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By From wire dispatches and staff reports

MARYLAND

ROCKVILLE

Man in mask robs bank

Authorities are looking for an armed man who robbed a Maryland SunTrust bank wearing a Halloween mask and for a man who drove a getaway car.

Montgomery County police spokeswoman Lucille Baur said authorities got a call about the robbery shortly after 11 a.m. Monday. The man who entered the bank was armed with a semiautomatic handgun and wearing a skeleton mask.

An undisclosed amount of cash was taken.

Miss Baur said the men fled in one car and later switched cars to a black Mercedes.

BALTIMORE

Work-zone warnings extended

State transportation officials have extended the warning phase for drivers who exceed the speed limit within automated speed enforcement work zones.