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- Cargo operations resumed at the port of Baltimore on Friday amid negotiations between a local longshoremen's union — which began striking Wednesday — and port operators.
- A new government report raises questions about the consistency of federal nuclear power plant oversight, noting regional disparities in the frequency with which plants - including Maryland's Calvert Cliffs - have been cited for safety problems or violations.
- You may have noticed the increase in deer activity on your property or near roads in the county. As white-tail deer mating season and colder months approach, officials from the Harford County Department of Natural Resources (DNR) said motorists should take precautions and be on the lookout for deer while driving.
- Transportation officials are warning of major traffic congestion in South Baltimore — and bracing for its spread into the downtown area — as lane closures and other traffic changes take effect near the site of the new gambling complex south of M&T Bank Stadium.
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- The federal government intertwines with Maryland businesses in many ways, which leaves many ways for Maryland businesses to feel the pinch when large pieces of D.C. machinery come to a sudden halt.
- Several candidates for governor — a Democrat and three Republicans — said Friday that they would cut taxes to improve Maryland's image as hostile to business and revive the ailing manufacturing industry.
- Captain Thomas L. MacKenzie, a retired career Navy officer who was a staff member of the House Armed Services Committee, died Sept. 27 at Alexandria Hospital in Alexandria, Va., from complications of a fall. He was 65.
- Several of the Orioles top prospects -- including Jonathan Schoop, Eduardo Rodriguez and Henry Urrutia -- will be playing this offseason in the Arizona Fall League, which begins play on Tuesday.
- A variety of factors have driven down gasoline prices across the state this week, from a stagnant demand to a stable international market — and now the federal shutdown could mean added relief at the pump.
- Patapsco Female Institute ruins provide a suitable setting for venerable stage thriller
- Ravens offensive coordinator Jim Caldwell is keeping things simple for his unit
- Olan R. Shively, a retired mechanical engineer who collected vintage Plymouth automobiles, died Thursday of liver cancer at Bonnie Blink, the Maryland Masonic Home in Hunt Valley. He was 88.
- The Orioles have lost four straight after winning four of five.
- A proposed pricing structure for electronic toll lanes set to open next year along Interstate 95 northeast of Baltimore was approved Thursday by the Maryland Transportation Authority Board.
- For the first time on Tuesday, the nation will log 1,000 days straight with an average cost of gasoline at or above $3 per gallon, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic.
- Baltimore transit gets a big boost with $1.5 billion for Red Line and millions more for rail projects that will help define the city's future
- As of 9:15 a.m. Friday, the Maryland Department of Transportation reports that the accident in Anne Arundel County on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway south at Route 175 has been cleared, and no lanes are affected.
- Steps can be taken to lower car insurance costs for Baltimore drivers
- With little fanfare and plenty of precaution not to disturb the neighbors, demolition began Monday on the first of eight Yakona Road duplexes that were purchased as part of a settlement with Hess Corp.
- Vice President Joseph Biden joined state officials on Monday to praise a new $10 million federal grant to expand the port of Baltimore, saying the funding will help bring the port to a "new level."
- Joseph G. Finnerty Jr., a highly-regarded trial lawyer who had headed what is now DLA Piper's litigation department and later over saw expansion of the firm to Philadelphia and New York city, died Thursday of Alzheimer's disease at Copper Ridge assisted-living facility in Sykesville. He was 76.
- Needed repairs to aging bridge joints and damaged concrete barriers along large stretches of the Jones Falls Expressway in Baltimore will close a varying number of travel lanes for the next 10 months, city officials said Friday.
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- Howard County police are searching for three suspects accused in the armed robbery of a Columbia Goodwill store this week where both employees were left bound in a back room, according to a news release.
- At Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, Island prints and flowy fabrics will dominate many of New York's spring 2014 collections.
- Federal regulators have reached a tentative deal with Carnival Corp. on a plan to reduce air pollution from nearly a third of its cruise ships, but the accord comes too late to reverse at least a temporary loss of lucrative cruise business for Baltimore.
- A second fire at a Joppa automotive business in the two weeks has fire investigators asking for the public's help in identifying possible suspicious activities at the property prior to the fires.
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- BGE customers are collectively saving nearly 1.5 billion kilowatt hours of electricity a year through energy-efficiency incentive programs. It's enough energy to power 156,000 homes for a year, or the equivalent of a year's worth of greenhouse gas emissions from 230,000 cars.
- In state with long history of racing, Grand Prix of Baltimore tries to gain foothold
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- Forecasts of sunny skies are combining with falling gas prices and an apparent "pent-up demand" for a getaway to put Maryland on a course for its busiest Labor Day weekend for travel since the end of the recession.
- David Zurawik: Don't trust TV history -- ever. That's the big conclusion I came to this week after starting out on the simple assignment of previewing a two-hour National Geographic special on the Iraq War.
- Martin Aircraft employed thousands of women in the effort to win World War II
- An Annapolis High School assistant track and cross country coach was killed in Davidsonville on Wednesday afternoon when the bicycle she was riding made contact with a vehicle, according to Anne Arundel County Police on Thursday.
- Edgewood Middle School was faced with some flooding and power outages shortly before the start of the new school year.
- If RoboSally, a bomb-defusing robot with humanlike hands, is any indication, the future may be coming a little faster to Howard County
- 120 years after its invention, the diesel engine, with its increased fuel economy and lower maintenance costs, is coming into its own
- A 40-year-old construction work had his right leg partially severed from his body after being struck by a piece of machinery at a construction site in Odenton on Thursday morning, according to the Anne Arundel County Fire Department.
- O'Malley has set Maryland on the right path with renewable portfolio standard
- Remington holds a picnic to stress the importance of recycling and hands out bins. The mayor will be there. This is for a story about the community's hot status with a wave of redevelopment planned.
- In preseason games and training camp practices, though, it's become evident that the Ravens' plan to attack quarterbacks involves a fair amount of complexity based on disguise, positional flexibility and exploiting the talents of a diverse group of pass rushers.
- The mud apparently got out of control at the Tough Mudder obstacle race held last September in Frederick. Organizers of the event were fined $25,000 for sediment and erosion violations that fouled Big Tuscarora Creek, the Maryland Department of the Environment disclosed Friday.
- Northrop Grumman Corp. won a U.S. Navy contract to make torpedo parts in Annapolis that could be worth as much as $294 million.
