Man beaten outside Md. church on Christmas Eve

Police say an elderly man is in critical condition after being robbed and beaten outside of a College Park church just before midnight Mass on Christmas Eve. More  Read More →

Md. Court of Appeals rules against big church sign

Maryland’s highest court has ruled against a Lutherville church’s effort to erect a huge electronic sign along the Baltimore beltway. More  Read More →

United we stand, divided we melt

We’ve seen a lot of division within Maryland and our country during this first decade of the 21st century. The less unified we seem, the more pessimistic we become. We’ve had plenty of that lately. Here we are, in the midst of winter holidays, several weeks before the inauguration of a new president,... More

Credit card debt after death?

Q. My wife died recently. She had some credit cards in her name that were only in her name and that only she used. Am I responsible for paying them off? A. Generally, if you are not a joint account holder, you are not responsible to pay off the debt. But More  Read More →

Best reason to withdraw as counsel

Most lawyers have had cause to withdraw from a case: an unruly client, a client who hasn’t paid his bill in months, or maybe even a late-breaking conflict of interest. More  Read More →

Cambridge man charged with abusing infant daughter

A Cambridge man is facing child abuse and assault charges for allegedly shaking his 4-month-old daughter. Cambridge police arrested 24-year-old Taurean Mills on Friday, following an investigation into the child’s injuries. Charging documents say the baby’s mother, 21-year-old Megan Mills, took her to Memorial Hospital in Easton on Dec. 4 because she was having seizures and was vomiting. The baby was found to have a head injury and a broken arm and was flown to Johns Hopkins Hospital in... More

Bankruptcy enables mother to start a new chapter in life

Rachel doesn’t want her last name published because she’s embarrassed that she filed for bankruptcy. “My family taught me all about credit,” she said. She and her then-husband earned enough income to comfortably pay the mortgage on their Howard County home. But when he began missing time at his sales job because... More

Iraqi pleads guilty to spying for Saddam Hussein

BALTIMORE (AP) — An Iraqi national living in Maryland has pleaded guilty to acting as a spy for Saddam Hussein’s government. U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein says documents found in Iraq by U.S. troops helped make the case against 67-year-old Saubhe Jassim Al-Dellemy. According to his plea, Al-Dellemy shredded documents at the Iraqi Embassy in Washington that identified Iraqi intelligence agents working in the United States. He also lied to the FBI during an interview in October about his work... More

US state begins prosecuting cyberbullys

A 21-year-old woman accused of sending a vulgar text message to a 17-year-old girl is one of the first cases brought under a law against cyberbullying spurred by the suicide of a teenage girl following cruel messages on the Internet. More  Read More →

Florida - No. 3 in prison population - turns to tents

Some prison inmates in Florida — which locked up more new ones last year than any other state, according to a federal report released Thursday — soon will be living in tents. Justice Department statistics show the overall Florida prison population increased by 5,250 inmates in 2007, the most... More

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