Free Republic

A fire fanned by gusty winds ripped through a building today at Fort Meade that houses several military offices, including an intelligence unit with sensitive security material. The area was evacuated shortly after the fire broke out, post officials said. Firefighters from Prince George's, Howard and Anne Arundel counties and from Fort Meade responded to the six-alarm blaze at the fort in western Anne Arundel County. The fire broke out sometime after 3 p.m. and produced billowing smoke that could be seen for miles. The blaze was brought under control by 8 p.m., officials said. The cause of the fire...

(AP) BALTIMORE A Muslim candidate for the Maryland House of Delegates was targeted by a protester who held a sign reading "Islam sucks" and wore a T-shirt with the slogan, "This mind is an Allah-free zone." Montgomery County police sent a trespass notification form to the protester, Timothy Truett, after the Saturday incident, warning him that he would be subject to arrest on trespassing charges if he steps onto Saqib Ali's property within the next year. Truitt, 46, of Montgomery Village, sat in a folding chair on the cul-de-sac outside Ali's Gaithersburg home, which doubles as his campaign office, around...

HONOLULU — Junior Stowers raised his hands and exclaimed, "Thank you, Jesus!" in court last month when he was acquitted by a jury of abusing his son. But his joy was short-lived when Circuit Judge Patrick Border held him in contempt of court for the "outburst" and threw him in jail. Stowers, 47, sat in the courtroom and a cellblock for about six hours until the judge granted him a hearing on the contempt charge and released him. The judge at a July 7 hearing dropped the contempt charge, a petty misdemeanor that carries up to 30 days in jail....

Just reported by FOXNEWS.COM - an explosion at a Colorado Refinery htBlast at Colo. Refinery Spurs Evacuations Sunday, February 26, 2006 PHOTOS Click image to enlarge FORT LUPTON, Colo. — An explosion at a refinery pumping station near Fort Lupton, Colo., has spurred authorities to evacuate people and livestock within a 1-mile radius. A plume of smoke could be seen about 30 miles away in Denver. There is no word on what caused the blast. tp://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,186113,00.html