State Digest

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Kensington

Man, 78, is injured in mall carjack try

Montgomery County police say a 78-year-old College Park man was hurt during an attempted carjacking in the parking lot of White Flint Mall.

Officers say the incident occurred about 11:45 a.m. Tuesday when a man approached the victim, demanding the keys to his car. The victim refused, and the assailant struck him, knocking him to the ground.

The man took the victim's keys and got into the car, but was unable to start it. The assailant fled on foot.

The victim suffered minor injuries and was treated at the scene.

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Washington

Capitol Hill

Tubman parks gain support in Senate

There is more support for two national parks for Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman.

Four senators from Maryland and New York have sponsored bills setting aside more than $18 million for national parks in Tubman's birth state of Maryland and in Auburn, N.Y., where Tubman spent most of her life.

The National Park Service has resumed work creating the national parks for the abolitionist and Civil War spy. The Park Service is working on an initial report to submit to Congress on its Tubman plans.

The Maryland tract would include a former Eastern Shore plantation from which Tubman escaped slavery in 1849. In New York, the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park would include Tubman's home, church and grave.

The sponsoring senators are Democrats Barbara Mikulski and Ben Cardin of Maryland and Charles Schumer and Hillary Clinton of New York.

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Prince George's

Bowie

Six Flags fire called accidental

Officials say fire that destroyed the haunted house attraction at Six Flags amusement park was electrical and was accidental.

Prince George's Fire Department spokesman Mark Brady says the blaze, reported shortly before 7 p.m. Wednesday, caused an estimated $2 million in damage.

No other attractions were damaged, and there were no injuries reported.

Brady says it took 60 firefighters about 45 minutes to extinguish the blaze.

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