disasters and accidents
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- Tough year for the environmental movement shows no signs of getting better
- A year after the BP disaster, a faith-based approach to regulation endures
- On a strange, tragic day at the Bay Bridge, three people were pulled from the waters under the twin spans, one of whom was killed after being thrown into the bay when a truck ran into his car and another who died in what might have been a suicide.
- Workers are cleaning up debris after flooding in annapolis
- University of Maryland Hospital for Children expert answer questions about childhood asthma
- Federal authorities who searched the towing company offices linked to an alleged kickback scheme in which 17 city police have been charged with corruption were seeking insurance files. It indicates that the probe may be broadening in scope.
- The federal investigation involving more than a dozen Baltimore police officers charged with taking kickbacks in exchange for steering car accident victims to a single repair shop in Rosedale has now expanded to another state law enforcement agency.
- At least in the short term, the alleged scam involving city cops accused of steering accident victims to a Rosedale auto body shop seemed to benefit consumers as well
- Baltimore police officers were caught in colorful and disturbing conversations on wiretaps as the FBI investigated alleged kickbacks in a towing scheme.
- Federal authorities charge 17 city police officers in a corruption scheme in which they allegedly steered accident victims to a towing company which then gave them kickbacks in exchange
- Towing scandals involving police an old scheme rooted in history
- Firefighters are battling a two-alarm blaze at the Charles Village Pub in Towson, officials said Saturday.
- Steve Stenersen hopes to grow the sport slowly, but thinks that spreading the game will help change the negative perception of those who play it