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Ex-Fla official talks about resignation

Facebook moves to Android phones

Hamas denies reports of meddling

NEW YORK (AP) -- More than half a million U S children are now believed to have lead poisoning, roughly twice the previous high estimate, health officials reported Thursday

WILLIAMSON, W Va (AP) -- The man suspected of killing a West Virginia sheriff as he ate lunch in his car was mentally disturbed and had no particular vendetta against law enforcement, his father told The Associated Press on Thursday

Three defendants appearing in The Frederick News-Post's 'Frederick's Most Wanted' have been arrested, bringing the total number of apprehensions to 272

Traffic congestion is leading Fort Detrick to reopen the Opossumtown Gate entrance to the post for reduced hours, less than a week after closing it

A Frederick man is charged with stealing two televisions from his mother's house last month

Firefighters extinguished a garage fire Thursday night at the Valero gas station at 5608 Buckeystown Pike Emergency crews were called at about 8:45 p m after fire was reported at a garage connected to the business No one was in the garage when the fire ignited Firefighters had the blaze under control in about five minutes, according to Chief Jerry Dorsey of United Steam Fire Engine Co The interior of the garage was damaged One southbound lane of Buckeystown Pike was blocked Thursday night as crews responded The cause of the fire is under investigation

Maryland lawmakers have given the go-ahead to the slayer's statute bill named in honor of a Frederick County woman who was killed in 2009 by her estranged husband