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Smoky skies settle over Maryland, impacting air quality

Smoke from large wildfires in Ontario is expected to settle over Maryland on Thursday and Friday, making skies hazy and worsening air quality, state forecasters said.

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Parasitic infections causing ‘explosive diarrhea’ double in Maryland since last week thebanner.com/community/public…

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Parasitic infections causing ‘explosive diarrhea’ double in Maryland since last week

Though no official source has been identified, Michigan officials say their investigation points to lettuce or other salad greens.

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House passes bill to ‘ditch the switch’ and make daylight saving time permanent thebanner.com/politics-power/n…

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House passes bill to ‘ditch the switch’ and make daylight saving time permanent

Daylight saving time is that period between spring and fall when clocks in most parts of the United States are set one hour ahead of standard time.

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The Northern Central Grain Elevator in Baltimore once was the largest grain terminal on the East Coast of the United States. Inside was a maze of pipes and some of the foulest water I've ever encountered, possibly an unholy, decades-old dirt-beer from whatever was left inside.

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