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• Parents Charged in 9-Year-Old Girl's Death in Motel Room: Police
• Former Assistant State's Attorney Facing Child Porn Charges
• Pedestrian Killed in Crash Near Golden Ring Center: Police

Can I Take a Selfie With My Maryland Ballot?

For those Maryland voters who can't call it Election Day without a picture of themselves with their completed ballot or a "selfie" photograph of the completed ballot, you should know snapping that picture is against state law. But you probably won't get in trouble if you do grab a selfie, a state elections official told Patch. >>> Read more.

How to Keep Trick-Or-Treaters Away from Your Door

We’re jumbling a couple seasons together, but there are Halloween Grinches. Some folks just don’t welcome trick-or-treaters, whether it’s because they don’t want the ringing doorbell to wake up a baby, or they aren’t physically up to the repeated trips to the door, or perhaps they can’t afford the expense of feeding every candy junkie within a hundred miles. >>> Read more.

• Pop-Tart Gun School Suspension Case Settled After 3 Years
• 2 Burglars Killed Gaithersburg Man, Victim's Name Released
• Purple Line Will Turn Metro Service Around: Gov. Hogan
• Expect Delays: Red Line Surge Work Starts This Week, WMATA Warns
• Germantown Man Forces Way Into House, Stabs Couple: Police

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• Woman's Body Found in Rockville Parking Lot, Autopsy Find No Trauma: Update
• Woman Sentenced in Bar Brawl For Hitting Cop With Truck
• Bicyclist Killed After Car Runs Into Him From Behind in Capitol Heights: Police
• Prince George's County Police Officer Indicted by Grand Jury
• Gold Star Father Khizr Khan to Campaign for Clinton in Virginia

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