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An alleged Baltimore contract killer who went by the street name "Tony Montana" is in federal custody after authorities say he agreed to execute the associate of an apparent drug dealer — who was actually an undercover FBI agent. Court documents outline a series of meetings between 46-year-old Antonio McKiver and the agent, during which conversations were recorded detailing how McKiver would take out the target in exchange for $15,000 and a kilogram of cocaine. "That ain't no problem," McKiver allegedly said in one conversation, according to court records.

For a second time this month, the Anne Arundel County police's vice unit has arrested a woman for prostitution during an undercover operation targeting solicitation activities in Linthicum's hotels area, near BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport. An online advertisement prompted the second operation Monday night and resulted in the arrest of a 25-year-old Philadelphia woman. Ashley E. Grumm was charged Monday with prostitution, assignation, setting up a house of prostitution and possession of marijuana.

Further news of note for beachgoers: This could be a bad year for stinging nettles in the Chesapeake Bay, a University of Maryland scientist says. Maggie Sexton, with the UM Center for Environmental Science , has been checking for jellyfish daily in the Choptank River at the Horn Point Environmental Laboratory near Cambridge. "The conditions are right to have a large population," she said. "We saw the first one two weeks ago, and now we're starting to see one every day," she said.

Ah, summer. A time for all sorts of fun activities - hikes, cookouts, pool days, bike rides and more. And ow, summer. A time for all kinds of seasonal injuries and health emergencies. such as burns from the grill, tick bites, heat stroke and swimmers ear. Be prepared with our Summer Survival Guide - we identify nine common summer ailments, explain what they look like and detail how to treat them. Our focus is on how to respond, but doctors note that the best way to enjoy your summer is by practicing prevention: wear sunscreen and bug spray, cover up when hiking in the woods and drink lots of water on hot days.

Loyola's 10-9 overtime loss to Johns Hopkins at Ridley Athletic Complex in Baltimore on Saturday was a devastating outcome in several ways for the host Greyhounds. Loyola (12-1) suffered its first setback of the season and missed out on a chance to record the best start in the program's history. The team lost for the 13th consecutive time to the Blue Jays and will lose its spot atop the rankings in many publications. But what the loss entails for the Greyhounds in the big picture is still undetermined.

Imean Shaheed was working last Sunday when federal agents rushed into the Patapsco Flea Market, announced over the loudspeaker that the bazaar was closed for business and shut down vendors selling knockoff Nikes, Louis Vuitton bags and Tiffany & Co. jewelry. "It was like the movies," the 20-year-old Shaheed said Saturday after the Cherry Hill flea market re-opened. Some booths were empty, but the parking lot was full and customers flocked to vendors such as Shaheed who were open for business.

Annapolis police arrested seven people last week in a special operation to target suspects soliciting prostitutes, police said Monday. Police had received numerous complaints about prostitution activity in the area of the 200 block of West St. Nearby residents told police they often see suspects solicit prostitutes on West Street near Southgate and Monticello avenues and drive to nearby residential streets to park and conduct sexual activity, Det....

Hate speech is a form of vandalism. It defaces the environment, and like a broken window, if left untended, signals to other hoodlums that the coast is clear to do more damage. But unlike the proverbial broken window, which urban police departments and criminologists urge us to repair to maintain the aura of social order, nobody seems to be in much of a hurry to nip hate speech in the bud. That's because since the ill-fated attempt by several universities to regulate hate speech in the 1980s and 1990s, any discussion of reining in racist taunts inevitably degrades into charges of political correctness and ends abruptly with the invocation of the First Amendment.

They met three times at Penn Station to discuss the robbery of a cartel's drug stash house, then on Thursday, strapped with handguns, gathered at a 7-11 in Hampden for a last-minute rendezvous before carrying out the plot, according to court documents. The whole operation was a ruse, however, set up by federal agents. It's at least the second time the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has used the method in recent months to identify and arrest home invasion suspects.

TNA had the right idea on Thursday night's episode of Impact Wrestling as far as hyping Sunday's Sting-Kurt Angle match at the Hardcore Justice pay-per-view. In addition to a nicely done video package, the empty arena match between the two from a couple years ago was shown - with Angle providing commentary - and the final segment of the show featured the official contract signing for Sunday's match for Sting's TNA world title. After signing the contract, Sting and Angle both cut good promos that were designed to make their showdown at Hardcore Justice seem special.