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The Delmarva Peninsula is a large peninsula on the East Coast of the United States, occupied by portions of three U.S. states: Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia. Named as a portmanteau of the letters of the states that occupy it, it is almost 300 by 100 km or about 180 by 60 miles, and is bordered by the Chesapeake Bay on the west, and the Delaware River, Delaware Bay, and Atlantic Ocean on the east.

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Md. Foreclosures Drop 16% in 3rd Quarter

Dec 2, 2008 5:02 am

BALTIMORE (AP)- State housing officials say a new law may have contributed to a 16 percent drop in foreclosures in Maryland over the summer.

Oil Prices Fall After OPEC Decides Not to Cut Output

Dec 2, 2008 2:18 am

NEW YORK (AP)- Oil prices fell to near $52 a barrel Monday, a drop of over 4 percent from Friday, after OPEC decided not to cut production at an informal meeting in Cairo on Saturday.

Holiday Season Off to a Modest Start

Dec 2, 2008 2:17 am

NEW YORK (AP)- The Thanksgiving shopping weekend doesn't appear to have been the disaster some had feared, but tempered buying and unprecedented deep discounts likely resulted in soft sales. Now, onli...

Rice: Pakistan Must Cooperate in Terror Probe

Dec 1, 2008 9:17 pm

LONDON (AP)- The United States has told Pakistan it expects nothing short of complete cooperation in investigations into the terrorist rampage in nuclear rival India. Pakistan's response will be a tes...

2 Del. Men Rescued From Mumbai Hotel

Dec 1, 2008 8:17 pm

GREENVILLE , Del. (AP)- A Greenville woman says her husband and a colleague were among hostages rescued from a hotel in Mumbai during terror attacks there.

Council Produces Report on Va.'s Future

Dec 1, 2008 7:17 pm

RICHMOND , Va. (AP) - Virginia has improved in many areas over the year but has suffered setbacks in others.

Parents to Toymakers: Cut the Ads

Dec 1, 2008 7:03 pm

NEW YORK (AP) - In a season that inspires earnest letters about toys, one notable batch is being sent not by kids to Santa's workshop, but by parents to the executive suites of real-world toy makers.

Bodies of 2 Va. Victims in Mumbai Returning Home

Dec 1, 2008 6:33 pm

FABER , Va. (AP)- The bodies of a man and his teenage daughter who were killed while on a pilgrimage to India are being returned from Mumbai, their spiritual community has announced.

Delegate Hopes to Push Anti-Spying Bill

Dec 1, 2008 2:32 pm

FREDERICK , Md. (AP) - A Frederick County lawmaker says the General Assembly should pass legislation to prevent covert surveillance of activist groups of the sort conducted in 2005 and 2006 by the Mar...

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Dec 1, 2008 2:02 pm

DOVER, Del. - Police say they arrested two 17-year-old teenagers for using an airsoft rifle to rob a pizza delivery man on Wednesday in Dover.

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