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College Park, Maryland is located in Prince Georges County. Zip codes in College Park, MD include 20740, 20742, and 20741. More College Park information.

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22 hrs ago | Gazette.net

Police: UM student is awoken by sexual assault

A 21-year-old student at the University of Maryland, College Park, was sexually assaulted inside her off-campus home Sunday morning in College Park, according to police.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

WRC-TV

UMD Student Raped in College Park Home

Prince George's County police are alerting University of Maryland students after a 21-year-old woman was raped Sunday.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

Gazette.net

College Park elects new mayor, council members

Eric and Liz Maring watch as their five-year-old son, Leo, drops their ballots in the ballot box Tuesday at the city of College Park elections.

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EurekAlert!

UM scientists create fruit fly model to help unravel genetics of human diabetes

A diabetic fly? The fly on the left has normal insulin-like peptides. The fly on the right carries a deletion of insulin-like peptide genes and is small, with symptoms of... College Park, Md -- As rates of obesity, diabetes, and related disorders have reached epidemic proportions in the US in recent years, scientists are working from many angles to ...

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Tue Nov 03, 2009

The Diamondback

Election Day in College Park

District 2: Commons 5 and 6 University View Ellicott Community North and South Hill; District 3: Fraternity Row Old Town Knox and Hartwick Towers Commons 1-4; District 4: University Courtyards Knox Boxes Crystal Springs Denton and Cambridge Communities College Park's residents will head to the polls today to determine who will lead the city for the ...

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

WJZ Baltimore

Study Finds Md. Smart-Growth Law Lacking

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Sat Oct 31, 2009

Nature Publishing Group

Fluorescence: Molecules in a tight spot

Christopher C. Davis is in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.

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Thu Oct 29, 2009

Gazette.net

Hyattsville barks up the right tree with Heurich Dog Park

When asked who frequents Hyattsville's newest park, park-goers rattle off their names - and the breeds of their dogs.

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The View

Newcomers, incumbents lining up for 2010 races

Maryland's primary elections are 11 months away, but that hasn't stopped a number of area residents from tossing their hats into some of the 2010 election races.

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Wed Oct 28, 2009

Gazette.net

City wants to put a stop to runaway carts

College Park officials have a message for the city's supermarkets, hardware stores and retailers: Keep your shopping carts on your property, or you might never see them again.

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Mon Oct 26, 2009

Air & Space

The First U.S. Military Pilot

A hundred years ago today, the U.S. military got its first pilot. On October 26, 1909, Frederick E. Humphreys, a 26-year-old Lieutenant with the Army Signal Corps, soloed for the first time in a Wright Flyer at College Park, Maryland, under the watchful eye of no less an instructor than Wilbur Wright.

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Sat Oct 24, 2009

EurekAlert!

Spiraling flight of maple tree seeds inspires new aerial surveillance technology

This is the smallest monocopter built by Ulrich to-date, with a maximum dimension of 9.5 cm and a wing equal in size to a natural samara.

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Thu Oct 22, 2009

Gazette.net

County police shoot, kill knife-wielding man at College Park 7-Eleven

A Bethesda man who allegedly attempted to rob a College Park 7-Eleven was shot and killed by police outside the store Sunday afternoon.

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Gazette.net

Apartment fire displaces 100 tenants

Prince George's County firefighters work to rescue residents trapped by a fire Saturday morning at the Empirian Village apartments in Greenbelt.

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Wed Oct 21, 2009

NewsChannel 8

Police ID Robbery Suspect Who Was Fatally Shot

Prince George's County police have identified a man fatally shot by officers after he came out of 7-Eleven store armed with a knife Sunday.

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Tue Oct 20, 2009

WBZ-TV

Spinning Maple Seed May Help National Defense

Share + Oct 20, 2009 5:21 pm US/Eastern COLLEGE PARK, Md. 1 of 1 A University of Maryland engineering student is using Mother Nature to develop an invention that could be helpful to national defense.

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Bloomberg

College Cost Increases Exceed Inflation as Endowments Drop, Spending Slows

Tuition and fees at private four- year colleges in the U.S. rose the most in 21 years, when adjusted for inflation, a new report showed.

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Mon Oct 19, 2009

Gazette.Net

Prince George's continues to lead in Beltway deaths by large margin

The portion of the Capital Beltway running through Prince George's County is one of the deadliest traffic accident spots in the region, according to new highway safety statistics released last week.

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MyFoxDC

Suspects Identifed in Officer Shooting

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Prince George's County police say two suspects shot by an off-duty officer after he was dragged by their car were men dressed in women's clothes.

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Sun Oct 18, 2009

NewsChannel 8

Police Shoot, Kill Robbery Suspect

Prince George's County Police fatally shot a robbery suspect outside a 7-11 store in College Park Sunday afternoon.

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