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Five Things About August 18

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Weather
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 9 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 87. Calm wind becoming east between 4 and 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent. Source: National Weather Service via RelayWeather.com.

Cheapest Gas in Arbutus
$3.59 per gallon for regular unleaded at Shell, 1300 Linden Avenue. Source: gasbuddy.com.

Featured Reader Comment
"So Baltimore County was going to pay someone else to remove and scrap this wire? Looks like these employees did it for free." William Lutostanski Jr in .

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Today in History
In 1939 FDR designated August 19, the anniversary of Orville Wright's birthday, as National Aviation Day to promote the appreciation for developments in aviation. Wright was the pilot for the first successful flight of the airplane. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, now there are about 600,000 active certified pilots in the U.S.

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Birthdays: Bill Clinton, Tipper Gore, Mary Matalin, Nate Dogg.

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