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  • Obama to speak at USNA graduation

    The president's speech, his second to a graduating class at the academy, is set for Friday at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis. About 1,000 midshipmen are scheduled to be commissioned as officers in either the Navy or the Marine Corps. Obama gave his first speech to a graduating class at the academy in 2009. Obama spoke at the commissioning ceremony several months after ...

  • Baltimore Co. Council approves $2.8B budget keeps property tax rates flat

    The Baltimore County Council unanimously approved County Executive Kevin Kamenetz's $2.8 billion operating budget and $339 million capital budget for fiscal 2014, the Baltimore Sun reported. In so doing, the council kept the county's property tax rate flat for the 25th consecutive year. The plan also keeps the county income tax rate flat for the 21st year in a ...

  • Howard Co. Council passes $923M budget $2.7M higher than requested

    The Howard County Council approved a $923.5 million budget Thursday that is $2.7 million higher than that proposed by County Executive Ken Ulman a month ago, the Baltimore Sun reported. The general fund spending plan increases allocations for police and schools while not raising property or income ...

  • Electronic dance concert Moonrise Festival canceled

    A new electronic dance concert termed the Moonrise Festival which was expected to draw thousands to South Baltimore, has been canceled after organizers failed to obtain the necessary permits, city officials said Thursday, as reported by the Baltimore Sun. Planned for the weekend of June 8-9 in Port Covington, the festival had been promoted as a successor to the long-running Starscape Festival, ...

  • Groundbreaking set Wednesday for $400M Horseshoe Baltimore Casino

    Groundbreaking is scheduled Wednesday to begin construction of Maryland's fifth gambling venue, the Horseshoe Baltimore Casino, the Maryland Daily Record reported. The 335,000-square-foot casino and 4,000-space parking garage adjacent to the Baltimore Ravens' M&T Bank Stadium is expected to open by Autumn 2014 at a cost of $400 million. Assistant General Manager updated the Maryland ...


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The Edge [Blu-Ray]

The Edge [Blu-Ray]

David Mamet has written so many plays and movies about men struggling to survive against their environment and each other that it was only a matter of time before he finally set one of his stories in the wilderness. Previously, all of his characters had displayed their predatory natures within the ... ...

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  • P.G. Co. Circuit Court to hear lawsuit over University of Md.s exit from ACC

    A $52 million Atlantic Coast Conference penalty against the University of Maryland for exiting the ACC in favor of the Big Ten Conference in 2014 is going to trial in Upper Marlboro, the Associated Press reported. To be heard in Prince George's County Circuit Court, the lawsuit, if decided in the ACC's favor, could wipe out most of the university's athletic ...

  • Ray Lewis to climb Kilimanjaro

    BALTIMORE - Ray Lewis is tackling a new goal. The retired Ravens linebacker is preparing to climb mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Lewis says his climb is to raise money and awareness or clean water projects in East Africa. He is calling the mission "Tackle Kili," and planned it for next month. The former football player is accepting donations on the ...

  • Hurricane center Beware of the storm surge

    By JENNIFER KAYAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) - The National Hurricane Center is changing the way it talks about storm surge in hopes that emergency officials, the media and the public can better understand the dangerous phenomenon. Storm surge is the hurricane hazard that poses the greatest threat to life and property. It is the abnormal rise in sea water during a hurricane, and it can happen ...

  • Tillman shoots for another quality start vs. Blue Jays

    One night after the Orioles sent out one of their top pitching prospects for his first Major League start, the Blue Jays will make a similar move in an attempt to extend their winning streak to three. Left-hander Sean Nolin, the Blue ...

  • Greens failed grooming underscores Marylands growing therapist abuse epidemic

    was charged last week after a client reported repeated sexual harassment, escalating sexual advances, and exposure by Green. The exploitation and abuse of therapy patients continues to be revealed as a rampant epidemic throughout the ...

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