Train Collision Kills At Least 11 In Maryland Suburb
A MARC commuter train carrying Job Corps youths home was crushed by an Amtrak train bound for Chicago near Silver Spring Maryland leaving at least 11 dead and many injured. Investigators probed signals weather and human error while officials noted the lead car was severely damaged.
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Silver Spring
Job Corps
Amtrak
Chicago
Transit
West Virginia
Washington, D.C
Montgomery County
Wayne Jerman
Washington
Maryland Mass ‘Transit Administration
Transportation
Federico Pena
MARC
National Transportation Safety Board
CSX Railroad
Pena
Maryland Rail
Jacksonville
Fla
Kelvin Williams
Seat Pleasant
Kurtis Cross
Cross
Denise Fox
Fox
NTSB
Harpers Ferry
Local delegates push lead-paint changes in bill
Frederick County delegates sponsor a compromise to HB 760, aiming to curb strict lead abatement rules for pre 1950 rental properties. The proposal would limit applicability to renters with children six or younger, hoping for passage amid lobbying by the Property Owners Association of Greater Frederick and the governor’s unclear backing. A judges committee hearing is set, with a legal challenge filed in Frederick County Circuit Court by POAGF.
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General Assembly
Senate
House of Delegates
Frederick County
Maryland
John Derr
Frederick Washington
Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
Parris Glendening
Bonnie Kirkland
Property Owners Association of
Greater Frederick
Association
Shirley Happ
POAGF
Frederick Age
Clinton urges open campaign finance rules nationwide
President Clinton called for fundamental changes to campaign finance during a five city swing through New Hampshire. He backed McCain Feingold style limits to spending ending soft money and curbing PACs and lobbyist influence, vowing to open rather than limit the political process.
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Washington
New Hampshire
Clinton
John McCain
Russ Feingold
D-Wis
Portsmouth
Rochester
Keene
Manchester
Nashua
Frank McConnell
House
Newt Gingrich
R-Ga
McConnell
Gingrien
Snow totals surge as Maryland region records historic winter
Foxville reports 84 inches this winter near Frederick County, edging toward a regional snow record. Washington National Airport tops 40.5 inches, fifth snowiest for the capital since 1898, while Emmitsburg totals reach 79 inches with 5 inches Friday. Ocean City and roads see slick conditions and several fender-benders as forecasts warn of more snow.
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Foxville
Shaquille O'Neal
Bill Wolfe
Frederick County
Orlando Magic Center
Christopher Strong
Sterling
National Weather Service
Frederick
Washington National Airport
Strong
Emmitsburg
Lucille Beale
Baltimore-Washington International
Ocean City
County official named to FCC post in Maryland
Governor Parris Glendening named Doris J. White to the Frederick Community College Board of Trustees. The 61 year old supervisor of property assessments starts a five year term July 1 and will join other Frederick County residents in the annual green bag appointments to state and local boards. White also teaches property value assessments at the college and calls it vital for local youth and the bridge to college.
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Annapolis
Parris Glendening
Doris J. White
Frederick Community College Board of Trustees
Ms. White
Frederick County
General Assembly
White
Democratic Central Committee
Barbara J. Little
Man Pleads Guilty In Federal Drug Conspiracy Case
Wayne Sebastian Baxter 26 of Windsor Farms Apartments Frederick pleaded guilty in U S District Court to conspiracy in a major drug operation. Co defendant Kirk O Neil Murray 22 faces trial later this month. Nearly a kilogram of cocaine seized in the May 1995 raid. Authorities say Baxter ran a sophisticated operation from his apartment with police perimeters and coded communications.
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Baltimore
Frederick
U.S
Wayne Sebastian Baxter
Windsor Farms Apartments
J. Frederick Motz
Kirk O'Neil Murray
Phobus Avenue
Baxter
Safeway
West Seventh Street
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Fred Calhoun
Curtis Parsons
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Mee
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Kate Leckie
News Post
News-Post
Kelly Hahn
Frederick Fairgrounds
FCC
Frederick City
FBI
Cpl
Thomas Ledwell
Robert Sidow
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