News Headlines for Mount Rainier, Maryland

Middle Tennessee St. rocks Maryland (The Charlotte Observer)
Joe Craddock passed for 256 yards and two touchdowns to lead Middle Tennessee State to a 24-14 win over Maryland on Saturday. It was the Blue Raiders' first victory over an ACC opponent and second victory for the Sun Belt Conference over a team from the Bowl Championship Series this season. Arkansas State defeated Texas A&M last week. Craddock led MTSU on a 10-play, 80-yard drive to open the ...

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Craddock passes for 256 yards, two touchdowns to lead Middle Tennessee past Maryland (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Joe Craddock passed for 256 yards and two touchdowns to lead Middle Tennessee State to a 24-14 win over Maryland on Saturday.

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MTSU Defeats Maryland Terps, 24-14 (WSMV Nashville)
Joe Craddock threw for 256 yards and a pair of touchdowns in leading the Blue Raiders of Middle Tennessee to a 24-14 win over the Maryland Terrapins in non-conference play at Floyd Stadium.

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Maryland hopes to avoid upset (Carroll County Times)
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Middle Tennessee hopes to make a statement against Maryland on Saturday night. The Blue Raiders (0-1) hope to win their first game against a member of a Bowl Championship Series conference since their 2005 victory over Vanderbilt.

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Pollution auction set for Maryland (Carroll County Times)
Maryland and nine other states will be auctioning off their pollution to the highest bidder later this month. The states are trying to encourage the use of cleaner energy sources by having utility companies pay for the amount of carbon they are putting into the air.

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First parts of Hanna to hit Maryland this afternoon (Baltimore Sun)
Krista Jarvis, on vacation from Jasper, N.J. looks up the coastline in Ocean City this morning. Tropical Storm Hanna was moving north out of North Carolina as of mid-morning, and it is likely to hit Maryland this afternoon, bringing the possibility of up to 10 inches of rain in some spots. First game of O's doubleheader rained out generateDate('Sept. 6, 2008 10:39 -0400', '10:39 AM');

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Blue Raiders upset Maryland, 24-14 (Daily News Journal)
The MTSU football team earned one of the biggest wins in school history Saturday night at Floyd Stadium, defeating the visiting Maryland Terrapins 24-14.

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HALFTIME: MTSU 10, Maryland 7 (Daily News Journal)
The Blue Raiders got an early touchdown from freshman receiver Sancho McDonald and have dominated the time of possession as they lead Maryland 10-7 at halftime.

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MARYLAND BRIEFING (Washington Post)
A legislative panel yesterday questioned whether Maryland taxpayers are getting their money's worth from the state's police helicopter fleet, which transports 4,500 patients a year to trauma centers that release half of them within 24 hours.

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Strenge commits to Maryland (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Holy Ghost Prep senior pitcher Andrew Strenge has orally committed to play baseball at Maryland. The 6-foot-1, 175-pound Strenge, of Yardley, struck out 61 batters in 43 innings last season for the Firebirds. Doubling as a shortstop, he batted .375 with seven extra-base hits, including a pair of home runs.

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