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Frederick County Commissioners President Blaine Young injected politics into the abrupt departure of Frederick Community College's former president by kicking the ball into Gov Martin O'Malley's court

The all-Republican Frederick County Board of County Commissioners shared smiling photo opportunities Thursday with U S Rep Chris Van Hollen, D-8th, advising him to get Washington to follow the county's cost-cutting lead

Frederick County senators cast opposite votes as lawmakers made their final deliberation on the gun control bill Thursday

ANNAPOLIS (AP) -- Maryland's already-strong gun laws will become among the strictest in the nation with a measure passed by the General Assembly Thursday, sending the bill to the Democratic governor who proposed the legislation in the aftermath of December's massacre at a Newtown, Conn , school

Grant Kelsey overcame a learning disability to become a production assistant for WHAG-TV in Hagerstown

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Palestinian militants launched several rockets into southern Israel, as Israeli aircraft struck targets in the Gaza Strip early Wednesday in the heaviest exchange of fire between the sides since they agreed to an internationally brokered cease-fire in November

U S Embassy in Cairo deletes tweets

Scientists find hint of dark matter

BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian rebels captured a military base in the country's south on Wednesday after days of heavy fighting, activists said, in the latest advance by opposition fighters near the strategic border area with Jordan

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secretary of State John Kerry is traveling to Turkey and Israel this weekend to build on the two nations' efforts to repair ties and look for a possible way to restart long-stalled Mideast peace talks, U S and Turkish officials said Wednesday