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Supreme Court strip search ruling threatens city lawsuits
A recent U.S. Supreme Court opinion upholding jailhouse strip searches could derail the civil claims of thousands of detainees who say they were illegally examined by Baltimore law enforcement officials, including a nurse who was arrested at gunpoint...Tags: Justice System, Prisons, Laws, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Health and Medical Professionals
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Gansler pushes Supreme Court appeal on DNA ruling
Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler took a first step Tuesday toward an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in a high-stakes case that blocks police across the state from collecting DNA samples when a person is arrested in connection with a...Tags: Justice System, Genes and Chromosomes, Prisons, Chemical Industry, Laws
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Md. authorities stop post-arrest DNA collection
Maryland authorities have stopped collecting DNA samples from suspects arrested on violent crime and burglary charges after the state's highest court ruled the crime-fighting tool that has helped solve dozens of cold cases unconstitutional. On Friday,...Tags: Justice System, Chemical Industry, Prisons, Martin O'Malley, Biotechnology Industry
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Brief filed in appeal of child rape case
The Maryland attorney general's office argued in a lengthy legal brief, filed in the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, that a convicted child rapist serving four life terms should not be offered a second chance to take a plea deal years after the fact,...Tags: Justice System, Punishment, Prisons, Court Preliminary, Abusive Behavior
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WHAT JUST HAPPENED
Maryland authorities have stopped collecting DNA samples from suspects arrested on violent crime and burglary charges after the state's highest court ruled the crime fighting tool that has helped solve dozens of cold cases unconstitutional. On Friday,...Tags: Mark J. Sullivan, Kevin Kamenetz, U.S. Army, U.S. Secret Service, Baltimore County
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Consumer agency to review mandatory arbitration in financial services
Finally, a spotlight will be shone on a widespread business practice that forces unhappy customers to settle disputes through binding arbitration — rather than by telling their story in court. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau now is seeking...Tags: Justice System, Finance, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Business, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Thursday
WEATHER
Today's forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies and a high temperature near 72 degrees. It is expected to be partly cloudy tonight with a low temperature around 57 degrees.
TRAFFIC
Check our traffic updates for this morning's issues as you...Tags: U.S. Senate, Punishment, Benjamin L. Cardin, Barbara A. Mikulski, Trials
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Legislation would set rules for use of frozen eggs, sperm
If you wanted to use your late husband's frozen sperm to have a baby, you would need his written permission under legislation that appears poised for approval in the Maryland General Assembly. The House and Senate have both passed bills that would make...Tags: Justice System, U.S. Senate, Genes and Chromosomes, Joseph M Getty, Martin O'Malley
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Maryland launches health care reform website
The state will launch a website today that it hopes will give people a road map to health care reform as the country marks the second anniversary of the signing of the landmark legislation. The website, HealthReform.Maryland.gov, will provide users...Tags: Business, Small Businesses, Drugs and Medicines, Government Health Care, Prescription Drugs
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State trooper wanted protesters to 'rot'
As Maryland State Police disbanded an anti-abortion rally along a crowded road near the center of Bel Air, a sergeant told a colleague that the 18 arrested protesters could "sit in a cell for an hour ... and two or three or four and rot."
The same...Tags: Justice System, American Civil Liberties Union, Prisons, Prosecution, Abortion
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Supreme Court begins hearings on health care law
It was 1942 when the U.S. Supreme Court decided that Congress could influence wheat prices by telling farmers how much they could grow.
So the idea that Congress mandate that all Americans buy health insurance isn't that far-fetched and has legal...Tags: Justice System, Frederick County (Maryland), David Brinkley, Sales, Prescription Drugs
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Health care reform: good for business
Last week, theU.S. Supreme Courtheard six hours of oral arguments for and against the constitutionality of the new health care law. As a small business owner, I am not a constitutional scholar, but I can definitively say this: the Affordable Care Act is...
Tags: Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Small Businesses, Government Health Care, Healthcare Laws, Insurance
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