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Neighbors return home after ammunition blast injures New Castle man
DelawareOnline.com / Wed, 22 May 2013 00:45:00 -0400
Residents of the Van Dyke Village neighborhood returned to their homes late Tuesday after the area was cleared by officials investigating an explosion of military ammunition that critically injured one man.

Neighbors return home after ammunition blast injures New Castle man
DelawareOnline.com / Wed, 22 May 2013 00:45:00 -0400
Residents of the Van Dyke Village neighborhood returned to their homes late Tuesday after the area was cleared by officials investigating an explosion of military ammunition that critically injured one man.

Top figures barred from Iran’s June ballot
FrederickNewsPost.com / Wed, 22 May 2013 02:00:00 -0400
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s election overseers removed potential wild-card candidates from the presidential race Tuesday, blocking a top aide of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a former pres

Memorial Day service scheduled for Sunday in Georgetown
DelawareOnline.com / Wed, 22 May 2013 05:23:00 -0400
A Memorial Day service, co-spon­sored by the Georgetown Kiwanis Club and Korean War Veterans Association, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday on the Circle in Georgetown.

Police defend officer who shot N.Y. college student
FrederickNewsPost.com / Wed, 22 May 2013 02:00:00 -0400
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — The president of a New York police union defended an officer who accidentally killed a Hofstra University student during a standoff with an armed intruder, saying Tuesday the only

Auto factories cutting back on downtime
FrederickNewsPost.com / Wed, 22 May 2013 02:00:00 -0400
DETROIT (AP) — Detroit auto factories are forgoing their traditional two-week summer break and speeding up production to meet buyers’ growing demand for new cars and trucks.

Exhibitors needed for garden fair benefit
DelawareOnline.com / Wed, 22 May 2013 05:26:00 -0400
Sponsors and exhibitors are sought for an upcoming Garden Fair to benefit, "Planting Hope in Delaware," which created a garden at the Department of Health and Social Services' Herman Holloway campus on U.S. 13 near New Castle.

Retailers must meet opportunities of changing consumer market
FrederickNewsPost.com / Wed, 22 May 2013 02:00:00 -0400
Downtown Frederick is a great place to eat and shop, but improvement is possible, a retail expert says.

Quaker Hill organizations to hold free picnic in June
DelawareOnline.com / Wed, 22 May 2013 05:28:00 -0400
The Quaker Hill Historic Preservation Foundation and Quaker Hill Neigh­borhood Association will hold their annual picnic at 6 p.m. June 5 on the grounds of the Wilmington Friends Meeting at 401 N. West St. in Wilming­ton.

Angels’ Trout, 21, youngest to hit for cycle since Ott in 1929
BaltimoreSun.com / Wed, 22 May 2013 01:25:00 EDT
Outfielder, 21, is the youngest to accomplish the feat since Mel Ott with the New York Giants in 1929. Josh Hamilton hits a home run and triple on 32nd birthday and Jerome Williams strikes out six over eight innings. The Angels broke out the disco ball in the clubhouse, and why not? That was quite a party.

Hundreds of thousands projected to travel for Memorial Day
CarrollCountyTimes.com / Wed, 22 May 2013 00:15:00 -0400
Fighting the muggy Tuesday afternoon with her convertible top down, Kathy Rhoten pulled into Direct to You Gas station in Westminster, well aware that gas prices had crept up in the past week.

Jodi Arias asks Arizona jury to spare her death penalty
BaltimoreSun.com / Wed, 22 May 2013 00:35:04 EDT
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Convicted killer Jodi Arias pleaded with an Arizona jury on Tuesday to spare her the death penalty for the sake of her family and sentence her instead to life in prison for killing her ex-boyfriend.

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