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O'Brien says Archdiocese of Baltimore won't offer birth control coverage
Cardinal-designate Edwin F. O'Brien said in a strongly worded letter that the Archdiocese of Baltimore will not comply with federal law requiring churches to offer birth control coverage even it means dropping health insurance for its 3,500 employees....Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Civil Rights, Labor Legislation, Health Care Reform (2009), Planned Parenthood
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Ravens, NFL pursue online sellers of bogus merchandise
As the Ravens drove toward the playoffs, Barbra Skarzynski wanted to buy her son a team jersey as a Christmas gift. She searched Google for Lardarius Webb gear, quickly found a site that billed itself as an official store of the Ravens, and bought a...Tags: Lardarius Webb, Football, Google Inc., Consumer Goods Industries, Justice System
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Key state lawmaker calls for property tax cap overhaul
A state lawmaker who helps set tax policy is calling for an overhaul of Maryland's property tax cap law, after a Baltimore Sun investigation documented how the costly program has resulted in homeowners across Baltimore paying vastly different amounts...Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Income Tax, Values, Local Government, Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts)
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Voter ID laws do not discriminate
Is there, or should there ever be, a point when a state is no longer penalized for its discriminatory past?
Not according to the Department of Justice, which recently rejected a South Carolina law that would have required voters to show a valid photo...Tags: Republican Party, Joe Wilson, Tim Scott, Interior Policy, Justice System
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UMD law clinic sues on behalf of the 1 percent
The University of Maryland Carey School of Law Environmental Law Clinic's pro bono legal services for the Waterkeepers Alliance are supporting organizations that would qualify as 1 percenters if they were individuals. Associate Dean Teresa LaMaster...Tags: Conservation, Hospitals and Clinics, Conservation, Colleges and Universities, Colleges and Universities
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Md. fails to keep its promise to HBCUs
Maryland is attempting to renege on its obligation to provide sufficient funding to make its historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) comparable and competitive with other public universities in Maryland in terms of mission, academic program...Tags: Students, Racism, Civil Rights, Colleges and Universities, Colleges and Universities
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Online fraud puts consumers at risk
For nearly 100 years, the Better Business Bureau has helped consumers avoid fraud and scams by helping them find businesses, brands and charities they can trust. We are uniquely positioned in representing both the interests of the business community,...Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Steve Cox, Interior Policy, Corporate Crime, Justice System
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Medical billing a target of fraud investigations
In Maryland, an orthopedic practice agreed to pay $2.5 million to the federal government to settle allegations that it had billed for patients' visits that never took place and had double-charged for X-ray work to get higher reimbursements. In...Tags: Medicaid, Hospitals and Clinics, Labor Legislation, Human Mishaps, Government Health Care
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Jury selection to start in trial of prisoner accused of killing of correctional officer
Jury selection in the death penalty trial of one of two prisoners charged with murdering a correctional officer more than five years ago will begin Tuesday, in a case that could test the validity of the state's new death penalty law. The Anne Arundel...Tags: Death Penalty, Anne Arundel County, Human Body, Human Body, Punishment
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Woman sues Balto. Co. police, claims assault, rights violations
A Baltimore City woman has filed a lawsuit in federal court against Baltimore County, its Police Department, several officers and officials, claiming she was assaulted and her constitutional rights violated when she was arrested while recording an...Tags: Racism, Misdemeanors, Cell Phones, Defendants, Justice System
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Doctors in botched Elkton abortion face murder charges
Two doctors who Maryland authorities say botched an abortion last year in Elkton have been indicted on murder charges — in what appears to be the first use of the state's fetal homicide law involving a medical professional performing surgery. "We'...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Hospitals and Clinics, Abortion, Standards, Mental Health
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November: Harford sets tobacco ban; Joppa teen marches in Macy's parade
Former Fallston Psychologist David Wayne Schrumpf, 56, was sentenced to 18 months in jail for sexually abusing three girls in his care. Although in his plea agreement, Schrumpf agreed to six years, Harford Circuit Judge Maurice Baldwin modified the...Tags: Protest, Kohl's, Aberdeen, Local Elections, Heart Problems
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