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Trial Delayed In Case Of Laurel Woman Murdered Dismembered In Ga.

MACON, Ga. (AP) — A trial date for the suspect in the slaying of Mercer University law school graduate Lauren Giddings has been delayed until January. The Telegraph newspaper reports that Stephen McDaniel was previously scheduled to go on trial in September, but now faces a Jan. 6 trial ...
Ed Norris Returns To Baltimore Airwaves

Ed Norris returned to 105-7 THE FAN this morning, seven weeks since his April 24 motorcycle accident. The Commissioner has been recuperating at his home after receiving excellent medical care and guidance. He still has a lot of recovery ahead of him. The entire staff at CBS Baltimore was excited to have him ‘back in the ...
Md. ranks 3rd for guns lost stolen from dealers

BALTIMORE (AP) -- A new report finds that Maryland is among the top five states with the greatest number of guns federally licensed gun dealers reported lost or stolen last ...
Bear Sighting In Gaithersburg Neighborhood

GAITHERSBURG, Md. (WUSA9) -- A Gaithersburg police spokesperson says numerous people spotted a bear in the area of Quince Orchard Road and Darnestown Road on Wednesday morning. The spokesperson says officers from both Gaithersburg and Montgomery County Police responded in an attempt to locate the bear but have been unsuccessful. Police have decided after talking to animal control services and ...
After last Sunday Mirage Nightclub closed its doors for good

Mirage Nightclub (401 W. Baltimore St.) has closed, according to building owner Anthony Ilkhon. The club's last night of operation was last Sunday. Ilkhon says Mirage, which was previously called Mansion, ended simply because the nightclub had run its course. "The club was open for two years and it was time for a change," Ilkhon said. "We're changing it 100 ...

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Men in Black II

The enormous success of 1997's Men in Black was due largely to its consistent ability to surprise us at every turn. An inventive comedy-thriller that made hash of paranoid conspiracy theories and science fiction tropes, it was a geek-dream summer movie, one you could laugh at and be thrilled by at the same time. There was always something either funny or bizarre (or both) around every corn ... ...

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Traffic Crash in Anne Arundel Co. on MD 3 South

The state Department of Transportation reported a single-vehicle crash in Anne Arundel County on MD 3 South prior to Davidsonville Road at 9:03 a.m. No additional information was given.The Maryland Transportation reported minor delays on the light rail at 9:10 ...
More incidents plague Edgewoods Grempler Way site of shooting last week

Grempler Way in Edgewood just had a rough week as far as police activity. Just a few days after a 15-year-old boy was shot there and another 15-year-old was charged with his attempted murder, the Harford County Sheriff's Office got calls for two other gun-related incidents near the street. Police say they have not connected the incidents in what appears to be another spike in violence in ...
New Md. task force holds meeting

A new Maryland task force that will review the best practices for handling offenses committed by juveniles is planned to hold its first meeting. UPDATE this meeting has been postponed said Bill Toohey, spokesperson for the Governor's Office of Crime Control and ...
Zoo raises money for Del. woman hit by lightning

On its fundraiser webpage, the zoo says the University of Delaware student was hospitalized and in a coma for several days after being struck by lightning while working at the zoo. The zoo says it is collecting funds to help Embleton as she recovers and to help cover books and tuition when she heads back for her second year at University of Delaware this ...
Charm City Cakes offers classes

Decorating class at Charm City CakesDuff Goldman, chef/owner of Charm City Cakes, talks with Louise Windsor, Millersville, as he teaches a cake decorating ...

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Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.

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Iran's president-elect was speaking after his historic election victory.

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Wheels of U.S. justice turning against Manning

The military trial of Bradley Manning is a judicial lynching. The government has effectively muzzled the defense team.

The Army private first class is not permitted to argue that he had a moral and legal obligation under international law to make public the war crimes he uncovered. The documents that detail the crimes, torture and killing that Manning revealed, because they are classified, have been barred from discussion in court, effectively removing the fundamental issue of war crimes from the trial. Manning is forbidden by the court to challenge the government's unverified assertion that he harmed national security. Lead defense attorney David E. Coombs said during pretrial proceedings that the judge's refusal to permit information on the lack of actual damage from the leaks would "eliminate a viable defense, and cut defense off at the knees." And this is what has happened.

Manning is also barred from presenting to the court his motives for giving the website WikiLeaks hundreds of thousands of classified diplomatic cables, war logs from Afghanistan and Iraq, and videos. The issues of his motives and potentially harming national security can be raised only at the time of sentencing, but by then it will be too late. ...