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Huge shark sticks out of Discovery's HQ

For the second time in four years, the Discovery Channel is promoting the upcoming Shark Week by erecting a three-story high, inflatable shark on the façade of its Silver Spring headquarters.

Tags: Colesville Road , Georgia Avenue , Discovery Networks , Shark Week , Mark Segraves , Chompie

Thursday - 07/15/2010, 09:29am EDT

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Environmentalists oppose tree cutting for Purple Line

The Montgomery County Council will discuss plans for the proposed light rail line to run on double tracks, rather than on a single track.

Tags: Purple Line , light rail , Maryland Transit Administration , Capital Crescent Trail , Pam Browning , Tanya Snyder , Colleen Kelleher , New Carrollton , Bethesda , Montgomery County Council

Monday - 07/12/2010, 10:23am EDT

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Police ask for help finding missing teen

Rosa Lorena Torres Osegueda, a volunteer at Brookside Gardens, never returned to work after lunch Wednesday.

Tags: Rosa Lorena Torres Osegueda , Brookside Gardens , Maryland-National Capital Park Police

Thursday - 07/08/2010, 12:45pm EDT

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Science movies: Squeeze in extra brain power

This free film festival will give you a better understanding of science, health and medicine.

Tags: science movies , AFI , Science in the Cinema , AFI Silver Theater , National Institutes of Health , NIH ,

Friday - 07/02/2010, 09:30am EDT

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No deal in eBay auction for rare Strasburg card

The unidentified owner couldn't confirm the bids were genuine, so he pulled it from eBay. Now it goes to auction again, through a Silver Spring aucitoneer.

Tags: Stephen Strasburg , Bowman Chrome Superfractor Card , eBay , Bill Huggins , Huggins & Scott Auctions , Neal Augenstein

Tuesday - 06/29/2010, 06:36am EDT

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ANC commissioner's sons killed in crash

The car veered off the southbound lane of Layhill Road and hit a utility pole.

Tags: D.C. , Anthony Muhammad , Khalifah Muhammad , Idris Muhammad

Friday - 06/25/2010, 01:11pm EDT

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Man taking copper from Montgomery Co. churches

A man has been ripping off a number of local churches and buildings, Montgomery County Police say.

Tags: Montgomery County Police , Bethesda , Chevy Chase , Rockville , Kensington ,

Thursday - 06/10/2010, 12:18pm EDT

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Police search for Silver Spring murder suspect

Henry Chavez, 28, is wanted for the murder of Hamington Luis Ravanales Orozco. He has no fixed address, but has a prior listing in the 1600 block of Hobart Street in Washington, D.C.

Tags: Montgomery County Police ,

Tuesday - 06/01/2010, 07:51pm EDT

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