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The Maryland Port Administration on Monday began requiring workers and visitors to show new federally mandated identification cards at port terminals.

An East Baltimore man risked his life today to try to save one of his neighbors after fire sweeps through their home. It happened in the 19 hundred block of Lanvale street just after one thirty Monday afternoon.

A 50-year-old Kansas City woman has been charged with murdering her ex-husband after she reportedly got tired of him demanding sex from her.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- An Ohio State University academic adviser and a real estate agent held a $10-a-ticket raffle that offered an evening with a prostitute who is also a child sex-abuse caseworker, police said.

Three state correctional officers were injured in a brawl with maximum-security inmates at the North Branch Correctional Institution, the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services said Monday.

City police are investigating a murder in Southeast Baltimore.

Hagerstown police are investigating a stabbing that caused life-threatening injuries to a 38-year-old man.

While Black Friday shoppers storm the malls, thousands of other Marylanders are heading to the woods for the Saturday opening of the firearm deer season.

Federal health officials estimate that the struggling economy is likely to speed up by one to three years the exhaustion of the Medicare trust fund covering hospital and nursing home care.

President-elect Obama describes her as a woman with "extraordinary intelligence and toughness" who will "command respect" in capitals around the world.

A Houston hospital says former first lady Barbara Bush is in good condition and recovering from ulcer surgery as expected.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says further interest-rate cuts are "certainly feasible," but he warns there are limits to how much such action would revive an economy likely to stay weak well into next year.

The jury in Boy George's false imprisonment trial has heard how the singer confessed during a police interview to handcuffing a male model at his London home.

Comedienne Tina Fey doesn't regret her infamous impersonations of Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live - because she dealt the same treatment to President Bush.

Tom Cruise and leading retail website Amazon have blasted claims the actor was behind a decision to stop selling a controversial book about the Church of Scientology.

Madonna's current world tour is set to rake in $282 million - making it the biggest-selling solo jaunt ever.

Ken Dorsey will be the Browns starting quarterback when Cleveland travels to take on the Tennessee Titans next Sunday, while the team will be without both quarterback Derek Anderson and tight end Kellen Winslow.

The Arizona Cardinals signed punter Ben Graham to replace Dirk Johnson, who was released earlier Monday.

PGA TOUR - PGA TOUR NATIONAL QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT, PGA West (Nicklaus Tournament and TPC Stadium Courses), La Quinta, California - The final stage of the PGA Tour's Q-School will be contested over 90 holes running from Wednesday to Monday.

The Detroit Lions placed wide receiver Mike Furrey on injured reserve because of a concussion on Monday.