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Letter: Events show gun bans don't deter criminals
Michael Cornel claims not to "…hear facts from gun advocates" in his letter, "Australia case a true portrait of gun control" (Dec. 27), while slaughtering history and truth. The gun ban he referred to, the Assault Weapons (AWs) Ban of 1994 (not the...Tags: Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, U.S. Congress, Interior Policy
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Speaker for Ellicott City MLK Day event taps her own learning experience
The Rev. Gertie T. Williams feels very much at home when she volunteers at the restored Ellicott City Colored School on Frederick Road. The Howard County native's ease in her surroundings is for good reason: From grades one through seven, she attended a...
Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., Teaching and Learning, Patapsco, Barack Obama, Arts
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A house divided against itself again: America splits on gay marriage
Journalist and gay activist Dan Savage often writes about the urban archipelago -- the American cities that are comfortable, safe islands for gays and lesbians set amid a vast sea of countryside where being openly homosexual remains a chancy, even...
Tags: Marriage, David Horsey, Minority Groups, Family, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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Protecting the right to vote
Given the heated controversies over potential restrictions on voters' access to the polls during this year's presidential election, now is no time to back off on the legal protections that guarantee one of a democracy's most fundamental rights. Last week,...Tags: Minority Groups, Lawyers, Judges, Local Elections, Discrimination
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Baltimore man charged in 1997 Woodlawn rape
A Baltimore man has been charged in a Woodlawn rape that occurred 15 years earlier, after county investigators matched DNA evidence to an earlier case. The evidence collected in the 1997 Woodlawn case matched evidence from a 1993 city case, where...Tags: Baltimore County, DNA, Chemical Industry, Biotechnology Industry, Wicomico County
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Supreme Court will review Md. DNA law
Maryland's DNA law, which allows police to take samples of suspects' genetic material for possible matches to other crimes, will be reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court next year, the justices announced Friday. The law, a signature crime-fighting...
Tags: Human Mishaps, Lawyers, Judges, Martin O'Malley, Chemical Industry
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Same-sex marriage law good for business, employers say
As a longtime Federal Hill business owner, Penny Troutner cheered the passage of Maryland's same-sex marriage law. Not only does the owner of Light Street Cycles believe it's a matter of fairness, she believes it's good for business. That goes for...
Tags: Minority Groups, Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, Judges, Business, Justice System
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Voters approve same-sex marriage law
Marylanders made history Tuesday as they voted to make same-sex marriage legal — a question that had been defeated each of the 32 times it had been on the ballot in other states. "To Maryland's children – please know that you and your...
Tags: Minority Groups, Judges, Martin Luther King Jr., Martin O'Malley, Howard County
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Long lines of voters in Laurel on Election Day
Polls opened in Laurel at 7 a.m. today, with parking lots full and voters greeting a cool morning, with temperatures below freezing. At Laurel Woods Elementary, the lines were long and things were a "little tense" in the first hour after election...
Tags: Bowie, Donna F. Edwards, Steny Hoyer, Prince George's County, Howard County
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Early voting draws one in six Howard County voters; polls open
The number of early voters in Howard County was the highest ever recorded in the county, but more than 80 percent of registered voters still have the option of heading to the polls Tuesday. Slightly more than 16 percent of Howard County registered...
Tags: Local Elections, Daniel Bongino, Howard County, Referenda, Libertarian Party
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Names of petition signers public
Maryland's rarely used referendum mechanism includes a twist few anticipated when they signed petitions over the past two years: All of those names and addresses are public information. The issue made its way into headlines in recent weeks when Gallaudet...Tags: Family, Referenda, DREAM Act, Marriage, Elections
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Supreme Court at stake in presidential election
I wonder how many Americans have an understanding of what is probably the most profound consequence of the 2012 election. With several of the U.S. Supreme Court justices in their 70s, it is expected that anywhere from one to four justices will retire...Tags: Philosophy, Elections
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