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Elizabeth Smart understands why some human trafficking victims don't flee

Last updated Wednesday, May 1, 2013 - 5:16pm

BALTIMORE — Rescued kidnapping victim Elizabeth Smart said Wednesday she understands why some human trafficking victims don’t run.

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Officials (top left) inspect part of a CSX freight train that derailed alongside a parking lot overnight in Ellicott City, Md., Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012. Authorities say the train, hauling coal from West Virginia to Maryland, derailed and fell from a bridge near Baltimore, killing two college students who were on the tracks. Howard County officials say 21 of the train's 80 cars flipped over around midnight Monday.

Investigator: Md. train was going authorized speed

Alex Dominguez, Jessica Gresko The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, August 22, 2012 - 11:20am

ELLICOTT CITY, Md. — A federal investigator said Wednesday that a coal train that derailed in Maryland was going the authorized speed of 25 miles per hour with the engineer-in-training at the controls before the fatal accident.

Investigators were checking videos, track conditions and maintenance records to learn whether two young women sitting on a railroad bridge over the town’s main street contributed to the Monday night crash or if their presence was just a tragic coincidence.

National Transportation Safety Board investigator Jim Southworth wouldn’t speculate on the cause of the derailment.

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Police: Cal Ripken’s mom abducted, now safe

Alex Dominguez The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, July 25, 2012 - 2:52pm

ABERDEEN, Md. — A man abducted Cal Ripken Jr.’s 74-year-old mother at gunpoint outside her home near Baltimore and she was found unharmed but shaken a day later in her car, police said Wednesday.

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