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Ravens foundation funds local scholars
While most high school seniors spend their last few days planning end-of-the-year parties, reminiscing with friends or trying to fit in one last prank on the freshmen, Nicolas "Cole" Holocker is accepting the 2013 Ravens Scholarship awarded to students...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, University of Maryland, College Park, Colleges and Universities, Patapsco, John F. Kennedy
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Responses discussed, as Edgewood sees another spike in violent crime
With a stabbing and three shootings in parts of Edgewood in less than a month, a top Harford County Sheriff's Office official told members of the Edgewood Community Council Wednesday that deputies are working hard to address the issue of more violent...Tags: Aberdeen Proving Ground, University of Maryland, College Park, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Newspaper and Magazine, Periodicals
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Sheriff's refusal to enforce gun law is a victory for the people
Given what's been going on in Washington, it's good to see the sheriffs of three Maryland counties standing up for the rights of their citizens ("Sheriff won't enforce gun law," June 6). The framers of the Constitution would be proud of these men for...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Garrett County, Gun Control
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New community center opens in Ellicott City
The old low-income Hilltop Housing project in Ellicott City has given way to another world: new apartments with facades of soft-colored siding and stone, and a recreation center with the latest in exercise gear, including a retractable-roof indoor...Tags: Poverty, Finance, Ken Ulman, Rentals, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry
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Courts, not sheriffs, interpret the Constitution
It is interesting to see Second Amendment enthusiasts like letter writer John Armstrong embracing a few county sheriffs' announced refusal to endorse Maryland's new gun law based on its unconstitutionality ("Sheriff's refusal to enforce gun law is victory...Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Personal Weapon Control, Gun Control
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Tyranny and guns
In reading The Sun's letters to the editor over the last few years — and especially John Armstrong's recent letter ("Sheriff's refusal to enforce gun law is victory for people," June 13) — it appears that a new definition of tyranny has...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Gun Control
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Ten times more people signed petitions on Balto. Co. zoning than the death penalty or gun control
The hotly debated issues of gun control and the death penalty attracted fewer than 18,500 signatures ("What was all the fuss about?" June 3), while the seemingly more mundane issues of Owings Mills traffic, preserving Baltimore County's diminishing...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Punishment, Local Elections, Owings Mills (Baltimore, Maryland), Baltimore County
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Regulators and consumer advocates focus on senior identity theft
Older consumers are no more vulnerable to identity theft than others, but they do tend to be victims of the types of ID theft that are on the rise — cases involving tax returns and medical care. For that reason, the Federal Trade Commission held a...
Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Finance, Long Term Care, Theft, Organized Crime
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Opposing Md.'s new gun control law doesn't make one an ignoramus
I must take issue with a recent letter to the editor slamming the sheriff of Garrett County for his stand against enforcing the new gun law ("The booboisie emerges victorious," June 10). First, I'm a registered Democrat. Second, I never owned a gun...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Labor Legislation, Owings Mills (Baltimore, Maryland), Garrett County, Gun Control
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Trusting Big Brother in the prolonged war on terror
Every time I drive between Baltimore and Washington and come upon those big, spooky National Security Agency buildings in Fort Meade, I have cinematic thoughts about what goes on inside. I imagine the best and brightest of surveillance nerds spying on...Tags: Computer Networking and Internet, Fort Meade (military base), National Government, U.S. Congress, Judges
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Maryland's gun background check backlog
When government is given a job to do in seven days and it takes 10 weeks instead, anger and frustration is likely to be heard. Such is the case with the background checks for gun purchases. The Maryland State Police has a backlog, and gun dealers and...
Tags: Firearms, Martin O'Malley, Maryland State Police, Judges, Gun Control
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Double standard on Md. gun law
I was intrigued by your recent article about the Garrett County sheriff's refusal to enforce the state's new gun control law ("Sheriff won't enforce gun law," June 6). The really interesting part of the article was the quote from H. Scott Curtis,...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Garrett County, Barack Obama, Gun Control
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