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Wednesday's winds reached 50 mph
Maryland WeatherWednesday's winds, which brought down plenty of autumn leaves, not to mention branches, trees and power lines, reached 50 mph in several locations around the region. An Eastern Shore man died when his small sailboat capsized in high winds. There......Tags: Weather Warnings
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Audria L. Walcutt, bookkeeper and artist
Audria L. Walcutt, a former bookkeeper and artist, died in her sleep Monday at Arden Courts in Pikesville. She was 86.
Audria Lee Griffith was born and raised in Grayson, Ky. During World War II, she moved to Baltimore and went to work as a bookkeeper at...Tags: Charles Carroll, U.S. Department of Defense, World War II (1939-1945), Pikesville, Stamford
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Hammers at the ready
Homebuilders who just a year ago were mired in financial woes, putting projects on hold or drowning in inventory are inching back into Maryland's new-home market.
Though sales of new single-family homes in the U.S. have shown solid gains over the...Tags: Family, Energy Saving, KB Home, Bankruptcy, Contracts
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Clark helps racehorses go out to new pastures
Doodles was a "bottom claimer," a racehorse who ran the cheap races at Laurel even at his peak. His racing days were behind him, and when the horse changed hands last week, he went for free.
Yet he was not off to the glue factory, but to a second...Tags: Animals, Family, Horse (animal), Crofton
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State workers squeezed by budget cuts
When a retired Dennis Gist got tired of "walking from room to room" in his Upper Marlboro home, he took a state social services job working with troubled youth. He didn't want to put on a suit and tie every day again; he just wanted to do some good in the...Tags: Social Services, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, McDonald's, Employees
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2 sisters found slain in Arundel mobile-home park
Baltimore Sun reporterTwo women were found fatally shot Wednesday morning in a Lothian house, and Anne Arundel County police said a suspect, the estranged husband of one of the women, was killed by an officer after a chase into the District of Columbia. Sheena Blandford, 50,...Tags: Animals, Assault, Murder, Imperial and Royal Matters, House Building
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Well preserved
Baltimore Sun reporterOur grandmothers punctuated the summer by capturing the flavor of that month's bounty - strawberries, peaches, beans or tomatoes - in gleaming glass jars with coppery lids and seals. They called it "putting up" or "putting by" and the basement pantry...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Ceremonies, Salt, Jarden Corporation, Mustard
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Arundel holding up slots, says O'Malley
Gov. Martin O'Malley told members of the state's horse-racing and breeding industry Thursday that Anne Arundel County's indecision on rezoning land adjacent to Arundel Mills mall was delaying the process of getting what is the largest proposed slots...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Casino and Gambling Industry, Bankruptcy, Casino and Gambling, Local Authority
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Employees Steal From Nonprofit For Child Abuse
The Associated PressA national nonprofit that helps victims of child sexual abuse across the country was ripped off in a scam orchestrated by three of its own employees, according to federal court documents. Prosecutors say the Washington-based National Children's...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Wages and Pensions, Trials, Employees, Michael Young
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NTSB: Train in DC Crash Should Have Been Replaced
Associated Press WritersWASHINGTON (AP) -- Crews dismantled the wreckage Tuesday from a subway train collision that killed nine people and injured scores of others in the nation's capital, and a federal investigator revealed an old train involved in the crash should have been...Tags: Subway Transportation, ABC, Health and Safety at Work, Vehicles, Transportation Accidents
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Alternative to I-95 South might save you time to Richmond
Avoiding the purgatory that is Interstate 95 on a holiday weekend is not all that difficult if you're heading from Baltimore to the Northeast. Pennsylvania offers a wide choice of routes to scoot to the west of Philadelphia and invade New Jersey....Tags: Trips and Vacations, Mount Vernon, Holidays, Woodrow Wilson, United States
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