$31M Gift, Presidential Traffic Snarl, Whooping Cough Spreads + Accused Mom Tried to Revive Kids

Patch has 48 sites in Maryland. Here are some of the top posts in the past 24 hours.

• Grenade Found in Vacant Harford County Home: Fire Marshal
• Police: Mom Who Suffocated Children Tried to Revive Them
• One Person Killed in Joppa Crash That Required Jaws of Life
• Oculus CEO’s $31M Gift to UMD Is Largest in University History
• Newest Whooping Cough Case Reported at Gaithersburg School
• Presidential Visit, Special Events Snarl Baltimore Traffic
• Chris Davis of Baltimore Orioles Suspended for 25 Games
• Father Tearfully Pleads for Missing Daughter to Come Home
• Convicted Rapist Indicted in Laurel Woman’s 1982 Murder
• Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Sex Abuse of a Minor
• County Parks Group Receives $1M Gift
• Essex Library Branch to Close Temporarily
• County to Offer Free Vaccine Clinics for Students
• AutoZone Collecting Food for Maryland Food Bank
• Solar Storm: Internet, GPS Problems May Flare Up
• Columbia Lakefront Features ‘Off the Wall’ Art
• Traveling Circus Comes to Cedar Lane Park
• Bel Air Home Spotlight: Brick Colonial with Paver Patio
• WOW House: Brick Rancher with Pool
• Columbia Home Spotlight: Brick Home with Small Waterfall Pond
• WOW House: $1.1M Brand New Home
• Havre de Grace Home Spotlight: Condo in Bulle Rock Community
• Towson Home Spotlight: Rancher with Wrap-Around Deck
• Owings Mills Home Spotlight: Private Setting Home with Deck
• WOW House: $3.9M Waterfront View, Guest Quarters, Library
• Edgewater Home Spotlight: Colonial with Deck, Patio
• Odenton Home Spotlight: Condo with Deck
• Crofton Home Spotlight: Rancher with Pool, Hot Tub
• Bowie Home Spotlight: Brick Colonial with Solar Panels
• MoCo WOW Houses: $1.8M Georgian Colonial; $1.1M Brick Colonial; $834K Home in Orchard Ridge

»Photo Credit: Ken Ulman. Off the Wall, an open-air exhibition featuring reproductions of classic paintings from the Walters Art Museum, is now at the Columbia lakefront and a handful of other sites in Howard County.