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• Decomposing Body Found in Rosedale Home: Police
• Homicide Victim May Have Known His Shooter: Police
• How Long Will Maryland's Beautiful Weather Last?

Boy with New Hands Opens Up on Life 1 Year Later

Zion Harvey said he just wanted new hands so he could pick up his sister and swing on monkey bars. The 9-year-old was the first child to undergo a double hand transplant, making medical history last summer.

"Now, I can get myself dressed without anybody helping me," said Harvey, whose hands were amputated when he was 2 years old due to sepsis, an infection in the bloodstream.

"I'm still the same kid everybody knew without hands," he said. "But I can do everything now. I can do the same things even better." >>> Read more.

Dad of Missing Hoggle Kids: 'They Deserve to Come Home'

A Clarksburg father who hasn't seen his two children for nearly two years has launched an online petition drive to spur public awareness about the youngsters as a way to bring them home.

His request is a simple one with a complex legal footing: a Montgomery County judge should change his earlier rulings and let police question the siblings' mentally incompetent mother about what she did with young Sarah and Jacob Hoggle. >>> Read more.

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