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  • Tournament host Woods grabs Congressional lead
    By Steve Ginsburg BETHESDA, Maryland (Reuters) - Tiger Woods played the role of inhospitable host by soaring to the top of the leaderboard midway through the second round of the AT&T National on Friday. The world number one, who is hosting the $6 million
  • Woman tossed newborn in portable toilet
    A 44-year-old woman faces charges of child abuse after she gave birth in a portable toilet and deliberately dropped the newborn into the waste tank, according to police in Cambridge, Maryland.
  • GM sales fall 34 percent in June (AFP)

    A bridge adourned with General Motors' logo in Baltimore, Maryland. General Motors posted a 34 percent drop in June sales Wednesday but said it had managed to increase its retail sales for the fourth consecutive month despite seeking bankruptcy protection.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)AFP - General Motors posted a 34 percent drop in June sales Wednesday but said it had managed to increase its retail sales for the fourth consecutive month despite seeking bankruptcy protection.



  • Nobel Scientist Released
    Dr Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, Nobel Prize-winning scientist, is released after serving a year in Maryland prison for sexually abusing teen-age boy he brought home from research trip to Micronesia
  • U.S. panel urge stronger limits for some pain drugs
    By Susan Heavey ADELPHI, Maryland (Reuters) - A U.S. advisory panel on Tuesday called for greater restrictions on the widely-used pain reliever acetaminophen, even recommending banning some medications that contain it, in a bid to prevent potentially
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Introduction
Maryland became the United States seventh state on April 28, 1788. The capital is Annapolis, which once served as the capital of the United States. Today the city is still home to the U.S. Naval Academy. Maryland is named in honor of Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of King Charles I. The state is ranked 42nd in land area, with a total of 9,775 square miles. The Old Line State gave up some its land to help found Washington, D.C.

State web site www.state.md.us

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