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Don't be fooled by gun control lies
I am writing to you to voice my opposition to Gov. Martin O'Malley's extremist gun bill ("O'Malley battling for gun controls," March 22). I oppose it in any and all forms. I was in Annapolis on Feb 6, March 1 and March 5, along with thousands of other...
Tags: Executive Branch, Regional Authority, Firearms, Gun Control, Annapolis
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Councilman's bill sparks back-and-forth on Tasers
Shootings in elementary schools. Violent flash mobs in malls. Robberies, home invasions, muggings. With such crimes reported around the United States, and the media giving them around-the-clock attention, it's no wonder ordinary Americans are feeling...
Tags: Firearms, Gun Control, Weaponry, Martin O'Malley, Personal Weapon Control
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Transit police warn travelers to be alert as mobile device thefts rise
Maryland transit police are warning travelers to be alert on trains and buses, amid a long-running rash of mobile-device thefts targeting riders who were texting, listening to music or talking on the phone. The Maryland Transit Administration has...
Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Electronics, Apple iPad, Baltimore County, New Products
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Proposed law would govern surrogate births
When Whitney Watts of Columbia agreed to bear twins on behalf of an infertile Boston couple two years ago, she entered a murky area of Maryland law. Nothing forbade her from signing a contract to carry babies conceived through in vitro fertilization and...
Tags: Roman Catholicism, Baltimore County, In Vitro Fertilization, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Annapolis
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Harford police investigating photos of naked Edgewood High girls posted on Facebook
The Harford County Sheriff's Office is investigating pictures of naked girls believed to be from Edgewood High School posted on Facebook, spokesman Eddie Hopkins said Thursday. More than a dozen pictures were reported posted in a call from an Abingdon...Tags: Media Industry, Social Media, Law Enforcement
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Time has come for vote on Howard stormwater fee
For the past two months, the Howard County Council has debated the details on how to properly implement the state mandated stormwater fee. But after two lengthy work sessions and a number of proposed amendments to the legislation, council members admit...
Tags: Justice System, Business, Local Government
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Giving illegal immigrants drivers license encourages them to break more laws
As a life-long Maryland citizen, I completely oppose efforts within our misguided General Assembly to pass the Maryland Highway Safety Act of 2013, which would allow the state to issue a Maryland driver's license to illegal immigrants ("State Senate...
Tags: Executive Branch, DREAM Act, Lawyers, Government, Judges
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Abingdon Walmart moving a symptom of a bigger problem [Commentary]
Article I of the U.S. Constitution, which establishes and sets limits on Congress, includes the sentence: "No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed." The language is arcane, but the meaning is relevant today. A bill of attainder is...
Tags: Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Traffic, Walmart
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Mays Chapel residents sue county, school board
A group of residents has sued Baltimore County and the local school board over plans to build a 700-seat elementary school at the Mays Chapel Park, saying officials skirted county real estate laws. The lawsuit, filed this month in Baltimore County...
Tags: Trials, Litigation, Justice System, Schools, Elementary Schools
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Leopold sentenced to jail, $100,000 fine
Former Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold was led out of a courtroom Thursday with his wrists handcuffed behind his back and his head lowered, bound for the county jail after being sentenced for his misconduct in office conviction and...
Tags: Prisons, Anne Arundel Community College, Sheila Dixon, Lawyers, American Civil Liberties Union
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Two federal cases against Anne Arundel can head toward trial, judge says
A federal judge ruled Monday that claims by two former Anne Arundel County employees, who allege they lost their jobs because of retaliation by the administration of former County Executive John R. Leopold, can advance to trial. U.S. District Judge...
Tags: Trials, Justice System, Punishment, Labor Legislation, Lawyers
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Will the court duck marriage equality altogether?
Regardless of whether the Supreme Court is ready to declare a constitutional right to gay marriage, it has the responsibility to fully recognize the decisions Maryland and eight other states, plus the District of Columbia, have made to allow same-sex...Tags: Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Eric Holder, Lawyers, Judges
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