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Police bust live sex show at Syracuse movie theater

David Dishneau

Snow falls on tourists stopping in front of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. Schools, businesses and the federal government closed in anticipation of a snow storm that could blanket the region. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

'Snowquester' hits Washington D.C.

Last updated Wednesday, March 6, 2013 - 11:12am

HAGERSTOWN, Md. — A powerful snowstorm charged into the nation’s capital on Wednesday, dumping heavy, wet flakes on the Mid-Atlantic region, snapping tree limbs and knocking out power to about 100,000 people.

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In this Dec. 18, 2012 photo, Nero, a veteran assistance dog in training, takes a ball from inmate James Harrison during a training session at Western Correctional Institution in Cresaptown, Md. Nero is one of three dogs assigned since September to inmates at the maximum-security prison for basic training as service dogs for disabled military veterans. The inmates, who are also veterans, are among the state's first prisoners to join a national trend of training service dogs in correctional institutions. Professional trainers say prison-raised dogs tend to graduate sooner and at higher rates than those raised traditionally in foster homes because puppies respond well to the consistency and rigid schedules of prison life. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Vets behind bars train dogs for other veterans

David Dishneau The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, January 4, 2013 - 10:48am

CRESAPTOWN, Md. — Hazard Wilson’s new cellmate is a hairy bundle of energy whose playful zeal can’t be contained by steel doors: a five-month-old golden retriever. Yardley is one of three canines assigned since September to inmates at a maximum-security prison in western Maryland for training as service dogs for disabled military veterans.

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(PATRICK SEMANSKY/The Associated Press) Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, right, is escorted into a courthouse at Fort Meade, Md., Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011, for a military hearing that will determine if he should face court-martial for his alleged role in the WikiLeaks classified leaks case.

Army is pressed on why it kept trusting Manning

David Dishneau, Pauline Jelinek The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 4:42pm

FORT MEADE, Md. — A military hearing for the Army private charged with spilling a mountain of secrets to WikiLeaks focused Sunday on why Pfc. Bradley Manning remained entrusted with highly sensitive information after showing hostile behavior to those around him. A supervisor who might have shed light on that question refused to testify.

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Army is pressed on why it kept trusting Manning

David Dishneau, Pauline Jelinek The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 4:42pm

FORT MEADE, Md. — A military hearing for the Army private charged with spilling a mountain of secrets to WikiLeaks focused Sunday on why Pfc. Bradley Manning remained entrusted with highly sensitive information after showing hostile behavior to those around him. A supervisor who might have shed light on that question refused to testify.

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Army is pressed on why it kept trusting Manning

David Dishneau, Pauline Jelinek The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 4:37pm

FORT MEADE, Md. — A military hearing for the Army private charged with spilling a mountain of secrets to WikiLeaks focused Sunday on why Pfc. Bradley Manning remained entrusted with highly sensitive information after showing hostile behavior to those around him. A supervisor who might have shed light on that question refused to testify.

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(JACQUELYN MARTIN/The Associated Press) In this photo taken Sept. 14, 2011, Lt. Col. Jeffrey Bevington, requirements officer with the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate, demonstrates one of the military’s latest voice projection system and instant translation technologies, that can project a human voice a mile away and instantly translate from English to another language, at the Marine Base in Quantico Va.

Protests boost sales and fears of sonic blaster

David Dishneau The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, December 12, 2011 - 8:46am

QUANTICO, Va. — Police deployment of sonic blasters at Occupy Wall Street and G-20 protest rallies is fueling both sales and criticism of the devices, which emit beams of sound with laser-like intensity.

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FILE - This undated handout photo, released by the Natalee Holloway Resource Center in this Aug. 9, 2011 file photo, shows Robyn Gardner, 35, of Frederick, Maryland. (AP Photo/Natalee Holloway Resource Center, File)

Companion questioned in new missing woman case in Aruba

David Dishneau The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 11:34am

FREDERICK, Md. -- Robyn Gardner's wild and rowdy tattoos belie the kind, quiet nature of a trusting woman who sought solace in a tropical getaway with a man who is now suspected in her disappearance, a close friend said.

The 35-year-old divorced woman accepted 50-year-old Gary Giordano's offer of a trip to Aruba despite earlier backing out of a cruise with the man she'd been friends with for over a year, Gardner's friend and part-time roommate Christina Jones said Wednesday.

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