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Maryland stories: 30 news summaries

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Johns Hopkins Student Kills Burglar With Samurai Sword

Johns Hopkins student defends home with lethal results: police

Sep 15, 09 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - For those thinking of burglarizing hapless eggheads, think again: A would-be burglar met his end at the hands of a Johns Hopkins student armed with a samurai sword early today, the Baltimore Sun reports. The student, who lives off-campus, told cops he heard a sound and went downstairs, to... More »

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Maryland • murder • Baltimore • Johns Hopkins University • samurai swords • sword

 4 Killed in 
 Md. Highway 
 Copter Crash 

Commercial helicopter bursts into flames after crashing into interstate

Jul 24, 09 4:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - All four people on board were killed when a helicopter crashed into an interstate highway in western Maryland last night and burst into flames, AP reports. No cars were hit as the commercial helicopter smashed into the I-70. Witnesses say the helicopter appeared to be trying to land on the... More »

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Maryland • interstates • helicopter • accident • helicopter crash

Maryland GOP Group Likens Obama to Hitler 

Says prez is using 'carpet bombing' to defeat enemies

Jun 24, 09 7:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The leader of a prominent Maryland Republican group is comparing President Obama to Adolf Hitler, apparently with a straight face, in a letter on its website, ThinkProgress reports. “Obama and Hitler have a great deal in common in my view,” writes the president of Republican Women of Anne... More »

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Maryland • Adolf Hitler • President Obama • Republicans

(Newser) - Police discovered five bodies in a Maryland house today after a man apparently butchered his family and killed himself, the Frederick News Post reports. Few details are known, but police in Middletown, Md., say Christopher Alan Wood, 34, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the AP reports. His wife, two... More »

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Maryland • police • murder-suicide • bodies • fatalities • recession depression • filicide

Cops Eye Link in Mother-Daughter Murders

Striking similarities causing cops 'great concern'

Mar 18, 09 4:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Police are hunting for possible links between the grisly murders of a pair of mothers and daughters in the Washington DC area, reports the Washington Post. Both cases could "possibly" be the work of a serial killer, said a police official. Both moms were in their 40s and were... More »

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Maryland • crime • Washington DC • police • murder • serial killers • double homicide

Obama's CIO Once Pleaded Guilty to Theft

Embattled Kundra swiped less than
$300 back in 1997

Mar 17, 09 12:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Vetting blunders don't get much more basic than this: Vivek Kundra, Barack Obama’s embattled Chief Information Officer, has a criminal record, Gawker’s Owen Thomas reports. Kundra, who’s currently suspended because of unrelated bribery charges against an employee, pleaded guilty to stealing less than $300 in 1997, according... More »

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Barack Obama • Maryland • chief information officer • vetting • Obama administration • Vivek Kundra

 Stimulus in Hand, 
 States Race to 
 Start Projects 

NE, CA, MO, and MD all moved immediately with federal dollars

Mar 17, 09 10:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Four states—Nebraska, Missouri, California, and Maryland—claim to be the first to use their federal stimulus money, the New York Times reports. "Our project is definitely the first one to use shovels," said an official in California, where forest trail work started yesterday. But shovels aside, Missouri... More »

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California • Maryland • Nebraska • Missouri • infrastructure • economic stimulus package

Docs Remove Donor Kidney Through Vagina

Less-painful procedure could pave the way
to more donations

Feb 3, 09 3:08 PM CST
(Newser) - Doctors in Maryland removed a kidney from a donor through the vagina in what they believe to be the first operation of its kind, the Baltimore Examiner reports. The procedure reduced the 48-year-old donor’s pain and recovery time compared with more traditional methods. “We are all about trying... More »

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medicine • medical breakthrough • Maryland • surgery • kidney • doctor • Johns Hopkins University • organ donation

 Inaugural to Cost Record $160M 

Obama raising $45M in private funds to help pay massive bill

Jan 14, 09 3:12 AM CST
(Newser) - By the time Barack and Michelle Obama dance the last waltz at the inaugural balls in the wee hours next Wednesday morning, the total tab for the inauguration will be close to a record $160 million, reports the New York Daily News. The president-elect is raising $45 million in private... More »

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Maryland • security • Washington DC • Virginia • inauguration • Office of Management and Budget • President Obama • Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies • inaugural balls • Destination DC

(Newser) - William Zantzinger, the white Maryland tobacco farmer immortalized in a Bob Dylan song for the 1963 killing of a black Baltimore barmaid, has died. Zantzinger, inebriated from a night on the town, struck Hattie Carroll with a cane when she was slow bringing him a bourbon. Carroll, a 51-year-old mother... More »

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Maryland • Bob Dylan • racism • Baltimore • song • civil rights • manslaughter • William Zantzinger • Hattie Carroll

UPDATED

Baltimore Mayor Indicted on Corruption Charges

3-year probe yields
12 state counts

Jan 9, 09 1:55 PM CST
(Newser) - The mayor of Baltimore was indicted today on 12 charges related to alleged corruption and  influence peddling in her current job and during her tenure as city council president, the Sun reports. Sheila Dixon, the first woman to hold the job, faces charges of perjury, theft, fraudulent misappropriation, and misconduct... More »

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Maryland • corruption • mayor • Baltimore • indictment • Sheila Dixon • corruption charges • public corruption • Ronald Lipscomb • wowOwow

'Killer' Mom Stored Kids' Bodies in Freezer

Cops led to gruesome find by abused runaway

Sep 30, 08 4:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Maryland woman is being held without bail after admitting she stored the corpses of her adopted 9- and-11-year old daughters in a basement freezer, WBAL TV reports. Police came to her house after a third daughter was found wandering the streets, covered in cuts and bruises. The woman has... More »

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Maryland • child abuse • foster homes • physical abuse

 4 Killed in Md. Medevac Crash 

Pilot radioed about bad weather; police find crash site 2 hours later

Sep 28, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Maryland State Police Medevac helicopter crashed in bad weather early this morning, killing four of the five on board, the Washington Post reports. The crew was transporting two teenage car-crash victims to a hospital when air traffic controllers lost radio contact about 12:30am. Police found the crash site... More »

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Maryland • crash • helicopter • medical evacuation

Cops Shoot Mayor's Dogs in Bad Drug Bust

Cops kill Labs 'for sport,' handcuff
mayor in boxers

Aug 8, 08 5:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Maryland mayor is demanding an investigation after police burst into his home and shot his two dogs dead, reports the Baltimore Sun. Cheye Calvo, the mayor of Baltimore suburb Berwyn Heights, and his wife were apparently victims of a smuggling ring that sent packages of marijuana to unsuspecting victims,... More »

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Maryland • police • mayor • dog • police raids • drug traffickers

opinion

Be Bold, Baltimore:
We Need a Downtown Arena

Stop thinking small, columnist urges

Jul 25, 08 3:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Baltimore is big enough—and its future bright enough—to build a new sports arena downtown, and all those "nattering negativists" who think otherwise need to get out of their basements more, writes Dan Rodricks in the Baltimore Sun. Plans to tear down First Mariner Arena and put up... More »

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Maryland • development • Baltimore

Baltimore
Opts Against Plastic Bag Ban

San Francisco still stands alone after
city council vote

Jul 22, 08 2:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - A law that would have made Baltimore America’s second plastic-bag-free city got a resounding thumbs down from the city council last night, the Baltimore Sun reports. The council ixnayed the bill, 11-3, citing concerns over the cost and environmental impact of paper bags. “I know there has... More »

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environment • plastic bags • Maryland • global warming • Baltimore

Suspected Md. Cop Killer Was Strangled in Jail

FBI begins civil-rights investigation; racial tensions may heat up

Jul 1, 08 12:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - A man accused of killing a police officer was strangled to death Sunday in a Maryland county jail, coroners have ruled. State police have taken over the case, and the FBI is investigating on civil-rights grounds, the Washington Post reports. “We live in a constitutional democracy, and no one... More »

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Maryland • murder • race relations • cop killer • police brutality • Ronnie White

Claws Célèbre: Maryland Plans Pinch on Crab Harvest

Drastic measures proposed to halt decline of Chesapeake crabs

Apr 10, 08 3:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Faced with the lowest catch in decades, Maryland is taking steps to help stem the blue crab's decline. Tough measures are being proposed that would cut the harvest of female crabs by up to 40%, the Baltimore Sun reports. The state says urgent action is needed to stop the Chesapeake... More »

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Maryland • fishing • Virginia • fishing ban • crab

Berkshire Hathaway's Q4 Income Off 18%

Insurance-industry woes mean 'that party is over,' Buffett says

Feb 29, 08 6:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Citing a decline in gains from insurance underwriting and sluggish investment returns, holding company Berkshire Hathaway said today that fourth-quarter income was off 18%—to $2.95 billion, from $3.58 billion—from a year earlier, the Wall Street Journal reports. Billionaire chairman Warren Buffett snuck in digs at Wall... More »

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insurance companies • New York City • Maryland • Warren Buffett • Omaha • AIG • MBIA • Berkshire Hathaway • Oracle of Omaha • Ambac • General Reinsurance • FGIC

8 Killed in Street Race Crash

At least 3 more injured, including driver, on Maryland speed strip

Feb 16, 08 3:06 PM CST
(Newser) - A driver skidded into a crowd of street-race spectators in Maryland this morning and killed eight people, but later told police he was not part of the race, the Washington Post reports. The driver and at least four others were injured in the crash, which also killed the car's passenger.... More »

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Maryland • car accident • police • car crash • street racing • traffic fatalities

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