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- Ocean City pier, destroyed by Sandy, to reopen
- Swim coach sentenced to 7 years for sex abuse
- Montgomery Co. budget: More police in schools and a raise for county workers
- Mid-Atlantic beaches ready for post-Sandy summer
- 1 dead, 1 injured in collapse at Montgomery Mall
- Lawsuit over Md.'s ACC exit goes before Md. court
2nd teen killed in Md. train accident to be buried
Funeral services are scheduled for the second of two teens killed in a train derailment in Maryland's Ellicott City.
Family and friends remember teen killed in train derailment
Family and friends are gathering Saturday to remember Rose Mayr at Bethany United Methodist Church in Ellicott City, Md.
Authorities set to reopen road after derailment
Authorities in Ellicott City will reopen Main Street four days after a train derailment that killed two women.
Md. woman claims no blame for 40 dead pets
A Columbia woman on trial for animal cruelty contends her husband was responsible for the 40 dead animals found in her town house in January.
Laurel man charged in stabbing death at mobile home park
Howard County police say a 20-year-old Laurel man has been charged with second-degree homicide in a stabbing death at a mobile park home.
Funeral services for one killed in derailment
The funeral service for Elizabeth Conway Nass, a student at James Madison University in Virginia, will be at the Church of the Resurrection in Ellicott City.
Autopsy: Coal killed Md. derailment victims
Two young women were killed when a freight train derailed and toppled so much coal on them they couldn't breathe, authorities said Thursday.
Md. derailment victims suffocated, autopsy finds
Howard County Police say autopsies of two young women killed in an Ellicott City train derailment concluded they were crushed to death by coal from the train.
Shop owners report losses after train derailment that killed two
Following the train derailment that killed two local teen girls, business seems like a trivial concern. But with road closures related to the cleanup and investigation, limited foot traffic means financial losses for local business owners.
2 women killed as train derails in historic Ellicott City
The derailment of an 80-car CSX train in the heart of historic Ellicott City left two women dead. Howard County Executive Ken Ulman tells WTOP no one in Ellicott City can "remember a derailment of this magnitude ever happening here."
Md. train derailment disrupts Verizon service
Verizon Communications Inc. says a train derailment near Baltimore is disrupting land-line service to customers, including some government clients.
Howard Hughes Corp. buys Columbia office building
The Howard Hughes Corp. has bought a nine-story office building next to The Mall in Columbia.
Memorial set for longtime Towson educator
A memorial Saturday night will honor Dr. Billy D. "Doc" Hauserman, a Towson University educator whose career there spanned 33 years and included a decade as the dean of Towson's College of Education.
Man shot, killed by police after confrontation in Columbia
A Baltimore man wanted for holding his girlfriend hostage at gunpoint was shot and killed by police Thursday evening after a confrontation in Columbia, Md.
Maryland officer recovering after Hyattsville shooting
A Prince George's County police officer is recovering after being shot in the leg early Saturday morning.
Whole Foods to open 1st store in Howard County
Whole Foods Market is planning to open its first store in Howard County by the fall of 2014.
New traffic pattern for Route 29 near Ellicott City
A new traffic pattern goes in place on Route 29 southbound at U.S. Route 40 near Ellicott City starting Thursday, July 19.
Repair on Baltimore water main to begin Monday
Public works officials in Baltimore say replacement is set to begin on three 16-foot sections of 54- inch water main in the southwest part of the city.
Beltsville man wanted for Ellicott City double shooting
Police need the public's help to find Tuan Minh Pham, 35, of Beltsville. Police believe he shot his estranged girlfriend and another man.
Contractor killed in fall from tree in Md.
Emergency management officials say a contractor who fell from a tree in Garrett County has died. His death is the fourth storm-related fatality in Maryland.
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