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Corrections officials investigating Facebook, Instagram pictures

2013-05-23 19:30:23

Corrections officials are investigating whether an inmate at the Baltimore City Detention Center has been using a contraband cellphone to post photos and updates on Facebook and Instagram online accounts. The Maryland Department of Public Safety and...

Roger Ailes grabs moral high ground over Obama on phone, email seizures

2013-05-23 15:12:00

The Obama White House has been trying to de-legitimize Fox News almost from the day it took office. Remember the media blitz of 2009 launched by then White House Communications Director Anita Dunn? I stood with Fox on that one on principle and came away...

FBI document shows start of corrections corruption probe

2013-05-20 08:49:00

Federal and state law enforcement agencies have been working since 2011 to take on corruption in prisons — their efforts recently resulted in the indictment of more than two dozen in an alleged smuggling scheme — and a document the FBI...

The high personal and economic cost of our broken immigration system

2013-05-20 07:39:00

While the political winds seem to be propelling the first comprehensive immigration reform in more than a quarter-century, every day our broken immigration system takes a cruel and little-noticed toll on countless hardworking, law-abiding individuals...

As contraband phones flood Baltimore jail, blocking technology comes online

2013-05-19 20:18:00

Maryland corrections officials are taking advantage of new technology designed to block the use of contraband cellphones by inmates — a problem at the heart of recent indictments at the Baltimore City Detention Center. In a program being used at...

LGBT inmates report sexual victimization at much higher percentages

2013-05-20 10:05:00

Amid the unfolding jail scandal in Baltimore right now, there are two things relevant to the gay community that I want to bring up. I'm not sure if there are any connections between the two, or if one affects the other. But viewed together, they do...

Benjamin Lipsitz, 94, Pikesville attorney who defended Bremer

2013-05-19 13:09:00

Benjamin Lipsitz, whose commitment to the spirit and letter of the law led him to defend a would-be assassin, a Nazi sympathizer and a craven murderer during a career that spanned more than a half-century, died May 10. He was 94. "He was so...

Bill O'Reilly riding O'Malley hard over Baltimore jail scandal

2013-05-15 07:05:00

Fox News is not backing off on the Baltimore prison story scandal despite a bunch of big national stories that have conservatives salivating over the damage they see the Obama administration suffering. Take a look at this video (below) from Bill O'...

Vietnam-era anti-war act in Catonsville still resonates

2013-05-15 06:45:00

Mary Murphy looked up from the paperwork on her desk one day in May 1968. A man stood in the doorway of her office — a Catholic priest. He was staring at her. "Can I help you, sir?" said Mary Murphy. The man in the doorway didn't hesitate....

Maryland Jockey Club president says Preakness brand 'has changed dramatically'

2013-05-18 12:35:00

Maryland Jockey Club President Tom Chuckas said Saturday that the Preakness brand “has changed dramatically” in the last few years, citing an attendance bump in the infield celebration and increased security all around the racetrack. �...

Harford County Council condemns state gun law

2013-05-16 13:41:04

The Harford County Council passed a resolution Tuesday, by a 6-1 vote, criticizing the state's new gun safety bill. The resolution says the Firearms Safety Act, which bans the sale of 45 kinds of rifles and magazines and requires "law-abiding citizens"...

APG employee to serve six months for stealing from youth academy

2013-05-16 19:47:00

A Middle River woman was sentenced last week to six months in jail for defrauding the federal government through the Freestate ChalleNGe Academy at Aberdeen Proving Ground. Lynn Carol Williams, 56, sentenced May 6 by U.S. District Judge Richard D....

Played by Jeffrey Tambor The Bluth family patriarch, who was cleared by the FBI of all treason and embezzlement charges in Season 3, was last seen stowing away on G.O.B.'s yacht The C-Word as it headed to Cabo San Lucas with Michael and George Michael on board.

2013-05-23 17:29:00

As Christopher Lorek went on to become an FBI special agent, a circle of friends and family back home in Glen Ellyn cheered him on from afar. But pride was compounded with sadness this week as news of the 41-year-old's death in a training accident spread through the suburban community.

2013-05-23 00:00:00

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A letter addressed to US President Barack Obama has preliminarily tested positive for the deadly poison ricin, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said on April 17.

2013-05-22 23:50:17