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Hate Crime, Dog Rescues, Mansion Blaze, Phylicia Barnes Update
O'Malley considers future, parents investigated for letting kids walk home and other headlines from Maryland Patches.

Here are some of the day’s top headlines from Maryland Patch sites:
- School Says Four Children Dead in Annapolis Mansion Fire
- Kayaker Rescues Dog Stuck on Ice in Joppa
- 5 Abandoned Dogs Rescued; Sixth Found Frozen to Ground
- Judge Releases Baltimore Man Tried Twice in Phylicia Barnes Murder
- Police Investigate Hate Crime in Chevy Chase
- Parents Who Let Kids Walk Home Alone Face Inquiry
- O’Malley ‘Seriously Thinking’ About Running for President
- Memorial Service Set for Annapolis Man Who Died on Route 50
- Former MD Planning Chief of Staff Tapped for Harford County Leadership Post
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Mansion fire in Annapolis. Photo Credit: Anne Arundel County Fire Department.
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