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  • No Indictment in Death of Police Officer (who stood in road flagging speeders)

    03/13/2008 6:14:38 PM PDT · by Mr. Brightside · 38 replies · 1,359+ views
    No indictment in death of police officer 03/13/08 By Mike Santa Rita After the death of Officer Scott Wheeler in June 2007, his photo was placed at the foot of a statue at county police headquarters. Family and colleagues of Howard County police Cpl. Scott Wheeler reacted with disappointment to a grand jury's March 5 decision not to indict a Columbia woman in connection with Wheeler's 2007 death as he worked a speeding detail near Savage. "I think that the end result in terms of charges is in no way proportionate to the loss," Howard County Police Chief William McMahon...
  • Hispanics Drive Teen Birthrate[Maryland]

    07/28/2007 10:03:48 AM PDT · by BGHater · 18 replies · 681+ views
    The Washington Post ^ | 27 July 2007 | Mariana Minaya
    The growing number of young Hispanic mothers is the primary cause for an uptick in Montgomery County's teen pregnancies, according to state statistics presented yesterday to county leaders. In the county, which has one of the lowest overall birthrates in the United States, the birthrate increased 16 percent from 2002 to 2005 among all women 15 to 19, according to a report by county staff. In the same period, births for women in that age group dropped nationally and statewide. Births among Hispanic women 18 to 19, which have particularly driven the growth in teen pregnancies in Montgomery, have increased...