Bullet Train Study, Sixth Explosion Victim Identified, Maryland State Fair Details: News Nearby

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• Silver Spring Apartment Explosion: Sixth Victim Identified
• Missing Maryland Man's Body Found Stuffed in Toolbox
• Maryland State Fair 2016: Hours, Tickets, Parking, Events

Bullet Train Proposal from Baltimore to DC Receives $2M from Japan

Here’s a dream commute: a 15-minute train ride from downtown Baltimore to downtown Washington, D.C., via a bullet train.

During a Wednesday ceremony to sign trade agreements between the state of Maryland and Japan, Ambassador Kenichiro Sasae announced that his country has committed $2 million to help pay for a feasibility study on building a high-speed magnetic levitation train between the two cities. >>> Read more.

School Bus Drops Off 4-Year-Old at Wrong Stop in Maryland

Little Symone Todd was excited as she set off for her first day of kindergarten Tuesday, letting go of her mother’s hand as she clambered up the school bus steps, bright pink backpack slung over her shoulder.

Her mom, Christal Todd of Camp Springs, was waiting that afternoon when the Prince George’s County Public Schools bus drove up to let Symone and other children off the bus. But the 4-year-old girl didn’t get off. >>> Read more.

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