Tag Archives: maryland

• News

  Sinkhole swallows car in Maryland

  Police said a water main break caused road to open up.
• News

  Maryland governor signs death penalty repeal

  The legislation goes into effect October 1.
• News

  Police: Army recruiter shoots teenage recruit, then self

  Police continued their investigation Tuesday into the shooting deaths of an Army recruiter and a 17-year-old girl in Maryland that appear to be “a murder-suicide,” police said.
• News

  Maryland lawmakers okay Medical Marijuana bill

  Medical marijuana may soon legal in Maryland.
• News

  National Spelling Bee adds vocabulary challenge

  A student who wants to win the National Spelling Bee must now be a whiz at vocabulary.
• News

  Maryland legislature votes to end death penalty

  By a 82-56 margin, the Maryland House of Delegates voted Friday to ban the death penalty in that state. The bill now goes to the desk of Gov. Martin O’Malley, who has pledged to sign it.
• News

  Man died of rabies from kidney transplant

  A Maryland man recently died of rabies that he contracted from a tainted kidney he received in a transplant operation a year and a half ago.
• Offbeat

  Parent calls pastry gun suspension ‘insanity’

  The school sent a letter home to parents that explained the incident where “a student used food to make inappropriate gestures.
• News

  Students killed in College Park shooting

  Two University of Maryland students were killed and a third injured in what police called a murder-suicide.
• News

  Boys suspended for using fingers as guns

  Child psychologist Dr. Joe Kaine says most 6-year-olds’ minds aren’t developed enough to understand why their idea of fun play might make adults upset.
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  Same-sex Maryland couples ring in New Year with wedding bells

  Maryland was among three states this past November where voters approved laws allowing same-sex marriages.
• News

  New soda ban in Maryland

  The next time you drive to Maryland, you may have to drive out of your way to buy a soda.