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Alice Hines

Dollar Stores' Cheap Food Expansion Hits Not-In-My-Backyard Neighbors

HuffingtonPost.com | Alice Hines | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Family Dollar, Processed Food, Health Risks, Dollar Tree, Dollar Store, Dollar Store Earnings, Dollar General, Germantown, Food Deserts, Business News

With food prices rising and incomes going nowhere, dollar stores are thriving, luring squeezed customers -- many from the middle class -- with discoun...

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Slain Md. Woman Feared Estranged Husband

AP | By ERIC TUCKER | Posted 12.15.2011

Read More: Murder, Curtis Lopez, Crime, Montgomery County, Jane McQuain Murder, William McQuain, Germantown, Jane McQuain, Maryland, DC News

WASHINGTON -- A suburban Maryland woman found dead inside her home this week had recently expressed concerns about her safety after her estranged husb...

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Amber Alert: Mother Found Dead In Md., 11-Year-Old Boy Missing

AP | ERIC TUCKER | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Maryland State Police, William McQuain, Amber Alert, Germantown, Jane McQuain, Missing Children, Maryland, DC News

ROCKVILLE, Md. — The husband of a slain woman was arrested in North Carolina on Thursday and charged with first-degree murder, but police said t...

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WATCH: Flash Mob Robs 7-Eleven

Germantown, MD Patch | Tiffany Arnold Email the Author | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Germantown 7-Eleven, 7-Eleven Flash Mob, 7-11 Flash Mob Robbery, 7-11 Flash Mob, Crime, 7-Eleven Robbery, Seven Eleven, Germantown, Patch, 7-11, Germantown Patch, Crime News

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Saki Knafo

What the Government Shutdown Means On The (Very) Local Level

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 06.08.2011

Read More: Budget Cuts, Bradenton, Budget, Government Shutdown, Plain View, Lorton, Mountain View, Del Ray, Germantown, Federal Budget, Odenton, patch.com, Federal Government, Military Wives, Military Families, Westminster, Patch, Northern Virginia, Maryland, Federal Shutdown, Politics News

This story was reported in collaboration with our partners at Patch.com. As politicians in Washington fought over proposed cuts to the federal bud...

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FDIC Closes Four Banks: Bank Of Illionois, Sun American, Waterfield, Centennial Bank

AP | IEVA M. AUGSTUMS and MARCY GORDON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Banks Closed, Sun American, Normal, Fdic, Community Banks, Fdic Seizures, Ogden, Waterfield, Germantown, Utah, 2010, Centennial Bank, Wall Street, Boca Raton, Failed Banks, Bank of Illinois, Banks, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Business News

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Regulators on Friday shuttered banks in Florida, Illinois, Maryland and Utah, boosting to 26 the number of bank failures in th...

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