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Traffic Heavy Before Naval Academy Graduation
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WUSA9/AP) - The traffic back-up started hours before President Barack Obama is scheduled to speak at the U.S. Naval Academy's graduation. Check out this photo of the line of cars in the area on Friday morning. Traffic is backed up at least four miles headed toward the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis. About 1,000 midshipmen are scheduled to be commissioned ...
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Friday traffic Collision on BW Parkway in Anne Arundel Co. closes left shoulder
Fox 43 meteorologist Jeff Jumper says you could see some fog and lingering showers during your Friday morning commute, then it will be breezy with more rain possible for the drive home. (WPMT ...
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Firefighter Hit by Car While Clearing Wreck Scene In Md.
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (WUSA9) -- On Thursday night, a volunteer firefighter was hit while clearing the scene of a crash, say Maryland State Police. A driver has been charged in the incident. According to Maryland State Police, at approximately 10:49 p.m. Thursday, troopers, the Hancock Fire Department and Washington County Fire Police had a lane of westbound I-68 just west of Mountain Road ...
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Memorial Day schedule and closings
Albert Kullman, a toll taker on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, says he's ready for the onslaught of Memorial Day traffic. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun ...
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Chance of showers temperatures in 60s forecast Friday | VIDEO
Fox 43 meteorologist Jeff Jumper says you could see some fog and lingering showers during your Friday morning commute, then it will be breezy with more rain possible for the drive home. (WPMT ...
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Baltimores general contractors are hiring
If youre building up to getting a new job in construction, we have just the thing for you. Below are all the jobs reported to me in our annual survey of Baltimore-area general contractors: B&R Construction Services seeks a mechanical designer, an electrical designer and a project manager. Cain Contracting Inc. wants to hire a project manager, a superintendent and a project engineer. Cianbro ...
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Top of the List Photos Baltimore crab houses
No. 5 Crab Shack: Conrad's Crabs & Seafood Market Address: 1720 E. Joppa Road, Parkville 21234Phone / website: 410-882-1515 / www.conradscrabs.comOwner: Anthony ConradYelp rating / reviews: 4.5 stars / 13 reviews This weeks Top of the List is about the Top-rated crab houses in the Baltimore area, ranked by Yelp.com star ratings, with ties broken by number of reviews on Yelp.com as of ...
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Memorial Day events at Ft. McHenry
day on Monday, there are special events starting at 9:30 when the flag will be raised to half-staff. and rangers to give special talk on the origin of memorial day. After that, there will be everything from a wreath laying to a re-creation of historic 1880 Memorial Day Observance including speech delivered at Fort McHenry Cemetery. Get more details on the activities this weekend ...
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Hereford students honor fallen graduates
PARKTON, Md. - Students at Hereford High School will be celebrating their graduation but also honoring two graduates who lost their lives fighting for their country on Friday. The stage is already set for the ceremony. The American Legion will raise the colors in front of the school as part of the ceremony. The school will remember two of its graduates, Lance Corporal Norman Anderson III and ...
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Md. fire volunteer hit by car while clearing wreck
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) -- Maryland State Police say a Washington County Fire Police volunteer was hit by a car while helping to clear a wreak on Interstate ...
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High Water Forces Road Closures In Montgomery Co.
DARNESTOWN, Md. (WUSA9) -- A portion of Riffle Ford Road in Montgomery County is closed due to high water on Friday morning, say police. Officers are posted at Riffle Ford and Darnestown roads. SKY 9 flew over Riffle Ford Road and captured images. (See photos in the gallery).* Earlier Friday morning, high water also closed Davis Mill Road and Blunt Road in Gaithersburg as well as New Hampshire ...
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Prince Georges court to hear lawsuit over University of Marylands exit from ACC
A $52 million Atlantic Coast Conference penalty against the University of Maryland for exiting the ACC in favor of the Big Ten Conference in 2014 is going to trial in Upper Marlboro, the Associated Press reported. To be heard in Prince George's County Circuit Court, the lawsuit, if decided in the ACC's favor, could wipe out most of the university's athletic ...
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Obama to speak at USNA graduation
The president's speech, his second to a graduating class at the academy, is set for Friday at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis. About 1,000 midshipmen are scheduled to be commissioned as officers in either the Navy or the Marine Corps. Obama gave his first speech to a graduating class at the academy in 2009. Obama spoke at the commissioning ceremony several months after ...
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Baltimore Co. Council approves $2.8B budget keeps property tax rates flat
The Baltimore County Council unanimously approved County Executive Kevin Kamenetz's $2.8 billion operating budget and $339 million capital budget for fiscal 2014, the Baltimore Sun reported. In so doing, the council kept the county's property tax rate flat for the 25th consecutive year. The plan also keeps the county income tax rate flat for the 21st year in a ...
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Howard Co. Council passes $923M budget $2.7M higher than requested
The Howard County Council approved a $923.5 million budget Thursday that is $2.7 million higher than that proposed by County Executive Ken Ulman a month ago, the Baltimore Sun reported. The general fund spending plan increases allocations for police and schools while not raising property or income ...
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Electronic dance concert Moonrise Festival canceled
A new electronic dance concert termed the Moonrise Festival which was expected to draw thousands to South Baltimore, has been canceled after organizers failed to obtain the necessary permits, city officials said Thursday, as reported by the Baltimore Sun. Planned for the weekend of June 8-9 in Port Covington, the festival had been promoted as a successor to the long-running Starscape Festival, ...
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Groundbreaking set Wednesday for $400M Horseshoe Baltimore Casino
Groundbreaking is scheduled Wednesday to begin construction of Maryland's fifth gambling venue, the Horseshoe Baltimore Casino, the Maryland Daily Record reported. The 335,000-square-foot casino and 4,000-space parking garage adjacent to the Baltimore Ravens' M&T Bank Stadium is expected to open by Autumn 2014 at a cost of $400 million. Assistant General Manager updated the Maryland ...
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Ray Lewis to climb Kilimanjaro
BALTIMORE - Ray Lewis is tackling a new goal. The retired Ravens linebacker is preparing to climb mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Lewis says his climb is to raise money and awareness or clean water projects in East Africa. He is calling the mission "Tackle Kili," and planned it for next month. The former football player is accepting donations on the ...
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Hurricane center Beware of the storm surge
By JENNIFER KAYAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) - The National Hurricane Center is changing the way it talks about storm surge in hopes that emergency officials, the media and the public can better understand the dangerous phenomenon. Storm surge is the hurricane hazard that poses the greatest threat to life and property. It is the abnormal rise in sea water during a hurricane, and it can happen ...
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Tillman shoots for another quality start vs. Blue Jays
One night after the Orioles sent out one of their top pitching prospects for his first Major League start, the Blue Jays will make a similar move in an attempt to extend their winning streak to three. Left-hander Sean Nolin, the Blue ...
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Greens failed grooming underscores Marylands growing therapist abuse epidemic
was charged last week after a client reported repeated sexual harassment, escalating sexual advances, and exposure by Green. The exploitation and abuse of therapy patients continues to be revealed as a rampant epidemic throughout the ...
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Construction worker killed in collapse of Maryland mall parking deck
BETHESDA, Md. – A parking garage partially collapsed Thursday outside a shopping mall in suburban Maryland, and officials said one construction worker died after being trapped under a concrete slab. Montgomery County rescuers worked to stabilize the structure for more than four hours to free a second worker. Officials said it appears a 50,000-pound section of the parking deck collapsed ...
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Sewage and Fresh Rat Droppings In This Weeks Food Alert
WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA9) - In Fairfax Station, Virginia, health inspectors shut down the Smoothie Bar at Gold's Gym on Ox Road. Officials cited the gym because it had no one trained in food safety and it didn't track employee diseases that could be transmitted through food. Inspectors also cited the Rite Aid on Washington Boulevard in Arlington because none of its workers were ...
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Small arsenal found in City home
A city man and his girlfriend are both in custody after police found a small arsenal of weapons, along with drugs and cash in his home. Fransico Milos lived in the 100 block of North Kenwood Avenue, not far from Patterson Park. Police say in his home they found three assault-type rifles, three hand guns, a shotgun and more than 7500 rounds of ammunition. They also found more than $20,000 in ...
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Man shot in arm in Southwest Baltimore
A man was shot in the arm in Southwest Baltimore on Thursday night, police said, following a violent couple of days in which 11 people were shot - two fatally - in the city. The man was expected to survive his injury, police said. He was shot in the 1800 block of Hollins Street about 10:20 p.m. More information was not immediately ...
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Baltimore surplus might not be too far-fetched
If the advice of a new report on city government spending is taken onboard by city officials, and if new ways of saving are replicated in all departments, a budget surplus might not be so far-fetched a thought.
A comprehensive report on the state of the Baltimore city government has detailed a number of damning inefficiencies and wastes of financial resources, and has listed a number of steps the city should take to make itself more recession-proof during this time of runaway deficits and plunging income. Read more
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