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Congress must amend the U.S. Patriot Act to protect Americans' privacy rights - Orioles fans could face early season delays as patrons get used to new walk-through metal detectors at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
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- Congress needs to close the loopholes in the Patriot Act that give the NSA virtually unlimited power to spy on Americans' private lives
- Two years after the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., it's tempting to think of the horrific incident as a remote, rare event, unlikely to ever hit home. That would be naive. There have been at least two gun-related incidents in my children's Baltimore County school district in the past two years alone. And while school systems nationwide, including in Baltimore County, have spent a fortune on security measures since Sandy Hook, often following the NRA's advice of
- Midshipmen at the Naval Academy in Annapolis and other students at U.S. military institutions will now be able to pass through airports with a little less hassle.
- A St. Mary's County woman was arrested at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport on Wednesday after security agents discovered a loaded .38-caliber pistol and more than a dozen "loose bullets" in her carry-on bag, the Transportation Security Administration said Thursday.
- The Orioles recently joined a growing number of teams to institute additional security procedures to prepare for Major League Baseball's requirements at the beginning of next season.
- In a decision with wide-reaching implications, a federal appeals court ruled this week that potential jurors cannot be left off juries based on their sexual orientations.
- A recap of the Dec. 5 episode of 'Scandal,' as Olivia and friends try to get her mom out of the country and Quinn makes a deal with the devil
- Trusted fliers using Southwest Airlines out of BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport will now have a quicker and less invasive path through security, the Transportation Security Administration announced Thursday.
- More security lines will be opened under the TSA PreCheck program at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport starting Tuesday, giving trusted travelers another option for expedited screening.
- As students and teachers returned to classrooms across Harford County this week, law enforcement and public school officials say they have worked to ensure they came back to a secure environment.
- The Ravens reminded fans this morning that the NFL¿s new security policy limiting the size and types of bags that will be allowed into stadiums during the 2013-14 season will take effect with Thursday¿s preseason game against the Atlanta Falcons at M&T Bank Stadium.
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- The ACLU's lawsuit against the NSA's collection of phone records provides a unique opportunity to challenge the government's interpretation of the Patriot Act.
- As you move through the ordinary activities of your everyday life, you're leaving an electronic trail rich in data about your whereabouts, your interests and your relationships. That's information of keen interest — and not only to marketers. As recent revelations about two National Security Agency surveillance programs show, at least some of those digital details are being collected and analyzed by the government.
- Obama administration and a bipartisan group of lawmakers defended the program as both legal and necessary.
- Active-duty military members using BWI Marshall Airport are eligible to participate in Pre-Check, an expedited security screening, the Transportation Security Administration announced Wednesday.
- James A. Buck gladly accepted the package at his Parkville office from the delivery man wearing a UPS uniform. But minutes later, police swooped in to arrest Buck, 57, and seized the parcel, which had contained three pounds of marijuana he sent to himself from California, according to court records.
- BWI Marshall Airport begins new security screening, prepares to reopen its longest runway as holiday season approaches
- Smiths Detection, a division of a London-based multi-national engineering conglomerate, said Monday it consolidated its headquarters and security manufacturing operations in Harford County, and planned to hire more than 100 people.
- Spurred by a Campaign for Liberty drive, a handful of residents opposed a Harford County Council bill giving an Edgewood company an loan, calling it "crony capitalism." By a 5-1 vote, the council approved a $750,000 economic development opportunity loan to British-based Smiths Detection Inc., whose U.S. headquarters are on Lakeside Boulevard in Edgewood.
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- Even after two patients were killed in the span of a week by fellow patients at the state's maximum-security mental hospital, a mental health advocate says it would be a step in the wrong direction to clamp down on patients' ability to move around and interact with others at the facility.
- Sweeping changes that have affected virtually every mode of transportation in the United States began almost immediately after hijacked airliners slammed into the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon outside Washington and a farm field in Shanksville, Pa.
- Across the country, teachers and other staff members have been accused of sharing test questions in advance with students, watching over their shoulders as they take tests to point out wrong answers and correcting their mistakes, all to inflate scores and satisfy federal and state mandates.
