Hero Baltimore Cop Saves Dog, Gains New Best Friend

BALTIMORE (CBSDC) - A funny thing happened in Baltimore recently. Officer Dan Waskiewicz responded to a call for a vicious dog and wound up with a new best friend ( Read more... )

WASHINGTON - A sharply divided Supreme Court on Monday said police can routinely take DNA from people they arrest, equating a DNA cheek swab to other common jailhouse procedures like fingerprinting.

“Taking and analyzing a cheek swab of the arrestee DNA is, like fingerprinting and photographing, a legitimate police booking procedure that is ( Read more... )

Maryland legislature votes to end death penalty
By Mark Morgenstein, CNN
updated 7:16 PM EDT, Fri March 15, 2013

(CNN) -- By a margin of 82-56, the Maryland House of Delegates voted Friday to ban the death penalty in that state. The bill now goes to the desk of Gov. Martin O'Malley, who has pledged to sign it.

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For more than two decades, women came to see Johns Hopkins gynecologist Nikita Levy and trusted him with not only the most private parts of their bodies but also with their innermost secrets. Listening to problems with husbands and boyfriends, the joys and frustrations of motherhood, Levy was a caring confidant, said patients and co-workers ( Read more... )

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The Boy Scouts council in charge of overseeing scout programs in the Washington, DC-area is threatening to kick out a Maryland troop for posting a statement on its website declaring it won't discriminate against gay scouts. The troop has to decide by tomorrow whether to remove the statement ( Read more... )

Maryland first-grader suspended for pointing fingers at friends, saying 'pow'
By NBCWashington.com

A Maryland first-grader has been suspended for pointing his fingers like a gun at school.

The boy, a student at Roscoe Nix Elementary School in Silver Spring, was suspended for one day. The incident happened a week after the Sandy Hook Elementary ( Read more... )

On May 9, President Obama sat for an interview in the White House with the ABC News anchor Robin Roberts. Both of them knew what she'd been summoned there to discuss, and Roberts didn't waste any time. "So, Mr. President," she said, "are you still opposed to same-sex marriage ( Read more... )

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Parents say child with special needs assaulted

Parents of a Baltimore County high school student with special needs said they are upset after they said police abruptly ended the investigation of a possible assault of their child during school hours.The parents on Wednesday are also demanding more safeguards for students with ( Read more... )

Maryland's Marriage Equality Measure, Once a Notable Omission, Shows Up on 'Freedom to Marry' Agenda
Yesterday, news spread of a fundraiser hosted by former RNC Chair Ken Mehlman and a celebrity-studded committee at Mehlman's Chelsea, NYC apartment for national marriage equality organization Freedom to Marry. The invitation, which you can look at ( Read more... )