WASHINGTON — Gerard Murphy never met his uncle Richard. But the Potomac, Maryland, native grew up hearing stories of the former journalist who enlisted in the Marines during World War II and disappeared during the Jan. 15, 1944, amphibious assault ...

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On Oct. 4, after five years of construction, Glenstone introduced its new expansion to the public — a 204,000-square-foot building, called the Pavilions.

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Authorities have identified three suburban Washington, D.C., residents as the victims who died in a small plane crash in southeastern Indiana.

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A former employee of the major contracting firm DynCorp International admitted Monday that while working in Iraq, he helped cheat the State Department out of millions of dollars. Jose Rivera, 57, of Potomac, Md., pleaded guilty in Alexandria federal court ...

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POTOMAC — Twenty unemployed or under-employed military veterans are graduating from a computer skills program run by a nonprofit organization in Montgomery County. Retired Navy Vice Admiral Joseph Kernan is the chairman of the organization, called NS2 Serves. He says ...

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WASHINGTON — The cars, some from as far as Georgia, pull up to the stately brick home tucked into an affluent Washington suburb. Some of the people who emerge are tearful, others are panicked. Most are itchy. A small sign ...

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(AP) Officials from the city of Cumberland and the National Park Service are making progress toward a Potomac River public access point for kayakers and canoeists. The Cumberland Times-News reported that officials toured several potential launch sites Monday. Most say ...

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(AP) Tiger Woods’ tournament will have yet another new home in 2017. Organizers announced Thursday that the 2017 Quicken Loans National will be played at TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm in Potomac. It’s the golf course that used to be ...

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(AP) A Potomac River toll bridge linking Allegany County to Green Spring, West Virginia, is back in business. The Cumberland Times-News reported that the reopening Tuesday of the Oldtown Bridge came about 10 weeks after it was damaged by flooding. ...

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(AP) The owner of a private toll bridge over the Potomac River says she’s rebuilding the structure between Western Maryland and West Virginia after it was damaged by a June flood. Lori Roberts told the Cumberland Times-News Thursday that work ...

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