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• Maryland Senate OKs Funding Increase For Behavioral Health

  17-03-2017 23:57
  
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland Senate has passed a bill to increase funding for community behavioral health providers that treat mental health and substance use disorders.
  The Senate passed the bill 47-0 on Friday. It now goes to the House of Delegates.
  The bill increases provider rates by 3.5 percent for fiscal years 2019 and 2020 and by 3 percent for the next three years after that.
  The measure also creates a rate study to determine a cost-based payment structure that would provide r
  
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• Police ID Officers, Charge & ID Suspect In Police Involved Triple Shooting

  17-03-2017 23:50
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore County Police have now identified the two officers involved in the triple shooting late Monday night and have charged one of the two surviving suspects.
  RELATED: 1 Of 3 Suspects Injured In Officer-Involved Shooting Dies
  Police are charging 17-year-old Askari  Francisco Gomes as an adult with nine counts of armed robbery, five counts of first-degree assault, and two firearms violations. Gomes is being held without bail at the Baltimore County Deten
  
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• On Match Day, Maryland Med Students Find Out Where They’ll Do Residency

  17-03-2017 23:30
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — On this St. Patrick’s Day, medical students in Maryland hope the luck of the Irish is on their side, as it’s also Match Day!
  Medical students across the country are finding out where they’ll spend the next several years of their lives.
  At the Hippodrome in Baltimore City, University of Maryland Medical students take the stage one by one, to open an envelope and announce where they will do their residency.
  “Today I matched in neurology at Johns Hopk
  
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• Fed. Budget Cuts Could Mean No Funding For Meals On Wheels

  17-03-2017 23:08
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — More than three thousand seniors are served meals daily in central Maryland, but the White House budget director said Thursday there’s no proof that Meals on Wheels is effective.
   
  Trucks are loaded and on the road, all over central Maryland, and for some elderly, it’s the only daily visit they have.
  But Thursday, the White House Budget Director included it in programs that don’t show any results.
  “We’re just not showing any results
  
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• Police: Two Teen Shooting Suspects To Be Charged As Adults

  17-03-2017 22:35
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —  Police say they have arrested two teen suspects for a shooting and both are being charged as adults.
  Police say 16-year-old Tyler Richardson and 14-year old Antonio Washington are both charged as adults for a shooting of a 30-year-old man on January 31, 2017.
  Detectives believe Richardson and Washington approached the man and attempted to rob him. During the robbery attempt, the victim was shot in the arm.
  Police say both suspects are charged as adult
  
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• Police: Two Teen Shooting Suspects Charged As Adults

  17-03-2017 22:35
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —  Police say they have arrested two teen suspects for an armed robbery and shooting, with both being charged as adults.
  Police says Tyler Richardson, who’s 16 years old and Antonio Washington, who’s 14 years old are now behind bars.
  Police say in January, they approached a 30-year-old man on Wilkens Avenue and tried to rob him, but during the encounter, the victim was shot in the arm.
  The teens now face several charges, including attempted first-degree mur
  
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• Baltimore Co. PD Investigate Viral Video Of Woman Beating 2 Children

  17-03-2017 22:29
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A video showing a Baltimore County woman beating two children has gone viral.
  The jaw-dropping footage has now sparked a police investigation.
  Police say the children in the video are now in the care of social services. The woman was questioned.
  Baltimore County police aren’t saying when exactly the incident took place, but councilwoman Cathy Bevins tells WJZ it was recent, and in her Middle River district.
  The video was sent to her on Facebook.
  “I thought, I&
  
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• Trey Mancini homers as Orioles beat Pirates, 8-6 - Baltimore Sun (blog)

  17-03-2017 22:22 via baltimoresun.com
  
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  Orioles prospect Trey Mancini was back starting at first base Friday afternoon, continuing to force a difficult roster decision over the next two weeks as he attempts to push his way onto the team's Opening Day roster. Mancini hit his second home run ...
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• Breaking down Brandon Carr's new deal with Ravens - Baltimore Sun

  17-03-2017 22:20 via baltimoresun.com
  
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  Brandon Carr's new deal will still leave the Ravens with a bit of salary cap room to do other things. Cornerback Brandon Carr's new deal is with the Ravens is a four-year, $24 million pact. However, it essentially amounts to a one-year deal with three ...
  CB Brandon Carr leaving Cowboys for Baltimore on 4-year, $23 million dealDallas News (blog)
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• Dispensation allows Archdiocese of Baltimore Catholics to eat meat on St. Patrick's Day - Fox Baltimore

  17-03-2017 22:04 via foxbaltimore.com
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  Dispensation allows Archdiocese of Baltimore Catholics to eat meat on St. Patrick's Day
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  [Video: A bagpiper performs outside of St. Patrick's Church in Fells Point on Friday, March 17]. AA. BALTIMORE (WBFF) -- Archbishop William E. Lori has granted a special dispensation for Catholics in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, allowing them to eat ...
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• Weather Blog: Lingering Cold Temps Even With Start Of Spring

  17-03-2017 21:26
  
  An eastward advancing warm front will make it’s way into the viewing area later tonight and into Saturday morning.
  Expect a few showers and some spots may get cold enough for a couple of snowflakes to mix in before the profile warms up and changes over to all rain.
  We will have another shot for some showers and a wintry mix Saturday night into Sunday morning as some colder air works it’s way in on the backside of this system, then look for partly sunny skies Sunday afternoon with hig
  
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• Court Decision In Dairy Drivers Lawsuit Hung On Comma

  17-03-2017 21:23
  
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — It all came down to a missing comma. In the end, a court allowed drivers for a Maine dairy to go forward with their dispute over overtime pay.
  Drivers for Oakhurst Dairy in Portland sued in federal court seeking more than $10 million in overtime. But the company argued they were exempt under the law.
  Maine law says overtime doesn’t apply to certain duties and lists them, including “packing for shipment or distribution of” foods.
  There’s no Oxf
  
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• Mural on South Baltimore tavern aims to draw attention to 'Free Brooklyn' - Baltimore Sun (blog)

  17-03-2017 21:16 via baltimoresun.com
  
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  Mural on South Baltimore tavern aims to draw attention to 'Free Brooklyn'
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  A mural on the side of O'Flynn's Crab & Cask House in Brooklyn reads, "You are now entering Free Brooklyn." (Courtesy of Liam Flynn). Sarah MeehanContact ReporterThe Baltimore Sun. The manager of O'Flynn's Crab & Cask House wants to send a new ...and more »
  
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• WATCH: Fan Essentials: Biggest Collapse

  17-03-2017 20:31
  
  Alyssa Naimoli
  The NCAA Tournament, with so many games, has seen its fair share of thrilling victories… and epic collapses. Experts and fans like to focus on the teams that put it all together. But what happens when it all falls apart?
  In this edition of Fan Essentials, CBS Sports Radio personalities looked at some of the worst collapses in NCAA Tournament history history. So many teams have dropped the ball, but these teams took it to new lows.
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• Maintenance Man Acquitted In Sex-For-Repairs Case

  17-03-2017 19:53
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — After a key witness failed to show up in court, a judge has acquitted an ex-maintenance worker of charges that he demanded sex from a woman in exchange for repairs at a public housing unit in Baltimore.
  News outlets report the state’s attorney’s office abandoned the case against 62-year-old Doug Hussy after a woman who had accused Hussy did not appear in court Thursday to testify.
  The accusations against Hussy were among several raised by female public housing
  
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• WATCH: Michigan’s Red-Hot 2nd Half Shooting Leads To Win

  17-03-2017 19:45
  
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  Day 2 of the NCAA Tournament opened with a bang as the 7-seed Michigan Wolverines and 10-seed Oklahoma State Cowboys put up a combined 183 points as the Wolverines took home a 92-91 win. As you might be able to tell, the game was an offensive affair, but the difference was Michigan’s shooting from three in the second half. The Wolverines have been a very good three point shooting team this season, but their second half performance was otherworldly.
   Michigan was 11-for-15 f
  
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• Maryland Routs Bucknell 103-61 In NCAA Tournament Opener

  17-03-2017 19:44
  
  COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Shatori Walker-Kimbrough scored 28 points, Brionna Jones had 25 points and 10 rebounds, and Maryland beat Bucknell 103-61 Friday to earn its seventh consecutive trip to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
  Playing at home in front of an enthusiastic crowd, the third-seeded Terrapins (31-2) built a 45-22 lead at halftime and expanded the margin to 30 points early in the third quarter.
  Maryland will next face the winner of Friday’s game between West Virgini
  
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• Mom Believes Daughter Was Trafficked While She Was Missing

  17-03-2017 19:30
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The mother of a Maryland teenager believes her daughter was trafficked when she went missing for days earlier this month.
  The mother tells a D.C. TV station that her 16-year-old daughter was picked up from her Baltimore high school last week by a man she met online and disappeared. She said her daughter has high-functioning autism and trusts anyone she meets.
  The mother says the man drove the girl to Washington, where for six days she slept at different homes under the con
  
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• Frederick To Remove Statue Of Justice Who Affirmed Slavery From City Hall Courtyard

  17-03-2017 18:45
  
  FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — A statue of the U.S. Supreme Court justice who wrote the 1857 Dred Scott decision affirming slavery will be removed from a City Hall courtyard in Frederick this weekend.
  Frederick officials announced Thursday that busts of Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney (TAW-nee) and a bust of Maryland’s first governor and slave owner Thomas Johnson will be moved Saturday. Both will go to Mount Olivet Cemetery, where Johnson is buried.
  The Taney statue was erecte
  
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• NFL Hires First Female Instant Replay Booth Assistant

  17-03-2017 18:32
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — After making history in 2015, Sarah Thomas will no longer be the only female official in the NFL.
  This season, Terri Valenti will join Thomas as the league’s second female official and first female instant replay booth assistant.
  Valenti will be responsible for initiating replays inside the final two minutes when head coaches are unable to issue challenges. Valenti also will help assist in review of other in-game replays.
  She previously had served as an instant
  
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• Scheduled To See Dr. Andrews, Ondrusek Released By Orioles

  17-03-2017 17:51
  
  SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Right-hander Logan Ondrusek, due to have his elbow examined next week by Dr. James Andrews, has been released by the Baltimore Orioles.
  Ondrusek agreed in December to a non-guaranteed $650,000, one-year contract. The Orioles officially made the move Wednesday, and he is entitled to 30 days’ termination pay, $106,557. Ondrusek’s locker at Baltimore’s spring training camp was taken over Thursday by pitcher Gabriel Ynoa.
  If doctors determine Ondrusek is
  
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• 2 Md. High School Students Charged With Rape Of Girl At School

  17-03-2017 17:42
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —A 17-year-old boy and an 18-year-old boy, both Rockville High School students, have been arrested and charged with the rape of a juvenile girl on school property.
  The boys have been identified as Jose O. Montano, 17, of an unconfirmed address, and Henry E. Sanchez, 18, of Bel Pre Road in Aspen Hill.
  School administrators notified Montgomery County Police Thursday that a juvenile female student reported to them that she had been sexually assaulted in a boy’s bathroom
  
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• Keidel: March Madness, The Best Time For Sports

  17-03-2017 17:37
  
  By Jason Keidel
  March Madness. No sport has coined its golden moment better than men’s college basketball. Not March Mayhem. Not March Delirium. Not March Playoffs.
  Madness.
  It’s the rare moment when we are allowed to forget our bills, our troubles and our lives.
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  Even the Super Bowl, America’s preeminent sporting event, lasts only a few hours. And we’re often reminded that it’s also a business transaction, with commercial
  
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• 19-year-old man killed, two others wounded in separate Baltimore shootings - Baltimore Sun

  17-03-2017 17:10 via baltimoresun.com
  
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  A 19-year-old man was killed and an 18-year-old man was wounded in separate shootings in East Baltimore on Thursday night, Baltimore police said Friday. Across town in West Baltimore, a 33-year-old woman was shot and wounded early Friday morning, ...and more »
  
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• 19-year-old man killed, two others wounded in separate Baltimore ... - Baltimore Sun

  17-03-2017 17:10 via baltimoresun.com
  
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  A 19-year-old man was killed and an 18-year-old man was wounded in two separate East Baltimore shootings on Thursday night, Baltimore Police said Friday.and more »
  
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• VIDEO: DNR Biologists Count Cubs As Part Of Annual Den Survey

  17-03-2017 17:04
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —Every year, Maryland Department of Natural Resources biologists perform black bear den surveys, which help them keep tabs on the size and health of the population in the state.
  On Friday, they streamed part of the process live on Facebook. It involved a team sedating a mother in her Allegany County den and counting her cubs.
  “Actually the most popular den site is a simple brush pile or under a blow down, a tree that fell over,” says Harry Spiker, a state bear b
  
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• Starbucks opens in East Baltimore with a training focus - Baltimore Sun

  17-03-2017 15:16 via baltimoresun.com
  
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  Starbucks plans to serve up lattes and training in new East Baltimore shop near Johns Hopkins Hospital. Starbucks opened a coffee shop with a training focus near Johns Hopkins Hospital Friday, the fifth in the chain's U.S. initiative to offer jobs and ...and more »
  
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• The Orioles’ Season Ticket Tag Day Is March 25

  17-03-2017 15:13
  
   
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — With the start of the regular season fast approaching, the Orioles will host Tag Day on Saturday, March 25, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
  Tag Day allows fans who are interested in purchasing either a full or partial Season Plan for the 2017 season an opportunity to “try out” seats before they make a purchase.
  Available Season Plan locations will be tagged with pennants, and the pennants are color-coded to match the 2017 Pa
  
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• Home Explodes In Rockville: ‘It’s Just A Pile Of Bricks’

  17-03-2017 15:12
  
  ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — A house in Rockville was leveled early Friday by a thunderous explosion heard for miles around, a blast so powerful it shattered windows and caused other damage to several neighboring homes, authorities said.
  The explosion rocked the Montgomery County community at around 1 a.m. and scattered debris widely, a fire official said, adding the cause wasn’t immediately known.
  Authorities said they had no reports of any injuries but neighbors said a man lived in the ho
  
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• Friday, March 17, 2017

  17-03-2017 14:58
  
  A special message from Linh Bui.Marty has Coffee With Ricard Armitage.
  
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• 30 Players: Yoan Moncada On Verge Of Stardom With White Sox

  17-03-2017 14:56
  
  By Rich Arleo
  CBS Local Sports, in our 30 Players 30 Days spring training feature, profiles one young player from each Major League Baseball team leading up to opening day.
  2016 season (Minors): 106 G, 405 AB, .294 BA, 15 HR, 62 RBI, 45 SB, .918 OPS
  Yoan Moncada has been surrounded by fanfare since he got an enormous $31.5 million signing bonus from the Boston Red Sox when he left Cuba in 2015. Only 21 years old, Moncada garnered attention almost as soon as he started playing baseball at 17 in t
  
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• 11-Seed Xavier Upends 6-Seed Maryland 76-65 In NCAA Tourney

  17-03-2017 14:23
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Trevon Bluiett doesn’t spend a lot of time worrying about missed shots because he knows the makes will eventually come.
  After missing his first seven shots and contributing just 3 points in the first half, Bluiett found his rhythm Thursday night to lead No.11 seed Xavier to a 76-65 upset of sixth-seeded Maryland in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Bluiett shot 6 of 7 during the final 20 minutes to finish with 21 points.
  “Once I get a couple to go in
  
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• Nationals-Orioles TV Hearing Reset For March 31

  17-03-2017 14:17
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — An appeals court hearing in the long-running television dispute between the Baltimore Orioles and Washington Nationals has been rescheduled for March 31.
  The Appellate Division of New York Supreme Court in Manhattan had been scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday, but the hearing was postponed because of snow.
  New York Supreme Court Justice Lawrence K. Marks in November 2015 threw out an arbitration decision that said the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network, which is controlled by the
  
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• WEATHER BLOG: Last Weekend Of Winter Is Here

  17-03-2017 13:54
  
  Hi Everyone!T.G.I.F.Not a bad start to the day. Calm winds, and temps in the upper 20’s. Still below normal but given the temperatures, and wind chills of the past week, not a harsh day start at all. The last weekend of Winter is here, and it is going to be a bit dicey this overnight. Another quick moving Low will spread rain, which will mix with wet snow during the overnight. There will be ZERO impact from this, but none the less a bite foul then ,and in the early morning. Back milder tem
  
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• Maryland Feeling Good About Chances Playing At College Park

  17-03-2017 13:39
  
  COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Despite its displeasure with being a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament, fourth-ranked Maryland need only win twice at home this weekend to reach the Sweet 16.
  One more victory after that, and the Terrapins could end up facing unbeaten, No. 1 Connecticut for the right to advance to the Final Four.
  “If I was them I wouldn’t want to see us, if that plays out,” Maryland coach Brenda Frese said Thursday. “On the flip side, I think they were dealt
  
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• 24-Year Old Killed In Windsor Mill Shooting

  17-03-2017 12:51
  
  WINDSOR MILL (WJZ) – Baltimore County Police are investigating an overnight homicide in Windsor Mill.
  Police say officers responded to a call of a shooting in a parking lot in the 7200-block of Windsor Mill Road. When officers arrived the found a man suffering from multiple gun shot wounds to the upper body. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
  The victim has been identified as 24-year old Bernie Slater of the 4000-block of Massachusetts Avenue.
  Anyone with information on the murder are ur
  
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• The Norris & Long Show Best Of – Week Of March 18th

  17-03-2017 11:59
  
  This week’s edition of The Norris & Long Show best of includes interviews with Orioles Manager Buck Showalter, and Orioles General Manager Dan Duquette live from O’s spring training in Sarasota, FL.
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  Buck Showalter joined Ed and Rob live in Sarasota, FL to talk about his hopes for spring training.
  Buck started by talking about what he has seen so far from his team in spring training saying, “we’re gonna mess around and lead the Grapefruit League that&rsq
  
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• New York Emergency Worker Run Over By Stolen Ambulance

  17-03-2017 11:31
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A New York emergency medical technician and mother of five who authorities say was “bravely doing her job” was killed when she was run over by her own ambulance that had just been stolen.
  Yadira Arroyo, 44, and another EMT were in the process of responding to a call Thursday night in the Bronx when they were alerted that a man was riding on the back bumper of their ambulance, Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro said.
  “So, they stopped the ambulance, they got ou
  
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• Ex-Power Ranger Pleads Guilty To Killing Roommate With Sword

  17-03-2017 11:18
  
  LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) — A former “Power Rangers” TV actor has pleaded guilty to killing his roommate, who was stabbed to death with a sword.
  Thirty-eight-year-old Ricardo Medina entered a plea Thursday in Los Angeles County Superior Court to voluntary manslaughter with the use of a sword. He faces six years in state prison.
  Prosecutors say Medina stabbed Joshua Sutter several times in the abdomen two years ago at their house in Green Valley, a mountain town north of Los Angele
  
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• Home explodes in a DC suburb: ‘It’s just a pile of bricks’

  17-03-2017 10:01
  
  ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — A house in a Maryland suburb of the nation’s capital was leveled early Friday by a thunderous explosion heard for miles around, a blast so powerful it shattered windows and caused other damage to several neighboring homes, authorities said.
  The explosion rocked the sleepy Washington, D.C., bedroom community of Rockville at around 1 a.m. and scattered debris widely, a fire official said, adding the cause wasn’t immediately known.
  Authorities said they had n
  
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• Fire Officials Investigating House Explosion In Rockville

  17-03-2017 10:01
  
  Rockville, MD (WJZ) – Fire officials are on the scene of an overnight house fire and explosion in Rockville Friday morning.
  Firefighters were called to a house fire on Ashley Drive. Officials say the house exploded, but so far no word on what started the fire or caused the explosion. Several homes nearby were also damaged during the explosion.(~1250a) 11400 Ashley Dr near Grayling La, Randolph Hills, explosion & fire, fire out, home completely leveled, nearby homes damaged, no inj pic.
  
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• Prosecutors Clear Police Officers in 3 2016 Shootings

  17-03-2017 06:08
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)- Baltimore City prosecutors have cleared multiple officers involved in three separate shootings last year.
  According to our media partners at The Baltimore Sun, all officers associated with the shootings are cleared of any criminal wrong doing. Among the incidents involved is the April 2016 shooting of the man who walked into Fox 45 television station wearing an animal costume and a fake bomb. Members of the city SWAT team fired on the suspect after he ignored commands to st
  
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• President’s Budget Poses Concerns About Future Of Chesapeake Bay

  17-03-2017 04:36
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Some major cuts being proposed by President Trump could have a huge impact in Maryland.
  There’s major concerns that all the effort that’s gone into projects to “Save the bay” could be undone. But others argue the outlook doesn’t have to be so bleak.
  Since the Regan era, the health and welfare of the Chesapeake Bay has been one the federal government’s top priorities.
  Water from six states end up in the bay and in the long-run the health
  
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• Person Trapped After Cement Truck Overturns In Anne Arundel Co.

  17-03-2017 04:14
  
  PASADENA, Md. (WJZ) — Crews work to free the driver of a concrete truck after he crashes on a narrow road in Pasadena and is pinned inside.There were some tense moments in Pasadena Thursday afternoon, as the driver was pinned down in the truck for hours. The Shock Trauma Go team was placed on standby.“Be advised, when the cement truck rolled over, it rolled over into a telephone pole. The pole is cracked. Wires are knocked down,” says a 911 dispatcher.A concrete mixer truc
  
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• The story behind Baltimore's 'Free Brooklyn' mural - ABC2 News

  17-03-2017 04:07 via abc2news.com
  
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  Friday Irish bars across the area will be filled with green-clad Baltimoreans celebrating St. Patrick's Day. There's a bar in Brookyn, a south Baltimore neighborhood, that's sending out a very visible message of who they are and what they stand for. An ...and more »
  
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• Baltimore Mayor Gives Address On First 100 Days In Office

  17-03-2017 04:03
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh promised support for the city’s school system and the homeless population and pledged to establish strong public-private partnerships in her State of the City address delivered on her 100th day in office.
  Pugh delivered her hour-long address on Thursday.
  In it, she said 23-26 new public schools will be built over the next several years with funds secured by state representatives. She also praised the police department for increasing its
  
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• Md. Police Dept. Drone Helps Find $394K In Stolen Construction Equipment From Multiple States

  17-03-2017 04:00
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —The Cecil County Sheriff’s Office says its drone program has helped recover from a Maryland man’s properties almost $400,000 worth of construction equipment stolen from other states.
  According to a news release from the department, the Sheriff’s Office was contacted on March 9 by New Jersey State Police investigators.
  NJSP said officers were conducting an investigation into multiple pieces of stolen heavy duty equipment and had identified an Elkton reside
  
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• WATCH: Dwayne Bacon Throws Down Vicious Slam Against FGCU

  17-03-2017 03:32
  
  Ryan Mayer
  The Florida State Seminoles earned a 3-seed in the West region of the NCAA Tournament and with that came a first round date against the 14-seed Florida Gulf Coast Eagles. FGCU is known as “Dunk City” because of their NCAA Tournament run back in March of 2013, which included plenty of high flying highlights as they made their way to the Sweet 16.
  This time around, FGCU has continued that “Dunk City” culture, but in the first half against Florida State, it was th
  
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• President Trump Vows To Appeal Md. Judge Ruling Blocking Revised Travel Ban

  17-03-2017 03:30
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Trump Administration vows to appeal the ruling by a federal judge in Maryland, which has halted the president’s revised executive order, temporarily banning Muslim immigrants from six Muslim-majority countries.
  Maryland district court Judge Theodore Chuang issued a blistering ruling blocking President Trump’s revised travel ban. A victory for immigrant rights groups and Maryland’s ACLU.
  “He can bluster from now until the cows come home, but in
  
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• Trump Budget Plan Draws Some Criticism From Md. Lawmakers

  17-03-2017 03:06
  
  ABBY MERGENMEIER, Capital News ServiceJESS NOCERA, Capital News ServiceNATE HAROLD, Capital News Service
  WASHINGTON (AP) —Maryland Democrats on Thursday voiced their displeasure with the Trump administration’s budget proposals, citing federal cuts to Chesapeake Bay cleanup efforts, the Appalachian Regional Commission and the National Institutes of Health.
  “The Trump budget is great if you can get on a plane every weekend and fly to Mar-a-Lago, but it stinks for everybody else,&
  
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