Fire log reports 24 hour calls ending Wednesday
Emergency calls logged include a 4:10 a.m. house fire on 420 MILITARY RD with Independent Hose Co Junior United and Citizens Truck Co responders. A 12:39 p.m. vehicle fire at NINTH AND EAST streets with Junior responding. A 6:49 a.m. chimney fire at 4122 BAKER VALLEY RD Urbana and Carroll Manor. Ambulance calls total Emergency-20.
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Urbana
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Lottery results from Maryland Pennsylvania and DC
Lottery drawings from Baltimore Harrisburg and Washington state results list Daily Lottery Pick Four Super 7 and DC games with winning numbers for Wednesday. Maryland Daily Lottery numbers include 0 3 7 and Pick Four 1 2 9 8. Pennsylvania Super 7 numbers are 03 09 18 23 40 43 55 56 58 67 70 with Daily Number 95 9. DC Lucky Numbers 7 16 DC Four 1 4 7 5 and DC Daily Double 24 44.
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Correction on Emily Burdette relation in Tuesday outline
A page B8 correction states Emily Burdette is the granddaughter, not the daughter, of Frances Burdette. The clarification fixes the genealogical relationship reported in the outline.
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Emily Burdette
Frances Burdette
Rare snow blankets Peking
Peking residents woke to a rare snow covering with slopes slick for daily bicycling. Snow depths reached about one inch across Inner Mongolia and central provinces Shaanxi Shanxi Henan Hubei and down to the Yangtze River Valley and Sichuan as officials noted the snow could help ease droughts.
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Xinhua
Weather outlook darkens for New England with chilly weekend
The storm system that brought rain today heads toward New England followed by four cool days Friday through the weekend. Extended outlook shows milder conditions next week making a white Christmas unlikely. In Western Maryland districts forecasts call for lingering clouds, clearing, wind, and cold overnight with lows near 28. Friday turns partly sunny and breezy with highs in the 44 to 48 range. Maryland mountains expect heavy snow today and tonight, with several inches accumulating, then cloudy windy and cold with Friday flurries and highs around the Ws. Yesterday temperatures listed for Frederick Westminster Hagerstown Cumberland Oakland and David Lesher show a mix of 32 to 47 readings.
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Westminster
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Cumberland
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David Lesher
Earthquake studies recommended in Puerto Rico
A USGS report urges a tougher building code and expanded quake research for Puerto Rico. It notes active faults beneath the island and cites the 1985 Mameyes landslide that killed 130 and destroyed 119 homes, warning a major quake could recur and cause billions in damages and many deaths.
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Washington
Puerto Rico
U.S. Geological Survey
Mameyes
Myersville to Flush Water Lines Sunday
Myersville fire hydrants will be opened Sunday between 9 and 1 a.m to flush the water lines. Sediment from the old system has collected in the ends of lines and some residents report discoloration. Mayor Thomas McCanner says flushing is long overdue after drought delays.
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Myersville
Thomas McCanner
McCanner
Philip Olinick
Blaze Causes Major Damage To Tudor Mansion
A midweek fire at a three story Tudor mansion at 20110 New Hampshire Ave in Sandy Spring caused about 400000 in damage. No injuries were reported. The home owned by a builder was unoccupied when the blaze started. Firefighters from Laytonsville Burtonsville and Howard County responded. Investigators have not determined the origin or cause. Neighbors alerted crews after spotting smoke from the wood shingled roof.
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Sandy Spring
New Hampshire Ave
MD. 108
Baghton Dam Road
Laytonsville
Burtonsville
Howard County
Ray Mulhall
Mulhall
Diesel fuel and sewage spill into Potomac near Cumberland
Authorities contained up to 10 000 gallons of diesel and about 2 million gallons of raw sewage spilled into the Potomac from a Cumberland pump line. Booms were deployed as crews and CSX worked to halt the slick spreading toward Washington area communities relying on Potomac water. Health officials said sewage posed no immediate health risk though long term effects were unknown.
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Cumberland
Potomac River
State Water Resources Administration
Evelyn Bader Stein
Potomac
Washington, DC
Ms Stein
Paw Paw
CSX Transportation
Chessie System
Ray Feldmann
Health Department
Office of Environmental Programs
CSX
Lloyd Lewis
Lewis
CSK
Spuil
Jim McCairmont
Water Resources Administration
Ms. Stein
Feldmann
Lava flow destroys sanctuary near Kalapana Hawaii
Lava from Kilauea destroys a private sanctuary structure near a Kalapana home and threatens four more houses as civil defense maintains roadblocks along the Kalapana Highway. Evacuations of nearby homes have occurred amid ongoing lava flow feeding toward the south coast.
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Kalapana
Hawaii
Kilauea
Hawaii County Civil Defense
Harry Kim
Kalauéa
Hawaii Island
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