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• WEATHER BLOG: Dry, Chilly, Breeezy

  22-10-2016 22:48
  
  A dry, chilly and breezy forecast is in store for the balance of the evening into tonight as an upper-level area of low pressure continues to slowly make its way into northern New England tonight through tomorrow.
  After a chilly day today, it quickly turns milder by tomorrow afternoon as 850mb temps begin to warm late tonight and warm advection continues tomorrow. A weak upper disturbance travels through the area tomorrow night around the base of a deep upper-low to our north and this will bring
  
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• Nobel Academy Member Calls Bob Dylan’s Silence ‘Arrogant’

  22-10-2016 21:53
  
  COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A member of the Swedish Academy that awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in literature to Bob Dylan says the American singer-songwriter’s silence since receiving the honor is “impolite and arrogant.”Per Wastberg said Dylan’s lack of reaction to the honor the academy bestowed on him last week was predictable, but disrespectful nonetheless.
  “One can say that it is impolite and arrogant. He is who he is,” Wastberg was quoted as saying in
  
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• Father Sentenced to 1,503 Years in Prison in Daughter’s Rape

  22-10-2016 21:28
  
  FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A 41-year-old Fresno man has been sentenced to 1,503 years in prison for raping his teenage daughter over a four-year period.The Fresno Bee reports Rene Lopez was sentenced Friday to the longest-known prison sentence in Fresno Superior Court history.
  A jury in September found Lopez guilty of 186 felony counts of sexual assault, including dozens of counts of rape of a minor.
  Prosecutors say Lopez’s daughter was first sexually abused by a family friend but that in
  
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• Trump Vowing to Sue ‘Every One’ of His Female Accusers

  22-10-2016 20:00
  
  GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump on Saturday pledged post election lawsuits against every woman who has accused him of sexual assault or other inappropriate behavior, and he charged Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the Democratic Party with orchestrating the allegations.“Every one of these liars will be sued once the election is over,” Trump said, adding, “I look so forward to doing that.”
  Trump’s threat overshadowed his intended focus during a speech i
  
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• Anthem Singer at Heat-76ers Game Kneels During Performance

  22-10-2016 19:34
  
  MIAMI (AP) — A woman performing the national anthem before an NBA preseason game in Miami did so while kneeling at midcourt.Denasia Lawrence opened her jacket just before she started to sing, revealing a “Black Lives Matter” shirt, then dropped to her left knee and performed the song. She said it was her way of protesting racial oppression.
  “We’re being unjustly killed and overly criminalized,” Lawrence wrote early Saturday in a Facebook post. “I took th
  
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• Baltimore Mayor Rawlings-Blake to appear on Food Network's 'Chopped' - Baltimore Sun

  22-10-2016 19:00 via baltimoresun.com
  
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  A video crew films Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake outside City Hall for a Food Network show. (Doug Donovan/Baltimore Sun video). A video crew films Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake outside City Hall for a Food Network show.
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• Baltimore’s Next Mayor to Make Decisions on Free Bus Service

  22-10-2016 18:27
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is going to let the city’s next mayor decide what to do about the Charm City Circulator, the city’s free bus service.Rawlings-Blake’s administration had proposed scaling back the service after the City Council declined to increase the parking tax at the city’s public garages in order to pay for it. The mayor said Friday that the service will “likely” need to be reduced but that she won’t mak
  
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• Saturday, October 22, 2016

  22-10-2016 17:32
  
  Need somewhere to take your kids for fall festivities this weekend?
  Treat yourself with a spa treatment this weekend!
  
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• Police Seize Deadly Weapons from 20-Year-Old Man

  22-10-2016 16:58
  
  BALTIMORE, Md. (WJZ)– Baltimore City Police seized a handgun, a knife and small amount of marijuana from a 20-year-old man Thursday.
  Around 7:35 p.m., officers saw Hakim Knight displaying signs of a person who was armed in the 100 block of North Howard Street.
  The officers stopped him and found him to be in possession of a loaded 9mm handgun, a switch blade knife and a small amount of marijuana.  The property was seized and submitted at the BPD’s Evidence Control Secti
  
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• Arrests in Baltimore for illegal guns often lead to dropped charges or ... - Baltimore Sun

  22-10-2016 16:05 via baltimoresun.com
  
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  Arrests in Baltimore for illegal guns often lead to dropped charges or ...
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  A look at some of the guns and other items Baltimore Police have seized over the past few years. Officers reportedly seized 1,898 guns in 2015, according to ...and more »
  
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• Person Jumps from Building to Escape Fire In Reisterstown

  22-10-2016 15:12
  
  BALTIMORE, Md. (WJZ)– A person jumped from the third floor of an apartment building to escape a fire Friday night, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department.
  The fire occurred in the 11900 block of Tarragon Road in Reisterstown.
  Fire crews on the scene say the fire was contained to one unit and the person was transported to an area hospital with minor injuries.
  The cause of the fire still under investigation.
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• Person Jumps from Building to Escape Fire

  22-10-2016 15:12
  
  BALTIMORE, Md. (WJZ)– A person jumped from the third floor of an apartment building to escape a fire Friday night, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department.
  The fire occurred in the 11900 block of Tarragon Road in Reistertown.
  Fire crews on the scene say the fire was contained to one unit and the person was transported to an area hospital with minor injuries.
  The cause of the fire still under investigation.
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• Crystal Meth Mailed In Toaster Nets 18-Year Prison Sentence

  22-10-2016 04:20
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — A man convicted in a federal drug case involving six pounds of crystal methamphetamine mailed to Hawaii in a toaster was sentenced Friday to 18 years in prison.
  A jury in April convicted Allen Gorion, 32, of meth dealing and conspiracy charges. He and his co-defendant were arrested last year after picking up the package, which was mailed to Kapolei from North Hollywood, California.
  Authorities intercepted the package, replaced most of the drugs with pseudo-meth and deliver
  
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• Big Questions After Cyber Attacks Cripple East Coast

  22-10-2016 04:07
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Cyber attacks up and down the East Coast crippled websites many depend on Friday. Now big questions remain, leaving even the White House without answers.
  The Internet was under siege, as major sites like Twitter, Netflix, Amazon and Spotify slowed tremendously or simply didn’t work. The culprit? A massive cyber attack.
  As Homeland Security investigated, not even the White House had all the answers.
  “They’ll take a close look at it. But at this point, I d
  
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• Baltimore Ravens Week 7 Injury Report: Joe Flacco Likely To Play Versus Jets

  22-10-2016 01:40
  
  By Daniel Benjamin
  The Baltimore Ravens (3-3) listed a season-high 13 players on their injury list on Friday as they prepare to play the New York Jets at Metlife Stadium. Nine of the 13 players that the Ravens have listed are starters.
  Starting quarterback Joe Flacco is one of the biggest names on the injured list with a bum right shoulder. The good news is that Flacco was able to practice on Friday after not practicing on Wednesday and Thursday. Coach John Harbaugh said that he will see how Fla
  
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• Kershaw Stands In The Way Of Cubs’ Chance To Make History

  22-10-2016 00:55
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — All that’s left for the Chicago Cubs to do is make history.The Cubs came home to Wrigley Field with a 3-2 lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL Championship Series and a chance Saturday night to end a more than seven-decade wait to return to the World Series.
  “We’re not going to run away from anything,” manager Joe Maddon said. “It’s within our reach right now. But I do want us to go after it as though it’s, again, hate to say
  
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• Md. Man Accused Of Stealing Gov’t. Secrets To Be Held; Flight Risk

  22-10-2016 00:11
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) – A federal judge has ordered the Anne Arundel County man accused of the largest theft of government secrets in U.S. history to be held behind bars indefinitely, saying he is a flight risk.
  Hal Martin, an NSA contractor from Anne Arundel County and computer expert, will stay behind bars awaiting trial in what the government describes as the largest theft of top secret documents in U.S. history.
  His lawyer says Martin is simply a hoarder, who had no intention to harm the cou
  
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