WASHINGTON — Police in the District of Columbia and elsewhere in the region say they’re stepping up security around movie theaters after a Colorado shooting that left 12 dead and injured more than 50 adults and children. Police in D.C. ...

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Report: Raze Mechanic because of subway jolts A private engineering study has found widespread corrosion in the parking garage beneath the Morris A. Mechanic Theatre due in part to stray electrical currents from subway trains, according to an Owings Mills ...

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Maryland police can temporarily resume collecting DNA samples from people arrested for violent crimes, U.S. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. ruled on Wednesday.

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NEW YORK — Federal agents and New York City police say 48 people who were part of a nationwide prescription drug ring have been charged in a Medicaid fraud case. Authorities say the arrests on Tuesday are the result of ...

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WASHINGTON — U.S. states face long-term budget burdens that are already limiting their ability to pay for basic services such as law enforcement, local schools and transportation, a report released Tuesday said. Aging populations and rising health care costs are ...

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So it turns out that, contrary to all appearances, Jay-Z is not the world’s foremost legal scholar after all. Caleb Mason, a law professor at Southwestern Law School recently published a 19 page legal analysis of Jay-Z’s 2004 hit “99 ...

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TOWSON — Baltimore County police are ready to activate more speed cameras near schools, but technical issues have gotten in the way. Starting Thursday, four more speed cameras were to be activated. They are at Loch Raven Academy on Goucher Boulevard; ...

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COLLEGE PARK — A man accused of leading police on a chase in a stolen cruiser near the University of Maryland campus in College Park remains hospitalized after being shot and wounded by officers. Prince George’s County police have identified ...

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OCEAN CITY — Ocean City’s Town Council is considering making public drinking an arrestable offense. The Town Council unanimously voted recently to make open container violations a misdemeanor instead of a municipal violation punishable by a $200 fine. Supporters say ...

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Fed up with the number of seemingly preventable police misconduct lawsuits crossing his desk, Baltimore City Solicitor George A. Nilson penned a program designed to use past experience to prevent similar incidents in the future. Nilson’s idea is to analyze ...

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