Whether you’re buying a house or selling a house, signing the contract is only the beginning of what can be a long, and sometimes arduous, journey to the settlement table. In most cases, it all goes off without a hitch, ...

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More than 141,000 customers were still without power Wednesday in the mid-Atlantic region, days after Hurricane Irene finished pummeling the area. Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. was reporting the most outages in the region, with approximately 128,000 customers without power ...

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First came the earthquake. Then the hurricane. Now comes the bill. And with any luck, you have a decent insurance policy that will cover the cost of most, if not all, of the damages sustained in one or both natural ...

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HOLLYWOOD — Gov. Martin O’Malley toured Maryland counties Tuesday to assess the damage caused by Hurricane Irene, while hundreds of thousands of utility customers in the Mid-Atlantic region remain without power. O’Malley visited a community in Hollywood in the southern ...

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RICHMOND, Va. — Gov. Bob McDonnell continues his post-Hurricane Irene slate of prominent public appearances Tuesday, appearing alongside two Obama administration cabinet secretaries at a news conference. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack join the Republican ...

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The Maryland Transit Administration is warning travelers to expect delays on MARC’s Penn Line train due to Hurricane Irene. The MTA says the Penn Line train is operating on an “S,” or limited schedule Monday. The agency says Amtrak, which ...

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The earthquake shook M&T Bank Stadium just before 2 p.m. Tuesday, and by that night Rafael Sabelli was in the air, on a red eye flight from San Francisco to Baltimore. With a thick stack of schematics under his arm, ...

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Maryland officials say the earthquake was felt across the state, but no injuries or major damage are being reported. Maryland Emergency Management Agency spokesman Ed McDonough says Tuesday’s 5.8 magnitude quake, which was centered in Virginia, was felt from Garrett ...

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HAGERSTOWN — A 5.9-magnitude earthquake centered near Richmond, Va., rattled the walls of homes and buildings across western Maryland. Emergency management officials in the region say they have no reports of injuries or significant damage from the quake that struck ...

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Inside the Old Otterbein United Methodist Church at Conway and Sharp streets hangs a 114-year-old chandelier with hundreds of crystal prisms. The white walls contain about 20 windows dating from 1785, and each window has 40 individual panes from the ...

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