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A fallen tree which completely blocked West 39th Street in Wyman Park pulled down power lines, including the line on the car at right. Several blocks in Wyman Park were without power.

Irene weaker but still dangerous

Slightly weaker, but still a big, wet and dangerous storm, Hurricane Irene hit the North Carolina beaches early Saturday en route to a battened-down Delmarva Peninsula. The state of Maryland,...
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Crops getting parched on Lower Shore

When Ted Wycall started his organic farm in Salisbury five years ago, scarce rain was not a part of his calculations. But after surviving a serious drought last year, Wycall...
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New study scrutinizes heart stent procedures

A new study of more than 500,000 cardiac patients who underwent recent cardiac stent or angioplasty procedures in the United States has found that up to 15 percent were either...
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Four bodies found in home

The bodies of two adults and two teenagers were discovered last night in a home in Cockeysville by a 15-year-old boy who lived at the home, Baltimore County Police said....
Rescue workers planned to continue working through the night but did not expect to find survivors.

Weather service reviews water taxi accident

Weather forecasters were relying on limited radar data on the day of a fatal water taxi accident last year in Baltimore harbor, undermining their ability to issue timely, lifesaving warnings...