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$31M Gift, Presidential Traffic Snarl, Whooping Cough Spreads + Accused Mom Tried to Revive Kids
Plus, Baltimore Orioles' Chris Davis suspended, fatal Joppa crash, food drive, featured homes for sale + other Maryland Patch stories.

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.
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