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Coping with second day of no electricity frustrates many
Pat Johnston, like many Baltimore residents, was fuming Sunday as she faced another day without electricity. Describing her frustration level, she said, "On a scale out of 10, I'm at 11.2. "You can't get through to find out [when power is likely to...
Tags: Baltimore County, Vehicles, Muscular Dystrophy, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Rosebank
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More than 257,000 still without power in extreme heat
BGE officials continued to scramble Sunday to restore power to nearly more than 257,000 customers as the area suffered with temperatures near 100 degrees for a third day and braced for a chaotic Monday-morning commute.
After the state was rocked Friday...Tags: Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., Transportation Accidents, Belvedere Square, Martin O'Malley
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Chesapeake Bay 'dead zone' smaller this year
After a spate of bad news about the Chesapeake Bay's health, here's an uptick: the "dead zone" that forms every spring is smaller than average so far this year. Water sampling done in early June by the Department of Natural Resources found dissolved...
Tags: Tropical Storm Lee (2011), Annapolis, Seafood, Lifestyle and Leisure, Foods and Beverages
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Feeling powerless
For the second time in less than a year, hundreds of thousands of Baltimore Gas & Electric and Pepco customers are being forced to endure a week or more without electricity because of damage caused by a severe storm. Utility officials are aggressively...
Tags: Meteorological Disasters, Economy, Business and Finance, Natural Disasters, Stranger Than Fiction, Hurricanes
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Seven deaths tallied so far from heat, storms
A summer heat wave expected to last through the weekend is now blamed for seven deaths across Maryland, and public officials called Monday for Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. to act quickly to repair power outages or risk more deaths.
Four people died...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Martin O'Malley, Traffic, Pikesville, Renovation
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Airlines and Irene
Consumer File - Orlando SentinelFrom a recent study…… Average call hold times of ten largest airlines during Hurricane Irene (hours:minutes:seconds) 1. U.S. Airways 0:02:38 2. Southwest Airlines: 0:08:10 3. Continental: 0:08:15 4. United ... -
Silopanna Music Festival canceled because of Hurricane Irene
The Baltimore SunThe inaugural Silopanna Music Festival, which was scheduled to take place in Crownsville Saturday, has been cancelled because of Hurricane Irene, promoters Rams Head Group said in a statement this morning. Organizers and performers were concerned about...Tags: Elections, Disasters, Arts, North Carolina, Festive Events
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Weather helps, hurts Chesapeake Bay grasses
The protective underwater grasses in the Chesapeake Bay have dropped to their lowest levels since 2006, according to the latest report from Maryland and Virginia scientists. The scientists from the Chesapeake Bay Program, a regional partnership, view the...Tags: Tropical Storm Lee (2011), Natural Disasters, Tropical Storms, Health, Weather
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St. Mary's County warns of potential dam failure
St. Mary's County has notified residents downstream from St. Mary's Lake Dam of significant flooding from heavy rains that came along with Hurricane Irene. The county had warned residents that the dam could fail. Eddie Hopkins, a spokesman for the...Tags: Western Branch, Maryland, St. Mary's County
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The King memorial
Sunday marks the 48th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic "I have a dream" speech, delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, and if not for Hurricane Irene, the day would have seen another mass gathering on the National Mall and another...Tags: Human Rights, Martin Luther King Jr., Politics, Barack Obama, Human Interest
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Conservation of the USS Monitor's turret opens window on Civil War history
ReporterNext year will mark the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Hampton Roads, the standoff between the Civil War ironclads the USS Monitor and the Confederate ship Virginia. This summer, we're learning more about that battle and the men who fought it, because...Tags: USS Monitor, Arts and Culture, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), CSS Virginia, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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After flood, Berger Cookies back in boxes, on shelves
Hurricane Irene apparently was even worse than anyone thought. Forget about downed power lines — the storm knocked out Baltimore's sweet tooth.
For much of the past three weeks, nearly 600 area stores and countless customers have been denied...Tags: Primaries, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Charles Village, Lexington Market
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