Schools in Baltimore and Anne Arundel counties are set to reopen more than a week after Hurricane Irene passed through the mid-Atlantic region. Five schools in Baltimore County will be welcoming students on Tuesday. Charles Herndon, spokesman for Baltimore County ...

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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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SILVER SPRING — A Washington lawyer is accused of throwing a live power line at another motorist during a road-rage incident in the wake of Hurricane Irene. Montgomery County police say 32-year-old Richard Bialczak of College Park faces a variety ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Comptroller Peter Franchot’s office estimates Maryland lost more than $2 million in revenue due to business lost in Ocean City because of Hurricane Irene last weekend. Franchot estimated the state lost about $1.75 million in sales tax revenue ...

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Utility companies in the mid-Atlantic region say about 165,000 customers are still without power as a result of Hurricane Irene. Baltimore Gas and Electric was reporting the most outages, with about 142,739 around noon Wednesday. Most of those outages were ...

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Four days after Hurricane Irene blew through Maryland, Gov. Martin O’Malley said there remains much work to be done to clean up in the aftermath of the storm. “Some of those streets looked like the Jolly Green Giant came by ...

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Utility companies in the mid-Atlantic region say about 178,800 customers are still without power as a result of Hurricane Irene. Baltimore Gas and Electric was reporting the most outages, with about 155,800 around 6:15 a.m. Wednesday. Most of those outages ...

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WASHINGTON — Schools in areas of southern Maryland that were hit hard by Hurricane Irene are still closed. All schools in Calvert and St. Mary’s counties will be closed Wednesday. And in Anne Arundel County, about 15 schools remained closed. ...

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REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. — Delaware’s governor says he appreciates that beachgoers obeyed an evacuation warning before Hurricane Irene hit, but now he wants them back for the Labor Day weekend. Gov. Jack Markell says he wants to make it clear ...

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Utility companies say nearly 300,000 customers in the mid-Atlantic region are still in the dark days after Hurricane Irene blasted the area with heavy rain and winds. Baltimore Gas and Electric was reporting the most outages, with about 239,000 Tuesday ...

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