ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) Felice Quinto, a renowned celebrity photographer and the likely model for the character Paparazzo in Federico Fellini's 1960 film "La Dolce Vita," has died. He was 80.

The LIRR has announced expanded train service on Wednesday to get commuters out of the city early due to the storm.

The Montgomery County Council voted to fully fund the county's Ride-on bus service Tuesday, rejecting County Executive Ike Leggett's proposal to cut a handful of bus routes with low ridership.

THE rarely-shuttered US government closed down for a second day today, as the north-east braced for another massive snow blitz just days after a historic blizzard paralysed the region.

As of yesterday afternoon, Rockville's Glenview Mansion had no power. When the lights do come back on, check out a group show art featuring Janet Gohres, David Carter, Olga Shpitalna and Ted Schroll.

Officials will open two extra overnight shelters for residents without power.

The 2010 Purdue Extension Regional Dairy Meetings will address current issues and economics, and give producers tips and tools for dealing with areas on the dairy farm that are difficult to manage.

WASHINGTON Heather Pierce lives in Washington, but much of her life floats in the cloud. Her e-mail is stored in that vast digital space, bouncing between Yahoo server farms.

The snow-weary D.C. region hunkered down for yet another major winter storm as a strong coastal system is expected to batter the area with a foot or more of fresh powder.

The Class 4A girls basketball sectional scheduled for tonight, Feb. 9, at Harrison High School has been postponed. The rescheduled games are as follows (weather permitting): Wednesday McCutcheon (15-6) vs. Lafayette Jeff (15-6), 7 p.m. Friday L

One day after Focus on the Family aired its Super Bowl commercial it was clear that the group achieved its goal: a torrent of attention.

LIMERICK Exelon Corp. has applied for government permission to begin shipping some of the low-level radioactive waste generated at the Limerick Nuclear Generating Station to its Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station in York County.

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (February 9, 2010) - E.O. Smith has been selected as the Connecticut Sun High School Girls' Basketball Team of the Week, presented by Camaro Signs of Yantic, for the week of February 1-7.

The US government closed down for a second day on Tuesday, as the northeast braced for another massive snow blitz just days after a historic blizzard paralyzed the region.

On Tuesday, Richard Montgomery wrestling coach Kevin Menefee passed away suddenly. According to Richard Montgomery athletic director Bob Maxey, the Olney resident was admitted to Washington Adventist Hospital after experiencing chest pains Sunday.

Five Montgomery County players Bethesda-Chevy Chase's Bria White, Kennedy's Sunny Conway-Flores and Alicia Hall, Seneca Valley's Kelsey Wolfe and Stone Ridge's Elizabeth Hyde have earned the first of two possible nominations for the McDonald's All American High School Basketball Games.

Printer-friendly version Send to friend PDF version "Almost 100 of 133 Roman Catholic parishes in the Diocese of Rockville Centre are expected to lose money this year, based on a diocesan analysis that shows more financial problems than initially reported a few weeks ago.

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Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX ) announced today new data from a clinical study that began in May of 2009 among healthy adults 18 to 49 years of age with Novavax's trivalent seasonal influenza Virus-like Particle (VLP) vaccine.

Were in the middle of the worst recession in our lifetimes. The state of Maryland is hanging at a 7.2 percent unemployment rate . And one Maryland employer has found a silver lining in the desperation of his countrymen: The potential for hiring a total babe.

( US Pharmacopeia ) The first results from a large-scale study of key antimalarial medicines in ten Sub-Saharan African countries reveal that a high percentage of medicines circulating on national markets are of substandard quality and thus may contribute to the growth of drug-resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum , the most virulent form of malaria.

ROCKVILLE, MD. -- The Maryland GreenHawks pulled off a trade with the Rochester RazorSharks, acquiring guard Randy Gill in exchange for the team's 2010 first round draft pick. To make move on the roster, the GreenHawks released guard Lamar Castile.

Someone in Rockville is using eBay to sell a shovel full of Snowmageddon.

Thousands still isolated and cold, waiting for someone to dig them out, get the power back on.

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE:BDX) has voluntarily executed a product recall of certain lots ofBD Q-Syte Luer Access Devices and BD Nexiva Closed IV Catheter Systems. Use of the affected devices may cause an air embolism or leakage of blood and/or therapy, which may result in serious injury or death.

John Gehring, director of communications for the Washington-based Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, sent us the following report from the annual Catholic Social Ministry Gathering in Washington.