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Obama's intel team: Blair and Panetta
The Swampby Greg Miller President-elect Barack Obama formally introduced his choices to lead the U.S. intelligence community on Friday, nominating retired U.S. Navy Admiral Dennis C. Blair to serve as director of national intelligence, and former California...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Civil Rights, International Military Interventions, Terrorism, Justice and Rights
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Dundalk man sought in fatal shooting
Baltimore County police have issued an arrest warrant for a 26-year-old Dundalk man in the shooting death of a Middle River woman who was an innocent bystander as a drug deal turned violent. Police said today that they were searching for Warren Jerome...Tags: Dundalk, Drug Trafficking, Assault, Murder, Police Arrests
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Teens arrested in home-invasion shooting death
Two teenagers have been arrested in the shooting death of an 84-year-old man and the wounding of his 77-year-old wife at their rural Brown County home. Charges against 17-year-old Bennie Reed of rural Brown county include murder, attempted murder and...Tags: People, Assault, Court Administration, Justice System, Death and Dying
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FBI: New terror-investigation rules protect rights
Associated Press WriterNew guidelines designed to help the FBI investigate potential national security threats strike a balance between protecting the public and civil rights, the agency's top official in Michigan said Friday. Andrew Arena, special agent in charge of the...Tags: FBI, Civil Rights, Terrorism, Justice and Rights, National Security
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Southwest puts pilot on leave
AP Airlines WriterSouthwest Airlines Co. says it put a pilot on leave after he allegedly showed up at the airport with alcohol on his breath. A Southwest spokeswoman said Friday that the pilot was replaced before his flight departed Tuesday afternoon from Columbus, Ohio,...Tags: Ohio, Southwest Airlines Company, Transportation Accidents, Columbus, Law Enforcement
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Man's body found near Monkton
A man's body was found near Monkton this morning, and Baltimore County police said they are investigating it as a suspicious death. The body was found off the roadway at Pocock and Hutchins Mill roads near the Harford County line about 7:30 a.m.,...Tags: Police Investigations
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Accident on Beltway ramp in Catonsville kills two
By a Baltimore Sun reporterMaryland State Police are investigating a car crash at the Beltway and Route 40 west in Catonsville that killed two people and snarled traffic for several hours this afternoon. The accident occurred on a Beltway ramp about 2:30 p.m., Baltimore County...Tags: Catonsville, Road Accidents, Baltimore County, Police Investigations
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Elderly woman swindled in lottery scam
Sentinel Staff WriterAn elderly Orlando woman was robbed of $10,000 by a young couple posing as lottery winners. The victim, Eva Barbatis, 79, told Orlando police that while shopping at the Save Rite on Semoran Boulevard Thursday she was approached by a young Hispanic...Tags: Casino and Gambling, Tourism and Leisure, Casino and Gambling Industry, Vehicles, Gaming and Lotteries
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Police investigate after arresting 6th grader for pot
Sentinel Staff WriterPalm Bay officers today announced an investigation after arresting a 12-year-old for marijuana possession while he was walking home from Discovery Elementary School. Officers got a tip about the 6th-grader Thursday while conducting a routine visit at the...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Police Arrests, Police Investigations
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Barkley to take leave of absence from broadcasting
Charles Barkley is taking a leave of absence from the broadcast booth. The announcement by Turner Sports came Friday, hours after police said the 45-year-old former NBA star was legally drunk when he was arrested Dec. 31 on suspicion of drunken driving...Tags: Drunk Driving, Road Accidents, Police Arrests, National Basketball Association
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Arrest in shooting of Hempstead girl, 11
Special to NewsdayA man suspected of firing a handgun toward a group of children who had been standing near a Hempstead Village store snd wounding an 11-year-old girl in the ankle, has been arrested, Nassau police said Friday. Tylil Mctootle, 19, of 421 Holly Pl., West...Tags: Police Arrests, West Hempstead, Winthrop-University Hospital
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Salt Lake City police find nobody inside a shed after a 3-hour standoff
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City police were in a three-hour standoff outside a shed behind a Salt Lake City home before finding out there was nobody inside. The standoff started Thursday after police got a report from a woman living inside...
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