For many journalists, making the transition into a law career is an easy, if not common one. That is, unless you are disgraced former reporter Stephen Glass. Glass made waves in the media world in 1998 after it was discovered ...

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The University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law needs attorney judges as it will once again host the Eastern Regional Mock Trial tournament. Next weekend’s tournament is for undergraduate trial teams (meaning witnesses can score points) and has ...

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ROCKVILLE — Investigators say DNA connects the 1998 killing of a woman in Georgetown to a series of sexual assaults in Montgomery County from the same time. Now police in the District of Columbia plan to start a website to ...

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Brackets, shmackets — Give me a good half-court shot with five figures on the line any day. From Georgetown Law comes this video of student Aladdin Jaloudi sinking it during Home Court 24, the annual fundraiser that pits Georgetown law ...

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GEORGETOWN, Del. — A jury that convicted a Maryland man of murder in the shooting of a Georgetown police officer recommended Wednesday that he be sentenced to death. The Sussex County jury deliberated for about 2 1/2 hours before recommending ...

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SALISBURY — Perdue Farms Inc. says it plans to layoff about 100 employees at the end of next month. Perdue, based in Salisbury, has hired North Carolina-based subcontractor Unicon to employ chicken catchers at its processing plants in Georgetown, Del., ...

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GEORGETOWN, Del. — A jury on Tuesday convicted a Maryland man of murder in the fatal shooting of a Georgetown police officer, a crime that convulsed a small southern Delaware community. Derrick Powell, 23, of Cumberland, Md., was found guilty ...

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MedStar-Georgetown Medical Center Inc. has won again in its effort to keep revenue generated from its use of a high-tech device it purchased to treat cancer patients without surgery. The Court of Special Appeals has held that Georgetown need not ...

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