Maryland News

• Social Media's Biggest Turn Offs
  
  A look at what will get you unfriended, unliked, and ignored on social networking sites like Twitter this year. Results are from a survey of 3,000 social networking specialists conducted by marketing firm SocialToaster in Baltimore, Md.
  By Dorie Clark.  Forbes.  Mon, 20 May 2013 18:17:33 GMT.
• Inner Harbor Baltimore Hotel Sets the Pace for Racing Excitement
  
  Hospitality Options at Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor at Camden Yards Heat-Up for Exciting Baltimore Racing Experience
  Marketwire.  Thu, 16 May 2013 16:08:11 EDT.
• Students Aim for Aviation History with Human-Powered Helicopter
  
  Students at the University of Maryland want to make aviation history by building the world's first human-powered helicopter. In 1980, the American Helicopter Society announced an award for the first person to accomplish such a feat. ...
  Voice of America.  Wed, 15 May 2013 07:00:19 -0400.
• Laws We Should Love
  
  After a six-year effort, Washington state has joined California, Hawaii, Maryland, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont and Utah in passing gender-neutral constitutional mandates—i.e., any official documents must be gender-bias free. ...
  By Lara Hoffmans.  Forbes.  Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:41:03 GMT.
• VIDEO: Identical twins caring for the dying
  
  Tina Maggio and Gina Ranieri-Bender are identical twins who care for the dying in a hospital facility in Baltimore.
  BBC News.  Sun, 21 Apr 2013 23:16:45 GMT.
• US state votes to end death penalty
  
  Maryland is poised to become the 18th US state to abolish the death penalty following a vote in its House of Delegates.
  BBC News.  Sat, 16 Mar 2013 00:14:06 GMT.
• U.S. Soldier Pleads Guilty To Some Charges In WikiLeaks Case
  
  U.S. Army Private First Class Bradley Manning pleaded guilty to a series of 10 lesser charges at a pretrial hearing in a military court in Fort Meade, Maryland.
  Radio Liberty.  Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:51:56 +0000.
• Super Bowl XLVII: Ravens 31, 49ers 29
  
  San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick ran for a 15-yard touchdown at 10:04 of the fourth quarter, reducing the Baltimore Ravens' Super Bowl XLVII lead to 31-29 on Sunday in New Orleans. The 49ers missed on the two-point convert.
  Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.  Sun, 03 Feb 2013 22:09:37 EST.
• Same-sex marriages ring in Maryland's new year
  
  Same-sex couples in Maryland were greeted with cheers and noisemakers held over from New Year's Eve parties, as gay marriage became legal in the first southern state on New Year's Day.
  Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.  Tue, 01 Jan 2013 11:19:06 EST.
• Homes for $2 Million
  
  Properties in Minneapolis, Dallas and Maryland.
  International Herald Tribune.  Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:46:32 GMT.
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• Property Values: Real Estate for $2 Million
  
  A 1929 house in Minneapolis, a 1938 house in Dallas and a 1918 foursquare in suburban Maryland.
  By Mike Powell.  International Herald Tribune.  Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:46:26 GMT.
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• Gay Marriage, Marijuana Initiatives Make History
  
  Maryland and Maine approve gay marriage; Colorado and Washington legalize recreational weed.
  U. S. News & World Report.  Wed, 07 Nov 2012 10:38:00 -0500.
• Baltimore Police Uncover 1951 Renoir Theft Report
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Police have located a 1951 theft report from the Baltimore Museum of Art of a Renoir painting matching the description of one that turned up recently at a West Virginia flea market.
  U. S. News & World Report.  Fri, 28 Sep 2012 14:01:00 -0400.
• Former Soviet Olympic Skater, Coach Accused Of Sexual Abuse
  
  A lawsuit filed in July in Maryland alleges that the former Olympian and figure-skating coach Genrikh Sretenski kissed a young skater and fondled her in a hotel room in 2011.
  Radio Liberty.  Fri, 07 Sep 2012 05:48:36 +0000.
• Remarks by the First Lady at a Fisher House Easter Event
  
  Maryland Fisher House IV Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Bethesda, Maryland 2:02 P.M. EDT MRS. ...
  The White House.  The White House.  Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:57:00 +0000.

In 2008, the estimated population of Maryland was 5,633,597, whereas in 2006, the population of Maryland was about 5,602,258.  For detailed, up-to-date information about Maryland's demographics, visit the U.S. Census Bureau's QuickFacts about Maryland web page.  For maps of Maryland, visit this Maryland Map website.

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