Read more Maryland stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/719/maryland.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:25:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69468/johns-hopkins-student-kills-burglar-with-samurai-sword.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFor those thinking of burglarizing hapless eggheads, think again: A would-be burglar met his end at the hands of a Johns Hopkins student armed with a samurai sword early today, the Baltimore Sun reports. The student, who lives off-campus, told cops he heard a sound and went downstairs, to find...http://www.newser.com/story/69468/johns-hopkins-student-kills-burglar-with-samurai-sword.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 15 Sep 2009 14:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65201/4-killed-in-md-highway-copter-crash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAll four people on board were killed when a helicopter crashed into an interstate highway in western Maryland last night and burst into flames, AP reports. No cars were hit as the commercial helicopter smashed into the I-70. Witnesses say the helicopter appeared to be trying to land on the...http://www.newser.com/story/65201/4-killed-in-md-highway-copter-crash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 24 Jul 2009 4:05:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62683/maryland-gop-group-likens-obama-to-hitler.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe leader of a prominent Maryland Republican group is comparing President Obama to Adolf Hitler, apparently with a straight face, in a letter on its website, ThinkProgress reports. “Obama and Hitler have a great deal in common in my view,” writes the president of Republican Women of Anne Arundel County....http://www.newser.com/story/62683/maryland-gop-group-likens-obama-to-hitler.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 24 Jun 2009 7:32:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56565/maryland-family-dead-in-apparent-murder-suicide.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPolice discovered five bodies in a Maryland house today after a man apparently butchered his family and killed himself, the Frederick News Post reports. Few details are known, but police in Middletown, Md., say Christopher Alan Wood, 34, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the AP reports. His wife, two...http://www.newser.com/story/56565/maryland-family-dead-in-apparent-murder-suicide.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 18 Apr 2009 15:05:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53659/cops-eye-link-in-mother-daughter-murders.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPolice are hunting for possible links between the grisly murders of a pair of mothers and daughters in the Washington DC area, reports the Washington Post . Both cases could "possibly" be the work of a serial killer, said a police official. Both moms were in their 40s and were killed...http://www.newser.com/story/53659/cops-eye-link-in-mother-daughter-murders.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Mar 2009 4:21:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53584/obamas-cio-once-pleaded-guilty-to-theft.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagVetting blunders don't get much more basic than this: Vivek Kundra, Barack Obama’s embattled Chief Information Officer, has a criminal record, Gawker’s Owen Thomas reports. Kundra, who’s currently suspended because of unrelated bribery charges against an employee, pleaded guilty to stealing less than $300 in 1997, according to Maryland state...http://www.newser.com/story/53584/obamas-cio-once-pleaded-guilty-to-theft.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Mar 2009 12:45:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53517/stimulus-in-hand-states-race-to-start-projects.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFour states—Nebraska, Missouri, California, and Maryland—claim to be the first to use their federal stimulus money, the New York Times reports. "Our project is definitely the first one to use shovels," said an official in California, where forest trail work started yesterday. But shovels aside, Missouri might win...http://www.newser.com/story/53517/stimulus-in-hand-states-race-to-start-projects.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Mar 2009 10:46:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/49723/docs-remove-donor-kidney-through-vagina.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDoctors in Maryland removed a kidney from a donor through the vagina in what they believe to be the first operation of its kind, the Baltimore Examiner reports. The procedure reduced the 48-year-old donor’s pain and recovery time compared with more traditional methods. “We are all about trying to reduce...http://www.newser.com/story/49723/docs-remove-donor-kidney-through-vagina.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Feb 2009 15:08:10 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47836/inaugural-to-cost-record-160m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBy the time Barack and Michelle Obama dance the last waltz at the inaugural balls in the wee hours next Wednesday morning, the total tab for the inauguration will be close to a record $160 million, reports the New York Daily News . The president-elect is raising $45 million in private...http://www.newser.com/story/47836/inaugural-to-cost-record-160m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Jan 2009 3:12:03 CST