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 Saturday, Sep 8 An overnight explosion left a Howard County home destroyed, according to the Howard County Department of Fire. |   | |
| Councilman Jon Weinstein introduced legislation to ban coal-tar at the county council meeting Tuesday night after a group of Centennial Lane Elementary fifth-graders presented their case as to why it should be banned to Weinstein, who represents Ellicott City where the school is located, in June. |
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| Most animal shelters temperament test their dogs before adopting them out, but after what appeared to be a fatal dog mauling in Columbia, some in the animal community say there are no uniform rules and maybe there ought to be some new, thorough ones. |
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| Hurricane Florence is forecast to hit the Southeast coast as a major storm later this week. What could it bring to Maryland? Strong winds, heavy rain and flooding and/or storm surge, depending on its track. |
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| In a 47-3 win at M&T Bank Stadium that featured the Joe Flacco of Ravens fans’ dreams, there was no more impressive performance than that by the Ravens defense. |
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| Over the course of their trade deadline overhaul, the Orioles continue to field a club that not only continues to lose, but does so playing an ugly brand of mistake-riddled, head-scratching baseball. |
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| The Miami Dolphins began the 2018 season as the only team in the NFL to hold a protest during the national anthem for a third straight season when Kenny Stills and Albert Wilson knelt, and Robert Quinn raised his right fist before their game against the Tennessee Titans. |
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| As a church bell tolled, about a dozen protesters calling for more accountability for sexual abuse by Catholic priests huddled under umbrellas and began to sing "We Shall Overcome." |
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