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Student loans discharged because debtor has Asperger's
A Baltimore County woman had about $340,000 in student loan debt discharged by a federal bankruptcy judge this month because Asperger's syndrome prevents her from holding a job. Carol Todd of Nottingham pursued college degrees "as a stepping stone toward...Tags: Students, College of Notre Dame, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Financially Distressed Companies
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Same-sex marriage opponents set to turn in first petitions
Church-led activists hoping to repeal Maryland's same-sex marriage law plan to deliver the first batch of petitions ahead of schedule this week, and they say the number of signatures will far exceed the mark. The question is: By how much? There's little...
Tags: Civil Rights, Same-Sex Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, Laws, Judges
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Lawmakers fought court rulings this year
As lawmakers and lobbyists gird for another special session that the governor called this summer to debate an expansion of gambling — an issue that has led to pitched battles for years — dog lovers are hoping to get their pet issue some...Tags: Lobbying, Thomas V. Mike Miller, Rentals, Same-Sex Marriage, Lawyers
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Another Tilghman involved in a historic moment
Several readers wrote me about last week's column that told the story of federal Judge Sarah Tilghman Hughes, a Baltimorean who swore in Lyndon B. Johnson as president aboard Air Force One after the assassination of John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963.
They...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Paul Revere, Lyndon B. Johnson, George Washington, Oxford (Talbot, Maryland)
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City prosecutors could get new home
Rent money for new Baltimore state's attorney offices survived the state's budget process this year and will be matched by the mayor, which means there's $1 million available in the coming fiscal year for roughly 200 lawyers and support staff to finally...Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Lawyers, Prosecution, Local Government, Frank M. Conaway, Sr.
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Seniors grow old under debt
Norman Harvel is growing old under a mountain of debt.
At 60, Harvel faces medical and credit card bills topping $80,000. Yet Harvel is unable to work, having been injured at a job site more a decade ago. The former building maintenance worker now...Tags: Physical Conditions, Heart Problems, Retirement, Social Security, MetLife Incorporated
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Sparrows Point steel mill will close in June
The owner of the financially ailing Sparrows Point steel plant is idling operations there, warning 1,975 workers Thursday that they would be laid off starting next month.
The news, the latest casting doubt on the future of the Baltimore County facility,...Tags: Mittal Steel Company NV, Unemployment Benefits, Bethlehem Steel, Dofasco Incorporated, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Man convicted in accident that sent officer off JFX
The motorist who slammed into the back of a Baltimore police car that struck an officer and sent her plunging over the side of elevated Interstate 83 has been convicted of three traffic offenses, closing one chapter of a horrific crash that has ended...
Tags: The Happiest News!, Transportation Accidents, Roland Park, Punishment, Lawyers
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Hack taxi driver sentenced for rape
Samuel Renard Queen, of the 3500 block of Elmley Ave. in Baltimore, was sentenced to two consecutive life terms for rape, kidnapping and related offenses this week for assaulting a woman at knifepoint in his unlicensed taxicab, the Baltimore state's...Tags: Punishment, Lawyers, Prosecution, Belair Road, Rape
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Rape and prison
The prospect of spending years behind bars in a tiny cell is sufficiently chilling to deter most people from ever committing a crime. Those who willfully break the law anyway and get caught have no one to blame but themselves when a judge sentences them...
Tags: Sexual Assault, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Rape, Judges, Sex Crimes
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Harford council laments passing of bonus plan but still lets it die
The plan to pay a $625 bonus this spring to nearly 7,400 Harford County government, sheriff's office and school system employees died an unceremonious death in the Harford County Council chambers Tuesday evening. Though they lamented the latest turn...Tags: Natural Disasters, Interior Policy, Corporate Officers, Tropical Storms, Arts
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Pensions, bonuses and county budgets
This is the season when local governments finalize their budgets for the next fiscal year, and the grousing about their penurious circumstances is in full swing. Some are even complaining that the state's revised budget and tax plan — signed into...
Tags: Anne Arundel County, Labor Legislation, Teaching and Learning, Local Government, Interior Policy
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