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Respect for death disappears when bereaved gunned down

The Joseph H. Brown Jr. Funeral Home offers solace for families of shooting victims. But it was no haven Thursday night, when a woman stepped outside from a viewing for her boyfriend - a 51-year-old man who had been killed by a bullet a week earlier - and was fatally shot.

City officer faces misconduct charge in Cardin marriage proposal stunt

Baltimore police said Friday afternoon that they have charged a sergeant with misconduct in connection with a state delegate's marriage proposal, in which on-duty city officers using a police boat and helicopter staged a mock raid of a boat.

 

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