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Eastern Shore, Southern Md. see most rain
Maryland WeatherSoppy as it's been this Tuesday morning, the rainfall we've seen here in Central Maryland from these storm systems - a half-inch or less - can't compare to what they've reported from the Eastern Shore and Southern Maryland.The heaviest rain......Tags: Weather, Maryland, St. Mary's County, Baltimore Weather, Weather Reports
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Eugene Robinson: High court majority relied on hooey to justify DNA samples
The Supreme Court's ruling this month allowing police to compel DNA samples from persons arrested for serious offenses will solve cold cases around the country, putting dangerous criminals behind bars. But despite this clearly beneficial impact, the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Anthony Kennedy, Stephen Breyer, Police Arrests, Laws
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U.S. Supreme Court to hear arguments over Md. DNA case
In a Maryland case that's garnered the attention of the other 49 states, the federal Department of Justice and the national science community, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday over whether to restrict police in collecting DNA to solve...Tags: University of Baltimore, U.S. Supreme Court, Government, Criminals, Chemical Industry
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U.S. Supreme Court authorizes post-arrest DNA collection
The Baltimore SunA divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that police in Maryland and elsewhere can continue the warrantless collection of DNA from people arrested — but not convicted — of serious crimes. The 5-4 decision upheld a state law that allows...Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Judges, Elena Kagan, Criminals, Chemical Industry
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Wicomico's voting rights choice
The Eastern Shore's civil rights history is not a happy one. From the lynchings of the 1930s to the Cambridge riots of the 1960s, the Shore has struggled with race relations. Much of that is in the past — although perhaps not entirely. In the late...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Local Elections, Voting, Civil Rights, Minority Groups
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Baltimore prosecutors lighten up on marijuana possession
Caught with a couple of joints he didn't get the chance to light up, Eric Staton was ordered to appear before a Baltimore judge. Two weeks later, in a basement courtroom on North Avenue, prosecutors said they would drop the possession charge if Staton...
Tags: Maryland State Police, Annapolis, Prisons, Health Treatments, Judges
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UM student charged in child porn sting
A University of Maryland, College Park freshman was arrested this week on charges of distributing child pornography and crossing state lines to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor, according to a criminal complaint. The student, Akshay...
Tags: Craigslist, Inc., Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Prisons, Pornography
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Former Hebron Savings Bank employee sentenced for embezzlement
A former vice president of Hebron Savings Bank in Wicomico County was sentenced to 18 months in prison for embezzlement and ordered to pay $456,665 in restitution, federal prosecutors said Thursday. Wanda Henderson, 56, of Westover had used her...
Tags: Lawyers, Embezzlement, Corporate Crime, Banking, Crime, Law and Justice
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House extends controversial DNA collection law
The Baltimore SunAs the U.S. Supreme Court weighs whether to strike down Maryland's controversial DNA collection law, the House of Delegates on Thursday voted to extend it. The 2009 law allows police to collect DNA samples from people arrested for certain violent...Tags: Maryland State Police, U.S. Supreme Court, Judges, Biotechnology Industry, Credit and Debt
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Police in Md. holding DNA on people not convicted of crimes
Even as the U.S Supreme Court reviews Maryland's law on police collection of DNA samples, many law enforcement agencies in the state are collecting and holding genetic material from murder victims and people never convicted of crimes. The practices...
Tags: Annapolis, Maryland State Police, Martin O'Malley, Crime Victims, Criminal Laws
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Supreme Court questions sides in challenge of Md. DNA law
Maryland's practice of collecting genetic information from people arrested — but not convicted — on serious charges took the national stage Tuesday, as the U.S. Supreme Court weighed in on what Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. called "perhaps the...
Tags: Government, U.S. Supreme Court, Judges, Ray King, Elena Kagan
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O'Malley makes his case for 'investments' in Maryland
Gov. Martin O'Malley used his State of the State address Wednesday to make his case for his most ambitious legislative agenda since taking office.
Now comes the hard job of selling it.
In an upbeat, 33-minute speech to both chambers of the General...Tags: Annapolis, State Income Tax, Federal Income Tax, Income Tax, Labor Markets
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