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Maryland officials announce health reinsurance approval
Maryland officials have announced federal approval of what they are calling the nation’s largest health reinsurance program to protect insurers from very high claims to hold down rates in the struggling individual market of the state’s health care exchange.
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Catholic brother accused of abuse barred from ministry
The Xaverian Brothers, a lay religious order headquartered in Baltimore that sponsors about a dozen schools across the United States, has identified the accused man as Brother Robert Flaherty.
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Officer suspended for taking gun on plane without permission
MDTA spokesman Cpl. Edward Bartlinski told the Baltimore Sun that Sgt. Christopher Lamb was charged with interfering with security procedures at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. The agency spokesman says Lamb is accused of boarding a Southwest Airlines flight on April 26 with his weapon.
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Floreen qualifies to run for Montgomery Co. executive
The Montgomery County Board of Elections approved the candidacy of Nancy Floreen after she submitted thousands of signatures in order to appear as an independent on the ballot.
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Jordan McNair’s father voices support for U. Md. president
The football player’s father sided with the university president amid criticism over having axed a proposal to reform athletic health care.
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‘North of 40’ applicants seek Baltimore police’s top job
Baltimore has received more than 40 applications for the top job in the city’s troubled police department.
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Officer named in Baltimore police corruption trial resigns
A Baltimore County officer and former Baltimore city detective has resigned after being named in a high-profile police corruption trial.
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Catholic school might trade cardinal’s name for black nun’s
A school opening in 2020 might feature the Mother Mary Lange’s name. It was originally supposed to be named for the late Cardinal William H. Keeler, accused of failing to act in the case of priests who abused children in Pennsylvania.
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Cheap eats: Silver Spring-Takoma Park Restaurant Week starts Sept. 4
Silver Spring’s fourth annual restaurant week hopes to attract hungry newcomers to area restaurants. More than two dozen Montgomery County restaurants will participate.
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New back-to-school vaccination rules for some Maryland students
Maryland students in kindergarten through fourth grade need two doses of the chickenpox vaccine. Also, students entering grades seven through 11 need Tdap and meningococcal vaccines.
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Maryland man sentenced for selling heroin in West Virginia
A jury convicted 38-year-old Christopher Wigfall, who also is known as “Frank,” in February of two counts of heroin distribution and one count of possession with intent to distribute heroin.
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Community questions Montgomery Co. officials about fatal officer-involved shooting
At a public meeting Tuesday night at the Silver Spring Civic Center, concerned members of the public questioned Police Chief Tom Manger and Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy about the officer who shot and killed a man on June 11.
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Rainy summer forces delays for Prince George’s Co. bridge project
Work on the Brandywine Road Bridge has had to stop several times since July because of the wet weather, according to the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration.
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3 pedestrians killed on Montgomery Co. roads in last 10 days
Since June, a total of six pedestrians were killed after being struck by vehicles, despite Montgomery County’s efforts to cut road fatalities in public safety education campaigns such as “Street Smart” and “Vision Zero.”
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Montgomery Co. official insists there’s ample parking near struggling diner
The owner of Tastee Diner, Gene Wilkes, says on-street parking restrictions on Norfolk and Woodmont avenues have strangled his business, cutting sales by an average of $1,000 a day since Aug. 13.
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