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Walmart bill's death a strange development [Editorial]
A Harford County Council bill designed to block the proposed move of Walmart's Abingdon store about two miles to the north to a plot near the intersection of Route 924 and Plumtree Road came to strange end last week. The bill, which initially seemed...
Tags: Walmart
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Man 'sucker-punched' by ex-wife's boyfriend in Bel Air [Harford police blotter]
Aberdeen Christina S. Harris, 22, of the 100 block of Edmund Street, was charged Friday with theft between $1,000 and $10,000 and scheming to commit theft between $1,000 and $10,000. Jennifer N. Herron, 40, of the 200 block of Garner Drive, was...Tags: Prosecution, Walmart, Alberto Bailleres Gonzalez , Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Theft
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Woman threatens to stab her brother in Aberdeen [Police blotter]
Aberdeen William Thomas Cody, 24, of the 800 block of Shirley Drive, was charged Wednesday with second-degree assault and reckless endangerment. Fraud was reported Tuesday in the 4400 block of Kildare Court. Carlos Miguel Cortez III, 30, of the...Tags: Prosecution, Elkton, Vandalism, Nottingham, Theft
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A ruling on racial progress
I can only hope that the scourge of racism is finally purged from Stewartstown and Pinkham's Grant. These are two of 10 New Hampshire towns covered by Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which requires local officials to get permission, or...
Tags: Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Manhattan (New York City), Racism, Elections
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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: Elena Kagan, Wicomico County, FBI, Sonia Sotomayor, Justice System
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Voting Rights Act isn't obsolete
Much has changed in America since the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was first approved, and we can't blame those living in the 16 states that must get approval from the Justice Department or a federal court in order to revise their election laws for feeling...
Tags: Laws, U.S. Congress, Justice System, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Judges
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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: Law Enforcement, U.S. Congress, Wicomico County, Prosecution, Douglas F. Gansler
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Ghosts of Jim Crow haunt us still
Thursday marks the 20th anniversary of the death of Baltimore-born Thurgood Marshall, the civil rights lawyer and first black Supreme Court justice who was instrumental in ending Jim Crow segregation. His representation of schoolgirl Linda Brown...Tags: Linda Brown, Ghosts (supernatural entities), University of Baltimore, Minority Groups, Discrimination
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Inauguration on King Day an emotional tie for many
She'd never seen a presidential inauguration in her life, or wanted to, but on Jan. 20, 2009, Nathasa Werts braved bone-chilling weather and a crowd of more than a million people for a trip to Washington. The nation had just elected its first black...
Tags: Benjamin L. Cardin, Glen Burnie, Lotteries, Bill Clinton, U.S. Senate
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For Obama and Roberts, second time's the charm
Inaugurations are more comfortable the second time around. For President Barack Obama and Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., it's not likely there will be a repeat in their encore performance of Chief Justice Roberts' flub of the words in the presidential...
Tags: Barack Obama, Judges, Culture, University of Chicago, Ceremonies
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O'Malley wants to extend law to allow DNA collection from crime suspects
In an attempt to keep one of his signature initiatives alive, Gov. Martin O'Malley wants state lawmakers to reauthorize police to collect DNA samples from crime suspects before the current statute expires later this year. The release of the Democratic...
Tags: Scott Shellenberger, Police Arrests, Laws, U.S. Supreme Court, Lawyers
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KAL's year in review, the key
January 1. A dropped pass and a missed field goal keep Joe Flacco and the Ravens out of the Super Bowl. February 2. Las Vegas billionaire Sheldon Adelson becomes Mr. Super PAC by pumping millions into Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign. 3....
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