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• Typo Takedown: How One Man’s Spelling Made A Difference

  13-02-2017 23:55
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Baltimore driver is getting extra credit for using his spelling skills on the I-95, after spotting a glaring typo on a road sign.
  Christopher Boyle knew he had to do something after noticing a sign that he thought was misspelled. It bugged him so much, that he had to speak out.
  “When I got a picture, I just looked at it and said, ‘Yeah, it’s definitely not spelled right,'” said Boyle.
  Boyle says he noticed the third and incorrect &
  
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• Carroll County Sheriff Searching For Missing Westminster Teen

  13-02-2017 23:22
  
  Westminster Md. (WJZ) — Carroll County  Sheriff’s Office is looking for any information on the whereabouts of 18-year-old A’Kiara La’Shawn Hill.
  Carroll County Sheriffs say A’Kiara was reported missing on February 10, after last being seen around 5 p.m. from her home in Westminster at the 300 block of Old New Windsor Pike.
  Police say Hill has potential medical issues and does not have her prescribed medication with her. They also say she mad
  
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• Reward Offered For Information Leading To Arrest In Shooting Case

  13-02-2017 23:07
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Harford County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public to help them and offering a reward to find the suspect in a shooting overnight Saturday.
  Deputies were called just after midnight on Saturday, about an assault in the 1700 block of Fountain Rock Way.
  Responding deputies found a 26-year-old man who had lacerations to the face and a gunshot wound to the leg. The victim was taken to a local hospital, where he is listed in stable condition.
  Deputies began the
  
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• Police: Slain Maryland Inmate Suffered Blunt Force Trauma

  13-02-2017 22:46
  
  CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — Maryland State Police say a state prison inmate who was slain over the weekend died from blunt-force trauma.
  Spokesman Greg Shipley said Monday that the state medical examiner’s office has ruled the death of 69-year-old Roger Largent a homicide.
  The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services says a correctional officer found Largent unresponsive in a cell at the maximum-security Western Correctional Institution shortly after 8 p.m. Saturday.
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• Ravens Need To Figure Out Their ‘Complementary Receiver’

  13-02-2017 22:21
  
  Tony Lombardi of Russell Street Report joined Scott & Jeremy to discuss everything Ravens from free agents to salary cap.
  The Ravens need to assess what’s going to happen with players like Elvis Dumervil, Ladarius Webb, and Mike Wallace while making moves for the salary cap.
  Lombardi says, “They really don’t have a lot a wide receivers, but we heard Ozzie Newsome talking about a complementary receiver…so when you think of a guy like Mike Wallace, he should
  
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• Fire Crews On Scene Of 3 Alarm Fire In Baltimore

  13-02-2017 22:21
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore City Fire Department is working to put out a 3 alarm fire Monday afternoon.
  The 2 alarm fire is at a building near Frederick Ave. and S. Calverton Rd.On scene of a 3-alarm fire at Frederick & Calverton. Fire is in a vacant warehouse pic.twitter.com/bThp3Q4Glm
  — Baltimore Fire (@BaltimoreFire) February 13, 2017
   
  This is developing news. We have a crew headed to the scene and will continue to update this story as more information beco
  
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• Dad Who Left Daughter In Hot Car On Father’s Day Gets Prison

  13-02-2017 22:14
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore man who left his toddler daughter in a hot car on Father’s Day two years ago has been sentenced to eight years in prison for her death.
  Prosecutors say Wilbert Carter went out drinking with a relative on June 21, 2015, to celebrate Father’s Day. When he returned home, he parked his car at a friend’s house and forgot about his 2 1/2 year-old daughter Leasia in her car seat.
  Carter didn’t return to the car until 4 p.m. the next day. Temper
  
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• Three Orioles Land On Top 200 MLB Prospects List

  13-02-2017 22:03
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Minor League Ball shared their list of Top 200 MLB Prospects for 2017 and three Orioles players landed on the list.
  At No. 111 is catcher Chance Sisco, at No. 119 RHP Cody Sedlock and at No. 179 is first baseman Trey Mancini.
  Sisco was a second round pick in 2013. He hit .317/.403/.430 in 426 at-bats between Double-A and Triple-A with 61 walks, 88 strikeouts.
  Cody Sedlock was a first round pick last year from University of Illinois. He posted 3.00 ETA in 27
  
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• Additional Charges For Grandmother In Infant’s Methadone Overdose

  13-02-2017 21:37
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The grandmother arrested after a 15-month-old was hospitalized following a methadone overdose is now facing additional charges in the case.
  55-year-old Judith Anne Badrian Tetreault is being held at the Calvert County Detention Center on no bond for charges of first and second-degree child abuse, attempted poisoning, first-degree assault, neglect of a minor, and distribution of a controlled dangerous substance.
  RELATED: Md. Infant in Critical Condition Following
  
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• Jerry Sandusky’s Son Charged With Child Sexual Abuse

  13-02-2017 20:58
  
  BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — One of Jerry Sandusky’s adult sons faces multiple charges of sexual offenses involving children, more than five years after the former Penn State assistant coach was himself first arrested.
  Court records filed Monday say 41-year-old Jeffrey S. Sandusky was charged with 14 counts, including criminal solicitation and corruption of minors.
  The online court docket says Jeffrey Sandusky was arraigned Monday and bail was set at $200,000. He’s currently in the C
  
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• Charm City Cakes To Open New Concept Storefront

  13-02-2017 20:20
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Charm City Cakes announced Monday that the Baltimore-based cake shop will be opening a new concept storefront in Harbor East.
  The shop will be located at 618 S. President St., between Roy’s Baltimore and James Joyce Irish Pub. The Harbor East location is scheduled to open this spring.
  The store will have items such as: cake jars, cupcakes, macarons, and other treats. The items will be delivered fresh daily from their original location in Remington.
  Charm City C
  
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• Election, Women’s March Prompt Women Of Color To Seek Office

  13-02-2017 19:56
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Weeks after the election of Donald Trump, some minority women are turning their fears into action by joining hundreds, possibly thousands of women of color, who are actively considering a run for office.
  Across the country, women are gathering signatures, attending workshops, and signing up for fundraising and public speaking classes with their eyes on campaigns for school board seats, city councils, state offices, and even Congress.
  Nonprofit groups that encourage
  
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• Suspect Arrested For January PNC Bank Robbery

  13-02-2017 19:40
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Howard County Police Department has arrested the man accused of robbing a bank in January.
  Nathan Fischer was arrested by another agency over the weekend, but police say he is the man who robbed a PNC bank in Glenelg.
  RELATED: Reward Offered For Information On Bank Robbery Suspect
  Police identified Fischer as a suspect in the robbery of the PNC bank, located in the 3900 block of Ten Oaks Rd., back on January 20.
  Fischer has not been linked to any other bank robbery ca
  
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• Sears And Kmart Remove Some Trump Products Online

  13-02-2017 19:22
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Sears and Kmart have evicted some Trump-branded items from their online stores, but won’t specify how many and emphasize that hundreds of products are still available through its third-party online marketplace.
  It’s another sign of how companies are trying to tread a careful line, after President Donald Trump rebuked Nordstrom publicly for deciding to stop selling his daughter Ivanka Trump’s clothing and accessories line. Ethics experts saw that as a threa
  
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• Gun Industry Seeks To Ease Gov’t Restrictions On Silencers

  13-02-2017 19:03
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — They are the stuff of legend, wielded by hit men and by James Bond. For decades, buying a silencer for a firearm has been as difficult as buying a machine gun, requiring a background check that can take close to a year.
  Now, emboldened by the election of Donald Trump as president, the industry has renewed a push in Congress to ease those restrictions, arguing that it’ll help preserve the hearing of gun users.
  “We look at this as a Second Amendment issue. We look
  
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• Cops: Trio Foils Smash-And-Grab Of Picasso, Rembrandt Pieces

  13-02-2017 18:30
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Police say three witnesses helped nab a man who they say tried to steal five paintings from a Boston art gallery, including etchings by Pablo Picasso and Rembrandt.
  Boston University student Mackenzie Thompson says she and two other students were walking near the Galerie D’Orsay after the Super Bowl last week when they heard glass breaking.
  Thompson, of Shelton, Connecticut, says a man walked out with several paintings. The trio chased the man down, apprehended him and
  
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• Special Education Teacher Charged With Voyeurism Of Students

  13-02-2017 17:57
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A 46-year-old special education teacher is accused recording female students while they changed clothes.
  Christopher R. Clark has been charged with prurient intent.
  Authorities found that Clark, a special education teacher at Milford Mill Academy, left his cell phone recording in a room used by female students to change.
  Police say one of the students saw the phone and took it to another teacher.
  The investigation also found at least one other time that Clark re
  
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• Keidel: Terrell Owens Hall Of Fame Snub No Big Deal

  13-02-2017 17:18
  
  By Jason Keidel
  So instead of forming a symbolic circle around the newly minted NFL Hall of Fame inductees — a grand band that includes long-deserving, incredibly good guys, like Kurt Warner and Terrell Davis — the group hug has been broken by mass indignity over the one man omitted.
  Turns out Terrell Owens won’t be fitted for the gold jacket of Canton this year. And we’re all supposed to be frothing with fury.
  To be clear, Owens, the irascible former wideout who was equa
  
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• Fake News: Tips On How To Distinguish It From The Real Thing

  13-02-2017 17:18
  
  Teachers from elementary school through college are instructing students on how to decipher fact from fiction when it comes to online news, after an election season that saw made-up stories abound. Some of their lessons:
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  — URL look odd? That “com.co” ending on an otherwise authentic-looking website is a red flag. When in doubt, click on the “contact” and “about” links to see where they lead. A major news organization probably isn’t headquartere
  
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• Study Aims To Keep Maryland College Grads Employed Locally

  13-02-2017 17:15
  
  FROSTBURG, Md. (AP) — Frostburg State University says a study has identified certain types of businesses that could keep graduates of the school employed locally.
  The next step is to lure those businesses to western Maryland.
  The school said Friday in a statement that the study was ordered by the city of Frostburg, with support from the university and the Appalachian Regional Commission.
  It found that life sciences, small technology firms and financial and accounting services offer some of
  
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• Maryland Latino Caucus To Discuss Immigration Trust Bill

  13-02-2017 17:13
  
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus will be discussing support for a measure that seeks to restrict state and local law enforcement agencies from cooperating with federal immigration agencies during immigration actions in their jurisdictions.
  They will be joined by members of the Legislative Black Caucus and the Asian American Pacific islander Caucus on Monday evening for a news conference in Annapolis.
  The measure also would prohibit a law enforcement official fro
  
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• Metallica with Avenged Sevenfold & Volbeat

  13-02-2017 16:46
  
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• MTA Police Seek Identity Of Attempted Armed Robbery Suspects

  13-02-2017 16:36
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Maryland Transit Administration Police are asking for the public’s help to identify two men accused of an attempted armed robbery back in September 2016.
  Police say the incident happened on September 28, on an MTA coach in the 1200 Block of Greenmount Ave.
  Anyone with information is asked to call MTA Police at (410) 454-7720.
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• Buck Showalter Talks Pitchers, Catchers & Prepping For Spring Training

  13-02-2017 16:03
  
  Manager of the Baltimore Orioles Buck Showalter joined Ed and Rob to talk about the start of Spring Training as pitchers and catchers report today.
  Showalter began by talking about re-signing Mark Trumbo in the off-season and a possible new nickname for Trumbo saying, “they call him the ‘wind turnarounderer,’ spell that…now we’re excited and Mark’s excited we were letting him pick out his Silver Slugger picture with the rest of the clubhouse.”
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• Baltimore police release names of three recent homicide victims - Baltimore Sun

  13-02-2017 15:41 via baltimoresun.com
  
  Baltimore police release names of three recent homicide victims
  Baltimore Sun
  Baltimore police released on Monday the names of three men who were killed in recent shootings in the city. Bryant Beverly, 18, died Monday following a shooting Thursday in Southwest Baltimore's Allendale neighborhood, police said. Beverly was chased ...
  
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• Orioles Sign Chris Johnson To A Minor League Deal

  13-02-2017 15:31
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore Orioles have signed Chris Johnson to a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training.
  Johnson, 32, is the son of Triple-A Norfolk manager Ron Johnson. Though he’s primarily a third baseman, Johnson also has played first base in the majors and five innings in the outfield.
  Johnson is a career .275/.313/.404 hitter in eight major league seasons with teams like the Astros, Diamondbacks, Braves, Indians and Marlins.
  Johnson’s
  
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• Police Make 2nd Arrest In Horseshoe Casino Double Shooting

  13-02-2017 15:16
  
  Baltimore (WJZ) – City police have arrested a second suspect in connection with a double shooting at the Horseshoe Casino last month.
  Police say detectives arrested 27-year old Joseph Jennings on Friday, February 10. He has been charged with first degree murder.
  RELATED: Man Charged In Horseshoe Casino Garage Shooting
  On. Jan. 29, Jennings got into a physical altercation with a group of people at the casino and then went to his car, retrieved a gun and shot the group he was arguing wi
  
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• Tractor Trailer Overturns On I-95 Tydings Bridge

  13-02-2017 13:57
  
  Baltimore (WJZ) – Howling winds caused some damage in and around the Baltimore area Sunday night into Monday morning.
  Strong winds knocked tractor trailers down across the nation including right here in Maryland. Last night, Harford County fire officials posted these pictures of a Ryder truck tipped over on the I-95 Tydings bridge. They are warning residents to avoid the area.
   
   
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• High Winds Hit Maryland, As Tractor Trailer Overturns On I-95 Tydings Bridge

  13-02-2017 13:57
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) – Howling winds caused some damage in and around the Baltimore area Sunday night into Monday morning.
  Strong winds knocked tractor trailers down across the nation including right here in Maryland. Last night, Harford County fire officials posted these pictures of a Ryder truck tipped over on the I-95 Tydings bridge. They are warning residents to avoid the area.
   
  Courtesy: The Community Fire Company of Perryville, Md IncStrong winds should continue to howl through
  
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• WEATHER BLOG: High Wind Warning In Effect

  13-02-2017 13:37
  
  Hi Everyone!
  Welcome to a new week. AND welcome to another 5 days of no snow. (Knock on wood–don’t want to jinx us). And 5 days of milder than normal temperatures. (Knock on that wood again, really don’t want to jinx us.) Normals now are 44° dayside, and 26°nighside. Heck let’s just look at the numbers now through Saturday.
  Normals are 44/26
  Daytime highs; Mon-46°, Tue-50°, Wed-52°, Thu-44°, Fri-50°, Sat-56°.
  Nighttime lows; Mon-27°, TY
  
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• Animal Shelter Helps Give Dog New Legs, New Life

  13-02-2017 13:02
  
  Toronto, Canada (WJZ) – An animal shelter is helping a puppy left for dead discover new-found life.
  According to CBC, “Cupid” the puppy was found abandoned in a garbage bag and left for dead in Toronto.The shelter helped rescue the young animal and has developed ski-like prosthetic’s to help the dog walk. Workers at the shelter say Cupid has never walked before, so he is adapting to the new attachments.The shelter says Cupid will be up for adoption at the end of the month
  
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• Police: Former Syracuse, Celtics center Fab Melo dead at 26

  13-02-2017 12:12
  
  SAO PAULO (AP) — Former Syracuse University and Boston Celtics center Fab Melo has died in his native Brazil, military police said Sunday. He was 26.An emergency call Saturday night brought police and paramedics to Melo’s house in Juiz de Fora, in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais, according to a police sergeant who gave his name only as Couto. Couto said that when the police arrived, paramedics said Melo was dead, with no signs of violence.
  “We don’t know the cause
  
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• Orioles Expect To Welcome A Familiar Cast To Spring Training

  13-02-2017 11:17
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — There probably won’t be much intrigue for the Baltimore Orioles at spring training.When the team holds its first workout next week in Sarasota, Florida, most of the roster spots already will be decided. That’s because very little has changed since Baltimore lost to Toronto last October in the AL wild card game.
  Dan Duquette, the Orioles executive vice president of baseball operations, retained free agent slugger Mark Trumbo as part of a power-laden lineup that
  
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• PetSmart Recalls Dog Food With Metal Pieces Inside

  13-02-2017 10:38
  
  Baltimore (WJZ) – PetSmart is issuing a voluntary recall of one of it’s dog food brands.
  The pet shop is recalling one production lot of it’s “Grreat Choice Adult Dog Food” sold on PetSmart.com, Pet360.com, PetFoodDirect.com and nationwide in PetSmart retail stores. The recall comes as a precautionary measure due to a metal contamination that could become choking hazards to pets.
  The FDA says the dog food was sold between October 10, 2016 and February 7, 2017 w
  
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• GRAMMY Winners 2017: See The Full List

  13-02-2017 08:38
  
  By Radio.com Staff
  Today the buildup to the biggest night in music concludes with the 59th annual GRAMMYs.
  You can follow along with Radio.com where we’ll be covering the night’s events in full.
  Check out the winners and nominees below, with the winners in bold. Find the full list at GRAMMY.com.
  Album of the Year
  25 — Adele
  Lemonade — Beyoncé
  Purpose — Justin Bieber
  Views — Drake
  A Sailor’s Guide To Earth — Sturgill Simpson
  Record of the Yea
  
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• Adele Thanks Beyonce In Her Record, Album Of The Year Speeches

  13-02-2017 08:38
  
  By Amanda Wicks
  Adele swept the two big awards of the night, winning the 2017 GRAMMYs for Record of the Year and Album of the Year.
  Related: GRAMMY Winners 2017: See the Full List
  She used both speeches to address how much she adored Beyoncé and her music. “My dream, my idol, is Queen Bee and I adore you,” Adele said while accepting Record of the Year for her single “Hello.” “You move my soul every single day and you have for the last seventeen years and I wa
  
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• Police Investigating Death Of Md. Inmate

  13-02-2017 08:35
  
  CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — Maryland police are investigating the death of a 69-year-old inmate at Western Correctional Institution in Cumberland.
  Police say a correctional officer found Roger Largent, who was serving an 18-year sentence for rape, unresponsive in his cell at about 8 p.m. on Saturday. Authorities say another inmate has been identified as a suspect in Largent’s death and charges are pending. The Maryland Medical Examiner will perform an autopsy.
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• High Wind Warning Through Monday

  13-02-2017 06:30
  
  Really doesn’t look like much, but the showers that passed through the area produced winds over 60 miles per hour in some locations. We’ve had reports of trees down, trees into houses in areas around Carroll County. Trees are blocking roadways and some power lines are down in many locations. There are high wind warnings that are in effect for a good part of central Maryland until 6:00 p.m.Some showers that passed through our area brought along winds and they will be here to stay pret
  
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• High Wind Warning Overnight, Through Monday

  13-02-2017 06:30
  
  Really doesn’t look like much, but the showers that passed through the area produced winds over 60 miles per hour in some locations. We’ve had reports of trees down, trees into houses in areas around Carroll County. Trees are blocking roadways and some power lines are down in many locations. There are high wind warnings that are in effect for a good part of central Maryland until 6:00 p.m. Monday evening.Some showers that passed through our area brought along winds that are making th
  
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• City Health Commissioner: More Deaths From Overdose Than Homicide In Baltimore

  13-02-2017 05:55
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —  The number of people dying from opioid overdoses has reached epidemic proportions. City and state officials say it’s a national problem.
  Baltimore city declaring the opioid problem a public health emergency.
  “There are more people dying from overdose here in Baltimore City than they Are dying from homicide,” says Dr. Leana Wen, Baltimore City Health Commissioner.
  Health experts tell WJZ part of the problem is that these drugs are easy to get and de
  
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• Thousands Evacuate As Officials Eye California Dam Spillway

  13-02-2017 05:29
  
  OLGA R. RODRIGUEZDON THOMPSON
  OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Thousands evacuated their Northern California homes Sunday evening after authorities warned an emergency spillway in the country’s tallest dam was in danger of failing and unleashing uncontrolled flood waters on towns below.
  Hundreds of cars were in bumper-to-bumper traffic on Highway 99 as people hurried away from the Oroville Dam.
  The erosion at the head of the emergency spillway threatens to undermine the concrete weir and allo
  
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• Prince’s 2017 GRAMMYs Tribute Was Glorious

  13-02-2017 05:20
  
  By Amanda Wicks
  Prince’s longtime friends and collaborators The Time joined Bruno Mars to pay tribute to the late artist at the 2017 GRAMMYs.
  Related: GRAMMY Winners 2017: See the Full List
  The Time kicked things off with a funky medley of their synth-heavy hits before Mars came out to take the moment up to 11.
  Dressed in a purple sparkly suit that recalled Prince, Mars played “Let’s Go Crazy” backed by a full band. He might be known for more dance-hea
  
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• House Moving To Block DC ‘Death With Dignity’ Law

  13-02-2017 05:17
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee is taking up an unusual resolution that would invalidate a local law in the nation’s capital.
  The House Oversight Committee will vote Monday on whether to send a resolution to the House floor blocking the District of Columbia’s “Death with Dignity” law.
  Oversight chairman Jason Chaffetz, a Utah Republican, has vowed to stop the law, calling it “misguided” and immoral. The law signed last year by Democratic Mayor Muriel
  
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• Adele Sweeps Grammys Awards With 5 Wins, While Bowie Wins 4

  13-02-2017 04:59
  
  MESFIN FEKADU, AP Music Writer
  LOS ANGELES (AP) —Even though Adele flubbed one of her live performances at the Grammys, she walked away the belle of the ball: She took home all five awards she was nominated for Sunday night, including album, record and song of the year.
  She beat Beyonce in the top three categories with her comeback album “25,” and repeated her accomplishments from 2012, when the British star also won album, song and record of the year at the Grammys. She’
  
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• 59th Annual Grammy Awards

  13-02-2017 04:59
  
  MESFIN FEKADU, AP Music Writer
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Adele, who had trouble with her live performance at last year’s Grammy Awards, asked to restart her tribute to George Michael on Sunday at the Grammys, telling the audience: “I can’t mess this up for him.”
  She stopped and used an expletive after singing some of a new arrangement of Michael’s “Fastlove,” as videos and photos of Michael played in the background. She re-sang the song and earned applaus
  
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• Disney Increasing Park Tickets For Certain Times Of Year

  13-02-2017 04:58
  
  TERRANCE HARRIS, Associated Press
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Walt Disney World is increasing single-day tickets at certain times of the year and setting expiration dates on tickets in hopes of preventing overcrowding during the theme parks’ busiest times, company officials said Saturday.
  The single-day ticket prices are either staying the same or are increasing no more than $5 under the new price structure that goes into effect Sunday. Last year, Disney rolled out a pricing plan that allow
  
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• Metallica And Lady Gaga Bring Metal To The GRAMMYs

  13-02-2017 04:55
  
  By Brian Ives 
  Metallica and Lady Gaga brought down the house at the GRAMMYs, despite sound problems that left James Hetfield’s vocals inaudible for the first few moments of “Moth Into Flame.”
  Related: 5 Other Metal Acts We’d Love to See Lady Gaga Collaborate With
  Lady Gaga, who has collaborated with Tony Bennett, Beyonce and late E Street saxophonist in the past, and who has said that she is a huge metal fan, may have given a hint of her next direction with the
  
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• Maren Morris And Alicia Keys Duet At The 2017 GRAMMYs

  13-02-2017 04:49
  
  By Amanda Wicks
  Breakout country star Maren Morris—who won the Best New Artist GRAMMY earlier in the night—teamed up Alicia Keys to perform her single “Once.”
  Related: GRAMMY Winners 2017: See the Full List
  Set against a classy set that included drop-tier chandeliers and candelabras, Morris started things off before Keys joined her one verse into the song.
  The two shimmered onstage together. Literally. Morris wore a black sparkling cape while Keys donned a striped, silver
  
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• Adele Tributes George Michael After Rocky Start At 2017 GRAMMYs

  13-02-2017 04:48
  
  By Amanda Wicks
  After opening the 2017 GRAMMYs, Adele returned to the stage over an hour later to pay tribute to George Michael. But things didn’t go exactly as planned. Adele stopped the performance after the first minute to start over because she was having trouble hearing herself.
  Related: GRAMMY Winners 2017: See the Full List
  “I’m sorry, I can’t mess this up for him,” she said, before insisting they start over and apologizing for cursing on live TV.
  The moment
  
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• Police Investigating Death Of Md. Inmate As Homicide

  13-02-2017 04:35
  
  CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — Maryland police are investigating the death of a 69-year-old inmate at Western Correctional Institution in Cumberland.
  Police say a correctional officer found Roger Largent, who was serving an 18-year sentence for rape, unresponsive in his cell at about 8 p.m. on Saturday. Authorities say another inmate has been identified as a suspect in Largent’s death and charges are pending. The Maryland Medical Examiner will perform an autopsy.
  No further details were avai
  
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