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CAMBRIDGE, Md. (AP) Last year, Gov. O'Malley told the Maryland Association of Counties annual winter conference that there would be "lots of cuts all around" to address a $1.9 billion budget deficit. O'Malley must submit the state's annual budget later this month and finds himself in a similar predicament this year as the state faces a deficit of about $2 billion.
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) A former Bethesda honors student is set to be sentenced today for possessing bomb-making chemicals. Twenty-year-old Collin McKenzie-Gude pleaded guilty in September.
BALTIMORE (AP) A tearful Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon is promising a smooth transition as she leaves office following a plea agreement. In her first public remarks since agreeing to resign, she said yesterday she is sad because she has a great staff, not because of the decision she made.
BALTIMORE (AP) A federal judge has sentenced a Maryland man to 30 years in prison for killing his 8-year old stepson while the family was stationed in Japan. Twenty-eight-year-old Roberto DeLeon of Glen Burnie was convicted in October of murder in the 2007 slaying of Jordan Peterson.
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Giant Renaissance Food People Descend Upon New York
Giuseppe Arcimboldo was a 16th-century artist who liked to play with his food, transforming it into the building blocks of many of his fantastical portraits. Artist Philip Haas has taken those portraits out of museums, reinterpreting them as colossal statues that interact with the natural environment.Giant Renaissance Food People Descend Upon New York
Giuseppe Arcimboldo was a 16th-century artist who liked to play with his food, transforming it into the building blocks of many of his fantastical portraits. Artist Philip Haas has taken those portraits out of museums, reinterpreting them as colossal statues that interact with the natural environment.Virginia Republicans Select Candidates For November Election
The Republican ticket for November's election includes Ken Cuccinelli for governor, E.W. Jackson for lieutenant governor, and Mark Obenshain for attorney general.
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