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Maryland on a slow and steady road to a housing recovery
10/02/2009 12:00am
Maryland's housing industry has seen the light at the end of the tunnel.
10/02/2009 12:00am
Maryland's housing industry has seen the light at the end of the tunnel.
Police say man stabbed himself
10/02/2009 2:03am
Fairfax police say a man who reported being stabbed during a robbery at a mall cut himself.
10/02/2009 2:03am
Fairfax police say a man who reported being stabbed during a robbery at a mall cut himself.
Service in Md. to honor 122 fallen firefighters
10/02/2009 4:17am
Nine men who died fighting a northern California wildfire last year will be remembered Sunday during the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service.
10/02/2009 4:17am
Nine men who died fighting a northern California wildfire last year will be remembered Sunday during the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service.
Police: Man found dead apparently tortured
10/02/2009 5:26am
Prince George's County police say a man whose naked body was found behind a church this week had been beaten and burned in an apparent act of torture.
10/02/2009 5:26am
Prince George's County police say a man whose naked body was found behind a church this week had been beaten and burned in an apparent act of torture.
Flu season strikes Maryland and Virginia
10/02/2009 6:16am
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says Maryland and Virginia have widespread cases of both seasonal flu and H1N1. They're among a total of 26 states seeing widespread cases.
10/02/2009 6:16am
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says Maryland and Virginia have widespread cases of both seasonal flu and H1N1. They're among a total of 26 states seeing widespread cases.
Unemployment taxes to triple for Md. employers
10/02/2009 6:24am
Maryland businesses will pay at least three times the current rates for unemployment insurance taxes next year.
10/02/2009 6:24am
Maryland businesses will pay at least three times the current rates for unemployment insurance taxes next year.
Swine flu vaccines to be available in schools
10/02/2009 6:26am
The vaccine should be available in Maryland in mid-October. In Fairfax County, Va., schools will be used as mass inoculation clinics.
10/02/2009 6:26am
The vaccine should be available in Maryland in mid-October. In Fairfax County, Va., schools will be used as mass inoculation clinics.
Emergency workers will be first to get swine flu vaccine
10/02/2009 7:00am
In Maryland and Virginia, the vaccine arrives next week.
10/02/2009 7:00am
In Maryland and Virginia, the vaccine arrives next week.
Sparrows Point restructuring could affect 580 jobs
10/02/2009 7:02am
The union that represents 2,500 Sparrows Point steel mill workers says the plant's Russian owners' proposed restructuring could affect nearly a third of the work force.
10/02/2009 7:02am
The union that represents 2,500 Sparrows Point steel mill workers says the plant's Russian owners' proposed restructuring could affect nearly a third of the work force.
Boy struck by car is critically injured
10/02/2009 9:19am
A 12-year-old boy has been flown to the hospital with head injuries after he was struck by a car in Germantown Friday morning.
10/02/2009 9:19am
A 12-year-old boy has been flown to the hospital with head injuries after he was struck by a car in Germantown Friday morning.
Men walk in heels to bring attention to domestic violence
10/02/2009 9:36am
"I did discover that it was quite painful, especially walking downhill, but also after just five minutes of straight walking," says Peter Zellhofer, a Mount St. Mary's University sophomore.
10/02/2009 9:36am
"I did discover that it was quite painful, especially walking downhill, but also after just five minutes of straight walking," says Peter Zellhofer, a Mount St. Mary's University sophomore.
Former priest charged with child sex abuse in Md.
10/02/2009 10:01am
A former Catholic priest from North Carolina is accused of sexually abusing a child in Ocean City more than 30 years ago.
10/02/2009 10:01am
A former Catholic priest from North Carolina is accused of sexually abusing a child in Ocean City more than 30 years ago.
Man gets life for killing wife outside Md. church
10/02/2009 10:19am
Kevin Kelly, 53, has admitted shooting his wife Feb. 22 outside People's Community Baptist Church. However, he told a jury the killing was not premeditated.
10/02/2009 10:19am
Kevin Kelly, 53, has admitted shooting his wife Feb. 22 outside People's Community Baptist Church. However, he told a jury the killing was not premeditated.
Decomposed body found in Baltimore manhole
10/02/2009 11:18am
Verizon technicians found the decomposed body of a man in a manhole, Baltimore Fire officials say.
10/02/2009 11:18am
Verizon technicians found the decomposed body of a man in a manhole, Baltimore Fire officials say.
McDonnell airs first ad rebutting thesis story
10/02/2009 11:26am
Republican Bob McDonnell's campaign is finally using television ads to respond to reports about the rigidly conservative thesis he wrote in 1989.
10/02/2009 11:26am
Republican Bob McDonnell's campaign is finally using television ads to respond to reports about the rigidly conservative thesis he wrote in 1989.
Va seeks $1.8B for high speed rail projects
10/02/2009 12:45pm
It's the commonwealth's second application for stimulus funding to develop the I-95 Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor.
10/02/2009 12:45pm
It's the commonwealth's second application for stimulus funding to develop the I-95 Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor.
Drug dealer gets 20 years after huge cocaine bust
10/02/2009 1:48pm
Baltimore drug dealer caught with 91 pounds of cocaine in the back of his pickup truck has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison.
10/02/2009 1:48pm
Baltimore drug dealer caught with 91 pounds of cocaine in the back of his pickup truck has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison.
Man spots strange creature in White Plains
10/02/2009 2:05pm
A man who speaks fluent Spanish, but little English, went to the County Sheriff's Department to report that he had seen something bizarre last month in the White Plains area.
10/02/2009 2:05pm
A man who speaks fluent Spanish, but little English, went to the County Sheriff's Department to report that he had seen something bizarre last month in the White Plains area.
39 indicted in bribery probe of DC taxi industry
10/02/2009 3:31pm
Thirty-nine people connected with the Washington taxicab industry have been indicted on bribery charges, officials announced Friday.
10/02/2009 3:31pm
Thirty-nine people connected with the Washington taxicab industry have been indicted on bribery charges, officials announced Friday.
Gov. Kaine: big improvement in Va. air quality
10/02/2009 3:41pm
Gov. Tim Kaine announced Friday that Virginia has improved its air quality significantly over the past decade, with mild temperatures this past summer helping the state to set a record.
10/02/2009 3:41pm
Gov. Tim Kaine announced Friday that Virginia has improved its air quality significantly over the past decade, with mild temperatures this past summer helping the state to set a record.
Va. Tech police charge student in threats
10/02/2009 3:44pm
Virginia Tech police have filed charges against a student in connection with racial slurs, swastikas and other threats found on walls in university buildings.
10/02/2009 3:44pm
Virginia Tech police have filed charges against a student in connection with racial slurs, swastikas and other threats found on walls in university buildings.
House letter: Va. last using stimulus highway cash
10/02/2009 6:09pm
In a scathing letter to Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, the chairman of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee said no state has been slower than Virginia in putting federal highway stimulus cash to use.
10/02/2009 6:09pm
In a scathing letter to Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, the chairman of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee said no state has been slower than Virginia in putting federal highway stimulus cash to use.
Sierra Nevada to hire 100 in Hagerstown
10/02/2009 6:26pm
Officials with Sierra Nevada Corp. say the aerospace technology company plans to hire about 100 workers at its Hagerstown site.
10/02/2009 6:26pm
Officials with Sierra Nevada Corp. say the aerospace technology company plans to hire about 100 workers at its Hagerstown site.
Documentary gives inside look at Supreme Court
10/02/2009 6:54pm
C-SPAN is kicking off "Supreme Court Week" on Sunday at 9 p.m. with an original 90-minute documentary produced by Mark Farkas.
10/02/2009 6:54pm
C-SPAN is kicking off "Supreme Court Week" on Sunday at 9 p.m. with an original 90-minute documentary produced by Mark Farkas.
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