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4 hrs ago | 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

8 hrs ago | 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

11 hrs ago | 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

15 hrs ago | 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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17 hrs ago | 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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19 hrs ago | 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

23 hrs ago | 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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WMDT

Eastern Shore Lawmakers Look Into Post-Labor Day Start Date

"We know that it does have a dramatic effect on us," says Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan.

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Related Topix: Maryland Government

Wed May 15, 2013

BroadwayWorld.com

Maryland Ensemble Theatre Presents Daytona McKane and the Quest for the Golden Mole, Opening 5/25

Maryland Ensemble Theatre's family theatre, The Fun Company, is proud to present the World Premiere of Daytona McKane and the Quest for the Golden Mole , a fun adventure story perfect for kids age six and up.

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Washington Examiner

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley to sign gun bill as shooting deaths decline

Gov. Martin O'Malley is set to sign into law some of the toughest gun restrictions in the nation on Thursday at a time when gun deaths in Maryland are at their lowest point since the FBI started collecting data in 1995.

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

City Paper

Festivals and Extra-vals

Hare Krishna Rathayatra Chariot Parade And Festival of India, noon-6 p.m. May 26, McKeldin Square, Pratt and Light streets, festivalofindia.org . ISKON Baltimore holds its 11th-annual Rathayatra festival in McKeldin Square.

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Related Topix: Baltimore, MD, Smith Island, MD

TBD.com

Police Week 2013: William Talbert Sr. honored

It's an emotional week for one Maryland family. A local officer is honored at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial following a long journey that began with an injury in the line of duty.

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Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space

What to make of casinos as an "urban revitalization" method and detroyer?

Post columnist Petula Dvorak has a column today, " For a taste of Maryland's gambling future, try a weekend in Atlantic City ," opining about how Atlantic City, New Jersey hasn't been revitalized by their attempt to re-make the Downtown core as Las Vegas East, and how this doesn't bode well for casino developments in Maryland.

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Related Topix: Las Vegas, THQ, Video Games, Perryville, MD

TBD.com

Maryland students showcase works of art in Long Branch neighborhood

University of Maryland students took over public space in the Long Branch neighborhood and put a spotlight on an area that may soon get even more attention with the Purple Line.

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