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• Hospital Reopens Neonatal Unit After Bacteria Investigation

  01-04-2017 23:31
  
  CHEVERLY, Md. (AP) — Officials at a Maryland hospital are preparing to reopen an intensive care unit for newborns that was closed last year after the discovery of a potentially deadly bacteria.
  The neonatal intensive care unit at Prince George’s Hospital Center is scheduled to reopen Monday after an investigation involving state and federal public health officials.
  Officials say the move comes after months of testing on the unit’s water supply, believed to be the source of the
  
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• Record-Breaking Coin Auction Fetches $106.7 Million

  01-04-2017 23:17
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — A rare 1804 silver dollar fetched almost $3.3 million dollars in what officials say is a record-breaking coin collection auction.
  A five-part sale of the D. Brent Pogue coin collection that ended Friday netted a total of almost $106.7 million.
  The five auction events were held over the past two years by Stack’s Bowers Galleries of Santa Ana, California, in conjunction with Sotheby’s in Baltimore.
  Friday’s final auction yielded about $21.4 million, includi
  
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• It’s Academic: April 1, 2017

  01-04-2017 23:16
  
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• Body Found in Maryland Lake During Student Service Outing - CBS Baltimore / WJZ

  01-04-2017 23:07 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  
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  Body Found in Maryland Lake During Student Service Outing
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  GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — Authorities say University of Maryland students found a body in a local lake while cleaning up the areas as part of a community service effort. The Maryland-National Capitol Park Police say the students found the body in Lake ...and more »
  
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• Body Found in Maryland Lake During Student Service Outing

  01-04-2017 23:07
  
  GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — Authorities say University of Maryland students found a body in a local lake while cleaning up the areas as part of a community service effort.
  The Maryland-National Capitol Park Police say the students found the body in Lake Artemisia about 9:30 a.m. Saturday near Indian Creek.
  No other details were immediately available.
  The students were cleaning up around the lake as part of a “UMD Good Neighbor” event.
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• McCormick Switch Old Bay Tins To Plastic Packaging

  01-04-2017 22:52
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore’s own spice legend McCormick says it plans to do away with the familiar Old Bay and black pepper metal cans, in favor of more environmentally-friendly plastic packaging.
  Our media partner The Baltimore Sun reports that the Sparks-based spice and flavorings maker handed out samples of those products in new plastic cans Wednesday during the company’s annual shareholder meeting.
  The new containers will be rolled out in stores nationwide by late summer.
  
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• One Killed, Four Injured In Anne Arundel Co. Crash

  01-04-2017 22:38
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– One person is dead and four others are injured following a single vehicle crash in Glen Burnie early Saturday morning.
  Just before 5:30 a.m., Maryland State troopers responded to a collision involving a vehicle on southbound Route 295 at Route 175.
  Officers learn that a 2006 Mitsubishi was traveling south on the Baltimore Washington Parkway at Rt. 175, when, the vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree. The vehicle came to a stop.
  A passenger, Keona Johnson, 21, was
  
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• Man Arrested After Attempting To Run Over Officers With His Car

  01-04-2017 22:30
  
  ELKRIDGE (WJZ ) — Howard County police say they arrested a man Saturday morning for trying to run down two officers with his car during an incident overnight.
  Police say they were called to the Royal Farms story at the 8200 block of Lark Brown Road in Elkridge to assist with a man who they say appeared to unconscious and alone in the parking lot in a locked black Jeep SUV.
  Police went to check on the man, who they found unresponsive, who they now identify as 26-year-old Thomas Howard Barr
  
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• Baltimore Ravens Claim They're Taking a Boat to 2017 London Game in April Fool's Day Joke - Complex

  01-04-2017 22:24 via complex.com
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  Baltimore Ravens Claim They're Taking a Boat to 2017 London Game in April Fool's Day Joke
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  If you thought your favorite sports franchises were above playing pranks on their fans, guess again. The Baltimore Ravens released what appeared to be a standard press release on Saturday morning, announcing they'd be traveling via boat to their Week ...and more »
  
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• Residents across Baltimore can expect to live longer - Baltimore Sun

  01-04-2017 21:01 via baltimoresun.com
  
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  Residents across Baltimore can expect to live longer
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  Life expectancy grew in nearly every Baltimore neighborhood in the last six years, but a yawning gap still remains between the most disadvantaged and the wealthiest areas, according to data compiled by city health department officials. The department ...and more »
  
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• Crayola Boots Dandelion For Bluish Crayon Yet To Be Named

  01-04-2017 20:15
  
  EASTON, Pa. (AP) — Dandelion yellow has reason to be blue.
  Crayola announced Friday, National Crayon Day, that it’s replacing the color dandelion in its 24-pack with a crayon in “the blue family.”
  The company says it will leave it to fans to come up with a name for the replacement color.
  It’s only the third time in Crayola’s long history that it has retired one or more colors, and the first time it’s swapped out a color in its box of 24.
  Other colors tha
  
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• Rodricks: Stop the nonsense, and get me a Guinness - Baltimore Sun (blog)

  01-04-2017 20:10 via baltimoresun.com
  
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  Rodricks: Stop the nonsense, and get me a Guinness
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  Nobody asked me, but ... all that rigmarole in Annapolis about the proposed Guinness brewery in Baltimore County — how many barrels of beer it will be allowed to sell, and how many barrels other breweries will be allowed to sell, and during which ...and more »
  
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• 1 Dead, 4 Seriously Hurt in Baltimore Washington Parkway Crash - NBC4 Washington

  01-04-2017 20:01 via nbcwashington.com
  
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  1 Dead, 4 Seriously Hurt in Baltimore Washington Parkway Crash
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  One person has died and four others are seriously injured in a single-vehicle accident on the Baltimore Washington Parkway, Maryland State Police say. The crash happened shortly before 5:30 a.m. Saturday at the junction with State Route 175 in Anne ...
  One Killed, Four Injured In Anne Arundel Co. CrashCBS Baltimore / WJZall 12 news articles »
  
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• Weather Blog: Mild Weekend

  01-04-2017 17:00
  
  Today will be mostly cloudy, with a high near 59. Winds will be coming from the northwest at 13 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.
  Tonight, partly cloudy, with a low around 41. Northwest wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
  Tomorrow will be sunny, with a high near 61, with northwest winds 7 to 10 mph.
  Sunday night will be mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. Light south wind.
  Monday, Opening Day, will be a chance of rain after 2 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 63. Light so
  
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• April 1, 2017

  01-04-2017 16:00
  
  Here’s some of what to expect at Light City Baltimore, going on now through April 8.Take a peak at Light City art installation “Argo” from artist Jann Rosen-Quralt.
  
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• Baltimore Mayor Supported $15 Minimum Wage Until She Learned What It Would Do to City's Economy - Reason (blog)

  01-04-2017 15:49 via reason.com
  
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  Baltimore Mayor Supported $15 Minimum Wage Until She Learned What It Would Do to City's Economy
  Reason (blog)
  It's no April Fool's joke. Mayor Catherine Pugh vetoes a $15/hour wage mandate, citing economic concerns. Eric Boehm| Apr. 1, 2017 9:49 am. Lloyd Fox/TNS/NewscomDuring the 2016 campaign, Catherine Pugh was one of dozens of Democratic politicians ...
  
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• Ravens Will Be First NFL Team To Take A Ship To London

  01-04-2017 15:30
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore Ravens will be the first team in NFL history to choose to take a ship over an airplane to get to England.
  The Ravens announced they will charter a cruise ship and sail across the Atlantic Ocean for their Sept. 24 game in London against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
  The team will leave from the Port of Baltimore directly after its Week 2 game.
  The trip across the sea will take just under seven days, and will put the Ravens in London in time for kickoff at We
  
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• Ravens Pull April Fool’s Prank, Say Team Will Be 1st NFL Team To Take A Ship To London

  01-04-2017 15:30
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — In a well-thought-out April Fool’s joke, the Baltimore Ravens announced they will be the first team in NFL history to choose to take a ship over an airplane to get to England.
  This news is now reported to be an April Fool’s prank on Ravens’ fans, according to Ravens’ Director of Public Relations Patrick Gleason.
  The Ravens announced in a press release that they will charter a cruise ship and sail across the Atlantic Ocean for their S
  
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• Witness Account Highlights Dangers Of Texting While Driving

  01-04-2017 15:05
  
  By JUAN A. LOZANO ,  Associated Press
  HOUSTON (AP) — A witness says the driver of a pickup truck that collided with a church minibus in rural Texas, killing 13 people, acknowledged he had been texting while driving — highlighting the dangers of sending messages on smartphones while behind the wheel.
  Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Conrad Hein wouldn’t comment Friday on whether texting might have played a role in the Wednesday collision on a two-lane road about 75 mi
  
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• 3 Arrested In Atlanta Fire Underneath Interstate Bridge

  01-04-2017 14:56
  
  By BILL BARROW and KATE BRUMBACK ,  Associated Press
  ATLANTA (AP) — Three people have been arrested in connection with the raging fire that collapsed a portion of Interstate 85 a few miles north of downtown Atlanta, crippling a major traffic artery in a city already known for dreadful rush-hour congestion.Deputy Insurance Commissioner Jay Florence said Friday evening that Basil Eleby faces a charge of criminal damage to property, and Sophia Bruner and Barry Thomas each were charged w
  
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• Coach's Film Room: Tony Jefferson - Baltimore Beatdown

  01-04-2017 14:00 via baltimorebeatdown.com
  
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  Coach's Film Room: Tony Jefferson
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  Sorry it's been awhile since the last All-22 film piece. With free agency there have been a lot of topics to cover, but I knew from the moment the team signed free agent safety Tony Jefferson that he would merit his own article. I was finally able to ...
  
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• Mike Williams and Haason Reddick announce meetings with the Ravens - Baltimore Beatdown

  01-04-2017 13:10 via baltimorebeatdown.com
  
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  Mike Williams and Haason Reddick announce meetings with the Ravens
  Baltimore Beatdown
  On Friday night, NFL Network aired on-set interviews with Clemson wide receiver Mike Williams, and Temple linebacker Haason Reddick who each announced that they would be meeting with the Ravens. The two are both regarded as first round picks, and ...and more »
  
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• Raise kids to care for the world - Baltimore Sun

  01-04-2017 12:01 via baltimoresun.com
  
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  Raise kids to care for the world
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  During my tenure as Maryland State Superintendent of Schools, it was both a priority and a privilege to work with the Department of Natural Resources to create and implement the nation's first mandatory environmental education curriculum. Ensuring that ...
  
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• First Take crew pessimistic of Flacco's chances at another Super Bowl - Baltimore Beatdown

  01-04-2017 12:00 via baltimorebeatdown.com
  
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  First Take crew pessimistic of Flacco's chances at another Super Bowl
  Baltimore Beatdown
  It's been over a year since the lead conductor of the Joe Flacco hate train, Skip Bayless, left ESPN's “First Take,” but it appears that his former co-host and replacement have similar thoughts on the embattled quarterback's shot at winning another ...and more »
  
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• UConn’s 111-Game Winning Streak Ends, Miss St Wins At Buzzer

  01-04-2017 05:45
  
  DALLAS (AP) — UConn’s record 111-game winning streak came to a startling end when Mississippi State pulled off perhaps the biggest upset in women’s basketball history, stunning the Huskies 66-64 on Morgan William’s overtime buzzer beater in the national semifinals Friday night.
  William hit a 15-footer to cap it, moments after a replay review awarded UConn two free throws for a flagrant 1 foul call that tied the game with 26.6 seconds left.
  “I live for moments like t
  
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• Two people expected to survive after double shooting in southwest Baltimore - Fox Baltimore

  01-04-2017 05:04 via foxbaltimore.com
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  Two people expected to survive after double shooting in southwest Baltimore
  Fox Baltimore
  BALTIMORE (WBFF) - Police responded to the back of a home in southwest Baltimore Friday evening, where they found a man and woman who had been shot. At about 9:35 p.m., a 20-year-old woman was found shot in the leg and a 21-year-old man was ...
  Record-Breaking Coin Auction Fetches $106.7 MillionCBS Baltimore / WJZall 6 news articles »
  
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• Body Cam Video Released Of Silver Spring Apt Fire, First Responders Honored

  01-04-2017 04:00
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Montgomery County police have released body-cam video of the explosion and fire at an apartment complex and the frantic actions to save lives.
  RELATED: WATCH: Parents Reunited With Baby Dropped From Window During Md. Apt. Fire
  Seven people were killed in the blast in the building in Silver Spring.
  Eight months after an apartment explosion rocked Silver Spring, first responders are now being recognized for saving lives.
  The newly-released video gives a whole new persp
  
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• Maryland Rep. Andy Harris Booed At Town Hall

  01-04-2017 03:22
  
  WYE MILLS, Md. (AP) — Audience members repeatedly booed and yelled at Maryland Rep. Andy Harris during a loud Friday night town hall on the Eastern Shore.
  They waved signs with their ZIP codes on them, a gesture participants said was meant to remind the congressman he represents them. The booing began about five minutes into the Republican’s slideshow on the federal deficit. Audience members yelled at Harris to answer questions.
  “You work for us,” one person yelled. &ldqu
  
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