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Beltway Shutdown, 'Bachelorette' Men, Bias Complaint: Top MD News
A tanker crash, mall mob, delegate reprimand, DNA discovery, 'Bachelorette' contenders and more made headlines in Maryland this week.

MARYLAND — Among the most read stories this week on Maryland Patches were articles about whether school will start after Labor Day, a transplant at Johns Hopkins that was a world first, and a tanker truck crash that shut down the capital beltway for hours. Also drawing readers in were the local contestants on "The Bachelorette," a complaint against a county sheriff's office and a mob at a local mall.
Check out the top stories from the week on Maryland Patches:
- Driver Cited In Tanker Crash That Shut Down I-495 For Hours
- MD Schools Can Start Before Labor Day, Hogan Veto Overturned
- Complaint Alleges Racial Bias In Harford County Sheriff's Office
- Bethesda Resident To Compete On ABC's 'The Bachelorette'
- HIV-Positive Kidney Donor Makes History
- Delegate Jay Jalisi Unanimously Reprimanded by House
- 300 Juveniles Involved In Eastpoint Mall Mob: Police
- MD General Assembly Upholds Minimum Wage Increase, Overrides Veto
- 'The Bachelorette' Contestant Is From PG County
- Prosecutors Won't Seek Death For UMD Hate Crime Defendant: Report
- WOW Air Ceases Operations At BWI, Worldwide
- Former Baltimore Police Commissioner Sentenced To Federal Prison
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- MedStar Settles In Kickback Case
- Husband, Wife Accused In Double Homicide; Both In Custody
- Annapolis Church Wipes Out $2M In Medical Debt For Strangers
- Silver Spring Man Who Firebombed Ex's Apartment Gets 35 Years
- Maryland Native Nominated To Head Marine Corps
- PayPal Laying Off 380 Employees
- 3 Baltimore County Officers Struck In Baltimore Hit And Run: PD
- Maryland Slave's 200-Year-Old DNA Pulled From Tobacco Pipe
- Police ID Man Killed In Columbia Shooting
- Calls Continue For Delegate To Resign After Racial Slur
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