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    Charges dropped against officer charged

    Carroll County prosecutors have dropped DUI charges against a Baltimore County police captain.

    • Annapolis Police

      Men charged with stealing car batt

      Anne Arundel County Police have charged two men with stealing 17,000 pounds of batteries from vehicles and selling them at scrap yards.

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        Exposure at Royal Farms in Howard Co.

        Howard County Police have arrested a Delaware man for an indecent exposure and second-degree assault at at Royal Farms store.

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        Special Reports


        1. Digging into day care discipline

          Digging into day care discipline

          Woman whose child care license was revoked sheds light on state's discipline process.

        2. Local shops sell years old tires as new

          Local shops sell years old tires as new

          Flip open the dictionary to the word new and you'll see Webster says it means, “Having existed or having been made but a short time."

        3. Dangers of online dating battled w/ apps

          Dangers of online dating battled w/ apps

          At first it seemed to be just a house fire in the 5700 block of Highgate Drive in Northwest Baltimore.

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        State News


        1. Subsidy cuts would jeopardize service

          Subsidy cuts would jeopardize service

          Amtrak's president says long-distance trains and some short-haul routes would be jeopardized and service in the busy Northeast corridor might have to be slowed if federal subsidy cuts proposed by a House subcommittee are realized.

          • USNA moves ahead on sexual assault case

            USNA moves ahead on sexual assault case

            The U.S. Naval Academy's superintendent has decided to move ahead with a case in which a female midshipman accuses football players of sexually assaulting her after she was passed out from a night of drinking, the school announced Monday.

            • Trangender candidate for NYC council

              Trangender candidate for NYC council

               Mel Wymore is a typical city council candidate in many ways. He's campaigning in New York as a community board appointee, ex-PTA chair and founder of local organizations. 

              • Mont. Co. to hold hearings on bag tax

                Mont. Co. to hold hearings on bag tax

                The Montgomery County Council is scheduled to hold a hearing on proposed changes to the county's 5-cent tax on carryout bags.

                • Police install new truck tracking system

                  Police install new truck tracking system

                  The state police install a new system that will allow some trucks to bypass weigh stations.

                • Court expands George Huguely's appeal

                  Court expands George Huguely's appeal

                  Virginia's Court of Appeals has once again expanded the issues that can brought up at appeal by a former University of Virginia lacrosse player convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend.

                  National News


                  1. Heimlich rescues choking Tx. congressman

                    Heimlich rescues choking Tx. congressman

                    A Texas congressman who was choking on a piece of popcorn is thanking a fellow Republican from Arizona and a House staffer who is also a doctor for stepping in to help.

                    • Search for Hoffa mystery endures

                      Search for Hoffa mystery endures

                      Jimmy Hoffa's disappearance almost 40 years ago has been the stuff of urban legend, prompting numerous theories about what happened to the former Teamsters leader.

                      • NSA: Plot against Wall Street foiled

                        NSA: Plot against Wall Street foiled

                        The director of the National Security Agency said Tuesday the government's sweeping surveillance programs have foiled some 50 terrorist plots worldwide, including one directed at the New York Stock Exchange, in a forceful defense of spy operations that was echoed by the leaders of the House Intelligence Committee.

                        • Tights designed to keep attackers away

                          Tights designed to keep attackers away

                          Designers of a strange garment say they're aiming to keep women safe from would-be attackers. What do you think?

                          • Fox gets head stuck in glass jar

                            Fox gets head stuck in glass jar

                            A wild animal's natural instinct is to steer clear of humans, but when a fox cub somehow got its head hopelessly stuck inside a glass jar, there seemed to be no other option than to seek a helping pair of human hands.

                          • Chrysler expected to refuse recall

                            Chrysler expected to refuse recall

                            Chrysler on Tuesday is expected to file papers explaining its refusal to recall 2.7 million older Jeep SUVs that are at risk of catching fire in rear-end collisions.