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Bakers needed for dessert bake-off in April
Bakers are invited to enter the first Cooks that Care: Dessert Bake-Off from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, April 21, at The Purple Iris, 1956 Winchester Ave., Martinsburg, W.Va. Baking categories are brownies/cookies; cakes/cheesecakes/cupcakes; and pies/tarts/...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Judges
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Skeptical Supreme Court might strike down Defense of Marriage Act
Concluding two days of intense debate, the Supreme Court signaled Wednesday it could give a boost to same-sex marriage by striking down the federal law that denies legally married gay spouses a wide range of benefits offered to other couples. As the...
Tags: Lawyers, Judges, Politics, U.S. House of Representatives, Trials
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Colo. theater shooting suspect offers guilty plea
Lawyers for Colorado theater shooting suspect James Holmes said Wednesday he would plead guilty and serve the rest of his life in prison to avoid the death penalty. The offer sets up a possible end to the case if prosecutors agree to a plea deal. They&...
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Hagerstown woman sentenced to five years for maintaining a common nuisance
dona@herald-mail.comA Hagerstown woman was sentenced Tuesday in Washington County Circuit Court to five years in state prison for allowing her home to be used to distribute illegal drugs. Sharday Marie Powell, 21, formerly of 916 Summit Ave., Apt. F1, pleaded guilty to...Tags: Suboxone (drug), Judges, Trials, Punishment, Theft
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Supreme Court could avoid ruling on Calif. gay-marriage ban
Associated PressThe Supreme Court suggested Tuesday it could find a way out of the case over California's ban on same-sex marriage without issuing a major national ruling on whether America's gays have a right to marry. Several justices, including some liberals who...Tags: Elections, Politics, Social Issues, Same-Sex Marriage, Anthony Kennedy
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Study: Health-care overhaul will raise claims costs by average of 32%
Associated PressMedical claims costs — the biggest driver of health insurance premiums — will jump an average 32 percent for Americans' individual policies under President Barack Obama's overhaul, according to a study by the nation's leading group of...Tags: Lawyers, Judges, Government Health Care, Insurance, Health Insurance
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Grand jury indicts seven on gun and drug charges
Seven people were named in three indictments returned by a federal grand jury sitting in Martinsburg last week, according to U.S. Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld II. Christopher Wayne Williams, 39, of Mill Creek, W.Va., was named in a two-count...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, OxyContin (drug), Punishment, Drug Trafficking
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Tri-State briefs
Franklin County’s health status announced April 18 CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. — Summit Health, in cooperation with Penn State Institute of State and Regional Affairs, will announce the results of the 2012 Community Health Needs Assessment of Franklin...Tags: U.S. House Committee on Rules, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, FBI, Employment Opportunities
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Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown: Racially biased death penalty must be abolished
Earlier this month, the Maryland Legislature passed legislation abolishing the death penalty. I believe the time has come to repeal the death penalty because it is racially biased, demonstrably unreliable and not an effective deterrent. This debate is...Tags: Anthony G. Brown, Lawyers, Politics, Punishment, Executive Branch
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Attorneys agree to lighter sentence for man guilty in traffic death
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comA Boonsboro man who pleaded guilty in the death of another man in an alcohol-related traffic accident last July was sentenced to serve four years in prison Tuesday in Washington County Circuit Court. But Bryan May, 45, of 103 Tiger Way, likely will serve...Tags: Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Transportation Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents, Crime, Law and Justice, Murder
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Art Callaham: Attorneys in 1963 trial owed debt of gratitude
I couldn’t help but write about Hattie Carroll and our own local “trial of the century.” As I’ve completed some research on this event, I have come to the conclusion that we here in Hagerstown, and in Washington County, should feel...Tags: Loyola University Maryland, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Judges
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Tim Rowland: A heroic effort, an historic conviction
Hattie Carroll finally has a seat at the head of the table, and for that she has Hagers-town to thank. It’s an honor the black kitchen helper never had in life, as folk singer Bob Dylan angrily pointed out in his ballad, “The Lonesome Death...
Tags: Entertainment, Dance, Lawyers, Entertainment Events, High Blood Pressure
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