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ACORN fires 2 after video emerges
The group ACORN has fired two workers who were seen on hidden-camera footage giving loan advice to a man posing as a law school student and a woman pretending to be his prostitute girlfriend.
Fox News Channel aired parts of the video and posted it online Friday. It shows a man and woman at the group’s Washington office, asking for help in buying a house for her prostitution business. The employees advise her to tell banks that she’s a consultant with her own company. They also tell the supposed law student he could buy the house, but to avoid going there because of his political ambitions.
In a statement, ACORN’s president of housing and executive director say there will be an internal review. On Thursday, two ACORN workers in Baltimore were fired after a similar incident.
MARYLAND
BALTIMORE
O’Malley participates in day of service
Gov. Martin O’Malley helped build homes on a national day of service to honor those killed in the Sept. 11 terrorism attacks eight years ago.
Mr. O’Malley joined volunteers with Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake in Baltimore on Friday.
The organization is building nine houses in nine days throughout the month of September.
Mr. O’Malley and volunteers from his staff helped install insulation in the homes and worked on other construction projects.
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Safety advocate killed in crash
A man who was part of a group that lobbied for safety on Route 32 in Howard County has been killed in an traffic accident on that road.
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