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2 decades later, McCain trying to heal old wounds from Keating 5 banking scandal
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ Nearly two decades later, John McCain is still haunted by his role in the Keating Five scandal. His role in the 1980s banking scandal is featured in a new Barack Obama attack video. McCain's presidential campaign quickly moved to...Tags: Corporate Crime, Barack Obama, Values, Political Campaigns, Defendants
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Cases dropped in 3 Pigtown burglaries
Earlier this year, Michael A. Peacock confessed to and was charged with four burglaries in Pigtown, but yesterday, Baltimore prosecutors dropped three of the four cases after learning that Peacock was in jail when those crimes occurred. Linda Deitz,...Tags: Pigtown
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Man pleads guilty to 6 Towson-area rapes
The attacks, though spread out over 21 years, were strikingly similar. The stranger pressed a weapon to the woman's back or head. He told her not to scream, that he wouldn't hurt her if she listened. And then he raped her. Alphonso W. Hill, 56,...Tags: Assault, Prosecution, Sexual Assault, Biotechnology Industry, Rape
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City teen gets 10 years for March fatal shooting
A 16-year-old Baltimore youth was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to murder. Farron Tates' family had gathered March 1 at his aunt's Northwest Baltimore home to mourn the death of his cousin's infant daughter. According...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Interior Policy, Gun Control, Teen-agers, People
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Time and science catch up to area rapist
The attacks, though spread out over 21 years, were strikingly similar. The stranger pressed a weapon to the woman's back or head. He told her not to scream, that he wouldn't hurt her if she listened. He sometimes stuffed a washcloth in her mouth or...Tags: Sexual Assault, Rape, Punishment, Trials
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Teen jailed for threats via text messages
A former Thomas Dale High School student who admitted sending threatening text messages at school will spend 90 days in jail. Ashley M. Vaughan had pleaded guilty in July in Chesterfield County Circuit Court to three felony charges of threatening to kill...Tags: Chesterfield County
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Cell phone sniffer will search Florida prisons
The Associated PressHer name is Razor and she has a nose for Nokias. Department of Corrections officials say they're counting on Razor the dog to help sniff out contraband cell phones in Florida prisons. Razor will demonstrate her talents Tuesday. When she officially joins...Tags: Drug Trafficking, Cell Phones
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Cell-phone sniffer will search Florida prisons
The Associated PressHer name is Razor and she has a nose for Nokias. Department of Corrections officials say they're counting on Razor the dog to help sniff out contraband cell phones in Florida prisons. Razor will demonstrate her talents today. When she officially joins...Tags: Drug Trafficking, Cell Phones
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Judge likely to order Calif. to make first installment on $8 billion prison medical upgrade
Associated Press WriterSAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ A federal judge has scolded California officials for failing to provide the billions of dollars a court-appointed receiver says is needed to upgrade the state's prison health care system. U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson made it...Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Constitutional Issues, Judges, Budgets and Budgeting, Medical Services
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NEW HAVEN: Conspiracy Nets 10 Years In Prison
A 32-year-old East Haven woman found guilty of conspiring to distribute crack has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. Jennifer Vallombroso was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court by Judge Janet Bond Arterton, who also ordered that...Tags: Drug Trafficking, Federal Bureau of Investigation, East Haven, Punishment, Branford
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Ex-DCF Worker Pleads Guilty To Drugging Co-Workers
A former state Department of Children and Families worker who is serving an eight-year sentence for drugging and fondling a co-worker in 2004 pleaded guilty Monday to drugging three other co-workers in 2001 and 2002. All three women became sick and...Tags: Court Administration, Assault, Sexual Assault, Punishment, Trials
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Short Takes: The Happening, You Don't Mess With The Zohan, Boy A, Mobile
The Happening (20th Century Fox, 2008) — Let's face it. M. Night Shyamalan peaked with "The Sixth Sense." This latest film involves a mysterious plant-produced toxin spread by the wind that incites humans to kill themselves. The moral: Humans better...Tags: Mark Wahlberg, The Happening, Adam Sandler, M. Night Shyamalan, Sony Corp.
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