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Maryland's population growth is mostly happening in suburban Central Maryland counties, according to new Census data. - Anne Arundel County police charged a Laurel man in a gas station armed robbery after identifying his shoes during a later shoplifting arrest.
- Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, plans to introduce bipartisan legislation Tuesday that would end the National Security Agency's bulk collection of U.S. telephone and email records.
- The effort to lure the FBI to Maryland could have a profound payoff for the state's economy but the benefits could take years to materialize and the impact would hinge on how local officials handle the project, several of the state's top economists say.
- County executive announces funding for mental health first aid training in response to Columbia Mall shooting
- Two men have been arrested and charged in the shooting and robbery of an Annapolis taxi driver found dead in Crownsville earlier this month, prosecutors said.
- A portion of Route 7 in Joppa is closed after an overnight accident.
- A portion of Route 7 in Joppa is closed after an overnight accident.
- Janet M. Hamlett, a retired National Security Agency analyst and active church member, died Tuesday of cancer at Northwest Hospital. She was 63.
- After more than a dozen years fighting side by side in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Army and the National Guard now are battling each other over budget cuts.
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- Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger has been a staunch defender of U.S. intelligence practices, so his acknowledgment of the need for NSA reform demands attention.
- After six years of lobbying by the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, Congress passed legislation in 1924 that provided for a bonus, based on length and place of service, to World War I veterans. Recipients who were due $50 or less were paid immediately, but, according to the legislation, the rest were to be paid in 1945, 21 years later. Veterans who came to Washington to protest the delay in bonus pay were called the "Bonus Army." After being driven out of Washingt, many Bonus Army
- Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, the top-ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, is proposing to end the bulk collection of telephone data by the National Security Agency — the program at the center of the controversy over the reach of government spying.
- Hundreds of hockey players will take to the ice in Annapolis for 24 straight hours next weekend to raise funds for the Wounded Warrior Project and USA Warriors Ice Hockey, a hockey program for injured veterans.
- A fire at Seven Oaks apartment community in Odenton has displaced residents.
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- Construction is expected to begin this spring on a commuter parking garage for Howard County's first transit oriented development, a project planned to eventually include apartments, stores, offices and a hotel.
- They're called technology evangelists, those who trumpet the benefits of and trends in the digital age without the need of a fire and brimstone app.
- Sign up for Maryland City Recreation Council soccer and baseball teams with John Venit, dpws@aol.com or 301-725-7711. West Arundel and Russett swimmers compete during the winter season for their high schools. Maryland City Volunteer Fire Department hosts its Longaberger and Coach bingo March 1. The "Legacy of the Moose Benefit" will take place March 1 at the Moose Family Center on Fort Meade Road.
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- Airman Steven Doty was awarded the Soldier's Medal at Fort Meade on February 21.
- A single-vehicle crash on MD 175 in Fort Meade at MD 32 (Savage Road) has closed the southbound right traffic lane and southbound shoulder at 8:56 a.m. on Thursday, according to the state Department of Transportation.
- According to Laurel police, there have been a total of 11 reported bank robberies and attempted robberies in the city since January 2011. Anne Arundel County police have reported an additional three bank robberies have occurred in the Laurel-area of that county.
- A week after the University of Maryland was the victim of a data breach, President Wallace D. Loh announced Tuesday that he is extending free credit protection services to the 309,000 students, alumni and employees affected from one to five years and forming a task force to identify any other vulnerabilities.
- Store owner, framer and art consultant, Garry Spears, 68, weathered a recession about eight years ago and several store moves and is now marking a quarter of a century of doing business in Laurel.
- The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch for the city, Arundel, Baltimore, Harford, Howard, Prince George's, Montgomery and several Eastern and Western Shore counties until 5 p.m.
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- West Laurel couple Myron and Audrey Shumway were high school sweethearts. They met at a youth function at church where Audrey almost dismissed Myron because he couldn't dance. He persuaded Audrey to teach him so she brought him home and her police officer father helped her teach young Myron to dance. He got the rhythm, and he got the girl.
- Anne Arundel County firefighters responded to a blaze Tuesday morning in Odenton that caused an estimated $250,000 in damage.
