Prince Georges County

Maryland Tornado Warnings Issued

Posted 06.01.2012

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WASHINGTON -- With much of the D.C. region under the risk of severe weather, the National Weather Service issued tornado, severe thunderstorm and flas...

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1 Child Dies After Mother In SUV Backs Over 5 Kids

Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: Hyattsville Tragedy, Hyattsville, Video, Prince George's County, Mom Backs Over 5 Kids, Lewisdale, Maryland, Mom Backs Over 5 Children, DC News

WASHINGTON -- A mother driving an SUV in a Maryland suburb just outside the nation's capital backed over five children Thursday night in what police h...

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13 Sent To Hospital After 3 Buses Crash On Beltway

Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Prince George's County Bus Crash, Video, Capital Beltway Bus Crash, Capital Beltway, Prince George's County, I-495 Bus Crash, Tour Bus Crash, Maryland, DC News

WASHINGTON -- Thirteen people were sent to the hospital on Wednesday after three buses in a tour caravan were involved in a crash on the Capital Beltw...

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PHOTOS: Scenes Of Grief From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning That Killed 5

AP | ERIC TUCKER | Posted 04.24.2012

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OXON HILL, Md. — A supermarket bakery employee, her husband and three others were found dead inside a suburban Washington home Tuesday of suspec...

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Truck Spills Gravel Onto Beltway

Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Capital Beltway Traffic, Gravel, Maryland Traffic, Capital Beltway, Prince George's County, Beltway Truck Gravel, Beltway Backup, Capital Beltway Delays, Prince George's County Traffic, Maryland, DC News

WASHINGTON -- A truck spilled its load of gravel onto the Capital Beltway in Maryland on Friday morning, temporarily blocking all lanes of the outer l...

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Official In Beltway Speeding Case May Escape Reckless Driving Charge

Posted 03.29.2012

Read More: Karen Toles Speeding, Video, Toles Reckless Driving, Prince George's County, Karen Toles Reckless Driving, Karen Toles Trial, Maryland, Karen Toles, DC News

WASHINGTON -- After apologizing to her constituents for driving more than 100 miles an hour on the Capital Beltway, a councilmember in D.C.'s Maryland...

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Will The 5-Cent Bag Tax Be Bagged?

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Veronica Turner, Video, Prince George's County, Bag Tax, Bag Fee, Rushern Baker, Plastic Bag Fee, Prince George's County Bag Fee, Plastic Bag Tax, Maryland, DC News

WASHINGTON -- A plan to institute a 5-cent fee on plastic and paper bags in one Maryland county is currently stuck in Annapolis waiting further action...

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Maryland Religious Leaders Support Offshore Wind

AP | Posted 02.13.2012

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Religious leaders in Prince George's County are calling on Maryland lawmakers to support offshore wind power development. A group o...

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PHOTOS: A Grand Tour Of Suburban 'Town Centers'

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.13.2012

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CHANTILLY, Va. -- Sitting on a metal bench outside a Ross Dress for Less during Saturday's chilly weather, there were no smiling, shiny, young and sav...

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Flex Schools Personalize, Enhance and Accelerate Learning

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Online Learning, Blended Learning, Flex Schools, San Francisco Schools, Los Angeles Schools, Prince George's County, Education News

Students spend 20 to 50 percent of their time online. The Bay Area's Rocketship Education is a high-performing elementary network where students spend two hours per day in a computer lab. KIPP Empower in Los Angeles has classroom centers that students rotate through.

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Foreclosure Crisis Erases Hard-Won Wealth, Dreams Even In Center Of Black Affluence

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Prince George's County Foreclosures, Foreclosures, Community Reinvestment Act, Mortgage Meltdown, Foreclosure Crisis, Subprime Lending, Prince George's County, Bank of America, Financial Crisis, Foreclosure, Maryland, Business News

BOWIE, Md. -- In the spring of 2007, a few months after Osita Otigba and his wife, Peace, moved to Balk Hill, a new subdivision then being busily deve...

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Prince George's County Leaders Told To Plan Now For Possible FBI HQ

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Video, General Services Administration, FBI Headquarters, Prince George's County, Prince George's, Fbi, J. Edgar Hoover Building, Maryland, DC News

WASHINGTON -- If the Federal Bureau of Investigation ever leaves its hulking downtown headquarters building, Prince George's County leaders would like...

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Spider-Man Robs Maryland Bank (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 12.08.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Blond Bandit, meet Spider-Man. Patch reports that the Prince George's County Police Department is looking for an armed man they suspe...

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Car Service Cartels Use Regulation to Crush Competitors

HuffingtonPost.com | J. L. Greene | Posted 12.07.2011

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NASHVILLE, Tenn.-- In June 2010 the Nashville Metropolitan City Council passed legislation raising the city's minimum fee for limo and sedan rentals, ...

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Body Found Atop Semi Trailer In Virginia

Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: Virginia, Video, Woodrow Wilson Bridge, Crime News, Crime, Prince George's County, Body, Maryland, Crime News

Authorities in Virginia made a bizarre discovery on Tuesday, after a motorist on Interstate 95 spotted a body on top of a tractor-trailer, Virginia St...

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Group To CVS: Unlock Prince George's Condoms

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Stds, Video, Sexual Health, Prince George's County, Aids, Hiv, Pharmacy, Condoms, Condom Access, Maryland, Cvs, DC News

WASHINGTON -- A group is criticizing the CVS pharmacy chain of keeping condoms locked up in stores located in areas with high rates of HIV, especially...

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Davis Wins Special Election Primary In Pr. George's County

Gazette | Posted 11.21.2011

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The third time was the charm for Derrick Leon Davis. With 55 percent of the 6,453 votes cast in Tuesday's special primary election, Davis - who failed...

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2 Pr. George's County Cops Charged In 2010 College Park Beating

The Washington Post | Posted 11.20.2011

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Two Prince George’s police officers were indicted on assault charges in the March 2010 beating of an unarmed University of Maryland Student that occ...

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Voters At Polls To Fill Leslie Johnson's Seat In Prince George's County

WTOP | Posted 11.20.2011

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UPPER MARLBORO, Md. -- Prince George's County voters are choosing a replacement for Councilwoman Leslie Johnson....

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O'Malley: Maryland's New Carrollton Plan Will Create Jobs

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: New Carrollton, Amtrak, Martin O'Malley, Prince George's County, Metroail, Transit-Oriented Development, Purple Line, Orange Line, Job Creation, Maryland, DC News

WASHINGTON -- Metrorail stations in Prince George's County have been called a lost opportunity for transit-oriented development. Often surrounded by s...

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Foreign Teachers To Receive $4 Million For Illegal Required Fees

AP | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Washington Area School System, Foreign Teachers, Department of Labor, Philippino Teachers, Maryland Schools, Teachers, Prince Georges County, Philippines, Maryland, Education News

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. -- The public school system in Prince George's County, Md. has agreed to pay $4 million to reimburse more than 1,000 foreign teach...

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When War is Peace and 'Secure Communities' Means 'Deportation': Orwell as Advisor to the President

Pablo Alvarado | Posted 05.28.2011

Read More: Immigration Enforcement, Secure Communities, Immigration, Ndlon, John Morton, Prince George's County, Maricopa County, Barack Obama, George Orwell, Politics News

While George Bush was advised by Dick Cheney, it seems like President Obama has been reading 1984.

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D.C.-Area County Executive, Wife Charged With Witness Tampering

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Students Flood High Performing Schools, Effect Of No Child Left Behind

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: No Child Left Behind, High Performing Schools, Prince George's County, Bush Administration, Standardized Tests, Education News

Successful schools nationwide are opening doors to students from low-performing schools as a result of the No Child Left Behind law. The Washington P...

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