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Murder-suicide confirmed in Md. family's deaths

A home-improvement worker and school janitor who apparently was struggling to survive the recession killed his sleeping wife and two children before turning the 12-gauge shotgun on himself, Maryland State Police said Saturday.

2 dead in snowy, 40-vehicle highway crash in Md.

A pileup of 35 cars and five tractor-trailers on a snowy Maryland highway killed two people Monday and seriously injured at least a dozen, state police said.

Alleged shoplifter waits over 3 hours for police

Police said a man caught stealing nearly $900 worth of Sears merchandise waited more than three hours for officers to show up before store workers let him go. Maryland State Police said that when they finally reached the 27-year-old man by telephone later that night, he agreed to come in for questioning, showed up early and willingly confessed to the crime.

Survivor recalls helicopter crash that killed 4

Jordan Wells remembers losing control of her car on a rainy night in late September. She remembers being loaded onto a Maryland State Police helicopter along with the passenger of her car, and she recalls the sound of it clipping tree branches.

Files show Md. police watched variety of activists

Surveillance of anti-death penalty protesters and other activists by the Maryland State Police was broader and went on longer than previously disclosed, according to files that were turned over by police to dozens of activists who were improperly labeled as terrorists.

Md. police resume rescue service after crash

Maryland State Police say they have resumed medevac service as an investigation continues into a weekend helicopter crash that killed four.

Lawyer says family 'outraged' over inmate's death

The family of a 19-year-old man found strangled in his cell a day after he was jailed on charges of running over and killing a police officer is "outraged" over his death, their attorney said Tuesday.

Police standoff ends in Maryland, 2 found dead

Police found a man and a woman dead from an apparent murder-suicide Friday afternoon after a five-hour standoff that snarled beach traffic on Maryland's Eastern Shore for five hours.

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Police: Four Dead as Helicopter Slams Onto I-70
Source: The Washington Post

Maryland State Police tentatively identified the victims of the crash all as residents of Maryland, including Jeffrey D. Nordas, 24, of Columbia; Kim R. Felix, 48, of New Market; Niall R.Y. Booth, 43, of New Market; and George H. Tutor Jr., 39, of Westminster.

Activists, Lawyers Secure File Access In Domestic Spying Case Reversal Comes Before Protest
Source: Common Dreams

The 53 political activists wrongly classified as terrorists by the Maryland State Police may bring lawyers to review their files and take home copies, the agency said yesterday in a sudden shift in policy.

Suspect in killing jumps to his death at hospital
Source: The Baltimore Sun

Another domestic vioence-related death in Maryland. Homicide-suicides are far too common... the ultimate form of power and control an abuser can have over a victim... the power of life and death. Oddly, this suicide was a little prolonged.

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