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MIDDLETOWN, Md. - Five people have been found dead in a home in northwest Maryland, police said. The 5 dead in Maryland home are couple and their 3 kids; father shot himself
A family member found the bodies about 9 a.m. Saturday inside the home, NBC News reported.
The Frederick County sheriff's office said the victims were believed to be family members.
No further details were made available.
Investigators were at the home, and authorities planned a news conference later Saturday afternoon.
Animal control removed a live dog from the house around 11 a.m., according Jackie Waite, a reporter with NBC affiliate NBC25, who was on the scene.MIDDLETOWN, Md. - Five people have been found dead in a home in northwest Maryland,... more
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A rainy morning outside the nation's capital couldn't dampen the spirits of the crew of the Maersk Alabama, who returned to the U.S. a week after their ordeal off the coast of Somalia.A rainy morning outside the nation's capital couldn't dampen the spirits of... more
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"University of Maryland officials on Thursday bowed to pressure from state politicians and canceled a scheduled screening of the $10-million porno film, Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge. State lawmakers had threatened to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars in state funding unless the screening was halted. The movie is being screened without charge on a number of university campuses across the country in the hope that it will stimulate word-of-mouth publicity. The university's decision to cancel the film, it was widely noted, may also have had that effect, since it touched off national debate.""University of Maryland officials on Thursday bowed to pressure from state... more
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A Maryland law that sought to block strip clubs in Prince George's County from selling alcohol carved out an unconstitutional exception for a club that was owned by a former state senator, a federal judge held this week.A Maryland law that sought to block strip clubs in Prince George's County from... more
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The Maryland House of Delegates voted 87 to 52 today to approve some of the nation's tightest restrictions on death penalty cases, sending a bill to Gov. Martin O'Malley (D), who has indicated he will sign it.
The measure will limit capital cases to those with biological or DNA evidence, a videotaped confession or a videotape linking the defendant to a homicide. Those are among the steepest hurdles faced by prosecutors in the 35 states that have a death penalty.The Maryland House of Delegates voted 87 to 52 today to approve some of the... more
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Steven Wesley Spoonire, a 16-year veteran with the Maryland State Police, pleaded guilty today to possessing marijuana.Steven Wesley Spoonire, a 16-year veteran with the Maryland State Police, pleaded... more
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A Maryland man working at a McDonald's was working two jobs at one - while serving burgers and frieds through the drive-through, Donald Brice also sold pot. He was busted when he sold to undercover detectives.A Maryland man working at a McDonald's was working two jobs at one - while... more
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The majority of these towns are suburbs with large universities or research centers nearby, and have high concentrations of residents with advanced degrees. Massachusetts and California each have four towns on the list, and Maryland has three.
1. Bethesda, Maryland
2. Wellesly, Massachusetts
3. Palo Alto, California
4. McLean, Virginia
5. Los Altos, California
6. West Lafayette, Indiana.
7. Potomac, Maryland
8. Lexington, Massachusetts
9. Mountain Brook, Alabama
10. University Park, Texas
11. Brookline, Massachusetts
12. Chapel Hill, North Carolina
13. Wilmette, Illinois
14. Blacksburg, Virginia
15. State College, Pennsylvania
16. Saratoga, California
17. Needham, Massachusetts
18. Cupertino, California
19. North Potomac, Maryland
20. Mercer Island, WashingtonThe majority of these towns are suburbs with large universities or research centers... more
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CLINTON, Md. - A second arrest has been made in a trio of suspects who followed home a female manager of a Silver Spring bank, held her family hostage in their Clinton home, and attempted to force the woman to rob the bank.
Yosef Tadele, 23, was arrested at the State Police Park Barracks shortly before 5 a.m. Sunday. He is believed to be the driver in the plot, which also involved 24 year-old Yohannes Surafel, who was arrested Saturday. The third suspect is unknown.
The incident began around 7:30 p.m. Friday, when the bank manager pulled into her driveway after work and was held up by the suspects. They then ordered her into the house, tied up her and her husband, James Spruill, with an electrical cord and remained with them for 12 hours.
One suspect remained at the family's home in Clinton Saturday morning while Surafel forced the family, including two children, into a car. The suspect then told Spruill to drive to the SunTrust Bank in Silver Spring while holind a gun to the ribs of Spruill's 11-year-old son in the back seat.
Around 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Maryland State Police Trooper Barrington Cameron stopped the car on the Capital Beltway for erratic driving, at which point Spruill took action against Surafel.
"I hopped from the front to the back and I held him down and said, 'He got a gun, he got a gun, he got a gun!'" Spruill says.
The officer then drew his gun, arrested Surafel and rescued the family from the car.
Prince George's County Police immediately established a barricade at the family's home on Briarcliff Drive. Police say the third suspect had already escaped from the home, picked up by Tadele soon after Surafel left with the family at gunpoint.
The third suspect is being described as a black male in his 20s, approximately 5-foot-7, 160 pounds. He was last seen wearing dark pants and a black hooded sweatshirt.
Surafel was admitted to Prince George's Hospital Saturday night after attempting to hang himself in his prison cell. He has since been released and is being held by Prince George's County Police.
Surafel is being charged with four counts of first degree assault, four counts of second degree assault, two counts of kidnapping, two counts of kidnapping a child under 15, four counts of false imprisonment, four counts of reckless endangerment, conspiracy to commit armed robbery, and use of a handgun in the commission of a felony.
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The 2 assailants names are Ethiopian or/and Eritrean by origion
3rd assailant also arrestedCLINTON, Md. - A second arrest has been made in a trio of suspects who followed home a... more
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- In Sudan's Darfur region, where violence and genocide are rampant, women risk their lives every day performing tasks as seemingly mundane as seeking out firewood.
But, from his suburban home, one Maryland teen has dedicated himself to making life a little safer for those women.
The United Nations estimates that 300,000 people have been slaughtered in the ongoing violence in the north African country. Countless others have been forced out of their homes and are living in refugee camps.
People living in the camps are relatively safe, but there is danger for the women and young girls who leave the compounds in search of firewood to cook meals. Firewood in the desert is scarce, and the women often have to walk up to seven hours to gather enough wood to bring back to their camps. Some women have been targeted, sexually assaulted and killed.
Spencer Brodsky, 17, learned about the violence and decided to raise money to purchase fuel-efficient stoves to send to Darfur. The stoves burn 75 percent less firewood.
Brodsky reasons that if he can do something to keep Sudanese women in the camps, this would decrease the likelihood of violence.
"We need to be able to benefit them in any way that we can so they don't have to be out as many times of their compound," he saidWASHINGTON (CNN) -- In Sudan's Darfur region, where violence and genocide are... more
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Thanks to dedicated people like Bob and Katherine Rude, many homeless animals in Maryland will have a warm home this winter.Thanks to dedicated people like Bob and Katherine Rude, many homeless animals in... more
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Max Obuszewski talks about being one of the targets of spying by the Maryland State Police. Obuszewski is one of 53 activists wrongly added to a database of suspected terrorists.
An undercover Maryland State Police trooper infiltrated nonviolent groups and labeled dozens of people as terrorists.
By Bob Drogin
December 7, 2008
Reporting from Takoma Park, Md. -- To friends in the protest movement, Lucy was an eager 20-something who attended their events and sent encouraging e-mails to support their causes.
Only one thing seemed strange.
"At one demonstration, I remember her showing up with a laptop computer and typing away," said Mike Stark, who helped lead the anti-death-penalty march in Baltimore that day. "We all thought that was odd."
Not really. The woman was an undercover Maryland State Police trooper who between 2005 and 2007 infiltrated more than two dozen rallies and meetings of nonviolent groups.
Maryland officials now concede that, based on information gathered by "Lucy" and others, state police wrongly listed at least 53 Americans as terrorists in a criminal intelligence database -- and shared some information about them with half a dozen state and federal agencies, including the National Security Agency.
Among those labeled as terrorists: two Catholic nuns, a former Democratic congressional candidate, a lifelong pacifist and a registered lobbyist. One suspect's file warned that she was "involved in puppet making and allows anarchists to utilize her property for meetings."
"There wasn't a scintilla of illegal activity" going on, said David Rocah, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union, which filed a lawsuit and in July obtained the first surveillance files. State police have released other heavily redacted documents.
Investigators, the files show, targeted groups that advocated against abortion, global warming, nuclear arms, military recruiting in high schools and biodefense research, among other issues.
"It was unconscionable conduct," said Democratic state Sen. Brian Frosh, who is backing legislation to ban similar spying in Maryland unless the police superintendent can document a "reasonable, articulable suspicion" of criminal activity.
Read entire article here : http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-cop-spy7-2008dec07,0,4658962,full.storyMax Obuszewski talks about being one of the targets of spying by the Maryland State... more
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In an unlikely location in Inner City Baltimore young men are keeping the ancient sport of pigeon racing alive. In this pod we will meet some of the people who are keeping the sport alive, see why they do it, and how they do it.In an unlikely location in Inner City Baltimore young men are keeping the ancient... more
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Public Citizen and a coalition of environmental organizations have filed a legal challenge to the proposed Calvert Cliffs-3 atomic reactor. The proposed nuclear project runs afoul of numerous laws and regulations, and remains a bad deal for the people of Maryland and its neighbors.Public Citizen and a coalition of environmental organizations have filed a legal... more
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iStockPhoto.com contributors sometimes organize regional stock photography events in their neck of the woods. 3 years ago, I hosted 4 other iStock shooters to join me for a 2 day sailing/photography trip in the Annapolis, Maryland area. Chessie'lypse was born.
2 years ago, I co-organized the second Chessielypse, a joint event between iStockPhoto.com and Washington College. This was a three day event, in Balitmore, Annapolis, and Chestertown, MD.
This second event was a much bigger undertaking, and I took the year off last year, hoping someone else would step in to organize the next event, which didn't happen.
Back to it's roots, this year's Chessie'lypse was back on the water, aboard my and another iStock shooter's boats. We made a 3 day trip of it, traveling to Baltimore and Annapolis by boat, visiting the cities on foot, and having a great time doing it!iStockPhoto.com contributors sometimes organize regional stock photography events in... more
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The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) confirmed that a 2-year old filly stabled in Barn 1 at Laurel Park has tested presumptive positive for equine herpesvirus type-1 (EHV-1).The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) confirmed that a 2-year old filly stabled... more
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Do the demographics of a city have to change for us to save some of our abandoned neighborhoods? Or can the problems be solved from within the community?
Here is an example with the west side of Baltimore.
Enjoy…
Do the demographics of a city have to change for us to save some of our abandoned... more
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Photographs of Marine One landing at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD on Monday, November 10, 2008.Photographs of Marine One landing at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD... more
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This Current Gallery profiles the work of Silver Spring, Maryland Artist: Alan Defibaugh
http://alandefibaugh.comThis Current Gallery profiles the work of Silver Spring, Maryland Artist: Alan... more
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