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CATONSVILLE, MD. — The Glenelg boys’ lacrosse team has made its fair share of positive memories at UMBC’s Retriever Stadium in recent seasons. The Gladiators likely won’t count the first half of Thursday’s Maryland 3A/2A final among them.
Roger Clemens’s chief accuser confided in a former Baltimore Orioles infielder years ago that he was keeping medical waste from the steroid injections he gave big league ballplayers, according to courtroom testimony.
NEW ORLEANS — It’s a lazy afternoon at Cooter Brown’s Tavern uptown, where the patrons sweat on the porch and the drinks sweat on the bar. As usual, it doesn’t take long for talk to turn to the hometown Saints.
Score one for Ken Cuccinelli. Or at least his supporters.
Backers of the attorney general, running for governor next year, succeeded in winning a number of new spots on the state GOP’s governing board over the last few weeks.
The Naval Criminal Investigative Service is investigating the death of a Marine found dead in his barracks room Wednesday afternoon at Fort Meade in Maryland.
The Marine’s identity will not be released until 24 hours after his next of kin has been notified, said Marine spokesman, Col. Sean D. Gibson.
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) is booked to square off Sunday against former GOP presidential contender and former Speaker of he House Newt Gingrich on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
NBC is billing the conversation as one between “two influential members of their parties about what’s fair game when it comes to campaign attacks and where the race between President Obama and [Mitt] Romney stands now.”
Montgomery County police said tracking software from a stolen iPad led officers to a 14-year-old from Bethesda who is accused of burglarizing four houses.
The string of burglaries began in early May and the culprit typically entered the homes through a basement window, police said. In a May 9 burglary, an iPad was taken. Police said the tracking software led them to the teenager’s house.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney released his second general election TV ad in a handful of swing states, including Virginia.
In the ad, Romney says he will announce deficit reductions, end big government and stand up to China on trade on his first day in office. In an earlier ad, he said he would approve the Keystone pipeline, introduce tax cuts and start undoing the federal health care law.
Project 4 Gallery’s current exhibition, a visually striking installation by sculptor Foon Sham, does more than spotlight the Chinese-born artist’s recent art. It’s also a celebration of work he made years ago.
Update, 3:55 p.m., May 24: Less than a day before the City of Falls Church prepared to open sealed bids for the possible purchase of its water system, Fairfax County officials said Thursday that the federal agency that supplies the city’s water has issued a definitive legal opinion saying that it can sell water only to another governmental agency, not a privately owned utility.
As is our weekly ritual, we have compiled a list of our favorite events going on this weekend, featuring a concert from Drake, a festival for Strawberry season and the start of one of Washington’s best summer events.
Memorial Day weekend is upon us, and while we have chronicled some of our favorite nightlife and family events for the the break, here are a few food-related happenings to make it a more delicious break.
It’s likely that fewer veterans are sleeping on the streets or in vehicles in the District than earlier this week.
On Wednesday, the D.C. Housing Authority successfully matched 80 homeless veterans and their families with permanent housing, boosting the number of veterans who receive free or subsidized housing vouchers in the District to 744.
Maryland House Republicans announced their opposition Thursday to holding a special session on a gambling expansion, saying the issue needs to be considered in a “more deliberative and thoughtful fashion.”
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spilled in the past day about the new Brookings Institution report casting doubt on the viability of the funding streams for the Clean Rivers Project — D.C. Water’s massive, court-ordered effort to keep sewage out of local waterways by building three giant storage tunnels costing $2.6 billion.
Former U.S. Rep. William Wampler Sr., a Republican who represented Southwest Virginia in Congress for 17 years, died Wednesday night at his home in Bristol.
He was 86 and had been in declining health for at least six months, said Del. Terry G. Kilgore (R-Scott), a family friend.
Ten students from across the country gathered in downtown Washington Thursday morning for the 24th annual National Geographic Bee. For two harrowing hours, they answered geography questions, analyzed world maps and climate charts, and fielded personal questions from the host, Alex Trebek of “Jeopardy” fame.
You may not have heard of author Matt Bondurant, the Northern Virginia native and Mount Vernon High School grad whose third novel, ”The Night Swimmer,” was recently published. But you will soon, thanks to his riveting second novel, “The Wettest County in the World,” based on his family’s exploits in the bootlegging business in southwestern Virginia in the 1920s and ‘30s.
Vice President Biden will headline a fundraiser for former governor Tim Kaine Thursday night in his race for the U.S. Senate.
The event will take place at 6:30 p.m. in McLean, according to the White House.