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• Couple Charged With Murdering Their Baby Boy in Greenbelt: Police
• Day Care Worker Slams Child's Head on Table: Police
• NSA Worker Stole Classified Material for 20 Years, Espionage Charges Loom: Authorities

Bel Air is Home to Best Cupcakes in Maryland, The Daily Meal Says

The goods from Flavor Cupcakery & Bake Shop in Bel Air have garnered national attention already — winning over judges on the Food Network's Cupcake Wars in 2011 — and they remain topnotch in 2016, according to The Daily Meal, a culinary resource which has ranked them the best cupcakes in Maryland. >>> Read more.

Winter Weather Forecast 2016 for Maryland: More Snow, Cold?

There's no way Mother Nature would unleash a repeat of last year's record-setting blizzard on Maryland, is there? The chances seem small, according to a longterm weather forecast for winter 2016 just released by the experts at the National Weather Service, but other scientists disagree.

Forecasters say the weather phenomenon known as La Nina is likely to play a big factor. It favors drier, warmer winters in the southern U.S and wetter, cooler conditions in the northern U.S. So, what does that mean for Maryland and the Mid-Atlantic states? >>> Read more.

• Lyon Sisters Murders: Suspect Fights to Avoid Death Penalty
• Baltimore County Introduces Police Reforms: Cameras, Sex Detectives, Outside Review
• Annapolis Chick-fil-A's 'First 100' Do Community Service for Free Chicken
• Target Parking Lot Shooter Sentenced: 'Justice Is Served'
• 7-Eleven Robber's Pellet Gun Loaded With Real Ammunition: Police

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• Woman Suffers Partial Leg Amputation in Dump Truck Collision
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• 14 Ways to Get Your Home Ready for Winter
• 7-Eleven Robbery Suspect Shown on Video: Police

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