Riskive Inc., a Baltimore-based social risk management company, unveiled FriendGuard, which it describes as “a free app that leverages advanced math and science to protect individuals and families against social identity theft and malware attacking their social accounts.”

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Unless Congress acts by year’s end, IOLTA accounts will lose the unlimited FDIC insurance protection that has been available to them since the enactment of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law.

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Maryland voters have had to wait in long lines during the early voting process, but there have been no complaints of voter suppression here so far, according to representatives from local agencies.

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Even as potential claims facing the Client Protection Fund of the Bar of Maryland exceed $20 million, fiscal 2012 claims reached their lowest level in at least six years, both in number and amount.

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that two Secret Service agents are shielded from a lawsuit filed by a man they arrested after a confrontation with then-Vice President Dick Cheney. The 8-0 decision comes in a case that began ...

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WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder vowed Tuesday to fully enforce civil rights protections in next year’s elections amid a flurry of activity by states to redraw political boundaries and impose requirements that could reduce voting by minorities who enthusiastically ...

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LOS ANGELES — Facing the painful prospect of stiffing players and employees, the Los Angeles Dodgers filed for bankruptcy protection in a Delaware court Monday, adding to off-the-field troubles that have hobbled one of baseball’s most storied franchises and setting ...

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WASHINGTON— Since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the District of Columbia’s handgun ban more than 2 1/2 years ago, hundreds of residents in Washington’s safest and wealthiest areas have registered handguns — more than those in poor areas with ...

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