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Circuit near Metro crash site examined

Thursday, June 25, 2009

An automated circuit located nearby the scene of Mondays fatal Metro crash showed anomalies after being tested by investigators, and is being looked at for further testing, officials said Wednesday.

Metro braces for crash lawsuits

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Metro officials are bracing for tens of millions of dollars in lawsuits likely to be filed against the cash-strapped transit system by those injured in Monday's crash and the families of the deceased.

Metro train crash investigators focusing on sensors

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

The investigation into Monday's fatal Metro crash that killed nine people is focusing on radarlike sensors that failed to alert a red line train that other trains were stopped on the track, the agency's general manager said Tuesday.

Ehrlich hints at new life for old bumper stickers

GOP yearning for rematch with O'Malley

Sunday, June 21, 2009

It was just a chicken dinner fundraiser for a small Republican club in northeast Baltimore, but former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. knew what everyone in the room wanted him to talk about.

Slain guard's funeral draws thousands

'Gentle giant' remembered for kindness by church eulogizers

Saturday, June 20, 2009

They came by the busloads. Friends, family members, colleagues, even strangers who just wanted to pay their respects.

Hundreds mourn slain museum security guard

Friday, June 19, 2009

Hundreds of mourners gathered at Ebenezer AME Church in Fort Washington on Friday morning to pay their respects to Holocaust Memorial Museum security officer Stephen T. Johns.

O'Malley asks for prison jamming

Would show cell-phone block

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Gov. Martin O'Malley and Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski have asked federal officials for permission to hold a cell-phone-jamming demonstration at a Maryland prison, saying unauthorized cell-phone use by inmates is posing a serious safety problem.

Officials say Constellation stuck with ruling

State has authority to decide French nuclear purchase

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Baltimore-based Constellation Energy Group cannot appeal a ruling by regulators on an acquisition of its nuclear assets by a French utility, state officials said Friday.

Museum slaying suspect charged

Police weigh hate crimes, rights offenses

Friday, June 12, 2009

James W. von Brunn was charged Thursday with the murder of a security officer at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum as officials sought answers to what pushed the 88-year-old into action after years of anti-Semitic and white supremacist beliefs.