disasters and accidents
- Residents of Prince George's County can turn in illegal fireworks without fear of penalties through an amnesty program that runs June 20-July 20.
- A single two-car crash jammed I-95 recently, and that's a common occurrence. What would we do in a real emergency?
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- As work begins on a statewide fiber-optic network that will connect every Maryland school, college, hospital, police and fire station, senior center and library, businesspeople are hoping to get involved
- After being thrown from a car that ripped in half when it hit a utility pole, Essex resident John Rich Aull Jr., 27, was declared dead about 1:30 a.m. Sunday, authorities said.
- Baltimore Fire Department recruit went missing in the area last month
- Singe marks still scar the wall next to the Canton grocery store where Stanislaw Ptak spent his final night outside.
- Ever so slowly, the unemployed are getting hired. And if you're one of them, your other job now is to get your finances back on track.
- Authorities have identified two people who died in a motorcycle crash after fleeing from a traffic stop early Thursday in Annapolis.
- The Bel Air Board of Commissioners discuss fee increases, budgetary changes and a Community Legacy Project application in their work session Tuesday evening.
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- A man and a woman were killed in a motorcycle crash early Thursday in Annapolis, according to police.
- A father suspected of stabbing his wife and daughters at the family home in Crofton will face attempted-second-degree-murder and related charges, Anne Arundel County police said.
- Gambrills residents may see unusual traffic Friday morning around Arundel Senior High School while county agencies practice setting up an emergency shelter.
- A teenager who killed a 14-year-old Crofton boy was ordered released Wednesday to his mother after a year and a half in a Pennsylvania juvenile facility.
- The controversial, ultra-low calorie hCG diet is back in vogue, thanks in part to easy online access to the pregnancy hormone it's based on
- Millions of tons of coal shipped out each week prove what hypocrites we are in Baltimore
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- A Harford County deputy was injured early Wednesday when his patrol vehicle was struck by a suspected drunken driver in Edgewood, according to the sheriff's office.
- Market hopes to attract residents and commuters with wide variety of offerings
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- Two teenage girls have died after they were struck by a vehicle on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard Monday night, according to Baltimore Police.
- Americans are starting to see through the corporate-backed tea party and Republicans' efforts to destroy the country and blame it on Obama.
- Under a voluntary program the state Motor Vehicle Association launched Monday, June 13, Maryland drivers will be able select up to three emergency contacts that police can access through their electronic driving records in case of a serious or fatal accident.
- Holders of Maryland driver's licenses can now list on their driving records the names of people to be contacted in the case of an emergency under a program launched this week by the Motor Vehicle Administration.
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- Karen Hosler writes that solar, wind, fracking — all energy sources have problems. But there's no reason not to turn off the lights and drive an efficient vehicle.
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- Maryland's goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent is in peril unless stronger action is taken soon.
- Memorial Day 2011 kicks off cookout season and risk of grill fires.
- Two others were injured in motor vehicle accident in Arnold
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- With modern supply chain economics, Maryland consumers will be affected by problems along the Mississippi River
- Housing starts are down, but that's not bad news; we can stimulate the economy by improving what we have, rather than adding to the market glut
- America needs a new vision for powering the future, so let's pass an energy bill
- Rep. Paul Ryan's idea of converting Medicaid into a block grant would hurt Maryland's finances and cause the state's most vulnerable to suffer.
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- Sydney Wynne "Syd" Porter Jr., a noted physicist and radiation expert who was called to Three Mile Island, Pa., in 1979 after an accident destroyed a reactor in what proved to be the nation's worst nuclear incident, died April 23 of lymphoma at a Haverford, Pa., nursing home.
- Sleeping on the job could get you in trouble, but studies suggest working a nap into your schedule leads to more productivity
- The already congested commute through Baltimore's Conway Street bottleneck is expected to become even more constricted for the next five to six weeks as the city ramps up a series of closings for utility and repaving work.
- The coincidence that Good Friday fell on Earth Day this year is a reminder of our duty to safeguard God's creation.
- If helping those made homeless from tornados is an easy call, shouldn't helping those in similar straits be a top priority for Congress?
- Jay Hancock: Maryland's Public Service Commission must make triply sure that the sale of Constellation Energy to Exelon Corp. doesn't put Baltimore Gas & Electric at risk.
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- Obama has stopped talking about climate change, but without it, his energy policy is insane.
- Domestic drilling for oil is no solution for higher gasoline prices
- The Japanese nuclear disaster has caught our attention, but CT scans and excessive x-rays pose a much greater danger.
