WASHINGTON — Metro has filed a lawsuit seeking more than $13 million from its insurance company, claiming that it has failed to pay costs and extra expenses in connection with the 2009 rail crash that killed nine people. The lawsuit ...

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Maryland lawmakers urged their federal counterparts Thursday to raise the country’s debt limit without hashing out a deal to reduce the long-term debt and deficit. Del. Tom Hucker and Sen. Jennie M. Forehand, both Montgomery County Democrats and co-chairs of ...

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U.S. rail planners have moved Baltimore’s Red Line one step closer to gaining the critical federal backing needed to see the $2.2 billion east-west light rail project to completion. “Now we’re on the short list,” said Henry Kay, the Maryland ...

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ROCKVILLE — Metro train service has been restored following a bomb threat that led authorities to evacuate a station in Maryland. Metro spokesman Dan Stessel said Monday that police had detained a woman who threatened she had an explosive device. ...

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WASHINGTON — Metro customers traveling on the red, blue and orange lines should expect to add 20 minutes to their commutes this weekend because of track work. On the red line, track work will start Friday evening and continue through ...

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Gov. Martin O’Malley is hoping Florida’s loss may be Maryland’s gain. The Sunshine State governor, Rick Scott, announced this week Florida would return $2.4 billion in federal rail funding from the economic stimulus package. On Friday, O’Malley assured Transportation Secretary ...

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It’s not too hard to find resistance in the halls of the General Assembly to raising the gas tax. Sure, it’s been at 23 cents per gallon since 1992 and transportation dollars are again likely victims to budgetary belt-tightening, but ...

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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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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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We’ve got good news, Baltimore. Living Cities, a collaborative of 22 of the world’s largest foundations and financial institutions, announced last week that Baltimore is one of five cities selected to participate as part of its national Integration Initiative. The ...

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