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Maryland News

• City man arrested, accused of robbing 2 at gunpoint

• Woman pleads guilty to using Web to advertise call girls

• Westminster sex offender captured in Frederick

• Machinist, aerospace workers union at APG delays vote on strike

• State tax collections fall short in economic slump

• Laura Vozzella: If you talk the 9/11 talk, you need the facts

• Oprah to open season with Phelps, other Olympians

• Multivehicle accident briefly closes northbound JFX

• Read Street: Update on Pratt vandalism

• Man pleads guilty in stabbing outside a Columbia mall

• Drunken-driving deaths in Maryland said to fall in 2007

• Police say Ripken Stadium worker robbed and abducted

• City police union head seeks investigation of judge

• Man, 22, fatally shot near recreation center

• Deer hunting set at Loch Raven Reservoir area

• Baltimore Crime Beat: Fearful witnesses, juror doubts work against cases

• Contraband cigarettes worth $22,000 seized

• Columbia teen charged in shooting, robbery

• Democrat Kratovil gets pair of GOP endorsements

• Only minor errors in audit, golf-management firm says

• Crane topples building in East Baltimore

• Man, 31, pleads guilty in Reisterstown holdup

• Ex-broker receives theft, fraud sentence

• 650 workers at APG might strike Sunday

• Double-deck coaches are delivered to MARC

• Dud grenade causes stir at La Plata school

• Police impersonator is sought in Carroll

• Baltimore Co. recycling program expanded

• Howard County to roll out new recycling bins

• State GOP makes a deal to recycle campaign signs

• Police blotter

Baltimore City

• Officer 'marked' his killer, prosecutor tells jurors

• Wounded boy's parents are seeking witnesses

• DNA taint found on gun in officer shooting case

• Traffic complications expected this afternoon for Ravens game

• Lab glitch hard to track

Anne Arundel County

• Pact on sailing hall of fame is near

• Two-way operations resume on Bay Bridge

• Brooklyn Park Middle makes the mark

• Arundel middle-schoolers schedule change proposed

• After six decades, Annapolis woman becomes a legend of U.S. aviation

Baltimore County

• Balto. Co. SAT scores still below state average

• Judge lets inmate use lie detector to prove innocence

• Olympian Phelps to host Saturday Night Live opener

• Pikesville man sentenced for loan fraud

• Smiles, nerves on charter school's first day

Carroll County

• Catalytic converters stolen from cars at Sykesville Park & Ride

• Livestock raised, life lessons gained

• Carroll authorities search for sex offender

• Gamber landlord, 66, charged in attempted murder of tenant

• Eagle Scout medal worth the wait

Harford County

• Police seek gunman who shot woman, 36

• Harford County to launch new agriculture Web site

• Re-enactor brings past into the present at mill

• County rides local food wave

• Hearing set on county's revamped zoning code

Howard County

• After four decades: 'Thank you, Miss Ross'

• Poignant reminder flies in the face of the rules

• As school begins, two officials take a tour

• New health official set to build from ground up

• Invention could help some migraine sufferers