Tombstone Returned To Cemetery After Theft
Frederick City Police Officer Peter Baker recovered the missing tombstone of Julian Amelia Mentzer, who died in 1862, from a Lancaster Place apartment and returned it to an old Luther ann cemetery between Hagerstown and Waynesboro. A former resident admitted stealing the stone after being contacted through media tips.
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Frederick City
Peter Baker
Hagerstown
Waynesboro
Julian Amelia Mentzer
Lancaster Place
Baker
Paul Gray
Maryland Lottery Draws and Fire Calls Report
Maryland Pick 3 and Pick 4 results shown from Thursday draws with 1 3 6 and 0 5 1 5 for Pick 3 and Pick 4. Fire dispatches logged within 24 hours ending Thursday 7 pm including incidents at Frederick Towne Mall 1301 W Patnch St brush fire at 9194 Oak Tree Court and ambulance calls across Inde pendent Braddock Heights United Citizens Fort Detrick and Libermown totaling 35 emergencies nine routine calls.
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Frederick Towne Mall
Patnch St
Budding
Independent
Braddock Heights
United
Citizens
Fort Detrick
Oak Tree Court
Libermown
FBI charges 14 in online gambling scheme
U S federal prosecutors charged 14 U S citizens who own or run six Internet gambling firms with using interstate telephone lines to accept bets on professional and college sports. The case marks a first U S prosecution of online sports wagering with clients largely located in the United States. Each defendant faces up to five years in prison and fines up to 250000 dollars.
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New York
U.S
Mary Jo White
Galaxy Sports
United States
Ms. White
Janet Reno
Kerry Rogers
Las Vegas
Rogers
Pye
Island Casino
Galaxy
Curacao
Real Casino
SDB Global
Costa Rica
Winner’s Way
Dominican Republic
World Sports Exchange
Antigua
Bald eagle killer gets six months home detention
Douglas Sipple of Delaware admitted to killing a bald eagle by planting pesticide laced meatballs on his 68 acre Georgetown area farm. He received six months home detention and five years probation with restitution of 20000 dollars and a 5000 dollar fine. The case involved other birds and a custody dispute with his son present during the incident.
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Wilmington
Del
Delaware
Georgetown
Douglas Sipple
Christopher Koyste
Sipple
United States
Diana Weaver
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Maryland Forecast For Frederick County And Regions
The forecast covers Frederick County Maryland Mountains and Beaches with sun and clouds. Daytime highs range from the mid to upper 40s to around 50, with light winds and chances of rain late Saturday and a Sunday rain possibility. Extended outlook shows continued cooler conditions with showers.
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Frederick County
Maryland
Central storms sweep nation with heavy rains and snow
A broad storm band stretched from the Dakotas to Louisiana, bringing thunderstorms from the Gulf Coast to the Southeast while the Northeast and Rockies saw light snow and sleet. Temperatures ranged from 16 below at Wildhorse Reservoir Nevada to 75 at Brownsville Texas with cold Canadian air lowering daytime highs across Kansas Nebraska and Nebraska.
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Dakotas
Louisiana
Gulf Coast States
Mississippi
Alabama
Arkansas
Georgia
South Carolina
New Orleans
Florida
Rockies
Colorado
Nebraska
Montana
New Mexico
Nevada
Utah
Kansas
Plains
Desert
Southwest
Pacific Northwest
Wildhorse Reservation
Nev
Brownsville
Texas
Credit card check thief still at large
Crime Solvers of Montgomery County seeks tips to identify a Black female 20 to 25, 5 feet 2 inches, about 100 pounds with dark hair possibly blond highlights seen in security footage. Affected victims in Clarksburg Germantown and Gaithersburg, spans Germantown to Frederick. reward 1000. Call 1 800 673 2777 or visit MCCrimeSolvers.com.
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Crime Solvers
Montgomery County
McCrimesolvers.com
Crime Solvers Organization
Pellet gun shatters Frederick County school bus window
A Frederick County school bus window was shattered Thursday afternoon on Gambrill Park Road at Shookstown Road, likely by a pellet gun. No injuries reported as deputies pursue a group of youths seen nearby. a K-9 trail followed but failed to recover a scent. One bus evacuated students. driver unharmed, transported with others to their homes. Information requested by the sheriff's office.
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Frederick County
BOE Transportation Office
Deener
Dorsey
John Keyser
the Sherif’s
Defense rests in sex court-martial of former Army sergeant major
The defense rested in the five week sex misconduct trial of former Army Sgt. Maj. Gene McKinney after calling a witness who labeled one accuser a liar. McKinney faces up to 55 1/2 years if convicted for groping and threats against six military women. The case could go to a jury next week.
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Fort Belvoir
Mr. McKinney
Maj
Elizabeth McCollum
Brenda Hoster
McKinney
Ms. McCollun
Ms. Hoster
Hawaii
Ms. Hester
Man sought in hospital official's death in Cheverly
Police seek to identify a man in blue hospital scrubs seen at Prince George's Hospital Center the day administrator Sheryl Crandell was found raped and strangled. The man, in his 40s and limping, may have spoken to himself. Police have interviewed hundreds, issued subpoenas to about 30 hospital staff, and asked over 50 male employees for DNA samples and fingerprints. A $26,000 reward stands for information.
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Cheverly
Prince George’s Hospital
Diane Richardson
Cpl Richardson
Prince George's County
Sheryl Crandell
Hospital keeps seven septuplets as mother seeks help
In Abha Saudi Arabia Hasna Humair has persuaded Abha Maternity Hospital to keep her seven newborns seven weeks old four boys and three girls while she arranges support at home She says they are safer with doctors nearby until she can cope. In Washington US safety chiefs urge Evenflo recall of 800000 On My Way infant seats model 207 and 492 after locking handle failures risk flipping and dropping babies.
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Abra
Saudi Arabia
Hasna Mohammed Humair
Abha Maternity Hospital
Abha
Washington
Ann Brown
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Evenflo Co
Evenflo
Biotech sampling challenged in Yellowstone contracts
A lawsuit accuses the National Park Service of secretly selling off federal resources to biotech researchers for Yellowstone hot springs microbes. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court, seeks to halt contracts with Diversa Corp and cites laws restricting natural resource removal from national parks. Participants include the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and the Edmonds Institute.
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Washington
National Park Service
Yellowstone
Park Service
Joseph Mendelson
International Center For Technology Assessment
U.S
Alliance For the Wild Rockies
Missoula
Mont
Edmonds Institute of
Edmonds
Wash
U.S. District Court
Diversa Corp
San Diego
Chung charged in illegal gifts to Clinton Gore campaign
Los Angeles AP reports Democratic fund raiser Johnny Chung was charged with funneling at least 20000 in illegal contributions to the 1996 Clinton Gore re election effort. The California businessman also faced tax evasion and bank fraud counts under a plea bargain. He is to plead guilty Monday, facing up to 37 years and 1.45 million in fines.
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Los Angeles
Johnny Chung
Chung
Justice Department
Janet Reno
Washington
California
Brian Sun
Campaign Finance Task Force
Artesia
White House
John Kerry
Jim Jones
Kerry
Water on Moon could enable base and fuel for space voyages
NASA scientists report frozen water in lunar soil sufficient for a base and future colony. Lunar Prospector data indicate 10 million to 100 million tons of water in deposits near both poles, enough to form liquid water for rocket propellant and oxygen. The $65 million probe spent weeks orbiting the moon to measure surface composition.
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Washington
Moon
NASA
Alan Binder
Lunar Prospector
Binder
Solar System
Dr. Binder
Lunar
Eileen Collins Leads as Nation's First Female Space Commander
WASHINGTON AP veteran pilot Eileen Collins becomes the first woman to command a space mission. She will pilot the Columbia on a December flight to deploy an advanced telescope, marking a historic frontier for women in space. Collins spoke at a White House ceremony with President Clinton and NASA Administrator Goldin.
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Washington
Eileen Collins
Col. Collins
Space
Air Force
White House
Hilary Rodham Clinton
Clinton
NASA
Daniel Goldin
U.N. weapons team returns to Iraq under dispute
A 50 member U N team led by Scott Ritter arrived near Baghdad to inspect sensitive sites under new access rules agreed Feb 23. Iraq stated the team will conduct surprise checks at ministries and security facilities while negotiations on palace inspections and procedures continue in New York.
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Baghdad
Iraq
U.N
Scott Ritter
Bahrain
Habaniya
United Nations
Mr. Ritter
Ritter
Richard Butler
Allen Dacey
Kofi Annan
Prakash Shah
Mr. Annan
New York
Blackout may mean business bankruptcy in Auckland
Auckland faces a deepening power outage with 2000 downtown businesses in crisis as a Mercury Energy cable repair window stretches from five to 10 weeks. Merchants say losses reach 60 million dollars weekly as commuter services falter and some firms fear bankruptcy.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Mercury Energy
Les Mills
Serb police kill 20 Albanians in Kosovo crackdown
In Kosovo Serb police killed 20 ethnic Albanians in a crackdown on separatists. Houses burned, residents fled as police blocked reporters. The violence follows weeks of clashes with 51 dead, drawing EU pleas for calm and autonomy restoration.
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Pristina
Yugoslavia
Kosovo
Serbia
Robin Cook
Slobodan Milosevic
European Union
Milosevic
Ford slave labor suit targets German plant profits in WWII
Newark based class action alleges Ford Motor Co. earned enormous profits from European workers forced by Nazis to build military transports at Ford Werke in Cologne starting 1941. The suit claims executives knew of abuses as the plant became a major user of forced labor. Ford says operations were under Nazi control and lost contact before U.S. entry.
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Newark
N.J
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Ford Werke A.G
United States
Automaker
Dearborn
Mich
Ford Werke
Cologne
America
Germany
John Rintamaki
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Frederick Festival of the Arts
Tom Gorsline
Frederick Magazine
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Wadoa Odeo
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