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Aberdeen police found 'guilty' of great fashion taste
If clothes make the man (or woman), consider the Aberdeen Police Department extremely well-made. The department's men and women recently won an award not for their crime-fighting or patrolling skills, but for the professional tailoring of their...
Tags: Cal Ripken, Jr., SeaWorld
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Police chase lead on Vi Ripken kidnapping to dead end
Detectives in Aberdeen received a tip they hoped would be their big break: A prisoner seeking leniency said he knew the man who abducted the mother of Orioles legend Cal Ripken Jr. But nearly nine months after the bizarre kidnapping, no suspect has been...
Tags: Port Deposit, Prisons, Judges, Justice System, Harford County
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Ripken's childhood in Aberdeen, time in minors sowed seeds that bloomed into The Streak
The runner, all 240 pounds of him, barreled toward second base with one thought in mind: break up the double play. Slide, schmide. He lowered his shoulder and struck the second baseman, a scrawny ninth-grader who flew up like a rag doll. The kid fell...
Tags: AAA, Earl Weaver, Detroit Tigers, Baltimore Orioles, Family
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Vi Ripken abducted at gunpoint, quietly returned
Bound and abducted in her own vehicle, Violet Ripken was gone for 12 hours before her disappearance was reported to authorities. And amid an intensive search, she was quietly dropped off by her kidnapper on her secluded Harford County street.
A neighbor,...Tags: Extradition, Kidnapping, Maryland State Police, Alzheimer's Disease, International Law
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July: Fifty Shades of controversy; Vi Ripken kidnapped
Vi Ripken, the mother of baseball Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr., was abducted from outside of her home. She was tied up and put in the back seat of her car and driven all around Central Maryland. She was later found with her hands bound but unharmed in her...
Tags: Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Harford County, Homes, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Festive Events
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The Top 10 news stories of 2012
A look at the Top 10 news stories of 2012 in The Record area: #1 – Vi Ripken Kidnapped The July kidnapping of Aberdeen's most well-known resident, remains the most bizarre and perhaps most unsettling story of 2012. Vi Ripken, mother of Major...
Tags: New Year's Day, Port Deposit, Sport of Kings Incorporated, Harford County, Aberdeen Proving Ground
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Police release new photos related to Vi Ripken kidnapping
The suspect in the abduction of Violet R. Ripken from her Aberdeen home stopped at a Middle River Walmart the day after the July incident and may have had a brief encounter with the driver of a dark green minivan, Aberdeen Police Lt. Fred Budnick said...
Tags: Kidnapping, Cal Ripken, Jr., Glen Burnie, Walmart, Cal Ripken
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Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Tuesday
WEATHER: Mostly cloudy, high near 55. Tonight is expected to be mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. TRAFFIC: Check our traffic updates for this morning's issues. TOP NEWS Mayor calls for zero-error speed camera program: Criticism of Baltimore's speed...
Tags: Maryland Terrapins, Hillary Clinton, Martin O'Malley, Ed Reed, National Football League
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Harford County confronts deaths of four officers
Piled on Sheriff L. Jesse Bane's desk are stacks of unopened mail, and among the envelopes stuffed with condolences, is a black leather-bound Bible inscribed with gold lettering. Harford County's top lawman has been wrestling with leading an agency of...
Tags: Cancer, Maryland State Police, Conservation, Harford County, Law Enforcement
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Vi Ripken abduction is not a cold case, investigators say
Six weeks after the mother of one of Baltimore's most famous baseball players was kidnapped and left bound on the side of the road in her Lincoln Town Car, the case remains a mystery to police. Aberdeen police say the abduction of Violet R. Ripken in the...
Tags: Aberdeen, Kidnapping, Cal Ripken, Jr., Glen Burnie, Harford County
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Vi Ripken's kidnapper still at large a month later
Nearly a month has passed since Vi Ripken was kidnapped outside her Aberdeen home, and the July 24 incident has prompted the entire Ripken family to take extra security precautions. And while Vi Ripken and her children are being more alert about who is...
Tags: Kidnapping, World Series, Baseball
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Editorial: Aberdeen's triumph
Ten years ago, it was something of a curiosity around these parts, but now it's something that's become a tradition for Aberdeen and the rest of Harford County. The Cal Ripken World Series, the season finale for the Babe Ruth youth baseball organization,...
Tags: Babe Ruth, World Series, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Baseball
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