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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: MGM Resorts International, Construction, Casino and Gambling Industry, Harford Community College, Pennsylvania Turnpike
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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: Jones Falls Expressway, Preakness Stakes, Equestrian
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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: Woodlawn (Baltimore, Maryland), Carrollton, Ken Ulman, Maryland Area Regional Commuter Rail, Baltimore County
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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: Prosecution, United States Naval Academy, National Transportation Safety Board, Transportation Industry, Joseph F. Jr Vallario
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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: National Transportation Safety Board, Transportation Industry, Justice System, Parties and Movements, Drunk Driving
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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: Fort Meade (military base), Traffic, Harford County, National Parks, U.S. Congress
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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: Maryland General Assembly, Finance, Martin O'Malley, Government, Local Government
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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), Parkville, Transportation Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents
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Weekend utility work to close segment of Broening Highway
A portion of Broening Highway will be closed this weekend for utility construction work and motorists are urged to use alternate routes, the city transportation department said. The closure to through traffic will begin at 7 p.m. Friday, between... -
Safety is a major concern, not just in Aberdeen
Safety is a major concern as we drive on our roadways at all times, particularly now, with construction along the way to and from Aberdeen. Road crews will be working for months to improve our streets and highways to make way for greater traffic to come....Tags: Car Safety Tips and Advice
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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: State Farm Insurance, Photography and Video, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Vehicles, Photography Supplies and Services
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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: Jones Falls Expressway, Lebanon, Grocery Coupons, Groceries, Oriole Park at Camden Yards
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