The former mayor of Cambridge pleaded guilty on Monday to five counts of distributing "revenge porn," the Office of the State Prosecutor announced.

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The mayor of Cambridge, Maryland, has been charged with 50 counts of distributing "revenge porn," the Office of the State Prosecutor announced.

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When Bethany Austin learned that her fiancé had been unfaithful in late May 2016, she ended the seven-year relationship and called off their upcoming wedding. He told the couple’s friends that Austin was “crazy.” To set the record straight, Austin ...

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Welcome to Monday, the 41st anniversary of Affirmed’s victory in the Preakness Stakes. Here are some news items to get your week started: — The “American Taliban” is scheduled to be released from prison this week. — A California man ...

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Since the advent of social media, there has been a meteoric rise in a relic from our past — public shaming. The ease with which a once-private individual can have his or her personal information splashed across computer screens throughout ...

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The Maryland House of Delegates has approved a measure making it a crime to post so-called revenge porn. Of several competing versions submitted this year, the House Judiciary Committee chose a bill by Del. Luiz Simmons, a Montgomery County Democrat.

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There's a recent, yet often quoted political saw that counsels politicians to never let a good crisis go to waste. As so it is with Del. Jon S. Cardin and situation involving the hacked accounts of more than 300,000 people who attended the University of Maryland.

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Annmarie Chiarini's long-distance boyfriend was goading her to pose nude. The pictures would be for his eyes only, Chiarini recalls him saying, because she was so beautiful and because he missed her so much. He promised, she said, they would be stored on a compact disc and hidden in his drawer.

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Two state delegates battling for the Democratic nomination for Maryland attorney general will duel in Annapolis next year over how best to deal with revenge porn.

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Spurned lovers in Maryland beware: Posting sexually explicit photos and videos of your ex – so-called revenge porn – could land you in jail if one state lawmaker has his way.

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