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Suspect in assault top military wrestler

unknown@hometownannapolis.com (Unknown) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00

It all happened in a flash.

One minute, Officer Robert Owen was about to arrest a man who allegedly had been in a fight on Market Space early Sunday morning.

The next, he was on the pavement, in the choke hold of one of the military's top wrestlers.

Though he's still is recovering from his injuries in the smack down, the incident could have been a lot worse if not for the help of a passer-by and other officers summoned to t...

Man: Police forced him to delete photos

unknown@hometownannapolis.com (Unknown) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00

The sudden jostling of Antonio Amador's heating system woke him up early on the morning of Oct. 24.

He knew something was up when the world outside his window was glowing.

"I looked through the back window of my house and saw the ambulance, police and fire and thought, 'Something big happened,' " the Severn resident said.

What made his electricity flicker was a 2002 Acura crashing into a utility pole on...

City man gets 15 years for shooting

unknown@hometownannapolis.com (Unknown) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00

An 18-year-old Annapolis man was sentenced yesterday to 15 years in prison for his part in a near-fatal shooting last November that police say was revenge for a double homicide earlier that morning outside an Odenton bar.

A defense attorney for Dametres Maurekoe Short, 18, of Newtowne Drive said it took only six minutes for her client to wake up Nov. 16, get a gun and shoot Maurice L. Brown on Betsy Court in Annapolis.

Kathleen Sh...

Poll: O'Malley will face re-election challenges

unknown@hometownannapolis.com (Unknown) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00

Maryland may not exactly line up in the political landscape with New Jersey or Virginia, but a new poll shows voter dissatisfaction could plague Gov. Martin O'Malley in his re-election bid next year.

A poll by the Washington-based Clarus Research Group shows the Democrat with ratings of less than 50 percent in three key areas: job approval, whether voters want to re-elect him, and in a trial rematch with his Republican predecessor a...

Witnesses: Gunman shouted 'Allahu Akbar'

unknown@hometownannapolis.com (Unknown) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - Soldiers who witnessed the shooting rampage at Fort Hood that left 13 people dead reported that the gunman shouted "Allahu Akbar!" - an Arabic phrase for "God is great!" - before opening fire, the base commander said today.

Lt. Gen. Robert Cone said officials had not yet confirmed that the suspected shooter, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, made the comment before the rampage yesterday. Hasan was among...

Sources Say: Thanks for the money, but aren't you an ex con?

unknown@hometownannapolis.com (Unknown) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00

Like most high school students, only some of the 1,700 forced to sit through an assembly at Annapolis High on Monday were listening.

Maybe if they had understood who was running the show, they would have paid closer attention.

In a pack of dignitaries who assembled to watch the Milken Family Foundation give an award to a teacher stood one of the world's most famous white-collar criminals: Michael Milken.

Yes, it was he of junk-...

National Digest

unknown@hometownannapolis.com (Unknown) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00

SUV nearly slams into elephant

OKLAHOMA CITY - It's not unusual to see a deer or a cow crossing Oklahoma's rural highways. But an elephant?

A couple driving home from church nearly slammed into a giant pachyderm that had escaped from a nearby circus late Wednesday.

"Didn't have time to hit the brakes. The elephant blended in with the road," driver Bill Carpenter said yesterday. "At the very last ...

World Digest

unknown@hometownannapolis.com (Unknown) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00

2 service members missing

KABUL - Two NATO soldiers are missing in western Afghanistan from a routine resupply mission, the alliance said today.

The two were reported missing on Wednesday, NATO forces headquarters in Afghanistan said in a statement. It did not specify their nationality or which province they had been in, or provide any details of the resupply mission.

Honduran crisis continues

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras...