December 1, 2010 Comments Off on Parish held liable for abuse by priest
DOVER, Del. — A jury has found a Roman Catholic parish in Wilmington liable for a former priest’s sexual abuse of a young boy in the 1960s and has awarded damages of $3 million against the parish and $30 million ...
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Read More »December 1, 2010 Comments Off on New Maryland law will change traffic ticket process
ANNAPOLIS — People who get traffic tickets in Maryland will have three options under a new law taking effect in January. Now, drivers automatically have trial dates scheduled, but that won’t happen under the new law. They will be able ...
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Read More »November 23, 2010 Comments Off on Judge weighs Cangene closure against need for cancer treatment
A federal judge could decide as early as Wednesday whether a Baltimore drug manufacturer must cancel a long-planned winter shutdown to make hundreds of thousands of doses of a colorectal cancer treatment. But if the judge’s candid comments at the ...
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Read More »November 18, 2010 Comments Off on Power brokers: Multi-level marketing meets electricity sales
The pitch seems almost too good to be true: make unlimited income, work flexible hours and earn rewards for selling something everyone uses to your friends, family and acquaintances. That something in this case is electricity, not knives, makeup or ...
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Read More »November 10, 2010 Comments Off on Woman fired over Facebook rant; suit follows
WASHINGTON — A Connecticut woman who was fired after she posted disparaging remarks about her boss on Facebook has prompted a first-of-its-kind legal case by federal authorities who say her comments are protected speech under labor laws. The National Labor ...
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Read More »October 25, 2010 Comments Off on Foreclosure mediation requests are slow in Md.
Demand for foreclosure mediation in Maryland has been light in the almost four months since it went into effect as part of a new law. As of Oct. 8, 156 property owners had asked for and been scheduled to receive ...
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Read More »October 4, 2010 Comments Off on Kagan asks questions at first high court argument
WASHINGTON — This time Elena Kagan got to ask the questions. With her confirmation hearings for the Supreme Court now a part of history, the court’s newest justice — and third woman — took a direct role for the first ...
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