Some attorneys might have noticed that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg referred to "gender" and not "sex" bias in a recent opinion.

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A smuggling scandal involving gang members and correctional officers at the Baltimore City Detention Center followed Gov. Martin O'Malley to a feel-good event at the Port of Baltimore Wednesday, where the governor was asked about the scandal by a national television crew.

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GAITHERSBURG — Montgomery County prosecutors say a mother and a Gaithersburg man are facing charges for trading sex with the woman’s daughter to pay off a debt. Prosecutors say the mother is facing 11 charges and 44-year-old Bejarni Rivas is ...

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Gov. Martin O'Malley can't be looking forward to his return from a week-long trade mission to Israel.

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PHILADELPHIA — The first U.S. church official convicted of covering up sex-abuse claims against Roman Catholic priests was sentenced Tuesday to three to six years in prison by a judge who said he “enabled monsters in clerical garb … to ...

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WASHINGTON — Job discrimination complaints in the United States rose to an all-time high last year, led by an increase in bias charges based on religion and national origin. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received nearly 100,000 charges of discrimination ...

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NEW YORK — Facebook said Wednesday that it has stopped most of the spam that has flooded many users’ pages with pictures showing graphic sex and violence. The social-networking company urged its 800 million-plus users to remain vigilant to keep ...

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ANNAPOLIS — State Sen. Richard F. Colburn wants to make sure police officers in Maryland know what they’re dealing with when they stop a sex offender on the road, especially if that sex offender has a child in the car. ...

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