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  • 2 Md. Men Charged With Stealing Car Batteries

    ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Anne Arundel County Police have charged two men with stealing 17,000 pounds of batteries from vehicles and selling them at scrap ...

  • Charges Dropped Against Baltimore County Police Officer Charged With DUI

    WESTMINSTER, Md. (AP) — Carroll County prosecutors have dropped DUI charges against a Baltimore County police captain. Forty-four-year-old Matthew McElwee of Hanover, Pa., was cited March 16 when he was stopped at a sobriety checkpoint in Hampstead. He was accused of driving a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and driving while impaired by ...

  • Patton getting on a roll for Orioles

    Email DETROIT -- While the middle relievers are often overlooked, Orioles lefty Troy Patton has quietly put together a solid stretch reminiscent of his impressive 2012 campaign. Patton tossed a season-high 2 1/3 innings on Monday night in Detroit and has four consecutive scoreless appearances, and five of his last six. "I feel like once the walks have subsided then the results have been ...

  • Appeals court overturns officers sentence in Majestic case

    A federal appeals court overturned the sentence of a Baltimore police officer convicted of taking kickbacks from a tow truck company, ruling that a lower court was wrong in how it assigned a dollar value to the scheme. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Officer Kelvin Quade Manrich, 44, should be sentenced again. "Hopefully, it will result in a lower sentence," said Bruce ...

  • Police officers lawyers call Randallstown teens death accidental

    Randallstown home when he heard the rock hit his door. The officer ran out and chased the teenager he believed had thrown it, his lawyers said, touching off an altercation that led to Christopher Brown's "completely accidental" death.The account came Tuesday during Laboard's manslaughter trial, in which the defense laid out his side of the story for the first time. His ...


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Roman Holiday [DVD]

Roman Holiday [DVD]

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  • Firefighters battle blaze at Joppa hardware store

    Harford County and Baltimore County firefighters were called out Tuesday evening for a working building fire at a well known hardware store in Joppa.Emergency calls for the fire at the iconic Anderson Hardware building in the 900 block of Pulaski Highway began shortly before 6:30 p.m.First arriving units reported smoke through the roof of the two-story building, according to monitored emergency ...

  • One Republican calls it quits another jumps in

    Republican Party picked up steam Tuesday as a veteran GOP senator called an end to her legislative career and a conservative favorite launched an audacious challenge to an incumbent Democratic congressman.State ...

  • Report Md. third-highest for guns lost and stolen from dealers

    Nearly 1,000 guns were reported lost or stolen from federally licensed gun dealers in Maryland last year, the third-highest number of any state in the country, according to a federal report released this week.Gun dealers in the state reported 886 lost guns and 98 stolen guns in 2012, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Pennsylvania had the most guns reported ...

  • Ex-Terps center Alex Len could go No. 1 to Cleveland Cavaliers in NBA draft

    There was some thought that Alex Len's stock could have gone up even higher had the former Maryland center been able to attend private on-court workouts for a number of NBA teams picking at or near the top of next week's NBA draft. It now appears that the 7-foot-1 Len could become the No. 1 pick by the Cleveland Cavaliers despite being sidelined since early April after undergoing ...

  • No new trial for man convicted in killing of Balto. Co. officer

    Wesley Moore, one of four men convicted in the 2000 death of Baltimore County police Sgt. Bruce A. Prothero, was denied new trial Tuesday. Moore, who is now 37, appeared in Baltimore County Circuit Court in a post-conviction relief hearing, asking for a new trial. Moore was 25 when he was convicted of felony murder in 2001 in Prothero's death, along with three other men. Prothero was shot ...

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