Unless utilities fundamentally change how they distribute energy, they won’t be able to restore power to all customers within 24 hours after a hurricane-like storm, officials told Maryland regulators on Thursday. Douglas R.M. Nazarian, chairman of Maryland’s Public Service Commission, ...

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Former University of Virginia lacrosse player George Huguely V lost his bid for a new trial in the slaying of his ex-girlfriend Wednesday, with the judge in the case saying there was ample evidence to support his ...

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RICHMOND, Va. — One of the four sailors who allege police intimidated them into falsely confessing to a 1997 rape and slaying cannot get a federal court hearing on his innocence claim because he has served his prison sentence and ...

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A federal bankruptcy judge in Delaware will hold a hearing next month to address appeals challenging his approval of the Tribune Co.’s reorganization plan. Judge Kevin Carey told attorneys on Wednesday that he will hold the hearing on Aug. 17. ...

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Without an ironclad deal in place among members of the General Assembly, Gov. Martin O’Malley appears poised to call a potentially risky special session in which the legislature could vote to expand casino gambling to Prince George’s County and legalize table games.

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Stacey Wilson Betts of Wilsonville, Ore., took her daughter to see a Justin Bieber concert two years ago. Now she wants $9.2 million as compensation. Betts filed a lawsuit against the tween pop idol for allegedly ruining her hearing. According ...

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A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge noticed someone was missing from his courtroom Wednesday when attorneys for a teenager picked up and allegedly abandoned by police officers argued that the city had reneged on its agreement to pay the boy’s ...

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The U.S. State Department took extraordinary steps to limit harm to foreign relations and individuals after an Army private allegedly sent more than 250,000 classified diplomatic cables to the secret-sharing website WikiLeaks, two agency officials testified at a court-martial hearing ...

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A convicted rapist will be able to pursue post-conviction relief more than 25 years after his conviction unless prosecutors can show, by a preponderance of the evidence, that his delay was unreasonable and that the time lag has prejudiced the ...

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SANFORD, Fla. — The attorney for George Zimmerman said he didn’t know his client had raised $200,000 before a bond hearing last week. Mark O’Mara told the judge Friday that Zimmerman’s family hadn’t informed him about the money before his ...

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