Police responding to an anonymous 911 call regarding potentially illegal activity are best advised to keep a recording of that call, lest a subsequent stop, arrest and conviction be overturned on appeal. And if a recording does not exist, the ...

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ROCKVILLE — The 911 system in Montgomery County is functional again after it failed for unclear reasons. County fire department spokesman Pete Piringer tells local media that the 911 system failed late Sunday night, but was restored by about 1:40 ...

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Annapolis-based TeleCommunication Systems Inc. on Tuesday announced that the state of Tennessee had awarded the company an extension through January 2021 on a $20 million contract to provide next generation 9-1-1  management and integration services. Telecommunication Systems says that through its ...

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RAPID CITY, S.D. — A South Dakota board is withholding $259,000 from a Maryland vendor after problems with a new 911 system. The Rapid City Journal reports South Dakota’s 911 Coordination Board is withholding payment of a monthly invoice to ...

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Parents sue baseball league over son's demotion leads news summary that includes $8 million settlement with wrongly convicted man, Saudi Arabia denying 9/11 claim and "Erin Brockovich" continuing.

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Tens of thousands of hotels don't allow guests to directly reach emergency services when they dial 911, according to a national survey taken after a 9-year-old girl couldn't call for help while her mother was being stabbed to death in a Texas motel.

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Del. Patrick McDonough, R-Baltimore, said the law is the prime example of how "the General Assembly is so infected with the illegal alien advocates that the people of Maryland are just shut out and have no voice whatsoever."

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NEW YORK — Financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald, which saw 658 of its 1,000 employees killed in the Sept. 11 attacks, has nearly completed a settlement with American Airlines and insurance carriers, according to documents filed in federal court. A ...

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Gov. Martin O’Malley is encouraging people to volunteer on a national day of service to mark the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. O’Malley attended an event Wednesday that called attention to the Baltimore Community ToolBank, which loans tools and ...

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NEW YORK — A retired New York firefighter who was critically injured on 9/11 says it’s been “a long ordeal” leading up to this week’s pretrial hearings for five men charged in the terrorist attacks. Robert Reeg spoke Monday at ...

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