Leg Gets Stuck at Shady Grove Metro, Woman Rescued
A Germantown woman slipped her leg between the Shady Grove Metro platform and a passing train. A supervisor directed passengers to move aside as the car weight shifted, freeing her with no injuries. Montgomery County firefighters transported her to Shady Grove Hospital for checks.
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Gaithersburg
Germantown
Shady Grove
Metro
Cheryl Johnson
Montgomery County
Shady Grove Hospital
Robbery at Frederick Blockbuster Targets 1170 W Patrick St
Early morning robbery at Blockbuster Video on 1170 West Patrick Street in Frederick left three masked men fleeing on foot with an undisclosed cash haul. Police reported three employees were inside the store at 1 25 am when gunpoint demands were made and the suspects fled toward the rear. Victims named as Melissa Zimkosky Wesley Bagley and Jennifer Reilly.
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Blockbuster Video
Frederick City
Patrick St
Melissa Zimkosky
Wesley Bagley
Jennifer Reilly
Frederick
Maryland Lottery Draws Friday Evening and Afternoon
The Maryland lottery results show Friday evening draws of Pick 3 281 and Pick 4 67 44, with Bonus Match Five numbers 1211 2623 and Bonus 17. Friday afternoon results include Pick 3 555 and Pick 4 8 3462.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Germantown student targets future Miss and football path
Thirteen-year-old Mylene Nicole OConnor of Germantown is a Future Miss finalist. An eighth grader at Roberto W Clemente Middle School she aims to be the first woman in football and a computer specialist. She will compete Sept 1 at the Sheraton Baltimore Towson for a $1000 scholarship and a year as a state Youth Ambassador.
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Germantown
Mylene Nicole O'Connor
Sheraton
Baltimore
Towson
Maryland
Kylene
Patrick O'Connor
Cancer victim wins suit in Florida tobacco case
Grady Carter, 66, awarded a record 750000 in Jacksonville Circuit Court after jurors found cigarettes a defective product and makers negligent for not warning of dangers. The verdict came in a landmark tobacco liability case, influencing stock prices and marking one of the first large damages against the industry. Carter sought 1.5 million after 44 years of smoking.
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Jacksonville. Fla
Philip Morris
RJR Nabisco
American Brands
Brown & Williamson
B.A.T
Lead poison linked to Federalsburg man’s death
A Federalsburg man died from a gunshot after a year of suspected poisoning by his wife. Local health officials found his blood lead level in the hundreds of milligrams per liter, far above the normal 10 mg/L, with severe neurological symptoms. The deceased, James Henry Pollard, 38, was shot outside his farm home on July 22. his wife Carolann Pollard, 40, is alleged to be involved.
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Denton, Md
Federalsburg
James Henry Pollard
John Grant
Caroline County Health Department
Pollard
Grant
Mr Pollard
Carolann Pollard
Man charged with having drugs near Carroll Creek Park
Frederick City Police on bicycle patrol arrested Andrew Robert Davidson after a late night dispute near Carroll Creek Park. A search revealed marijuana in his rear pocket and he was charged with possession and jailed at the county detention center. Later statements allege a related poisoning and death by a detention center officer.
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South Street
Carroll Creek Park
Market Street
Frederick City
David Armstrong
Andrew Robert Davidson
Davidson
County
Frederick woman charged after crack cocaine purchase
Frederick City Police say 33 year old Vicki Michelle Sappington bought crack cocaine near John Hanson Apartments on North Bentz Street at 1 30 a m She resisted arrest and tossed a paper containing drug residue They charged her with possession of cocaine possession of drug paraphernalia resisting arrest and littering and she is jailed on a 7000 bond.
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Frederick
Frederick City
John Hanson
North Bentz Street
Vicki Michelle Sappington
Ms. Sappington
Ms Sappington
Death toll climbs in Japan food poisoning outbreak
An 80-year-old woman died in a Yamagata hospital from contaminated food, raising Japan's outbreak death toll to nine. Officials seek the source while the patient had been treated since July 23 in the northeast city about 240 miles from Tokyo.
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Tokyo
Japan
Yamagata
Severe storms sweep East and Plains with heavy rains
Thunderstorms drenched the East from Maine to Georgia and stretched across the Plains and desert Southwest. A slow moving cold front pushed seaward, raising flood risk in West Virginia and bringing heavy rain to northern Florida and the Midwest. Central South Dakota issued storm warnings amid widespread unsettled weather as readings hit 100 in California towns and record low temperatures appeared in Wyoming Oregon and Idaho.
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Maine
Georgia
Florida Gulf Coast
Plains
Desert
West Virginia
Bluefield
Florida
Midwest
Texas
Oklahoma
Arizona Desert
South Dakota
Blythe and
Needles
Calif
Jackson
Wyo
Meacham
Ore
Soda Springs
Idaho
Weekend outlook: sunny and pleasant Frederick forecast
A National Weather Service meteorologist in Sterling Virginia said the weekend should be mostly sunny and pleasant with highs in the low 80s through Sunday. A low pressure system is expected Tuesday bringing rain and possibly showers and thunderstorms Wednesday. Rain fell about 1.2 inches by 4 p.m. Friday at the Sound Source station atop the News-Post building with temperatures in the 70s.
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Mother Nature
Frederick
National Weather Service
Richard Hitchens
The
Weather Service
Sterling
Sound Source
News-Post
Glitch delays Atlantis launch after fuel tank mishap
CAPE CANAVERAL Florida AP A snag hit the shuttle Atlantis when its external fuel tank struck a work platform during lifting NASA said no serious damage found but a closer check and an investigation team were formed to review handling procedures Astronaut Shannon Lucid awaits Atlantis to retrieve her from the Mir space station where she has resided since March.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantis
NASA
Shannon Lucid
Mir
Fire log notes multiple incidents across the region
At 1:43 a.m. a house fire is recorded at 5944 Clevelandtown Road. A 7:29 a.m. vehicle fire is logged near Middletown 1270 Scenic View rest area and Urbana United. A Fort Detrick Post Building 472 alarm occurred at 1:58 p.m. An alarm at Linganore High School 12013 Old Annapolis Road, Libertytown, is listed for 4:24 p.m.
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Clevelandtown
Middletown
Scenic View
United
Urbana
Fort Detrick
Linganore High School
Old Annapolis Road
Libertytown
Frederick Maryland and Montgomery County Weather Summary
Mostly sunny and pleasant today across Frederick County and Montgomery County with highs in the 70s to low 80s and cool nights. Extended outlook shows a Monday dry spell, Tuesday rain chances, and Wednesday unsettled with clouds and showers.
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Frederick County
Maryland
Montgomery County
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