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As the number of mobile phones seized from Md. inmates climbs, the state's public safety secretary makes a controversial push for the power to jam signals in prisons. Employees are searched to prevent the smuggling of contraband, below.

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A consortium that includes Md.'s Holton-Arms School is driving an experiment that joins girls-only schooling and online teaching to show girls can benefit from an Internet curriculum tailored to them.

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