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Eastern Michigan tops Maryland-Eastern Shore 76-51

Justin Dobbins scored 19 points to lead Eastern Michigan to a 76-51 victory over Maryland-Eastern Shore Saturday night in the second round of the Hispanic College Fund Challenge at Missouri State University.

Maryland Eastern Shore beat Winston Salem 69-66

Neal Pitt scored 19 points and had 14 rebounds to lead Maryland Eastern Shore past Winston-Salem State 69-66 on Saturday.

No. 6 Oklahoma beats Maryland-Eastern Shore 100-64

Blake Griffin had 20 points and 16 rebounds to lead No. 6 Oklahoma to a 100-64 victory over Maryland Eastern Shore on Monday night.

St. Bonaventure beats Maryland Eastern Shore 75-60

Chris Matthews scored 16 points and hit five 3-pointers, leading St. Bonaventure to a 75-60 win over Maryland Eastern Shore on Saturday.

GOP primary loser endorses Dem for Congress in Md.

An attorney hoping to become the first Democrat in nearly two decades to represent Maryland's Eastern Shore in Congress picked up an endorsement Tuesday from the incumbent who lost a GOP primary for the seat.

Tomato growers: Salmonella scare damages industry

The 6,000 acres of tomatoes grown on Virginia's sea-swept Eastern Shore were never implicated in the national salmonella outbreak — they were still on the vine weeks after people starting getting sick.

Police standoff ends in Maryland, 2 found dead

Police found a man and a woman dead from an apparent murder-suicide Friday afternoon after a five-hour standoff that snarled beach traffic on Maryland's Eastern Shore for five hours.

Maryland joins effort to put local food in school cafeterias

The strawberries just turning red on one Eastern Shore field here could end up on plates almost anywhere — except on cafeteria trays just down the road.

2 Incumbents Lose Md. Primaries

A longtime GOP congressman who initially voted for the Iraq war but later accused the Bush administration of bungling it was defeated by a state senator, joining a Democratic House member in becoming the first incumbents to fall this primary season.

GOP's Wayne Gilchrest Faces Tough Test

Rep. Wayne Gilchrest feels like he's back in the Marines, shining his belt buckle for inspection, only now he is trying to polish his conservative credentials in a hotly contested Republican primary.

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Paul Reed Smith guitars to be featured in Guitar Hero
Source: The Baltimore Sun

Jammin' to Guitar Hero will get a whole lot more fun. In the next version, players can jam to Paul Reed Smith guitars. If they're good enough for Santana, they should be good enough for the rest of us.

Waking the Animals at the Salisbury Zoo (photo essay)

While my husband was riding in the Sea Gull Century on Saturday, the rest of the family headed to the Salisbury Zoo. The Salisbury Zoo is located in the city park on about 13 acres. It runs on donations, but has quite an interesting group of residents.

Cycling Event Gets Unexpected Participant

On Saturday, my husband competed in the Sea Gull Century, a hundred mile bike race on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. But what we saw was an unexpected surprise.

Small Town Finds Its Little Utility Quite Empowering
Source: The Washington Post

Residents of this Colonial town on the Chesapeake Bay get a live voice on the phone when they call their local power company. If their electricity dies in a storm, customers call the chief executive at home to complain. And he picks up

Smith Island tests the tourism waters
Source: The Baltimore Sun

Cakes and charm could save tiny community from rising hardships.

Cambridge, Md., daily to become twice-weekly paper
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The Daily Banner will switch next week from daily publication to twice-weekly editions.

A focus on the Shore's history
Source: The Baltimore Sun

U.S. park is proposed for slave route, Tubman site

$40,000 painting left at Goodwill -- baltimoresun.com
Source: The Baltimore Sun

Painting dropped off at a Goodwill store later auctioned for $40,000.

Md. plantation attic holds 400 years of documents
Source: Yahoo! News

For four centuries, they were the ultimate pack rats. Now a Maryland family's massive collection of letters, maps and printed bills has surfaced in the attic of a former plantation, providing a firsthand account of life from the 1660s through World War II.

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