The Office of the Maryland Attorney General is threatening to wage a Supreme Court fight if the state’s top court does not reconsider its ruling in a recent income tax case.
The Court of Appeals’ 5-2 decision in Maryland State Comptroller v. Wynne found it was unconstitutional to bar Maryland residents from deducting, from city or county taxes, the tax they pay to other states when they earn money there.
If the decision is not overturned, local governments stand to lose between $40 million and $50 million a year, the attorney general’s office wrote in its motion for reconsideration of the January decision.
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Tuesday, March 05, 2013
Doctor Accused Of Severing Babies' Spines With Scissors In 'House of Horrors'
He used scissors, authorities say, to sever the spinal cords of newborns who emerged from their mothers still alive.
Now Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 72, is about to stand trial. He has pleaded not guilty. If he's convicted, prosecutors want him put to death.
"A doctor who cuts into the necks severing the spinal cords of living, breathing babies, who would survive with proper medical attention, is committing murder under the law," Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams said.
White House Tours Canceled Due to Butdge Cuts
Source NBC NEWS
12-Year-Old Boy Who Was Victim Of Bullying Attack Dies After Weeks In Hospital
Bailey's family says he was jumped by two classmates during recess at Darby Township School last January and suffered a concussion as well as a broken nose as a result. He then began to suffer seizures the next day, forcing doctors to put him into a medically induced coma. Joy Fecanin, the boy's grandmother, told NBC10's Katy Zachry that he had to have a blood transfusion after getting pneumonia.
Family Says Slain Clarksdale Mayoral Candidate Was Beaten, Dragged, Set On Fire; Suspect Waives Extradition
Clarksdale mayoral candidate Marco McMillian, found dead last week along the Mississippi River levee, was beaten, dragged and set on fire, according to his family in a statement released Monday.
“We know that Marco was brutally murdered. His body was found on Wednesday, February 26, 2013, beaten, dragged and burned (set afire),” his family said in an email released through his campaign manager Jarod Keith. “This was reported in our meeting with the local coroner on two occasions. We were informed that the official autopsy report could take two to four weeks to complete.
“We know that Marco was brutally murdered. His body was found on Wednesday, February 26, 2013, beaten, dragged and burned (set afire),” his family said in an email released through his campaign manager Jarod Keith. “This was reported in our meeting with the local coroner on two occasions. We were informed that the official autopsy report could take two to four weeks to complete.
THE CRAZIEST END TO A HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL GAME YOU MAY EVER SEE: 3 SECONDS, 2 STEALS, 1 BUZZER-BEATER
It’s as easy as 3-2-1.
Just ask the New Rochelle High School boys basketball team. On Sunday, with just seconds left in the New York Section I Class AA boys basketball championship game against Mt. Vernon and down two points (58-60), they pulled of an unbelievable finish that included two steals and a half-court buzzer beater.
This is how Yahoo describes it: “Ladies and Gentlemen, say hello to what is absolutely, positively the most incredible, bizarre outrageous buzzer beater of 2013, at any level.”
“This might be the buzzer-beater of all time,” ESPN anchor Steve Levy said on SportsCenter Sunday night.
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Just ask the New Rochelle High School boys basketball team. On Sunday, with just seconds left in the New York Section I Class AA boys basketball championship game against Mt. Vernon and down two points (58-60), they pulled of an unbelievable finish that included two steals and a half-court buzzer beater.
This is how Yahoo describes it: “Ladies and Gentlemen, say hello to what is absolutely, positively the most incredible, bizarre outrageous buzzer beater of 2013, at any level.”
“This might be the buzzer-beater of all time,” ESPN anchor Steve Levy said on SportsCenter Sunday night.
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Will Reform Of Fannie And Freddie Kill The 30-Year Mortgage?
But Congress and the President have been so bogged down in their never-ending budget battles that we’ve heard little from Washington on this subject in recent months. Until last week, that is, when the Bipartisan Policy Center — a think tank formed by former Senate Majority Leaders Howard Baker, Tom Daschle, Bob Dole, and George Mitchell — tried to bring this very important issue back to the fore by releasing a 131-page report on the future of housing policy in America.
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Wilson Combat Joins Over 100 Companies Boycotting Law Enforcement Sales
Wilson Combat, famous manufacturer of premium 1911 pistols and AR-15 rifles, had put themselves on the ever-growing list of manufacturers who are making it a matter of policy to not supply law enforcement in states with prohibitive gun control.
Simply put, if your people don’t have access to the guns they want, neither can your police.
“Wilson Combat will no longer provide any products or services to any State Government imposing legislation that infringes on the Second Amendment rights of its law-abiding citizens. This includes any Law Enforcement Department, Law Enforcement Officers, or any State Government Entity or Employee of such an entity. This also applies to any local municipality imposing such infringements.
“States currently included in our No-Sale Policy are: California, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Washington D.C. and Chicago, Illinois.
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Simply put, if your people don’t have access to the guns they want, neither can your police.
“Wilson Combat will no longer provide any products or services to any State Government imposing legislation that infringes on the Second Amendment rights of its law-abiding citizens. This includes any Law Enforcement Department, Law Enforcement Officers, or any State Government Entity or Employee of such an entity. This also applies to any local municipality imposing such infringements.
“States currently included in our No-Sale Policy are: California, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Washington D.C. and Chicago, Illinois.
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LIBRARY BOARD SEEKS TRUSTEE APPLICATIONS
The Library Trustees for the Wicomico Public Library are looking for residents of Wicomico County to fill vacancies on the Library Board. Terms for the Board begin July 1, 2013. The term of office is five years, with the possibility of being reappointed for a second five-year term. The Library Board meets from 4 PM to 6 PM on the second Tuesday of the following months: August, October, December, February, April, and June.
The responsibilities of the Wicomico County Board of Library Trustees include the following: determining policy; adopting reasonable rules, regulations, and bylaws; advising in the preparation of, and approving the library budget, selecting the location of and approving plans for library buildings, subject to County approval. Board members must be approved by the Wicomico County Council.
Applications are available at the Main Library in Downtown Salisbury, on the Bookmobile, at the Centre Branch, the Pittsville Branch, the Bivalve Station and atwww.wicomicolibrary.org.
First consideration will be given to applications received by Monday, March 11, 2013.
The responsibilities of the Wicomico County Board of Library Trustees include the following: determining policy; adopting reasonable rules, regulations, and bylaws; advising in the preparation of, and approving the library budget, selecting the location of and approving plans for library buildings, subject to County approval. Board members must be approved by the Wicomico County Council.
Applications are available at the Main Library in Downtown Salisbury, on the Bookmobile, at the Centre Branch, the Pittsville Branch, the Bivalve Station and atwww.wicomicolibrary.org.
First consideration will be given to applications received by Monday, March 11, 2013.
Dept Of Emergency Svcs: Weather Bulletin Update
Weather Event Informational Bulletin Update
11:00 a.m. March 5, 2013
Wicomico County Department of Emergency Services
Weather Forecast
The Wicomico County Department of Emergency Services participated in a weather conference call at 10 a.m. with the Maryland Emergency Management Agency and the National Weather Service. The National Weather service advised the following information:
Tuesday night into late Wednesday afternoon the system will begin as rain and begin changing over to snow late Wednesday afternoon.
From sunset Wednesday to early morning hours Thursday, wet heavy snow with accumulations of 1-2 inches is expected. Snowfall is expected to end prior to sunrise on Thursday morning. Winds will pick up Wednesday evening with gusts from 40-45 m.p.h. There will be tidal anomalies of 1-2 feet and minor flooding possible.
Why Was JFK Assassinated?
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has joined the ranks of skeptics and “conspiracy theorists” who believe that a lone gunman was not solely responsible for the assassination of his uncle, President John F. Kennedy. Kennedy said his father, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, believed the Warren Commission Report was a “shoddy piece of craftsmanship”
“The evidence at this point I think is very, very convincing that it was not a lone gunman,” he said, but he did not elaborate on what he believed may have happened.
John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, while riding in a motorcade through Dallas.
Robert F. Kennedy, while celebrating his victory in the California Democratic presidential primary, was shot and killed on June 5, 1968, at a Los Angeles hotel. He was supposedly the victim of another “lone nut.”
RFK’s assassination and the circumstances surrounding it have spawned almost as many conspiracy theories as his brother’s murder five years earlier.
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“The evidence at this point I think is very, very convincing that it was not a lone gunman,” he said, but he did not elaborate on what he believed may have happened.
John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, while riding in a motorcade through Dallas.
Robert F. Kennedy, while celebrating his victory in the California Democratic presidential primary, was shot and killed on June 5, 1968, at a Los Angeles hotel. He was supposedly the victim of another “lone nut.”
RFK’s assassination and the circumstances surrounding it have spawned almost as many conspiracy theories as his brother’s murder five years earlier.
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Estranged Husband Questioned In Wife's Disappearance
The search continues on the Eastern Shore for a missing woman.State Police say the estranged husband of 51-year-old Robin Pope called authorities over the weekend to say his wife had come to the home the two shared on Kent Island Friday night to pick up some things. They separated in December according to authorities.
Wayne Pope told police that he left the home when Robin Pope showed up and then returned on Saturday morning and she was not there.
He told police that her car was still in the driveway and her stuff was still in her vehicle.
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Gallup: Obama's Job Approval Dives To 46%
Though there have been examples of statistical noise over one or two days, for most of the year, Gallup has consistently recorded Obama's job approval rating at or above fifty-percent. Since Friday, though, the three-day average dipped to a startling 46%.
02/27-03/1 : 47 approve -- 45 disapprove
02/28-03/2: 46 approve -- 46 disapprove
03/1-3/3: 46 approve -- 46 disapprove
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02/27-03/1 : 47 approve -- 45 disapprove
02/28-03/2: 46 approve -- 46 disapprove
03/1-3/3: 46 approve -- 46 disapprove
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Somerset County Sheriff's Office Arrests Suspected Drug Dealer
On 3-1-13 around 4pm deputies responded to the area of 11548 Beckford Ave, Princess Anne Apt# 19 regarding a tip that Cephas was staying in that apartment. With the assistance from the Maryland state Police, Princess Anne Barrack, entry was granted into the apartment. Deputies later apprehended Cephas without incident hiding in a crawl space above a bedroom. Cephas was transported to the Sheriff’s office where he was served a Circuit Court indictment for 1st and 2nd degree assault, reckless endangerment, cds intent to distribute narcotics, cds distribute within 1000 ft of a school, cds possession other than marijuana, obstructing and hindering police, failure to obey a lawful order, fleeing and eluding a police officer, and hit and run accident. Cephas was later held without bond pending court actions.
U.N. Investigator Urges U.S. To Pursue Bush-era Abuses
(Reuters) - A United Nations investigator called on the United States on Monday to publish its findings on the CIA's Bush-era program of rendition and secret detention of terrorism suspects.
Ben Emmerson, U.N. special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism, voiced concern that while President Barack Obama's administration has rejected Central Intelligence Agency practices conducted under his predecessor George W. Bush, there have been no prosecutions.
"Despite this clear repudiation of the unlawful actions carried out by the Bush-era CIA, many of the facts remain classified, and no public official has so far been brought to justice in the United States," Emmerson said in a report to the U.N. Human Rights Council, which he will address on Tuesday.
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Ben Emmerson, U.N. special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism, voiced concern that while President Barack Obama's administration has rejected Central Intelligence Agency practices conducted under his predecessor George W. Bush, there have been no prosecutions.
"Despite this clear repudiation of the unlawful actions carried out by the Bush-era CIA, many of the facts remain classified, and no public official has so far been brought to justice in the United States," Emmerson said in a report to the U.N. Human Rights Council, which he will address on Tuesday.
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Board: Univ. Of Md. Regents Violated Open Meetings Act
The University of Maryland Regents violated the state's open meetings act in November when the panel met in secret to discuss a move from the ACC to the Big Ten, a state board has found.
In a Feb. 26 opinion, the Open Meetings Compliance Board said, "we find that the Board (of Regents) violated the Open Meetings Act in multiple respects."
Most significantly, the regents were talking about things that they couldn't legally discuss without allowing the public in: "Even on the basis of the limited information that the Board (of Regents) has provided to us about those meetings, ... some part of the Board's discussion should almost certainly have been conducted in open session."
In a Feb. 26 opinion, the Open Meetings Compliance Board said, "we find that the Board (of Regents) violated the Open Meetings Act in multiple respects."
Most significantly, the regents were talking about things that they couldn't legally discuss without allowing the public in: "Even on the basis of the limited information that the Board (of Regents) has provided to us about those meetings, ... some part of the Board's discussion should almost certainly have been conducted in open session."
George Zimmerman Lawyer: No 'Stand Your Ground' Hearing in April
O'Mara stopped short of confirming that Zimmerman will combine the hearing with his trial, as the defense lawyer has previously said he was considering.
"Haven't made that decision yet. Our real focus is getting ready for the trial," O'Mara told reporters after the hearing, adding "... there's only time for one hearing and that's a jury trial. ... We have precious little time."
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