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Dubious science

Sun, 7 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Carelessness in crime lab procedures raises serious questions about evidence

Baltimore police officers and crime lab technicians investigate the scene of a shooting at the 1700 block of N. Bradford Street. Carelessness in crime lab procedures is raising serious questions about evidence.

For fear of bridges, get help during the crossing

Sun, 7 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400

This one guy was so freaked by the idea of traversing the Bay Bridge that he practically begged to cross in his car's trunk. Fat chance of that; rules are rules. Instead he had to settle for lying down on the floor behind the seats, underneath a blanket.

City detective, Balto. Co. deputy charged in attack

Sun, 7 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Pair accused of beating man into unconsciousness in Sept. 2007 outside a barbershop in Govans while they were off duty

A Baltimore City homicide detective and a Baltimore County sheriff's deputy have been charged with assault after a man was beaten until he was unconscious last September outside of a Govans barbershop while they were off duty.

40-year wait nets two Purple Hearts

Sun, 7 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Vietnam veteran, 61, twice injured in war, is finally honored in Marine Corps ceremony

Vietnam veteran Gerald W. Elliott had waited 40 years for this moment, and he wasn't about to let Tropical Storm Hanna keep him away from the military ceremony at which he was to be decorated with two Purple Hearts.

Watchdog: Demolition overdone

Sun, 7 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Building owner says his property was damaged while city contractor was tearing down an adjacent rowhouse

THE PROBLEM While demolishing an East Baltimore rowhouse, contractors damaged an adjacent building, according to the neighboring building's owner.

Fear of crime means even a postcard view has a last call

Sun, 7 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400

T he new signs are up in Federal Hill Park, flanking entrances to the historic lookout once favored by generals and their armies and more recently by boyfriends and girlfriends who come for the views of the glimmering harbor and the bright lights of the city skyline.

It's not business, Barack, just personal

Sun, 7 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400

T here's Audacity of Hope ," John Coale was saying, "and then there's just audacity."

No justice to be found in DWI jail time

Sun, 7 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400

J ason Bukovsky was a 32-year-old Columbia resident, owner of a 2000 Jeep Wrangler and, one Saturday afternoon last December, just before Christmas, so incredibly drunk he is lucky to be alive. Still, Bukovsky drove his Wrangler south on Aviation Boulevard in Glen Burnie, drifted off to the right, struck a guardrail, cut back sharply and slammed into a Honda Accord, killing its driver, 53-year-old Soon Youn Livingston. About an hour after the accident, Bukovsky's blood-alcohol level registered 0.39 percent, nearly five times what the state considers drunk.

Let's make sure officials' ethics aren't on the auction block

Sun, 7 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400

I t sounded like just another father-son bonding experience. They could have gone down to the corner bar for a couple of cold ones, or fired up the flat-screen and watched a game. Instead, the Foxxes headed down Pulaski Highway to go ... shopping.

Treasure in the cellar brought more trouble than riches

Sun, 7 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400

T he story of two Baltimore teenagers and their random discovery of a cache of gold coins in a copper jug while digging in the dirt cellar floor of a three-story rowhouse at 132 S. Eden St. became a national story during the height of the Depression.