WASHINGTON — Surveillance cameras will be installed outside all of Metro’s 86 rail stations to thwart crime. Officials told the Washington Times on Thursday that a $2.8 million grant from the Department of Homeland Security will be used to purchase ...

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SILVER SPRING — Tatiana Olivera is happy with her commute. She drove from her home in Shady Grove to her job on Norbeck Road on the Inter-County Connector, which opened its first stretch Wednesday morning after decades of debate. “It’s ...

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WASHINGTON — A budget proposal presented to the Metro board of directors last month estimated the agency could make between $1 million and $2 million per year selling station naming rights to corporate sponsors. Kay Dannen says that’s reasonable, and ...

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WASHINGTON — Metro is conducting significant track work during the Presidents Day weekend, closing two stations and causing significant delays. Metro will be doing track work on the blue, orange and red lines. On the blue and orange lines, no ...

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WASHINGTON — The unemployment rate fell or stayed the same in December in two-thirds of the nation’s largest metro areas, fresh evidence that employers are slowly adding jobs. The Labor Department says the unemployment rate dropped in 207 of the ...

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The foreclosure crisis is getting worse as high unemployment and lackluster job prospects force homeowners in an increasing number of U.S. metropolitan areas into dire financial straits. In Seattle, Houston and Chicago, cities that were relatively insulated from foreclosures early ...

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FOREST GLEN — A Metro train has been evacuated after something caught fire and filled a tunnel with smoke near the Forest Glen station on the red line in Maryland. Montgomery County fire department spokesman Capt. Oscar Garcia says firefighters ...

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The cold snap that’s cast a frigid chill over the region is being blamed for a water main break and cracked rails on the Metro, both of which snarled commutes Monday morning. Workers discovered cracked rails on Metro’s red line ...

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ROCKVILLE — A portion of Metro’s red line has been shut down because of power lines hanging above the tracks. The red line was closed Tuesday between the Shady Grove and Twinbrook stations in Montgomery County. Metro spokesman Steven Taubenkibel ...

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The sale of the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development’s Crownsville headquarters is being advertised online, and a deadline has been set for developers to voice their interest in building a new main office for the department near a ...

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