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Federal jury acquits Md. state Sen. Currie

A federal jury acquitted Maryland state Sen. Ulysses Currie on Tuesday in an alleged influence-peddling case, clearing the prominent lawmaker of all charges for accepting more than $245,000 in payments from a grocery store chain while he chaired a powerful budget committee.

Tags: Ulysses Currie , Joseph L. Evans , Shoppers Food Warehouse , bribery , Richard Bennett

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Md., feds warn parents to monitor kids on Internet

Federal, state and local authorities warned parents Friday about the dangers of letting children go online without supervision, encouraging them to closely monitor where their children surf and to report potential threats.

Tags: U.S. Attorney for Maryland , online safety , Project Safe Childhood

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Additional charges expected in Pr. George's probe

U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein says additional charges and cases are expected following a 31-page indictment against former Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson. WTOP's Kate Ryan reports.

Tags: Jack Johnson , Leslie Johnson , Amrik Melhi , Prince George's County corruption , Prince George's County , Kate Ryan

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Affidavit: Pr. George's Co. exec, wife took bribes

Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson told his wife, Leslie, to put "the cash" in her underwear and to flush a $100,000 check down the toilet, shortly before they were both arrested and charged Friday following a four-year federal investigation allegedly involving bribes related to housing development funding.

Tags: Jack Johnson , Prince George's County , Prince George's County Council , FBI , U.S. Attorney's Office , Doug Gansler , Keith Washington , Leslie Johnson , Rushern Baker , IRS ,

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