Storm disrupts power. temps plunge across Frederick area
Potomac Edison crews repaired downed lines after a weekend storm. About 2,000 customers lost power, with 1,800 restored by midnight and the rest by 3 a.m. Sunday. Sound Source logged 90 degrees at 1 p.m. Saturday then 53 at 11:30 p.m.. Sunday highs reached 64 and lows 46. Severe storms in the region caused about 6,500 outages in central Maryland, mainly Baltimore city, Carroll County, and Cockeysville, largely from tree limbs taking down transmission wires.
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Cockeysville
BGE
Karl Neddensen
Neddensen
Teachers stretch funds for hands on learning
Teachers spend their own money on supplies and gear to enhance hands on lessons. Some fundraisers like a yard sale raised about 300 dollars to buy graphing calculators, enabling algebra I students to gain experience with technology ahead of algebra II.
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FCTA
Buckley
Lorest
Victoria Hamilton
Hillcrest
Nancy Dietz
West Frederick Middle School
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Festival festival ends as storm disperses crowd of 3000
Festival master Blaine Keller says the event aims to give back to the community for loyal friends and clients. An afternoon storm at 3 p.m. drove the crowd away after starting with about 3,000 attendees. Ms. Hoult noted the festival's charitable spirit.
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Blaine Keller
Keller
Escape continues from Victor Cullen reform school
The Mother's Day escape stirred anxiety among students at Victor Cullen where two boys, one about a year in residence and the other about five months, fled during the holiday period. Maryland State Police were notified and details remain undisclosed.
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Victor Cullen
Commodore A Green Obituary in Smithsburg
Mr Commodore A Green 4 of Blue Mountain Estates Smithsburg died Saturday May 11 at home He was born September 22 1911 in Wolfsville husband of Helen V Weddle Green died 1986 A self employed bricklayer member of South Mountain Red and Gun Club Survived by son Marlin Green Millersville sister Fannie Hays Smithsburg brother Atlee Green Libertytown four half sisters Betty Smith DelMona Florida Beatrice Covell Leraine Marker Wellsville Lucy Horner Altamonte Springs Fla and half brother Ira E Lewis Jr Myersville Preceded in death by daughter Shirley Green and sister Iva Wolfe Graveside services 11 am Tuesday May 14 Mount Bethel Cemetery Foxville Pastor William C Ketcheval officiating No viewing Arrangements by Davis Funeral Home Smithsburg
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Smithsburg
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Wolfsville
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Millersville
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Atlee Green
Libertytown
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DelMona
Fla
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Leraine Marker
Wellsville
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Altamonte Springs
Ira E. Lewis Jr
Myersville
Shirley Green
Iva Wolfe
Mount Bethel Cemetery
Foxville
William C. Ketcheval
Davis Funeral Home
Smuthsburg
Everest Storm Forcing Climbers Down As Rescue Goes On
Weathers fought a dark, 400 foot climb below Everest peak and reached Camp I after a perilous retreat from the summit. Dozens sheltered at South Col as another night passed with helicopters deemed impossible at those altitudes. Several climbers remained missing or dead, including Hall and Hansen, with officials calling the rescue effort the highest helicopter recovery on record.
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U.S
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Adventure Tourism Council
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Outside Online
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Renton, Wash
India
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Gabriel
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Hall
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Edmund Hillary
Hillary
Hull
Court upholds free speech in liquor price ads ruling
The Supreme Court unanimously struck down Rhode Island’s ban on liquor price advertising, ruling it violates the First Amendment. Justice Stevens said limiting price ads for alcohol is an abridgment of speech not shielded by the 21st Amendment, affecting broader government regulation of commercial speech.
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Partington
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Boston
Lawson
Stevens
Divers search for ValuJet wreckage in Everglades swamp
Divers from Professional Transport and Navy salvage teams probe a ValuJet 592 crash site in the Everglades. Winds and murky 6 inch to 5 foot depths hinder visibility as investigators seek flight data recorders. The crash near Miami followed cockpit smoke reports amid FAA safety scrutiny and stock declines for ValuJet.
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New York Times
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Boca Raton
Howard Sexton
Baptist Church
Venezuela
Rodney Culver
Karen
Woodstock
Atlanta
Miami International Airport
ATA Plane Emergency Landing In Indianapolis
An American Trans Air Boeing 727 lost cabin pressure and diverted to Indianapolis International Airport at 10:15 p.m. with 106 aboard. Passengers reported chest pain and at least 12 were hospitalized. one remained, in good condition. Earlier, Flight 406 from Chicago to St. Petersburg returned to a Florida airport due to engine trouble.
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Wall Street
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David Hinson
Pena
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Richmond
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Fred Bagg
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Cochran
Fort Lauderdale
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