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• Orioles' pitching depth a priority as spring training approaches - Baltimore Sun (blog)

  28-01-2017 23:59 via baltimoresun.com
  
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  Orioles outfielder Chris Davis talks about the team bringing back slugger Mark Trumbo and improve the defense. “We don't need more offense,” Jones said. “I think we need to improve the outfield defense. (Kevin Richardson/Baltimore Sun video).
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• Amid powerful lineup, Orioles' on-base guys might be the key - Baltimore Sun

  28-01-2017 23:56 via baltimoresun.com
  
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  Amid powerful lineup, Orioles' on-base guys might be the key
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  Hyun Soo Kim, Joey Rickard, Seth Smith might prove critical to the Orioles offense finding consistency in '17. Obviously, the Orioles are never going to apologize for the emphasis they've put on power during the Dan Duquette era, but it should be just ...and more »
  
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• Attorney: Man Charged In DC Actress’ Death Is Innocent

  28-01-2017 23:30
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorneys for a man charged in the death of a Washington, D.C., actress and yoga teacher say the man suffers from mental illness and is innocent.
  Local news media outlets report that Duane Adrian Johnson appeared at the D.C. Superior Court on Friday. Johnson is accused of killing 46-year-old Tricia McCauley, who was found dead in her car after disappearing on Christmas.
  Johnson told police that McCauley killed herself after they had sex.
  Public Defender Mani Golzari said
  
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• Firefighters fan out across city for smoke detector sweep Saturday - Baltimore Sun

  28-01-2017 23:20 via baltimoresun.com
  
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  Firefighters fan out across city for smoke detector sweep Saturday
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  An unidentified woman leaves balloons near the site of a fire Jan. 13 in Northeast Baltimore in which six children died. (Kim Hairston / Baltimore Sun). Jessica AndersonContact ReporterThe Baltimore Sun. After a fire took the lives of six children ...and more »
  
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• Hit-and-Run Driver Found With Assortment of Guns Inside Vehicle

  28-01-2017 22:03
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– City Police arrested a hit-and-run driver Thursday who had assortment of guns, ammo, narcotics and money in his vehicle.
  An officer was traveling east on North Avenue where he was flagged down by a woman, claiming someone struck her vehicle and drove off.
  The woman followed the car and called police. Police stopped the driver, who was identified as 37-year-old Troy Litwhiler. Litwhiler gave police several names. One of the names Litwhiler gave police was an person wan
  
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• Police Investigate 2 Fatal Md. Crashes 3 Hours Apart; Boy Killed

  28-01-2017 21:38
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Baltimore County Police are investigating two fatal crashes that happened three hours apart in the same area in Randallstown Friday night.
  The first crash happened just before 9 p.m. near Marriottsville Road. Early investigating revealed that a 19-year-old woman and a 14-year-old boy were riding together on one bicycle west on Liberty Road. They were struck by a 2002 Nissan Ultima, also traveling west on Liberty Road.
  The deceased victim was identified as Jamal Q
  
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• Police Investigate 2 Fatal Md. Crashes 3 Apart; Boy Killed

  28-01-2017 21:38
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Baltimore County Police are investigating two fatal crashes that happened three hours apart in the same area in Randallstown Friday night.
  The first crash happened just before 9 p.m. near Marriottsville Road. Early investigating revealed that a 19-year-old woman and a 14-year-old boy were riding together on one bicycle west on Liberty Road. They were struck by a 2002 Nissan Ultima, also traveling west on Liberty Road.
  The deceased victim was identified as Jamal Q
  
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• Key Till Witness Gave False Testimony, Historian Says

  28-01-2017 21:10
  
  HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer
  NEW YORK (AP) — The woman at the center of the trial of Emmett Till’s alleged killers has acknowledged that she falsely testified he made physical and verbal threats, according to a new book.Historian Timothy B. Tyson told The Associated Press on Saturday that Carolyn Donham broke her long public silence in an interview with him in 2008. His book, “The Blood of Emmett Till,” comes out next week.
  “She told me that ‘Nothing that
  
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• Baltimore Public Works missed targets for recycling, rat abatement - Baltimore Sun

  28-01-2017 20:23 via baltimoresun.com
  
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  Baltimore Public Works missed targets for recycling, rat abatement
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  Baltimore's Public Works Department significantly missed its goals for rat abatement and recycling, auditors reported. The department baited half of the 100,000 rat burrows the agency projected it would treat from June 2014 to July 2015, and fell ...and more »
  
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• DC Police Camera Network Hit with Cyberattack

  28-01-2017 19:37
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Devices that record data from police surveillance cameras in Washington D.C. were infected in a cyberattack days before President Donald Trump’s inauguration.Officials tell The Washington Post that the hackers managed to plant ransomware in 70 percent of the recorders for surveillance cameras used in public spaces throughout the city. The incident forced city officials to take the devices offline, remove the software and restart the systems. Officials say the c
  
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• Ex-Bank VP Pleads Guilty to Stealing $1.8M from Customers

  28-01-2017 18:22
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Authorities say the former vice president of a Maryland bank has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $1.8 million from customers.The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland said 54-year-old Melissa Strohman of Nottingham pleaded guilty to wire fraud and bank embezzlement earlier this week in federal court.
  Prosecutors say Strohman was senior vice president of a federal savings bank from April 2010 to July 2016. They say Strohman facilitated more than 200
  
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• Mascot Makes the Crowds Cheer; Though He Can’t Hear Them

  28-01-2017 17:41
  
  PATRICK WHITTLE, Associated Press
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Kamron King’s goal as the mascot at Portland High School is, of course, to make the crowds cheer — even though he can’t hear them.The 15-year-old freshman, who began donning a bulldog suit at last fall’s football games and now works the sidelines at basketball games, is deaf. But he said that doesn’t interfere with his performances, other than the occasional need for someone to direct him toward young ch
  
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• Police: Student Kidnapped, Driven to ATMs Before Release

  28-01-2017 16:38
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Police are searching for a man they say kidnapped a Georgetown University student and tried to force him to withdraw money from ATMs and make large purchases at stores.The Metropolitan Police Department says the man pulled the victim into a vehicle around 3:20 p.m. on Thursday and drove away. Local news media outlets report that the victim is a male student at the Georgetown University.
  News outlets report that the victim was not injured. The transactions were all decline
  
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• Former Bar Owner Sentenced for Shipping Methamphetamine

  28-01-2017 15:57
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A former Buffalo bar owner will spend nearly five years in prison for receiving shipments of methamphetamine from California.Federal prosecutors say 57-year-old John McNeill of Kenmore has been sentenced to 57 months for possession with intent to distribute the addictive drug.
  McNeill owned Mixology bar in Buffalo.
  He was arrested in 2014 after investigators intercepted a shipment of methamphetamine worth about $38,000 from San Diego, California. 
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• New Lawsuit Against Baylor Alleges 52 Rapes in 4 Years

  28-01-2017 15:06
  
  WACO, Texas (AP) — A former Baylor University student who says she was raped by two football players filed a federal lawsuit Friday against the school that alleges there were dozens more assaults of women involving other players.The lawsuit by the student, who is listed in the documents only as “Elizabeth Doe,” alleges at least 52 rapes by more than 30 football players over a four-year period.
  It also alleges a “culture of sexual violence” and describes her 2013 att
  
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• Snow drought could end late Sunday, 'but nothing huge' - Baltimore Sun (blog)

  28-01-2017 14:49 via baltimoresun.com
  
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  Snow drought could end late Sunday, 'but nothing huge'
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  A chance of snow is forecast Sunday night or Monday morning, but it's no storm. Some snow showers could fall Sunday night or before the Monday morning commute. A fast-moving low-pressure system is expected to sweep down from central Canada, but no ...and more »
  
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• Saturday, January 28, 2017

  28-01-2017 14:41
  
  Bar Vasquez stopped by the studios  to show some tasty food options.
   
  Orioles Fan Fest kicks off Saturday!
  
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• Papa John’s Big Game Contest

  28-01-2017 13:39
  
  105.7 The Fan and Papa John's, the Official Pizza Sponsor of the NFL and Super Bowl LI want to give you a pizza party.
  
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• Several People Reported Injured In Multi-Car Crash With Tractor-Trailer Car Carrier On Bel Air Rd.

  28-01-2017 05:35
  
  BEL AIR, Md (WJZ) — Maryland State Police are investigating a multi-car accident that injured several people. A car-carrier tractor-trailer collided with 14 cars happened on Friday evening, at around 5 p.m. at the 1700 block of Bel Air Road, near Plaza Ford.
  The commercial vehicle was traveling southbound on Route 1 Bel Air Road when for an unknown reason it crossed over into the northbound lanes striking several passenger vehicles. Traffic was also brought to a complete stop.
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• Several People Reported Injured In Multi-Car Crash With Tractor-Trailer Car Carrier

  28-01-2017 05:35
  
  BEL AIR, Md (WJZ) — Maryland State Police are investigating a multi-car accident that injured several people. A car-carrier tractor-trailer collided with 14 cars happened on Friday evening, at around 5 p.m. at the 1700 block of Bel Air Road, near Plaza Ford.
  The commercial vehicle was traveling southbound on Route 1 Bel Air Road when for an unknown reason it crossed over into the northbound lanes striking several passenger vehicles. Traffic was also brought to a complete stop.
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• Pre-Season Excitement For The Orioles At FanFest 2017

  28-01-2017 05:20
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — With Spring Training around the corner, Orioles fans are getting ready for the 2017 baseball season with FanFest at the Baltimore Convention Center on Saturday.
  Orioles FanFest will feature appearances by current and former Orioles players and coaches as part of a day-long celebration of baseball that will also include clinics, exhibits, and interactive games from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.  Several of you favorite anchors and reporters from WJZ will be there, and 105.7
  
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• Bel Air Woman’s Immigration Status Questioned In Own Neighborhood

  28-01-2017 05:00
  
  BEL AIR, Md. (WJZ) — A Maryland woman is asked her immigration status while taking a walk in her Harford County neighborhood.
  But, the Bel Air police Department is owning up to its misstep and says it will learn from this.
  “I didn’t expect this to happen in Bel Air. Walking while brown? He said, ‘no, no, no, nothing like that,'” says Bel Air resident Aravinda Pillalamarri.
  Pillalamarri tells WJZ Bel Air police officers demanded her ID after a resident called her in
  
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• Marylanders Rally In Annapolis Against Immigration Reform

  28-01-2017 04:52
  
  ANNAPOLIS, Md (WJZ) —Marylanders gather in protest of executive orders signed by President Trump on immigration policies. Immigration advocates and religious leaders were joined by lawmakers in a rally in Annapolis.
  Many of those attending today’s rally feel targeted by Trump’s enhanced enforcement of immigration laws. CASA, Jews for Justice, and the Council on Islamic Relations responded to President Trump’s immigration reform announced Wednesday at a rally at Lawyer&rsq
  
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• Man Charged In Baltimore Crash That Killed Cab Driver

  28-01-2017 04:15
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore police have charged a man with vehicular homicide while impaired by alcohol nearly a year after a cab driver was killed in a two-car crash.
  The department said in a news release that 27-year-old Tavon Ross was arrested Thursday.
  Officers say on Feb. 28, 2016, Ross was driving on Monument Street when he failed to stop at a red light at Caroline Street.
  Police say Ross’ car hit a cab driven by 41-year-old Lucas Dagbovie, trapping Dagbovie in the vehicle.
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• Weather Blog: Colder Air Has Moved In

  28-01-2017 04:00
  
  Colder air moved into the region, as the jet stream has finally made a dip southward in the Eastern United States. For the next week or more, we will experience cooler conditions than we have seen in recent weeks.
  This weekend, expect partly sunny skies both days, with highs in the low 40’s, with nighttime lows in the upper 20’s.
  The bay temperature Is around 39 degrees, for all of those who will be taking the plunge! Ouch! Have a good weekend!
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• Man shot outside southwest Baltimore gas station dies - WBAL Baltimore

  28-01-2017 03:56 via wbaltv.com
  
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  Man shot outside southwest Baltimore gas station dies
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  A man was killed Friday night in a shooting outside a Royal Farms in southwest Baltimore, police said. Advertisement. City police said an officer heard gunfire at 7:39 p.m. in the 1800 block of Washington Boulevard. Police said the officer found a 33 ...
  Baltimore Co. Police ID Man Killed In Overlea Police-Involved ShootingCBS Local
  Two shootings in south and southwest Baltimore kill one man Friday eveningFox Ba
  
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• Seven People Overdose In Two Hours In Carroll County Friday

  28-01-2017 03:20
  
  CARROLL COUNTY, Md (WJZ) — The Carroll County Health Department says seven people were found to have overdosed on Friday within a two-hour time span.
  Carroll County Health Department says the overdoses happened between 10 a.m. and 12 noon Friday. The health department says this high frequency of drug overdoses within a short period of time often means that the illegal and prescription drugs currently being sold are more likely to cause an overdose or even death.
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• VP Pence Speaks Before Thousands At ‘March For Life’ In DC

  28-01-2017 02:00
  
  WASHINGTON (WJZ/AP) — Today, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of Washington D.C.  for the 44th annual March for Life, the world’s largest annual pro-life demonstration. Crowds were massive today, with some marching for hours.
  The March for Life, held each year in Washington to mark the anniversary of the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, had one of its biggest-name speakers in years: Vice President Mike Pence.
  Pence drew a big roar from the
  
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• Malcolm X Daughter and Granddaughter Arrested For Animal Abuse In La Plata

  28-01-2017 02:00
  
  DAVID DISHNEAU, Associated Press
  A daughter and granddaughter of slain black nationalist Malcolm X have been charged with stealing a rental truck that was found in southern Maryland carrying seven pit bulls in what police described Friday as inhumane conditions.
  Malikah Saban Shabazz, 51, of Berlin, New Hampshire, and her daughter Bettih Bahiyah Shabazz, 19, of Stark, New Hampshire, were released in Charles County on Thursday after posting bond of $2,000 each, according to online court records.
  
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• Pizza Delivery Man Shot While Making Delivery, Suspect Takes Off With Pizza

  28-01-2017 00:37
  
  LANSDOWNE, Md. (WJZ) — A pizza delivery man was shot while trying to make a delivery in Lansdowne on Friday afternoon.
  Baltimore County Police say the pizza delivery man arrived at the unit block of Hummingbird Court around 3 p.m. to deliver an order. No one answered the door, and so the delivery man returned to his car.
  Police say that once he was inside the car, a suspect approached from the passenger side, opened the door and confronted the driver and shot him once in the uppe
  
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