Benlysta, a drug to treat lupus, has received approval from European regulators to be marketed in Europe, the drug’s co-makers, Human Genome Sciences Inc. of Rockville, and GlaxoSmithKline, its London-based parent, announced. The European approval came two days after Benlysta, ...

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ROCKVILLE — The Montgomery County Council is considering a curfew for youths younger than 18 in an effort to reduce gang activity and violence among teens. The Council on Tuesday proposed banning youths from public places after midnight on Friday ...

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ROCKVILLE — Prosecutors in Montgomery County have dropped charges against a man arrested in connection with a pipe bomb that exploded outside a Potomac house. The State’s Attorney’s office said Tuesday it was dropping the case against Farzin Sadeghi pending ...

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Choice Hotels International Inc. of Silver Spring, a franchise hotel chain, said it will move its headquarters to Rockville when the lease on its current headquarters building expires in 2013. The company, which has been based in Silver Spring since ...

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ROCKVILLE — Investigators say DNA connects the 1998 killing of a woman in Georgetown to a series of sexual assaults in Montgomery County from the same time. Now police in the District of Columbia plan to start a website to ...

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RICHMOND, Va. — A company that provides kitchen exhaust cleaning services to restaurants, government entities and large organizations is moving its headquarters from Maryland to Virginia. Gov. Bob McDonnell said Thursday in a news release that HADPRO plans to invest ...

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ROCKVILLE  — A worker at a Dunkin’ Donuts in Olney and two other men have been arrested following an armed robbery at the shop. Montgomery County police made the arrests on Tuesday. The suspects, all from Silver Spring, are 19-year-old ...

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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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As Gov. Martin O'Malley's prepares to travel back to Maryland after 10 days spent drumming up business for the state in Asia, Republican lawmakers are asking for total price tag on the trade mission. "As we are sure you will both agree, in this austere fiscal climate, we must be good stewards of the taxpayer dollar," GOP leaders wrote to Gov. Martin O'Malley and Business and Economic Development Secretary Christian Johansson. The letter was signed by House Minority Leader Anthony J. O'Donnell, R-Calvert and St.Mary's, and the No. 2 Republican in the House, Minority Whip Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio, of the Middle Shore.

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Manekin completes Bowie City Hall construction Manekin Construction LLC of Columbia has completed construction of a new headquarters for the City of Bowie. The city government recently relocated to the new three-story, 80,000-square-foot facility at 15901 Excalibur Road, near the ...

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