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Popularity of License Plate Cloning Speeding Up!
Whether it's a prankster or a money-saver, more people have caught on to the notion of license plate cloning, or as high school students in Maryland call it, the "speed camera pimping game." The trick is to replace your license plate with someone else's number (preferably belonging to a lookalike vehicle) so when you speed by a red-light or speed camera, they get the bill (or bills adding up to thousands of dollars) in the mail.
In Maryland students have used a printer and glossy paper to print out faux license plates with numbers belonging to their frenemies.
Sex Offenders Get Scarlet Pumpkin for Halloween
As part of their parole, Maryland sex offenders must display a pumpkin sign that states "No candy at this residence." Along with posting the warning sign, the violent and child-sex offenders must also stay in their homes on Halloween, keep the lights off, and not answer the door. The state has distributed warnings to families, telling them to stay away from homes with the pumpkins.
Headline: School Bus Overturned in Maryland
A school bus carrying children overturned this morning in Prince George's County, Maryland.
Prince George's County police confirm that students and the bus driver were injured, and reports are now saying that 11 children and the driver were transported to the hospital. The extent of their injuries is not known at this time.
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Study Abroad Sans the Glamour: Soldiers Take Classes in Iraq
Study Abroad in Iraq? The headline jumped out of the Daily Beast, and I knew I had a story. Until, that is, I read it and learned the average American student cannot register for a semester in Baghdad the way they can in Strasbourg.
Awating Results: Obama and McCain Nab Maryland
Obama and McCain are projected to win the Maryland primaries. The polls just closed after bad weather earned the state a longer voting day. This is the second win for both candidates in the "Potomac Primaries" today.
DC Sniper's Ex-Wife Says Those Bullets Were Meant For Her
On October 23, 2002, Mildred Muhammad was visited at her Maryland home by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents. They'd come to inform her that her ex-husband, John, had begun shooting people around her. "You are the target," they told her ominously.
Mother of Obese Teen Charged With Criminal Neglect
Jerri Gray, the mother of a 14-year-old boy who weighs 555 pounds, has been charged with felony child neglect by South Carolina. Her son has been taken to foster care, and she faces 10 years in prison for putting her son at risk by neglecting his medical needs. Gray, who works three jobs, has told the media that her son got so overweight because she could not keep track of what he was eating.
Briefing Book! Levi Johnston Opens Up to Tyra Banks
- Levi Johnston talks safe sex with Tyra Banks. — Huffington Post
- Birth control and grapefruit diet don't go well together. — Jezebel
- Michelle Obama's euro style.
Town and Country: A Presidential Weekend
True to the cultural tone President Obama is predicted to set, he took his family to see the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater perform at the Kennedy Center Friday night. The first family waved from the presidential box as audience members hung over the balcony, waving and trying to shake hands. Saturday the whole family retreated to Camp David in Maryland, along with Michelle Obama's mother, Marian Robinson, and a friend of Sasha's.
Who Will Be the Next President? Watch the Results With Us!
Election Night is finally here! We've followed the 2008 Presidential campaign trail from primaries, conventions, debates to every hilarious and unexpected moment in between. East Coast polls have started to close, and we'll be here updating you on the electoral votes as they come in using predictions from pollster and major networks.
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