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Md. AG in court to stop international company's Ponzi scheme

It's an online investment offer that targets people looking for a fast buck, but it may be a rip-off instead.

Tags: hank silverberg, Ponzi scheme, Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler, Profitable Sunrise

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Md. AG proves sanitizers don't kill 99.9 percent germ

The makers of CleanWell hand sanitizer have agreed to change their labels and pay $100,000 in penalties for claiming their product could "kill 99.99 percent" of the germs on your hands.

Tags: sanitizer,

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Reports of price gouging emerge in storm's aftermath

"We have received complaints about price gouging in the area of gasoline prices as well as in the area of hotels," says Karen Straughn, the director of the mediation unit for the Maryland Attorney General's Office.

Tags: price gouging, derecho, andrew mollenbeck, gas, Straughn,

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ACLU releases documents on background searches

The American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland is renewing its call for explanations about criminal history database searches of people on an enemies list of Anne Arundel County Executive John Leopold.

Tags: John Leopold, ACLU, civil rights,

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Md. judge slashes award in prison bus slaying

Tags: Baltimore City Circuit Court

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Md. AG office leader pursuing Leopold lawsuit

The director of the Maryland Attorney General's Office of Civil Rights of will take a sabbatical from his position in order to pursue a lawsuit against Anne Arundel County and County Executive John Leopold.

Tags: John Leopold, sabbatical, lawsuit

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Md. AG announces mortgage rate settlement

Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler has announced an agreement with Wells Fargo relating to allegedly deceptive marketing of adjustable rate mortgages written by companies it acquired in 2008.

Tags: Golden West Financial, Wachovia, Wells Fargo

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