transportation officials would like. Take Russell Allen, a Federal Hill resident who gets in his silver Ford Edge every weekday morning before 7:30 and...
Tags: Hanover (Anne Arundel, Maryland), Federal Hill, Traffic, Harford Road, Howard County
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Maryland's unresolved transportation deficit
Now that the 2013 Maryland General Assembly session is in the rear-view mirror, few who travel the roads in our state can deny that one of the most important accomplishments this past session was putting in place a long-term solution to the state's...
Tags: Regional Authority, Finance, Executive Branch, Government, Maryland General Assembly
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Motorcycle crash shuts I-695 outerloop in Parkville
A collision between a motorcycle and a car on the outerloop of Interstate 695 in Parkville late Saturday morning temporarily closed all outerloop lanes and sent the motorcyclist to Maryland Shock Trauma Center in critical condition, according to...
Tags: Pasadena (Anne Arundel, Maryland), Motorvehicle Accidents, Transportation Accidents, Parkville
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Maryland's pothole detectives are good at finding faults
Most weekday mornings, late spring through late summer, Terry Weller and George Foster climb into a bright yellow truck and fire up lasers, high-definition cameras and a bank of digital recorders before hitting the road. Weller and Foster are two of the...
Tags: Photography and Video, Photography Supplies and Services, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Vehicles, AAA
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M. Faysal Thameen, structural engineer
M. Faysal Thameen, a retired structural engineer who headed the city's role in the 1980s construction of the Fort McHenry Tunnel, died of cancer April 9 at his home in Millbury, Mass. The former Parkville resident was 75. "He was a quiet force in the...
Tags: Grocery Coupons, Technology, House Building, Lebanon, Engineering
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Monday traffic: Incidents on 3 highways force lane closures
Three incidents on Baltimore-area highways, including a three-vehicle collision in Anne Arundel County that closed all westbound lanes on MD 100 at 8:33 a.m., disrupted Monday morning's rush hour, according to the state Department of Transportation....
Tags: Traffic, Maryland Transit Administration, Maryland Area Regional Commuter Rail, Howard County, Baltimore County
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Water line work near Aberdeen to cause Loflin Road, Route 7 detours
Beginning today (Monday, April 22) the Maryland State Highway Administration said it will temporarily close Loflin Road at Route 7 (Old Philadelphia Road) near Aberdeen to relocate a Harford County water line under Route 7, a project that will take...Tags: Aberdeen, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Harford County, Water Supply
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