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Political finger-pointing
Jesse Jackson is right. In response to the face-off in Arizona between President Barack Obama and Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer last week, Jackson said, "Even George Wallace did not put his finger in Dr. King's face." And it's true; he didn't. Similarly, not...Tags: Social Issues, Jan Brewer, Child Labor, Justice and Rights, Parties and Movements
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Federal judge orders Pittsylvania Co. Board of Supervisors to stop prayers at meetings
WDBJ7 Associate ProducerA federal judge has ordered the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors to stop opening its meetings with prayer, at least for the time being. A woman who regularly attended the meetings filed an anonymous lawsuit against the Board. The American...Tags: Trials, American Civil Liberties Union, Religion and Belief, Civil Rights, Judges
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Rawlings-Blake readies for battle over proposal to raise bottle tax
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's administration is gearing up for a tough fight over her plan to raise Baltimore's bottle tax to pay for repairs to dilapidated city schools.
A bill to increase the 2-cent tax to 5 cents – and devote all bottle-tax...Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Baltimore County, Beverage Industry, Finance, Finance
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Legendary Lawmen, Part 6: Frank Pape
Frank Pape leapt into the city's conscience with a gun in his hand — a gun he wasn't afraid to use during his storied career as a Chicago cop.
Before he retired in April 1972, he would be called the "city's toughest cop," "the cop all hoodlums...Tags: Murder, Laws, Labor Legislation, Justice and Rights, Labor Legislation
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O'Malley makes his case for 'investments' in Maryland
Gov. Martin O'Malley used his State of the State address Wednesday to make his case for his most ambitious legislative agenda since taking office.
Now comes the hard job of selling it.
In an upbeat, 33-minute speech to both chambers of the General...Tags: Family, Social Issues, Wicomico County, Gays and Lesbians, Martin O'Malley
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Anne Arundel Co. MLK dinner honors community leaders
As a small-business owner on Clay Street, the rough-and-tumble Annapolis community where he grew up, Michael McFarland was keenly aware of the need for mentors for the neighborhood's youth. In the early 1970s, when he owned a laundromat there, he began...Tags: Small Businesses, Anthony G. Brown, Gays and Lesbians, Labor Legislation, Justice and Rights
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Feds Balk At Supplying East Haven Cops With Witness List
The Hartford CourantAs a federal judge set a January 2013 trial date for four East Haven police officers charged with civil rights violations, the prosecutor Thursday expressed reservations about turning over witness lists to the defense because fellow officers are on it....Tags: Trials, East Haven, Lawyers, John Miller, Judges
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When Enforcing Undocumented Workers Law, One Police Department Dominates
The Hartford CourantDealing with immigration law is primarily a federal issue, but over the past 10 years local police departments have issued 14 tickets under an obscure state statute that prohibits businesses from employing someone who is in the country illegally. Half of...Tags: East Haven, Social Issues, Illegal Immigrants, Companies and Corporations, Police Arrests
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FBI: 4 Arrested Police Officers Were "Bullies With Badges"
![They were known as "Miller's boys," a small group of East Haven officers on the 4-to-midnight shift arrested Tuesday following a long federal investigation and charged with terrorizing Latinos who dared enter the town's borders.](http://www.courant.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-01/67590663-25034751.jpg "They were known as "Miller's boys,\" a small group of East Haven officers on the 4-to-midnight shift arrested Tuesday following a long federal investigation and charged with terrorizing Latinos who dared enter the town's borders.")
The Hartford CourantThey were known as "Miller's boys," a small group of East Haven officers on the 4-to-midnight shift arrested Tuesday following a long federal investigation and charged with terrorizing Latinos who dared enter the town's borders. Federal authorities...Tags: East Haven, Social Issues, Prisons, Prosecution, Police Arrests
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Helping businesses defend against cyber threats
Analysts with the National Security Agency see the threats coming at corporate America: viruses, worms and other malware targeting the computer networks that serve the nation's banks, utilities and businesses.
But the 64-year-old law that established the...Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, National Security Agency, Baltimore County, Marriott International Inc., Companies and Corporations
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Sedgwick County approves concealed weapons in some county buildings
![<span style="font-size: small;">Sedgwick County Commissioners passed a measure allowing people with concealed carry permits to bring their weapons into some county-owned buildings.</span>](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-08/64221150-31133738.jpg "<span style="font-size: small;\">Sedgwick County Commissioners passed a measure allowing people with concealed carry permits to bring their weapons into some county-owned buildings.</span>")
Sedgwick County Commissioners passed a measure allowing people with concealed carry permits to bring their weapons into some county-owned buildings.
Commissioner Richard Ranzau said the law was to help protect the rights of gun owners, "if you can't...Tags: Politics, Civil Rights, Weaponry, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Personal Weapon Control
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Councilman wants to make English Arundel's official language
County Councilman Jerry Walker plans to introduce a bill at Monday night's council meeting that would declare English the official language of Anne Arundel County. The Gambrills Republican said the bill is the first in a series he plans to press that...Tags: Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, U.S. Senate, John R Leopold, Labor Legislation
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