Stories from May 16th through June 15, 2004

New Security Ordered for Rail Passengers
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From the files of the FBI:
The Case of the Treasonous Doll
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Agricultural Officials Worried about Imports of Giant African Land Snail
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Maryland's DNR Police Started as Oyster Police
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High School or College Students Working Summer Jobs?

Maryland Comptroller William Donald Schaefer has tips for you to make your paycheck bigger!
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Coast Guardsman Killed in Iraq Buried at Arlington
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Rumsfeld Says War on Terror Won't Be Short
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Malpractice Insurance Rates Drives Midwife Out of Picture
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New Bulgarian Nato Partners Visit Pax River
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Don't Let Fido Over Do It on Cicados!
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Rice Burner Stolen from Ryce

Governor Signs Key Legislation on Chesapeake Bay
Flush tax marks first step at city folks  paying for upgrading sewage plants which dump into Bay

DC Police Officer Collasped While Assisting Resident with Dog

Ocean Fishing Report

Search Underway for Amish Fishermen in Canoes

Maryland to Deploy Ships to Guard Bridges
Maryland will be implementing a plan to deploy a fleet of 36' foot patrol vessels intended to guard the state's major bridges, which until now, have been left unguarded.   A patrol craft will be based at Cobb Island and is set to patrol around the Rt. 301 Bridge.  The vessel was offered to the Charles County Sheriff's Dept.
Former Vice President Al Gore Speculates That Prisoners In US Jails Are Tortured & Abused Like Took Place in Iraq
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Charles Officials Seek Help with Seized Critters

PRINCE FREDERICK --- Insurance Agent Given 3 Year Suspended Sentence for Stealing from Client's Husband's Death Benefit
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WALDORF --- Robbers Tried to Steal ATM from Burchmart
see Charles County Police Beat

New Maryland Veterans Sec. George Owings to Join Gov. Bob Ehrlich on Trip to Normandy for D-Day
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Officials Want Schools to Open Books on African Snails
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Navy Giving Up Point Lookout Lighthouse to State
In an exchange of properties, the Navy will hand over the historic Point Lookout Lighthouse and several other buildings which the Navy has been using for various radar and weaponry systems testing in return for land owned by Maryland, according to Congressman Steny Hoyer, who helped work the swap.
see police beat

Will Governor Ehrlich Gamble on Slots?
Commentary by Dr. Terry McGuire
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Southern Maryland Police Beat
Calvert County Sheriff's Department: Police Swat Team Found Drugs, Cash, Gun Under Kid’s Pillow
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Sparse Support in FOP for Sheriff; More Deputies to Quit
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More Middle School Mania: Kid Charged with Trying to Poison Teacher
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Pope Names New Bishop for Area
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Sheriff Begins Awkward Campaign Against County Police Department
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Letter from Zylak

Man Charged in Stabbing
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Navy Personnel Website Taken Over by Hackers
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--- Woman's Purse Stolen at Brass Rail
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--- Man Pronounced Dead During Recreational Dive in Bay
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--- Northern Snakehead Found in 2nd Potomac River Tributary
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Commentary by Vernon Gray:
The Radical Muslims Want to Bury USA
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Lifeline Screening:
The importance of prevention of strokes or abdominal aortic aneurysm
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57th Southern Maryland Volunteer Firemen's Association  Awards
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African-American Lt. Governor Going to Africa from America
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1998 Indictment Against Bin Laden by Clinton Justice Department Connected Iraq to Bin Laden
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A Footnote in History
Pilgrim vs. Puritan in Reagan remarks
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Remembering President Ronald Reagan
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Front and Center for Sgt. Owings;
Calvert Delegate Becomes Cabinet Member
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Coast Guard Heroes at Normandy
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