Rockville man held in mother's murder
A 42 year old Rockville man Glenn Cowan told police he got drunk and killed his mother Catherine Finch. He appeared at a bail hearing via TV and is held without bail with a preliminary hearing set for February 20. Detective Hamill described strangling or suffocating the mother at their home and moving her body to the bed. An autopsy was ordered to determine the cause and manner of death.
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Rockville
Glenn Cowan
Long Hai
James Trusty Anerely
Cowan
Rockille
Stanley Klavan
Paula Hamill
Tom
Brent
Ipper Lewel
Hamill
Balimore
Woman acquitted after new trial in Texas murder case
Susie Mowbray, who spent nine years in prison for the shooting death of her husband Bill Mowbray, was acquitted after a retrial in Brownsville. Prosecutors argued murder for insurance money, but experts testified the death could be self-inflicted. the jury found improper handling of evidence affected the prior conviction.
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Texas
Susie Mowbray
Robert Ford
Mowbray
Edward Saldivar
Wade Burnett
Kristin Mowbray
Bill Mowbray
Ms. Mowbray
IRS
Jim Shaw
Local man charged with possession of crack cocaine
A Frederick resident, Jack Timothy Stewart, 35, of Jacob Brunner Drive, was charged Friday night with possession of crack cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia. Police said the arrest occurred in the 190 block of Market Street at about 8:24 p.m.
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Frederick
Jack Timothy Stewart
Jacob Brunner
Market Street
Stewart
Fire log 24 hour period ends Friday at 3pm
Fire calls reported during the 24 hour period ending at 3pm Friday include odor of smoke at 247 am on Roughton Drive New Market Liberia Urbana Citizens Mount Airy Md 194 442 pm vehicle fire with Walkersville Ambulance responding. Em ergencies noted with 37 routines and 7 calls.
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New Market
Libertinn
Urbana
Mount Airy
Walkersville
Maryland Weather Outlook for Frederick County and Regions
Frederick County forecast shows a 40 percent chance of light snow tonight with upper 20s lows and 15 to 25 mph gusty northwest winds. Sunday brings variable clouds with highs in the lower 40s and similar gusty winds diminishing later.
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Frederick County
Maryland
Students blamed for avalanche in French Alps tragedy
GAP France AP reports a group of 34 private Paris area students and six guides snow shoed despite avalanche warnings near Orres ski station. Police Lt. Jaunatre says the group triggered the slide causing 12 deaths and nine injuries. The Saint Francois d Assise school hall held service with candles and marigolds as students mourned.
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GAP France
Alps
Paris
Orres
Laurent Jaunatre
Unbelted Driver Faces Multiple Charges in Frederick
A Frederick man Leo Harding Sr. was stopped for not wearing a seatbelt and charged with several offenses including possession of a hypodermic syringe. Police said a vehicle log was stolen in 1997 and a syringe was found in the suspect's sock during a search. He faced counts of seatbelt violation unregistered vehicle unauthorized registration and related charges.
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Frederick
Maryland
Frederick Barrack
Leo Harding Sr
Key Parkway
Harding
Weather map reports mixed rain snow across regions today
Rain fell on the East and West coasts while the upper Midwest saw snow and mist. Snow possible in the Rockies and Cascades with up to 5 inches in some areas. Temperatures ranged from 32 below in Maine to 82 in Florida, with broad regional variety and a move to fair conditions by evening.
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Mid- Atlantic
New England
New York State
Great Lakes
Rockies
Idaho
Montana
Utah
Pacific Coast
Seattle
California
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Sierras
Plains
Nebraska
Mississippi Valley
Clayton Lake
Maine
Marathon
Fla
Baltimore man arrested after high speed chase
Maryland State Police arrested George Wick, 27, of Baltimore after a 2.15 am high speed chase on eastbound 170. Wick refused to stop for Trooper First Class R V Cale and reached 90 mph in a 65 mph zone for over seven miles before yielding. He cited suspended license as reason for not stopping. He faces charges including driving with a suspended license fleeing and eluding fraudulent plate alteration unregistered vehicle and speeding.
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Baltimore
R.V. Cale
Cale
Myersville
George Wick
Wick
Weather and flood advisories near Emmitsburg and Brunswick
Temperatures will reach the upper 30s to low 40s with brisk 20s tonight and similar Sunday. Roads in Emmitsburg closed due to high water after Friday rain. 0.90 inch recorded at the barracks and the Potomac River rising. The C&O Canal towpath culvert near Little Catoctin Creek remains closed awaiting a temporary bypass. past collapse noted. Frederick News-Post station logged a high of 41 and 0.91 inch rain Friday.
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Potomac
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
C&o Canal
Frederick
Eye Health Alert on Silent Glaucoma Risks
Eye Column explains glaucoma as a pressure related eye disease that damages nerve tissue. early symptoms are absent, typically causing peripheral then central vision loss. Regular exams are vital after age 40. Dr. Bruce Hodges at Frederick Eye Institute invites questions and suggestions.
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Bruce Hodges
Frederick Eye Institute
Thomas Johnson
Frederick
Pope Lifts Cuban Youth Message At Open Air Mass
Pope John Paul II appealed to Cuba's youth to follow Christ and help build a new society of love and reconciliation in a sermon to about 50 000 at Agramonte Plaza Camaguey He urged greater Catholic education access in Communist Cuba while noting the church must provide moral civic and religious formation without fear He later planned to meet Cuban intellectuals at the University of Havana as his five day pilgrimage continued.
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Camaguey
Cuba
John Paul II
John Paul I
Caribbean
University of Havana
Rome
Agramonte Plaza
Bride who ran over groom is jailed in Wisconsin
In Kenosha Wisconsin Kimber ly Borrego 32 was sentenced to 30 days in jail and two years probation for striking her husband Manuel Borrego Jr 36 with their car on their wedding day The judge Mary K Wagner Maloy ordered alcohol and drug treatment and enrollment in domestic violence and anger management after a positive marijuana test Borrego pleaded no contest to disorderly conduct and obstructing the case noted the couple married December 8 and had traveled from Joliet Illinois to Racine where a tavern stop preceded the incident The groom was not seriously injured and the couple planned to see her children
Alabama Supreme Court Lets Ten Commandments Stand
The Alabama Supreme Court dismissed a religious freedom suit over Judge Roy Moore’s display of the Ten Commandments and courtroom prayers, finding Gov. James and AG Pryor lacking standing. The decision allows Moore’s practices to continue and notes no real dispute between state and judge. Objections remain possible via future lawsuits.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
High Court
Fob James
Bill Pryor
Roy Moore
Moore
Arafat rejects Israeli offer as peanuts in pullback talks
Arafat denounced Netanyahu’s plan to cede up to 10 percent of the West Bank as peanuts and pressured for a larger withdrawal. Clinton backed Palestinian aspirations, and Albright framed U S support as recognizing the Palestinians’ right to self determination. Talks shift toward European mediation with Albright’s involvement.
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Yasser Arafat
West Bank
Clinton
Arafat
Benjamin Netanyahu
Palestinian Authority
Israel
Gaza
Netanyahu
Ture
Ms. Albright
Mideast
Europe
Judge orders HIV consent form for sex partners
In Orlando, Jerrime Day 20 pleaded no contest to having sex with a woman without disclosing his HIV status. A judge ordered Day to obtain written consent from future partners before intercourse and sign the form in front of a witness, plus required AIDS awareness classes and staying away from the partner.
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Orlando, Fla
Jerrime Day
Day
Orange County
Deb Biechman
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