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Herds of fun down on the farm in St. Mary's County
The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the … wait, those aren't sheep, they're alpacas. And those rangy bovines look an awful lot like bison. And what about those long-legged turkeys running loose in the barnyard?
St. Mary's County, site of...Tags: Travel, Trips and Vacations, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Arts and Culture, Farms
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The perfect storm? Forces align to strengthen Sandy
Sandy is no ordinary hurricane.
A remarkable configuration of weather systems are tugging on the storm system as it slogs up the eastern seaboard, slowing and widening the cyclone. A full moon will drag tides up the shore just as the storm whips the sea....Tags: Tropical Weather, Hurricanes, Ocean City, Baltimore Weather, Weather Reports
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Poll finds support for same-sex marriage, but not gambling
Five weeks before the election, a measure to legalize same-sex marriage in Maryland has seen a surge of support and is now favored by likely voters, 49 percent to 39 percent, a new Baltimore Sun poll has found. But at this stage, most voters are...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Polls, Feminism, MGM Resorts International, Elections
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Ten Maryland schools receive National Blue Ribbon
Ten Maryland schools have been named National Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced Friday.
Six elementary schools received the honor: Crofton Meadows in Anne Arundel County, Woodholme in Baltimore County, Ring...Tags: Howard County, Religious Education, Columbine High School Massacre (1999), Education, Students
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GOP volunteer hopes to engage students
One in a series of profiles of Maryland delegates to the Republican National Convention She graduated in 1989 with a degree in political science, but politics never held Deb Rey's interest. Like most people coming out of college, she was mainly concerned...
Tags: Republican Party, Elections, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Politics
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Maryland groundwater dated to more than 2 million years old
Most people throw out a jug of milk after a week or so. The oldest bottle of wine, on the other hand, is the most savored.
But what about water?
Some of what comes out of faucets in Annapolis, Leonardtown or Easton, it turns out, is older than the...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Environmental Issues, Glen Burnie, U.S. Geological Survey
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Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Tuesday
WEATHER
The National Weather Service is calling for Tuesday to be mostly cloudy in the Baltimore area, with a high near 87 and east winds 5 to 7 miles per hour. There is a 30 percent chance of precipitation. There is a 30 percent chance of precipitation....Tags: Metro Centre at Owings Mills, Howard County, Public Officials, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Safeco Field
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Five added to death toll from heat
State health officials confirmed five more heat-related deaths Monday as a cool-down ended one of the longest heat waves on record for the region. The heat killed a total of 18 people during a 12-day stretch of 90- and 100-degree heat, state health...Tags: Weather Statistics, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., Hyperthermia, Health, Diseases and Illnesses
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Oyster farming off to a slow start in Maryland
— The dock built to hold water-filled tanks of baby oysters stands empty. The new marina for landing fully grown bivalves is being used for now by some crabbers.
Encouraged by a new state policy to boost private oyster farming, Jay Robinson and...Tags: Conservation, Aquaculture, Natural Resources, Chesapeake Bay, Natural Resource Industry
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St. Mary's County warns of potential dam failure
St. Mary's County has notified residents downstream from St. Mary's Lake Dam of significant flooding from heavy rains that came along with Hurricane Irene. The county had warned residents that the dam could fail. Eddie Hopkins, a spokesman for the...Tags: Hurricane Irene (2011), Western Branch
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Military weapons wash ashore in St. Mary's state park
A waterfront state park in Southern Maryland has been temporarily closed after several pieces of military weaponry washed ashore, authorities said Friday. Over the past few days a few "military ordnance" items were found on the waterline of Newtowne...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Weaponry, U.S. Army, State Parks
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Navy moving hospital ship Comfort to Virginia
The USNS Comfort, the white-hulled hospital ship that has been a fixture of the Baltimore waterfront for a quarter-century, is moving next year to Norfolk, Va., the Navy announced Tuesday.
Maryland officials had fought the move of the ship, whose...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Atlantic Ocean, Port of Baltimore, Government, Wars and Interventions
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