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» Digging out from Snowmageddon - Grand Forks Herald
08/02/10 13:28 from Maryland - Google News
Digging out from Snowmageddon Grand Forks Herald Parts of Virginia, Maryland and West Virginia got closer to 3 feet. Forecasters expect highs in the low- to mid-30s for the next few days, and sunshine ... and more »
» Snow Falling In Maryland - Wbaltv.com
05/02/10 13:21 from Live Search News: Maryland
BALTIMORE -- A winter storm is moving into the Baltimore metro area, with as much as two feet of snow possible in some locations. But the snow falling early Friday afternoon was light in most cities. Viewers using WBALTV.com's "live wire" b..
» AP Business NewsBrief at 1:25 p.m. EST - Insurance News Net (press release)
08/02/10 13:27 from Maryland - Google News
AP Business NewsBrief at 1:25 p.m. EST Insurance News Net (press release) Already, parts of Virginia, Maryland , Pennsylvania and Washington are blanketed in about three feet of snow, knocking out power for tens of thousands of ...
» O'Malley Makes "State of the State" Speech
03/02/10 12:06 from WYPR News in Maryland
In his annual State of the State speech, Governor Martin O'Malley called on Maryland lawmakers yesterday to enact a package of legislation that, as he has said, focuses on jobs, jobs, jobs. WYPR's Joel McCord reports.
» Snow-weary region expects second wallop - CNN
08/02/10 13:27 from Maryland - Google News
CNN Snow-weary region expects second wallop CNN "The streets are pretty well covered," Kingsley Barreto said about his Gaithersburg, Maryland , subdivision. "No cars coming in or out of here. ...
» AP Business NewsBrief at 1:21 pm EST - Insurance News Net (press release)
08/02/10 13:27 from Maryland - Google News
AP Business NewsBrief at 1:21 pm EST Insurance News Net (press release) Already, parts of Virginia, Maryland , Pennsylvania and Washington are blanketed in about three feet of snow, knocking out power for tens of thousands of ...
» Snow forces feds to shut government down - Coos Bay World
08/02/10 13:27 from Maryland - Google News
Snow forces feds to shut government down Coos Bay World Parts of Virginia, Maryland and West Virginia got closer to 3 feet. Crews plowing streets and homeowners shoveling their walkways faced the possibility of ... and more »
» Mid-Atlantic digs out of snow; government shut - The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com
08/02/10 13:28 from Maryland - Google News
Mid-Atlantic digs out of snow; government shut The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com ... parts of Ohio and 2 feet or more in Washington, Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Parts of Virginia, Maryland and West Virginia got closer to ..
» Maryland coasts past slumping North Carolina 92-71 - Philadelphia Inquirer
08/02/10 05:46 from Live Search News: Maryland
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Greivis Vasquez had 26 points and 11 assists, and Maryland solidified its hold on second place in the Atlantic Coast Conference with a 92-71 victory over skidding North Carolina on Sunday. Eric Hayes scored 16 for the Te..
» Crean puts Hoosiers on alert to avoid loss (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
22/12/09 03:04 from Yahoo! News Search Results for Maryland
Halfway through the second question of Saturday's postgame news conference, Tom Crean turned his attention to Loyola of Maryland. And the Indiana coach had a warning.
» Obama again uses Md. as jobs plan backdrop - Baltimore Sun
06/02/10 03:18 from Live Search News: Maryland
LANHAM — - President Barack Obama visited a Maryland company Friday to promote a national plan to temporarily expand two lending programs for small-business owners. Before outlining his latest jobs initiative, which requires approval by Con..
» Environmentalists Give Early Endorsement To O'Malley
22/01/10 17:40 from WYPR News in Maryland
The Maryland League of Conservation Voters endorsed Governor Martin O'Malley today in his race for re-election. It may be the LEAGUE'S earliest endorsement in any election season. WYPR's Joel McCord reports.
» Heating oil and other energy prices rise with more snow headed for Mid ... - Stockhouse
08/02/10 16:45 from Live Search News: Maryland
NEW YORK - Energy prices climbed Monday as another winter storm was expected to dump even more snow on the U.S. East Coast. Already, parts of Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Washington were blanketed in about a metre of snow, knocking ..
» Obama Faces House Republicans
29/01/10 13:33 from WYPR News in Maryland
President Barack Obama reached out to House Republicans earlier today at their annual retreat in Baltimore, and Maryland's lone Republican Congressman said he was not impressed. WYPR's Tom LoBianco reports.
» AP Business NewsBrief at 1:25 pm EST - Insurance News Net (press release)
08/02/10 13:27 from Maryland - Google News
AP Business NewsBrief at 1:25 pm EST Insurance News Net (press release) Already, parts of Virginia, Maryland , Pennsylvania and Washington are blanketed in about three feet of snow, knocking out power for tens of thousands of ...
» Same-Sex Marriage Debate Heats Up
29/01/10 13:34 from WYPR News in Maryland
While Attorney General Doug Gansler researches whether Maryland should recognize same sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions, a Baltimore County Delegate is moving to cut him off at the pass. WYPR's Joel McCord reports.
» Big Man Camp had talent, Rutgers interests - Fighting Irish Insider (subscription)
08/02/10 13:27 from Maryland - Google News
Fighting Irish Insider (subscription) Big Man Camp had talent, Rutgers interests Fighting Irish Insider (subscription) The inclement weather did keep some campers home, including a few Maryland players who are also Rutgers targets. DeMatha..
» State, Counties Try To Divide Budget Pain
25/01/10 21:10 from WYPR News in Maryland
Top lawmakers in Annapolis are fond of saying that state leaders often take it on the chin for counties, casting tough votes and stomaching hard budget cuts while county leaders coast through the year. But the counties are feeling their own..
» Hospitality Properties Trust Announces Record Date for Annual Meeting - Yahoo Finance
08/02/10 16:23 from Live Search News: Maryland
A Maryland Real Estate Investment Trust with transferable shares of beneficial interest listed on the New York Stock Exchange. No shareholder, Trustee or officer is personally liable for any act or obligation of the Trust.
» Stranded Group Finds Food, Comfort In Md. - Wbaltv.com
08/02/10 10:47 from Live Search News: Maryland
HANCOCK, Md. -- A Chicago church group stranded on a western Maryland highway after a ferocious weekend snowstorm enjoyed food and football courtesy of a small-town volunteer fire department. Hancock Fire Company Chief Greg Yost said Monday..
» Wintry weather drives energy prices higher - WBOC TV 16
08/02/10 13:28 from Maryland - Google News
Wintry weather drives energy prices higher WBOC TV 16 Already, parts of Virginia, Maryland , Pennsylvania and Washington are blanketed in about three feet of snow, knocking out power for tens of thousands of ... and more »
» Two Billion Budget Deficit Looms Over Opening of General Assembly
14/01/10 20:16 from WYPR News in Maryland
Maryland's General Assembly returned to Annapolis yesterday to face a two-billion budget hole and few good options for closing it. At the same time, Governor Martin O'Malley allowed as how it might be time for a tuition increase at Universi..
» Zoo train back on track
08/02/10 07:53 from baltimoresun.com - maryland news
New locomotive among upgrades slated during Maryland Zoo in Baltimore's offseason
» House, Heroes, and Secret Diary of a Call Girl - TV.com
08/02/10 13:26 from Maryland - Google News
House, Heroes, and Secret Diary of a Call Girl TV.com NCAA Men's Basketball: Maryland Eastern Shore v. North Carolina A&T, Villanova v. West Virginia, Kansas v. Texas, Alcorn State v. ...
» Former PG County Exec Eyes Possible Gubernatorial Bid
29/01/10 15:22 from WYPR News in Maryland
Prince George's County is a bastion of Democratic sentiment, often the key to winning any statewide office in Maryland. So the county's leaders, and potential gubernatorial candidates, have a message for Annapolis: don't take us for granted..
» 'I'm all right' (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
22/12/09 02:50 from Yahoo! News Search Results for Maryland
By GUY KOVNER THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Marine Lance Cpl. Hubert William Perkins Jr. of Santa Rosa is determined to walk again on his left leg, shattered by a roadside bomb four weeks ago in Afghanistan. “I'm all right,” Perkins, 20, said Monday, ..
» ANNAPOLIS: Snowfall shuts down Maryland Assembly - Delmarva Now
08/02/10 07:05 from Live Search News: Maryland
ANNAPOLIS — Meetings and hearings of the Maryland General Assembly have been canceled due to the weekend's snow storm. All of Monday's hearings as well as the Legislature's 8 p.m. session have been canceled. Liberal leave will be in effect ..

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State of Maryland Facts

The first umbrella factory in the United States of America was built in the State of Maryland.
Maryland is home to ten species of bats, and some live in Maryland all year while others migrate to Maryland.
Maryland is the only state where the judges wear red robs.
Maryland is the only state with a motto that is in Italian.
The state reptile of Maryland is the Diamondback terrapin.
Maryland is the only state that has an official sport and it’s jousting.
Maryland is the only state that has a State Constitution with the State Seal still in tact.
The State of Maryland does not have any natural lakes.
Maryland is the only state with a “Calvert County.”
The Chesapeake Bay Retriever is Maryland’s state dog.
The State of Maryland has a law that prohibits the theft of free newspapers.
Maryland is the only state with the homes of all its Signers of the Declaration of Independence in place.
The State of Maryland enacted a meningitis vaccine requirement.
The State of Maryland is the only state with an executive budget and the legislature can cut but not add items.
Maryland is the only state that requires its high school student to do community service in order to graduate.
Maryland is the only state that has an agency that sets hospital rates.
The state fish of Maryland is the rockfish.
Maryland is the only state that guarantees that citizens be cared for at any of its hospitals.
The team sport of the State of Maryland is Lacrosse.
The state song of Maryland is “Maryland! My Maryland!.”
The state flower of Maryland is the Black-Eyed Susan.
Milk is the official drink of the State of Maryland.
The state insect of Maryland is the Baltimore Checkerspot butterfly.
The state bird of Maryland is the Baltimore Oriole.
The State of Maryland has 8 United States Representatives.

Jobs in the State of Maryland

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» Attention Physical Therapists!
» Research Nurse - Aerotek Scientific - Glen Burnie
» Maintenance Machinist - Aerotek Commercial Staffing - Hanover
» Lotus Notes Help Desk - TEKsystems - Silver Spring
» Junior Financial Analyst (205130) — The Henry M. Jackson Foundation — Rockville, MD
» Material Coordinator
» Inside Dating Service Sales — It's Just Lunch — Baltimore, MD
» Merchandiser (Part-time) — Coca-Cola Enterprises — Capitol Heights, MD
» Financial Analyst — Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory — Laurel, MD
» Soil/concrete Inspector - Aerotek E&e - Rockville
» CUSTOMER SERVICE & MANAGEMENT- FIRST CAREER- WILL TRAIN — Heat — Towson, MD
» Clinical Patient Recruitment Specialist - Aerotek Scientific - Baltimore
» Loss Mitigation Representative - Aerotek Professional Services - Columbia
» Maintenance Mechanic - Aerotek Commercial Staffing - Baltimore
» Vice President, Nursing
» File Clerk — A2z Placement — Baltimore, MD
» Java Developer - TEKsystems - Bethesda
» Security License Agent — Confidential — Baltimore, MD
» Rf Antenna Engineer - Aerotek Ce - Annapolis
» Part-Time Sales Associate at PETCO (Lutherville, MD)
» Environmental Project Manager - Aerotek E&e - Landover
» Multiple Openings are BWI Airport Marriott!!! — Marriott — Linthicum, MD
» MD-Baltimore - - St. Agnes Hospital
» MD-Baltimore - - Maryland General Hospital
» Cisco Voip Engineer - TEKsystems - Columbia
» Rail Software Engineer - Aerotek Ce - Annapolis
» Loan Processor - allegis group, inc. - corporate - Columbia
» Administrative Assistant — Total Wine & More — Potomac, MD
» Restaurant Manager — Chuck E. Cheese's — Salisbury, MD
» RN - Unit Manager
» Store Management
» Laboratory Technician 7
» Entry Level Java Developer - Aerotek Ce - Aberdeen
» Senior Java Web Developer - TEKsystems - Riverdale
» Heavy Civil Construction Estimator - Aerotek E&e - Landover
» Claims Processor at Kaiser Permanente (Silver Spring, MD)
» Lotus Notes Helpdesk - allegis group, inc. - corporate - Silver Spring
» C-level Administrative Assistant Needed — Randstad — Columbia, MD
» MD-Bethesda - - Hospitality Performance Network
» Associate Scientist - Aerotek Scientific - Cockeysville Hunt Valley
» Production/warehouse - Aerotek Commercial Staffing - Curtis Bay
» Materials Coordinator
» MD-Baltimore - - Hospitality Performance Network
» Java Developer - Aerotek Ce - Abingdon
» Clinical Research Associate / Associates (Science Grads) — Espoirbridge Recruiters — Baltimore, MD
» Waste Water Treatment Plant Inspector - Aerotek E&e - Landover
» State Farm Insurance and Financial Services Agent — State Farm Insurance Companies — Silver Spring, MD
» Grooming Salon Manager at PETCO (La Plata, MD)
» Mail Room Assistant — Level One Personnel — Baltimore, MD

State of Maryland Blog Posts

» Back from Hiatus
16/04/08 00:43 from PG Chic
Okay, this was admittedly a self-induced hiatus. It’s what some people would call burnout. All jokes aside, a “sista” was tired. (Random pet peeve — The use of “brotha” and “sista” feels so 80..

» Anchorage Snowpacolypse Now Phase 2
08/02/10 14:57 from The Greenbelt
Okay, I've now changed hotels in Anchorage, since the one I was in is hosting a mega-conference and had no rooms left over. I'm looking at the Weather Channel and hoping this new storm doesn't cancel another flight... Fresh from The Greenbe..

» Turf Wars
29/01/10 13:21 from Going to the Mat
Carol Pogash, writing at the New York Times has the story of California's "Turf Wars," the battle to have soccer fields for kids to play on. In Piedmont, California: The number of soccer players has doubled in the past 15 years, and philan..

» They Can Have Some of Our Snow
03/02/10 12:04 from Going to the Mat
Reuters is reporting that the Vancouver Winter Olympic Organizing Committee is importing snow to address snow melt in the skiing venues. Hey, they can have some of the snow dumped in the mid-atlantic. It is getting sick. var _sttoolbar = {..

» Merry Christmas
24/12/08 21:11 from Pillage Idiot
Merry Christmas to my Christian readers. (Happy Hanukkah to my Jewish readers.) A few old thoughts of mine about Jews and Christmas. In paragraph 6, I suggest that Jews should volunteer on Christmas to take the place of Christians who want ..

» Read Any Good Books Lately? A New Earth - Eckhart Tolle & Oprah Book Club
19/04/08 16:23 from PG Chic
So evidently, I am waist deep in “the kool aid” and have unknowingly joined the Oprah cult. I am only half-joking. I’m walking around town toting the bright, orange covered book “A New Earth” by Eckhart Tolle &..

» Russ Grimm Elected To Football Hall Of Fame, Hail To Him
06/02/10 17:48 from Oliver Willis
How about them hogs ? Russ Grimm, a guard on the famed offensive line from the Redskins' teams that went to four Super Bowls and won three in the 1980s and early '90s, was elected to the Hall of Fame this afternoon in south Florida. Grimm ..

» Fulham sign Nicky Shorey on loan from Aston Villa to boost defence | Football | guardian.co.uk
01/02/10 10:11 from Going to the Mat
Fulham sign Nicky Shorey on loan from Aston Villa. Good, Fulham need help at fullback with John Pantsil and Paul Konchesky out with injury. I like Aaron Hughes, but he is a centerback. Everything else has been stop gap at best. I like this..

» Happy Beethoven's Birthday!
16/12/08 07:58 from Pillage Idiot
On Beethoven's birthday (he would be 238 years old), I'm going to link a piece I wrote last January called " Starting with nothing ," in which I discussed the second movement of the Op. 59, No. 1 string quartet. In that movement, Beethoven ..

» VOTE in Today’s Presidential Primary
12/02/08 04:30 from PG Chic
I attended a family event this past weekend and it was interesting to listen to the elders engage in the great debate going on in our community…Clinton or Obama? The younger relatives (40 and under) were mostly vying for Obama, but th..

» Carol’s Daughter at Macy’s Bowie Town Center
20/09/08 17:16 from PG Chic
I guess I was still on “vacation” from blogging, so I’m a little late. Did you know that Carol’s Daughter is at the Macy’s at Bowie Town Center? According to the rep, they’ve been there since July. I went..

» The Week in Entertainment
31/01/10 23:33 from The Greenbelt
DVD: The first three episodes of UFO, the 1970 live-action Gerry Anderson show. I'd forgotten the wacky uniforms - not just those silver dominatrix-looking things the girls on the moon wear (along with the purple wigs - when Lt Ellis goes t..

» Monday Science
08/02/10 06:49 from The Greenbelt
This week's science: Ed at Not Exactly Rocket Science looks at the seven habits of sucessful toads : Toads are an evolutionary success story. In a relatively short span of time, they diversified into around 500 species and spread to every c..

» Bill Cosby Is Not Dead, According To Bill Cosby
06/02/10 15:59 from Oliver Willis
Bill Cosby blogs About 10 hours ago, an Internet hoax started that said Bill Cosby is dead. The announcement of me being dead may be a VIRUS. And now ladies and gentlemen for my rebuttal: As you well know, a dead person cannot rebuttal. Th..

» General Assembly plans to resume Tuesday
08/02/10 14:50 from Maryland Moment
The Maryland General Assembly plans to be back in business Tuesday morning after canceling floor sessions Monday night for the first time since 2003. Both the House and Senate are scheduled to convene at 10 a.m., their regular meeting time ..

» Keith Olberman: "Arrogant" is a Racist Codeword
29/01/10 13:34 from Going to the Mat
I am not making this up. Keith Oblberman said that when white guys (read Republican white guys since Olberman is as white a Wonderbread) call the President "Arrogant" or "flippant" or "a punk" (all quotes from Republican commentariat, they..

» Ehrlich throws snow ball at O'Malley tax proposal
06/02/10 11:00 from Maryland Moment
Former governor Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R), who from all appearances is gearing up to run again, criticized both the tax policies and speaking style of Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) during a Saturday morning radio show that was interrupted severa..

» Prince Georgians give aid to Haitians & Fire victims
14/01/10 10:30 from Creating a Jubilee County: Prince Georges Co., MD
Mel Franklin sent this message: In Honor of MLK Day, Please Join the Haitian Relief Effort As our nation prepares to celebrate the life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 18th, we awoke Wednesday morning to a tragedy ..

» Go-Go Performances at My Place Sport Bar and Grill?
01/09/08 16:47 from PG Chic
Are there go-go performances at My Place Sports Bar and Grill in Mitchellville? I heard that there were, but I keep forgetting to check it out.

» OPG (other people's garbage)
23/12/08 21:57 from Pillage Idiot
Rockville has a new trash and recycling program, and my neighborhood is part of the guinea pig program -- I mean, the pilot program. It's actually not so bad. One pickup a week, but they give you massive containers on wheels for garbage and..