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 The Howard County Public School System has applied for a waiver with the state Department of Education to not have to make up its fifth and final inclement weather day, according to a schools spokesman. |  | |
 The Maryland General Assembly ended at midnight Monday. Lawmakers representing Howard County filed 13 bills. |  | |
 House Speaker Michael E. Busch will lie in state Monday morning at the State House in Annapolis, the start of two days of public funeral observances planned next week. |  | |
 The defense attorney for a Maryland man accused of planning an Islamic State-inspired attack at a shopping and entertainment complex near Washington, D.C., has asked a judge to be skeptical of authorities' claims |  | |
 Due to scheduled improvements to the CSX Transportation railroad, a portion of Maryland Route 97 will temporarily close at the Howard County and Carroll County line for approximately five days, beginning Monday. |  | |
 Centennial varsity boys lacrosse beat Arundel, 10-4, on Tuesday, April 9. |  | |
 Some bad luck bit John Means in his first major league start Tuesday night as the Orioles fell, 13-2, to the Oakland Athletics at Camden Yards. |  | |
 Howard senior Max Myers is the 2018-19 Howard County boys indoor track and field Athlete of the Year. |  | |
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