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2 hrs ago | Gazette.net

Charges for procedures vary between area hospitals

Two patients in Maryland go to the hospital for an identical procedure. If they both go to the same hospital, they will face the same charges.

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Related Topix: Montgomery County, MD, Takoma Park, MD, Silver Spring, MD, Rockville, MD

6 hrs ago | Patch.com

Michelle Obama in College Park: It's Time to Feel Hungry Again

In a speech celebrating the history of Bowie State University and the struggles of African Americans forced to fight for their education, First Lady Michelle Obama told the class of 2013 on Friday that it was time to "feel hungry" again.

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Related Topix: Bowie State University, African-American

Sat May 18, 2013

Stars and Stripes

Navy pilot earns degree in combat zone

This image provided by Thomas Saenz, shows Saenz near the tarmac at Kabul International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Navy, World News, Afghanistan, University of Southern California, University of Maryland University College

Patch.com

Gun Control, Gas Tax Hike Laws Signed Thursday

Two of the most controversial bills Maryland state lawmakers grappled with this session became law Thursday.

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Related Topix: Guns, Maryland Government, US Governors, Martin O'Malley

Patch.com

First Statewide Gun Turn-in Nets 250 Firearms

Marylanders by the dozens turned over unwanted firearms to police in the first statewide "Gun Turn-In Day," sponsored by Attorney General Doug Gansler.

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Related Topix: Montgomery County, MD, Annapolis, MD, Anne Arundel County, MD

Stars and Stripes

Polling specialists question Pentagon sex-assault survey

Findings from a Pentagon survey on sexual assault in the military, which triggered outrage about what the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff calls a "crisis," may be based on scanty response rates, questionable data and broad definitions of what constitutes abuse.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal

Rumors resurface: Is Thornton preparing to leave MPS?

Milwaukee Public Schools Superintendent Gregory Thornton was here for less than a year before the rumors started in early 2011: Was he thinking about leaving? Two years later, this same rumor is once again in circulation, only now there's a name of a district behind it: Prince George's County Public Schools in Maryland, the state's second-largest ... (more)

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Fri May 17, 2013

WBAL-AM Baltimore

State Jobless Rate Inches Down

That figure compares with the latest national rate of 7.5 percent and is a tenth lower than the March number for Maryland.

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Related Topix: Maryland Government

AmmoLand

The Human Dimensions of Elk Reintroduction in Western Maryland

Historically, herds of elk roamed across most of the United States and Canada, but the Eastern elk - the only subspecies found east of the Mississippi River - was extirpated in the 19th century.

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Related Topix: US National Parks, Yellowstone National Park, Agriculture, Science

Daily Record

Real Estate Weekly - 5/17/13

The HOPE initiative, a program started by the administration of Gov. Martin O'Malley to preserve homeownership by helping prevent foreclosures, was awarded the Maryland Access to Justice Commission's Executive Branch Award for 2013.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Martin O'Malley, Owings Mills, MD, Laurel, MD, REIT, Personal Finance, Annapolis, MD

Patch.com

WFT? Do Marylanders Really Cuss That Much?

What's so great about being nice? Nice never got anybody anywhere, right? If that's true, Marylanders are going places.

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9NEWS

Naked man climbs on fire truck, arrested

A suspect in a Prince George's County, Maryland shooting on Thursday suddenly jumped on a nearby fire truck and stripped out of his clothes before he was captured.

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Examiner.com

Baltimore middle schoolers display hidden talents in 'Willie Wonka Jr.'

The characters were played by middle schoolers from Mount Royal Elementary/Middle, currently enrolled in the after school program, known as Baltimore TheatreWorks.

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Related Topix: Rain Pryor

Patch.com

Jessup Cell Fire Leaves None Injured

The Maryland State Fire Marshal says a fire inside a jail cell at the Jessup House of Correction Wednesday was caused by an unattended water heating pot.

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Thu May 16, 2013

Washington Examiner

Maryland universities approve 3 percent tuition hike as college costs rise across region

Maryland's state universities announced that in-state undergraduate tuition would rise by 3 percent, the same amount as the past three years.

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Related Topix: Salisbury University, University of Virginia, College of William and Mary

Herald Star Online

Steubenville man sentenced in sh...

Kinlaw Hendrix, 27, of Steubenville, who was convicted of menacing by stalking and tampering with evidence, was sentenced Tuesday to 30 months in prison by Jefferson County Common Pleas Judge David Henderson.

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Washington Times

MILLER: Maryland Gov. O'Malley may be smiling over gun-control law, but last laugh is on him

Maryland State Senate President Thomas "Mike" Miller Jr. , left, and Speaker of the House Michael Busch , right, flank Maryland Gov.

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Related Topix: Maryland Government, Criminal Defense Law, Law, US Governors, Martin O'Malley, Guns, Dianne Feinstein, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat

Washington Times

O'Malley signs Maryland gun-control measure into law

Gov. Martin O'Malley on Thursday signed a bill recently passed by the General Assembly that gives Maryland some of the country's strictest gun-control laws.

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Related Topix: Guns, US Governors, Martin O'Malley, Maryland Government

CBS Local

If You Can't Beat 'Em, Eat 'Em

Jenna Jadin, a former entomology graduate student at the University of Maryland, College Park who created a cicada cookbook for the Brood X emergence in 2004, says the bugs were a staple food in the past for Australian Aborigines, New Guineans and American Indians.

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Related Topix: Entomology, Science, University of Maryland College Park, Life, Food, Chocolate

BroadwayWorld.com

Photo Flash: Met Opens Pickle My Monkey Tonight

Maryland Ensemble Theatre is wrapping up its 2012-13, 15th anniversary mainstage season with a new World Premiere comedy Pickle My Monkey beginning tonight, May 16.

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