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Opposed to same-sex marriage? How about same-sex divorce?
Even as the question of same-sex marriage has roiled the political spectrum, the legal world -- at least in Maryland -- has been dealing with same-sex divorce. Maryland’s highest court ruled Friday that same-sex couples who legally married in other...Tags: Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Divorce, Justice System, Misdemeanors
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Tide theft: Pricey laundry detergent makes for tempting target
Thieves seem to be embarking on an anti-grime spree, some media outlets are reporting, saying thousands of dollars in Tide detergent is being swiped from shelves across the country.
One Minnesota man stole about $25,000 worth of the liquid laundry...Tags: Theft, Walmart, CVS Corp., SXSW Music and Media Conference & Festival
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Sellers need to get realistic about what their homes are worth
Housing prices are still in retreat, according to the latest government figures, and two recent surveys indicate that prices have to tumble further before the market reaches equilibrium. Only 27% of the houses listed for sale throughout the country...Tags: Homes, Freddie Mac, Real Estate Sellers, Fannie Mae, Real Estate Buyers
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Gang Uses Deportation to Its Advantage to Flourish in U.S.
Times Staff WritersOn a sweltering afternoon, an unmarked white jetliner taxies to a remote terminal at the international airport here and disgorges dozens of criminal deportees from the United States. Marshals release the handcuffed prisoners, who shuffle into a processing...Tags: Police Arrests, Local Elections, Juvenile Delinquency, Gang Activity, Brownsville
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Intervention Offers Hope Where Police and Border Crackdowns Fail
Times Staff WritersInside the locked gates of a county juvenile detention facility in Sylmar, all eyes are on Ernesto "Satan" Deras. Before him are two dozen teenagers accused of violent crimes and facing the prospect of being tried as adults and sent to state prison....Tags: Crimes, Local Elections, Wars and Interventions, Juvenile Delinquency, Defense
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Md. to spend most of its settlement funds on housing-related efforts
Maryland will direct most of the nearly $60 million it controls from the national mortgage settlement to housing counseling, legal help for homeowners and anti-blight work, state officials said Wednesday. Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler said...Tags: Politics, Natural Resources, Services and Shopping, Justice System, Lawyers
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Arundel Mills casino attempts to set itself apart with electronic table games
Just beyond the entrance of the Maryland Live Casino, row and row of video slot machines clang and beep and flash, beckoning would-be gamblers to insert bills. Sprawling across a space larger than three typical Wal-Marts, the casino at Arundel Mills...
Tags: Gambling, Anne Arundel County, Science and Technology, Casino and Gambling Industry, Laurel Park
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Julius Henson ordered to pay $1 million for 2010 election robocall
Political consultant Julius Henson must pay the state $1 million for putting out 112,000 robocalls intended to discourage black voters from going to the polls on Election Day 2010, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. "Voter suppression in Maryland will not be...
Tags: Regional Authority, Martin O'Malley, Lawyers, Criminals, Democratic Party
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Proposed casino could bring Las Vegas to the Potomac
It's not hard, after visiting National Harbor, to see what the fuss is all about.
The sprawling, gleaming development along the Potomac River in Prince George's County boasts expensive stores, a half-dozen hotels, highway access and convention traffic &#...Tags: Just Born, Inc., Companies and Corporations, Montgomery County (Virginia), Highway Transportation, Casino and Gambling Industry
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Two people injured in Davidsonville collision
Two people were injured Friday morning in Davidsonville after a two vehicle collision around 7:49 a.m., Anne Arundel County officials said. A 19-year-old man was transported to a trauma center in Prince George's County with serious, but non-life...Tags: Anne Arundel County, Injuries and Wounds, Annapolis, Health
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The right call for voice of Camden Yards
The 911 call came in like so many do, a frantic voice that cuts through the night like the wail of a siren. "My granddaughter has drowned! She's not responding! Please help me!" Dave McGowan took the call. Last year at this time, he was the veteran...
Tags: Vietnam, Laurel, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Emergency Health Procedures, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
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O'Malley's slots gamble
Our biggest concerns about the push to expand gambling at the end of this spring's regular session of the General Assembly were that there had been insufficient public debate about all of the changes slots boosters wanted to institute and that there was...
Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Regional Authority, John Morton, Casino and Gambling Industry
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