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Baltimore County will build a dog park at Honeygo Regional Park in Perry Hall, it was announced by County Executive Kevin Kamenetz.

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The family of a woman who lapsed into a coma and died shortly after being released from detention plans to file a civil rights lawsuit against corrections officials, the family’s attorney said Monday.

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French bulldog Sylvia was on a mission Friday. She trotted on her short legs around the lobby of the University of Baltimore School of Law, stopping only to push her flat, wrinkly nose against a student’s face.

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Sylvia, a French bulldog, and owner Mellisa Thompson are all smiles at University of Baltimore School of Law on Friday. The dogs were brought to UB as a stress reliever for students during finals. (Maximilian Franz/The Daily Record)

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A Maryland delegate providing relief to landlords from strict liability remains the unfinished business of the 2013 General Assembly session.

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Does your dog think there is nothing good on TV? That could soon change.

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With most big ticket items passed days and weeks ago, the General Assembly session strolled to a close Monday night with a controversial "lockbox" bill and persistently pesky dog-bite bill dominating rhetoric in the State House in the final hours.

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The General Assembly failed to pass a breed-neutral law on liability for dog attacks, leaving in place the Court of Appeals’ April 2012 ruling that imposed strict liability on pit bull owners and the owners’ landlords.

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