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College Park (WAOK) Saying it’s acting in the interest of public safety, College Park officials will enact a “dangerous dog” registry next month that some critics say is very close to canine profiling. Residents owning dogs that have, without provocation, bitten someone during the last 12 years, will be required to register their pet with the city clerk’s office. Pit bull, Doberman, Rottweiler and German shepherd owners, will also have to register their dogs whether they have ever attacked someone or not. Registration will cost a $25 annual fee. Those who fail to register their dogs will face fines and...

Although a plan to close Campus Drive this summer has drawn sharp criticism from on- and off-campus groups, administrators have said changing the plan could conflict with the spirit of the trial. The experiment, which calls for Campus Drive to be closed to traffic except emergency vehicles and two internal bus routes from June 19 to Aug. 13, was formed to allow the university to test the goals of its Facilities Master Plan as it prepares an updated version, Vice President for Administrative Affairs Ann Wylie wrote in an e-mail. Although Associate Vice President for Facilities Management Frank Brewer said...

(Video) Police Attack U Md Student Bethany Stotts, April 15, 2010 At the University of Maryland an alleged case of student-on-police violence turned out to be quite the opposite, reported the Washington Post on April 13. Recently-released video footage instead shows three police officers in riot gear attacking an unarmed student. “Charging documents say [John J.] McKenna and [co-defendant Benjamin C.] Donat provoked the beating by attacking officers on horseback,” Ruben Castaneda writes for the Washington Post. “The video clearly shows the officers rushing McKenna and beating him, although the teenager had not touched any of the mounted units.” “The...

To be sure that we had a parking space close to the Comcast Center, [Mrs] T and I arrived around 7:20AM. And our timing worked. We got a spot within 500 feet of our protest of Obama’s speech at this liberal bastion of “education”. Attendees had already lined up waiting for the doors to open. And the media was all around just waiting to “media” someone. We were there to oblige. By our count, there was at least 15 different media outlets (domestic & foreign) interviewing the groups that eventually showed up. BELOW: Several media outlets waiting for us to...

The frantic 911 call from a University of Maryland dormitory came in at 6:32 a.m. June 19, 1986. A 22-year-old campus hero -- the finest basketball player in the Terrapins' history, just two days earlier the second player chosen in the NBA draft -- was sprawled on the floor between two narrow beds, unconscious, without a pulse. "It's Len Bias. . . . He's not breathing right," one of his closest friends, a Maryland dropout named Brian Tribble, told the dispatcher in a shaky voice. "You've got to bring him back to life." Bias was rushed to a hospital less...

One hundred years ago this year, in Kitty Hawk, NC, two brothers prepared to break the constraints that held mankind to the ground. December 17, 1903 at 10:35 AM, the Wright Brothers lifted their Flyer into the air for twelve seconds, covering a distance of 121 feet. Although this event is well known, many do not know the important role that College Park played in the foundation of the aeronautical field within the United States. Although December 17, 1903 was one the most important dates in man’s attempts to master the elements, it went relatively unnoticed at the time. Only...

Ryan Spiegal: Blair incident sign of the times We have an epidemic on our hands, and I'm not talking about severe acute respiratory syndrome. The scourge of plagiarism seems to be everywhere these days. For me, the scandal exposed at The New York Times involving former university journalism student Jayson Blair, whom I knew from my days in College Park, is the straw that broke the camel's back. If the Times' allegations are true, and they appear to be, then Blair - former editor in chief of The Diamondback and darling of the journalism college - managed to con even...

<p>"The people who are commenting on the content of the book have not read the book, so it makes it difficult for them to comment on the content. Those who have read the book are not commenting."</p> <p>So says Robert Barnett, attorney to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, in a telephone interview yesterday.</p>

TheWBALChannel.com Two People Shot At University Of Maryland Witness Recalls Hearing Two Shots POSTED: 1:10 p.m. EDT April 25, 2003UPDATED: 3:44 p.m. EDT April 25, 2003 COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Two people were shot in the head at the University of Maryland early Friday afternoon, police reported. The shooting was reported just before 1 p.m. at the garage next to the Comcast Center basketball arena, said Mark Brady, a fire department spokesman. The center is the new home to the Maryland Terrapins basketball team. UMCP SHOOTING SLIDESHOW: Aerial Images From The University of Maryland shooting Both victims, who were not...