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Md. high court overturns murder convictions

Tags: crime, murder charge, Maryland Court of Appeals

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Hearing delayed for man accused in Syria fighting

A magistrate has delayed a detention hearing for an Arizona man accused of fighting alongside an al-Qaida group in Syria.

Tags: al-Qaida, weapons of mass destruction

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Prosecutors announce deal in videotaped bike crash

A D.C. man pleaded guilty in D.C. Superior Court to charges related to a 2011 bike crash on Rhode Island Avenue that was captured by the rider's helmet camera. But his plea includes a deferred sentencing agreement.

Tags: bicycle, bicycle crash, crime,

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Ex-DC cop to serve 2 life sentences for deaths of mistress, baby

A former D.C. police officer was sentenced to two lifetime terms plus 20 years without parole for killing his mistress and their baby daughter.

Tags: Metropolitan Police Department, Angela Alsobrooks, crime, murder

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Hospice company settles false claims allegations

Federal prosecutors say a hospice company in Arizona has agreed to pay $12 million to settle allegations that the company submitted Medicare claims for patients who did not have a terminal prognosis of six months or less.

Tags: Medicare fraud

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New trial ordered in NC teen's slaying

Baltimore State's Attorney Gregg Bernstein says his office plans to retry Michael Johnson for the death of a North Carolina honor student who was missing for months before her body was found in a river.

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D.C. man gets 78 years for raping three women

A D.C. man who posed as a cab driver, was convicted Monday of sexually assaulting and kidnapping three women who had hailed the man's cab.

Tags: Emero Tornero, taxi, crime, rape, sexual assault, Ronald Machen

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Carl Snowden gets 10 days for probation violation

The former civil rights director for Maryland's attorney general will spend 10 days in jail for violating his probation.

Tags: Carl Snowden, drunken driving

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Man gets life sentence for Eastern Shore murder

A 19-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison for a fatal shooting on Maryland's Eastern Shore.

Tags: crime, fatal shooting, Eastern Shore

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Man sentenced to 30 years in Md. kidnapping case

Terron White was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty last August to two counts of kidnapping. Authorities say White carjacked Elyssa Samuels with her son inside the vehicle and drove them from Baltimore to the Capital Beltway.

Tags: kidnapping, Capital Beltway, crime

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