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NEWS BALT MD Bi wo eT or- ro iT i ersiTies With some for-profit colleges facing allegations from the federal government of misleading recruits and operating as diploma mills, the General Assembly is targeting the lightly regulated industry with proposed penalties aimed at ensuring that its schools live up to promises made to Maryland students. If the bill passes, Maryland would join the federal government and a growing list of states in the effort to gain a regulatory handle on an exploding sector of higher education. THe TiMore Bealefeld: iolence HigH- ligHTs senTencing After a weekend in which 18 people were shot in the city, including a police officer who was injured and a 4-year-old boy who died, Baltimore Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III used the spate of violence to argue Monday for tighter gun laws in Maryland. Bealefeld bemoaned the availability of illegal guns in the city, and said the arrest record of a man accused of opening fire on a city police officer Friday night in East Baltimore underscores the point.

THe BTi- More Marine froM wesTMinsTer, 25, killed in HanisT A Westminster marine who had previously served in Iraq was killed in combat in Afghanistan, the Defense Department announced Monday. Staff Sgt. James M. Malachowski, 25, was serving with the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, in Helmand province when he died Sunday. He had been based in Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Malachowski was an instructor in marksmanship and martial arts. THe TiMore sun officials reMove 51 dogs froM asadena HoMe Fifty-one small dogs, three of which were pregnant, were taken from a Pasadena home Monday after officials received a tip about possible animal hoarding. The dogs are expected to be put up for adoption starting Tuesday. The dogs, removed from a home in the 1800 block of Choptank Road in the Green Gables neighborhood, did not appear to be in distress, and no dead dogs were found, Anne Arundel County spokesman Dave Abrams said. THe TiMore sun For 90 minutes, authorities say, Brittany Norwood sat in her parked car, concocting a plan to cover up the horrendous crime scene she had just created inside the yoga store where they both worked Her colleague, Jayna Murray, lay dead, bludgeoned and stabbed inside Lululemon Athletica shop, prosecutors said.

There was something tied around neck. There was blood everywhere. The plan that Norwood formed as detailed in court on Monday by Montgomery top prosecutor involved planted evidence, phony injuries and a pathological series of hundreds of fabrications. cunning and her ability to lie is almost John McCarthy told District Court Judge Gary Everngam, arguing that Norwood, 28, should be held without bail until she is tried. McCarthy said the attack inside the store occurred after closing on March 11, shortly after Murray had discovered stolen store merchandise inside bag.

Norwood bludgeoned Murray for as long as 20 minutes, and struck so many blows in the same places on her body that it was impossible to determine the exact number of wounds, the prosecutor said. nature of this crime is shocking in terms of the level of McCarthy told the judge. majority of the blows were directed at head. Her skull was crushed during the Everngam agreed to hold Norwood without bond. No trial date has been set.

Making her first appearance, Norwood was shown through a video feed from the jail. She said her name and answered yes when Everngam asked if she had read the charges against her. For 15 minutes, she stood expressionless, her arms folded across a stand positioned in front of her. A review of public records Monday turned up no criminal past for Norwood. McCarthy said he also was unaware of one.

Friends of the suspect said that descriptions of such a violent attack stunned them. But law enforcement officials said they have heard from past acquaintances of Norwood who said she had a reputation as a thief. Two friends from Stony Brook University, where Norwood studied sociology and played soccer, said the same thing in interviews was my best friend in college. We had a falling-out because the girl was like a said Leanna Yust, a former soccer teammate of Yust said that Norwood stole money and a designer shirt from her. Both classmates said Norwood also could be fun to hang out with.

could be so sweet, so funny. Amazing soccer Yust said. Norwood attended the university from 2000 to 2004. THe wasHingTon osT Wild cover-up story Brit any nor ood THanks, MonTgoM- ery ounTy police 60 SECONDS bthesite com 6 03.22.11 free daily Prosecutor speaks about Bethesda yoga store slaying see news? text 70701 (keyword Bnews) twitter.