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2 weeks 2 days ago
Jurors are expected to resume deliberations in the death penalty trial of one of two prisoners accused in the stabbing death of a correctional officer.
Deliberations are scheduled to resume Monday in Anne Arundel County in the trial of 32-year-old Lee Edwart Stephens, who is accused in the 2006 death of Cpl. David McGuinn at the House of Correction in Jessup.
2 weeks 2 days ago
Clint Eastwood's patriotic pep talk about "halftime in America" might just as well have applied to NBC.
2 weeks 2 days ago
A former District of Columbia mayoral candidate is set for trial on a charge of driving without a valid license.
Sulaimon Brown's trial on the traffic charge is scheduled for Monday morning in D.C. Superior Court.
2 weeks 3 days ago
State authorities can expect tough questions about whether more might have been done to protect a missing Utah woman's two children, who died along with their father after authorities say he ignited his home in an inferno Sunday.
2 weeks 3 days ago
Authorities say a helicopter encountered mechanical problems before making an emergency landing at an elementary school playground in a Modesto, Calif., neighborhood.
Neighborhood resident Susanna Ballard tells The Modesto Bee (http://bit.ly/yDQbpa ) the helicopter was shaking badly as it flew over Sunday morning, and that she thought it was going to crash.
2 weeks 3 days ago
A Baltimore lawmaker has proposed a bill seeking to protect the academic freedom of professors. However, the bill by Del. Sandy Rosenberg is now prompting freedom of information concerns.
2 weeks 3 days ago
Forget the battle between the Giants and the Pats. The real Super Bowl showdown is between advertisers.
2 weeks 3 days ago
The First Fan has only one complaint about Sunday's Super Bowl: his favorite team isn't in it.
2 weeks 3 days ago
What do you do after recovering from a serious illness? If you're Nick Cannon, you celebrate by attending the Super Bowl.
The entertainer was hospitalized last month after suffering from a form of mild kidney failure, but he says he is now fully healed.
2 weeks 3 days ago
Rick Santorum has lost four straight contests.
Not that you would know it by watching him on the campaign trail, where the perpetually optimistic candidate has been drawing standing-room-only crowds and promising his political fortunes will improve if he can make it to just one more state.
