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• O’Malley Deposed in Maryland Redistricting Lawsuit

  27-04-2017 23:34
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley has been deposed in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state’s 2011 redistricting process.
  Michael Kimberly, an attorney representing a plaintiff in the case, said O’Malley was deposed Wednesday. Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. and House Speaker Michael Busch also were deposed recently. All are Democrats.
  The three cited legislative and executive privilege in their unsuccessful attempt to
  
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• Interview: Dr. Travis Stork On How To Treat Addiction And Embrace Your Flaws

  27-04-2017 23:19
  
  The Doctors, hosted by Dr. Travis Stork, recently worked with stand-up comedian Anthony Steven Kalloniatis on overcoming his food addiction. CBS Local’s Matt Weiss spoke with Dr. Stork to get the inside scoop on the work Anthony is going through as well as how to maintain a generally healthy lifestyle.
  The Doctors is a nationally syndicated show, click here for information on what time and station the show comes on in your city.
  MW- Today’s episode of The Doc
  
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• Anthony Joshua On Klitschko Fight: ‘I Win, It’s Not Complicated’

  27-04-2017 23:18
  
  Bryan Altman
  On Saturday afternoon at 4:15 p.m. ET, the fight world will shift its collective gaze across the Atlantic Ocean to Wembley Stadium in London to watch Wladimir Klitschko take on Anthony Joshua in the heavyweight bout of the century, which will air live exclusively on Showtime.
  Klitschko has said repeatedly that he’s “obsessed” with winning, and getting his belts back in his corner. For Joshua, though, talk is cheap and he’s done little of it leading up to the
  
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• McKenzie Elliott’s Murder Sheds Light On Local Gang’s Stonghold

  27-04-2017 23:04
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The murder of McKenzie Elliott rocked all of Baltimore, and nearly three years later, a local gang is now linked to the toddler’s killing.
  The “Old York Money Gang” is accused of terrorizing the same neighborhood Elliott lived in.
  Authorities say the gang was known for murder, robbery, drugs, and doing whatever they needed to protect their territory.
  Some say they’ve been hesitant for years to speak out. Afraid of what would happen next.
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• Born Prematurely With Crack In His System, Baltimore Man Now Beating The Odds

  27-04-2017 22:44
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — When a form of smoke-able cocaine swept across the U.S. in the 1980s, the term “crack baby” was born. It was said that the children of addicted mothers would never amount to much.But a chance encounter led WJZ reporter Mike Schuh to realize nothing could be farther from the truth.
  Mike had never picked up a hitchhiker, until he saw Montay Henson.
  Montay may not look like a college student, in his suit and tie, but he travels like one.
  Most mornings, he takes t
  
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• WWE Insiders Pick Payback 2017

  27-04-2017 22:19
  
  By Chuck Carroll
  WWE returns to pay-per-view for the first time since WrestleMania with this weekend’s RAW brand WWE Payback. Seven matches are on the main card with an eighth on the pre-show. The main event features Roman Reigns seeking revenge on Braun Strowman after the goliath became the toast of the WWE Universe for destroying the former SHIELD member a couple weeks ago. One has to wonder whether the real-life death of Reigns’ brother, who wrestled in WWE under the ring name &ld
  
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• 5 Things To Watch For On Day 1 Of The NFL Draft

  27-04-2017 22:08
  
  Bryan Altman
  The sport that never sleeps is ready for its biggest night of the offseason.
  No more mock drafts, no more combines and no more bizarre questions for prospects to figure out how to answer as the NFL Draft is ready to kick off from Philadelphia tonight at 8 p.m. ET.
  As is always the case with the NFL Draft, try as we might to glean some insight into how teams are thinking and who might end up where when it’s all said and done, we really don’t know much more today than we d
  
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• Police: Man Tied Up Elderly Couple During Home Invasion

  27-04-2017 21:54
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police have arrested a 45-year-old man accused tying up an elderly couple during a targeted home invasion in Baltimore County early Wednesday morning.
  Timothy McCargo faces a number of charges in connection with the home invasion robbery of a 70-year-old man and his 68-year-old wife.
  Baltimore County police officers were called at 4:35 a.m., about a home invasion in the 3300 block of Timberfield Lane.
  The couple called police after they escaped their bindings.
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• Man Arrested For Home Invasion Of Elderly Couple

  27-04-2017 21:54
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police have arrested a 45-year-old man accused of a targeted home invasion of an elderly couple in Baltimore County early Wednesday morning.
  Timothy McCargo faces a number of charges in connection with the home invasion robbery of a 70-year-old man and his 68-year-old wife.
  Baltimore County police officers were called at 4:35 a.m., about a home invasion in the 3300 block of Timberfield Lane.
  The couple called police after they escaped their bindings.
  Police found tha
  
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• Analysis Shows Range of Impacts Due to Md. Comptroller Error

  27-04-2017 21:52
  
  By JACOB TAYLOR, Capital News Service
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — An analysis of the Maryland comptroller’s misallocations to municipalities over several years shows that some areas were far more severely affected, relative to their annual expenditures, than others.
  The Maryland comptroller’s office revealed in 2016 that it had misallocated millions of dollars of tax revenue when distributing that revenue to Maryland’s municipalities.
  Between 2010 and 2014, some municipali
  
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• United Reaches Agreement With Passenger Dragged Off Plane

  27-04-2017 21:21
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A Kentucky doctor who was dragged off a United flight after he refused to give up his seat to crew members has reached a settlement with the airline for undisclosed amount.
  David Dao’s legal team announced the settlement Thursday in a brief statement. The agreement includes a provision that the amount will remain confidential.
  Cellphone video of the April 9 confrontation aboard a jetliner at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport sparked widespread public outrage over th
  
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• Authorities Warn About Scammers Claiming To Be With Sheriff’s Office

  27-04-2017 21:12
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Authorities are warning the public about a scam, in which the caller says she is with the Howard County Sheriff’s Office, and tries to get you to leave your house so it can be burglarized.
  The scammer identifies herself as “Mrs. Jenkins” of the Howard County Sheriff’s Office, and says the caller has outstanding warrants.
  The caller is then told they must immediately go to the sheriff’s office and turn themselves in.
  Authorities beli
  
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• Governor Orders Disparity Study Of Medical Pot Industry

  27-04-2017 20:53
  
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has ordered a study of the state’s developing medical marijuana industry to ensure opportunities for minority participation.
  Hogan directed the Governor’s Office of Minority Affairs on Thursday to initiate the study.
  The governor’s office says he’s ordering the study in response to concerns expressed by the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland.
  Legislation that would have created more licenses to grow marijuana to addr
  
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• Actor Tom Hanks Going On ‘NFL Moratorium’ Over Raiders Move

  27-04-2017 20:51
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tom Hanks says he’s going on a pro football “moratorium” for two years after his hometown Oakland Raiders leave for Las Vegas, but he didn’t explain what that entails.
  The NFL approved the Raiders’ plan to move last month. A $1.9 billion stadium is slated to be built for the team with the help of $750 million in public money.
  “You cannot take the Silver and Black, put them in an air-conditioned dome in the desert, make them play on a
  
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• ATF: Drug Dealer Who Sold Heroin Laced With Fentanyl Arrested

  27-04-2017 20:41
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A multi-agency drug investigation led them to a man accused of selling heroin laced with fentanyl.
  The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Baltimore Field Division investigation began in September 2016, and led to a home near Flower Ave. in Takoma Park.
  The Takoma Park and the Montgomery County Police Departments helped the ATF serve the federal search warrant early Thursday morning.
  One person was arrested, and authorities report finding t
  
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• 25th Anniversary Flashback Moments: Cal Ripken Jr.

  27-04-2017 20:25
  
  In honor of the 25th anniversary of Oriole Park at Camden Yards, we will be showcasing one special moment each week this season.
  Here’s another flashback moment from the players that know the Yard the best.
  On Sept. 6, 1995 at Camden Yards, Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken Jr. appeared in his 2,131st straight MLB game, breaking the consecutive-games streak record previously held by Yankees legend Lou Gehrig.
  Cal Ripken Jr. joined 105.7 The Fan to remember one of his finest moments as a Ba
  
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• Ryan Mink Shares His Pick, The Ravens Outlook For The Draft & More

  27-04-2017 20:15
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Ryan Mink from BaltimoreRavens.com joined Ed and Rob to talk about who the Ravens may select with the 16th pick tonight in the NFL Draft.
  What’s the buzz around the Castle? Mink said, “my pick is DE Derek Barnett.”
  Deepening the offensive line is definitely a priority in this draft.
  Mink said, “I feel like pass rushers are definitely a priority both in immediate and long-term. I think a cornerback is very important, you can never hav
  
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• Rep. Cummings Releases New Documents On Lt. General Michael Flynn

  27-04-2017 19:57
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The investigations into President Donald Trump’s ousted National Security Adviser Michael Flynn intensified Thursday as the Pentagon’s watchdog joined lawmakers in scrutinizing the legality of payments he accepted from foreign sources including a Russian state-sponsored television network.
  Also, new documents released by the ranking Democrat on a House oversight committee showed Flynn was warned by authorities when he retired from the military in 2014 not to t
  
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• Wood Frame Construction Questioned In Wake Of Massive College Park Fire

  27-04-2017 19:44
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The cause of this week’s five-alarm fire in College Park is believed to be accidental, according to investigators.
  Alex DeMetrick reports, it’s also the kind of structural fire that might be prevented.
  The building on Berwyn House Road, right off Route 1, was still under construction when disaster struck Monday.
  The largest fire in Prince George’s County history burned quickly through the upper floors of the apartment building, Fuse 47.
  “Once it go
  
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• ‘Survivor’ Castoff Debbie Speaks In Post-Elimination Interview

  27-04-2017 19:37
  
  CBS Local – CBS aired Season 34, Episodes 10 of Survivor: Game Changes, and we had the chance to interview the latest castoff, Debbie Wanner, who after leading the last episode’s blindside of Ozzy, fell victim to a blindside elimination herself.
  Here’s her unique perspectives (as told to CBS Local’s Samantha Bennet and Adam Bloom) on being voted off the island, her game play and how it feels to be the third member of the jury.
  Episode 10 Castoff:&
  
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• Baltimore Medical Providers On Alert After Clinic Raid

  27-04-2017 19:10
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore health officials have warned a network of medical providers of a potential increase in drug overdoses and withdrawals after law enforcement raided a pain management clinic.
  The Baltimore Sun reports that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and local authorities raided the Westside Medical Group offices of Dr. Kofi Shaw-Taylor on Tuesday.
  Raquel Coombs, a spokeswoman for Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh, says 67-year-old Shaw-Taylor was charged with Medi
  
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• Authorities Discover Explosive Device Being Built By Juvenile

  27-04-2017 19:00
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Maryland Office of the State Fire Marshal reports a bomb squad was called to a Maryland home after authorities got a tip that a juvenile was building an explosive device to mail to someone else.
  The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office went out to the 2100 block of Knight Squire Dr. in Mt. Airy, just before 5 p.m. on Wednesday.
  The sheriff’s office was told that someone had built an explosive device that they were going to mail to someone else to hurt them
  
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• Stolen Pink Gun Helps Police Catch Robbery Suspect

  27-04-2017 18:26
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police say a distinctive pink gun helped lead to the arrest of one of three suspects accused of putting a woman in a choke hold, before robbing her of her purse.
  17-year-old Zyshawn Bryan has been charged as an adult with first-degree assault and armed robbery for the crime police say happened on Tuesday, in the 2200 block of Bank St.
  Responding officers met with a female victim, who said she had been robbed by two males and a female.
  The victim told the officer
  
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• Baltimore County withholds body camera footage in three police ... - Baltimore Sun

  27-04-2017 18:26
  
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  After fast-tracking a $12.5 million program to equip its police officers with body cameras, the Baltimore County Police Department has declined to release.and more »
  
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• Suspect In Delaware Trooper Shooting Killed By Police After 18-Hour Barricade

  27-04-2017 18:04
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —A tense 24 hours in Delaware ended Thursday morning with the death of a man accused of shooting and killing a State Trooper at a Wawa convenience store Wednesday afternoon in Bear.
  One suspect was taken into custody shortly after the shooting. The second traveled to a residential neighborhood a few miles away in Middletown, barricaded himself there, and reportedly shot at police overnight.They brought in heavy equipment, blowing out the windows and doors. Police say he eng
  
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• Police Seek Help Finding 73-Year-Old Man With Dementia

  27-04-2017 18:04
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police are asking for the public’s help to find a missing 73-year-old man who suffers from dementia.
  Milton Thomas was last seen Thursday, in the 5400 block of Nelson Avenue
  He was wearing a black hat, beige coat, and grey pants.
  Anyone with information about the whereabouts of Thomas is asked to call the Baltimore Police Department’s Missing Person Unit at (443)984-7385 or simply dial 911.
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• Fire Department Unable To Determine Cause Of Malone Family Home Fire

  27-04-2017 18:00
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore City Fire Department reports the cause of the fire that killed six children back in January is undetermined.
  According to Baltimore City FD, after “months of an intensive comprehensive investigation, the cause of the fire is undetermined.”
  Ten members of the Malone family were caught in a fire in their three-story home, located in the 4200 block of Springwood Ave., in the early morning hours of January 12..
  11-year-old Bridgette, 10-year-old
  
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• Police: Teen, 17, Charged After Snatching 18-Year-Old’s Scooter, Shooting Him

  27-04-2017 17:51
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —A 17-year-old has been arrested and charged as an adult with first degree attempted murder after police say he stole an 18-year-old’s scooter and shot him.
  The incident occurred in the 2200 block of Fleetwood Avenue on April 15. Police detectives say they were able to identify two suspects via surveillance cameras and witnesses.
  On Wednesday, officers arrested 17-year-old Ravanna Cornish, of the 6200 block of Tremont Street, who is also charged with first and second
  
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• Maryland Governor Having Lunch With Business Leaders

  27-04-2017 17:31
  
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is having lunch with business leaders.
  The luncheon is scheduled for Thursday in Glen Burnie.
  Comptroller Peter Franchot is scheduled to attend.
  The event is being hosted by the Chambers of Commerce for Anne Arundel County.
  Follow @CBSBaltimore on Twitter and like WJZ-TV | CBS Baltimore on Facebook
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• Ravens Make Jersey Number Changes Ahead Of The Draft

  27-04-2017 17:30
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore Ravens have made a few changes to the team’s jersey numbers ahead of the NFL Draft.
  Here’s the list of updated jerseys:
  WR Keenan Reynolds – No. 14CB Lardarius Webb – No. 21S Tony Jefferson – No. 23CB Tavon Young – No. 25DB Otha Foster – No. 42LB Boseko Lokombo – No. 47DT Michael Pierce – No. 97OLB Matthew Judon – No. 99
  One of the more notable jersey upd
  
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• Inmate Argues Religious Duty To Deal Heroin; Appeal Fails

  27-04-2017 17:19
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A St. Louis man ordered to spend more than a quarter century in prison on drug charges has failed to have his prosecution overturned, despite his argument that he has a religious duty to sell heroin.
  In an appeal to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis, Timothy Anderson did not deny he was a heroin dealer. Instead, he cast himself as “a student of Esoteric and Mysticism studies,” saying he had created a religious nonprofit that aims to get
  
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• Cause of fatal house fire in NE Baltimore undetermined - WBAL-TV - WBAL Baltimore

  27-04-2017 16:53
  
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  The cause of the house fire that killed six children and injured four others January in northeast Baltimore remains undetermined, city Fire Department officials ...
  After three months, cause of Malone fire in Baltimore ruled ...Baltimore Sun
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• Coppin State Head Basketball Coach Juan Dixon Talks About Building His New Program

  27-04-2017 15:18
  
  Juan Dixon, former Maryland Terrapin basketball player and current Head Coach for Coppin State Men’s basketball team, joined Ed and Rob to talk about his plans for the future of the Coppin State program.
  As the Head Coach of Coppin State Dixon hopes to makes some changes. “Our goal is to win MEAC championships, get to the big dance and march on…I see this happening in the future but it’s going to take hard work and keeping our local kids home,” said Dixon.
  When ask
  
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• Surprise! Johnny Depp Appears As Jack Sparrow On Disney Ride

  27-04-2017 15:16
  
  ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Some visitors to the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at California’s Disneyland got a surprise: Captain Jack Sparrow himself.Just saw Johnny Depp @Disneyland on Pirates of the Caribbean dressed as Captain Jack Sparrow!!! #DeadMenTellNoTales pic.twitter.com/5VW8SpGAIg
  — Clay Smitty Plays (@ClaySmittyPlays) April 27, 2017
  Johnny Depp donned the getup of his swashbuckling alter ego and interacted with riders on Wednesday. Videos taken by park goers and shared
  
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• WEATHER BLOG: Calm and Warm Weekend Ahead

  27-04-2017 15:09
  
  Hi Everyone!
  Fog is starting to burn off and the afternoon “should” be a warm one. The forecast high of 80° is dependent on getting a solar kick before Noon. I think we are on that path. Overall a calm day. But a frontal boundary sliding across the area, this evening, has put a shower or a thunderstorm, in the forecast, from dinner to bedtime. Clearing overnight.
  We end the week and start the weekend WARM. And calm. SWEET! Saturday’s forecast high of 88° will not only b
  
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• Ohio Zoo Euthanizes 29-year-Old Polar Bear That Had Cancer

  27-04-2017 14:38
  
  POWELL, Ohio (AP) — The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio says it has euthanized a 29-year-old male polar bear after veterinarians determined he had liver cancer with limited treatment options.
  The bear euthanized Wednesday, Nanuq (NAN’-nook), fathered five surviving offspring in a species with a low reproductive rate.
  Three are cubs born to the zoo’s two female polar bears last November. Nanuq also fathered Nora, who moved from Columbus to the Oregon Zoo, and Luna, who remains
  
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• Suspected Delaware Cop Killer Remains Barricaded

  27-04-2017 14:13
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The standoff between police and a suspect accused of shooting and killing a Delaware State Trooper continues.
  Delaware police say officers again came under fire from the suspect around 4 a.m. Thursday morning. And while agencies have breached a number of windows, officers have not yet entered the home. They are trying to persuade the suspect to surrender on his own.
  Police have evacuated residents in the area and taken them to shelters at a nearby fire company.
  This began
  
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• 14-Year-Old Cancer Survivor To Announce Ravens’ 1st Pick

  27-04-2017 12:30
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — T.J. Owuanibe is known as “the kid with the football” at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C. On Thursday night, he’ll be “the kid announcing the first selection” for the Baltimore Ravens at the NFL draft.
  The 14-year-old eighth grader at McDonogh School in Baltimore was diagnosed two years ago with brain cancer. He recently told Make-A-Wish Mid-Atlantic that his dream was to stand up on the draft stage with NFL Commission
  
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• ESPN Laying Off 100 Broadcasters, Writers As Viewers Dwindle

  27-04-2017 11:07
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — ESPN is laying off about 100 employees, including former athletes-turned-broadcasters Trent Dilfer, Len Elmore and Danny Kanell, in a purge designed to focus the sports network on a more digital future.
  The cuts will trim ESPN’s stable of on-air talent and writers by about 10 percent.
  The 37-year-old network has been squeezed by rising fees to broadcast live events at the same time hordes of cord-cutting TV viewers have been canceling their ESPN subscriptions. ESPN ha
  
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• 2 Years After Unrest, Baltimore's Youth Are 'Still Fighting For The Basics' - NPR

  27-04-2017 11:01
  
  2 Years After Unrest, Baltimore's Youth Are 'Still Fighting For The Basics'
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  Baltimore erupted in violence two years ago, after the funeral of Freddie Gray, a young black man who died in police custody. The unrest was about more than Gray's death, though — it exposed deep-seated problems facing many of the city's young people: ...and more »
  
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• 2 Years After The Baltimore Riots, Young People Worry Support Is ... - NPR

  27-04-2017 11:01
  
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  After unrest in Baltimore two years ago brought national attention and some help to the city's problems, activists say young people in the city's poorest ...
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• Home, Sweet Home: Beal, Wall Lead Wizards Past Hawks, 103-99

  27-04-2017 10:46
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — John Wall figured the credit went to the down-the-stretch defense displayed by his Washington Wizards.
  Neither Dennis Schroder nor coach Mike Budenholzer found any flaws with the way their Atlanta Hawks handled things late.
  Either way, the odd manner in which Atlanta seemed to allow the final half-minute or so to slip away while trailing — not fouling Washington to try to extend things; passing around the ball, instead of shooting it, as the clock headed toward zero
  
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• United Raising Limit On Payments To Bumped Flyers To $10,000

  27-04-2017 10:29
  
  DALLAS (AP) — United Airlines says it will raise the limit — to $10,000 — on payments to customers who give up seats on oversold flights and will increase training for employees as it deals with fallout from the video of a passenger being violently dragged from his seat.
  United is also vowing to reduce, but not eliminate, overbooking — the selling of more tickets than there are seats on the plane.
  The airline made the promises Thursday as it released a report detailing mi
  
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• Coulter’s Berkeley Speech Canceled, Police Prep For Violence

  27-04-2017 10:11
  
  BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Ann Coulter said Wednesday that she was forced to cancel her speaking event Thursday at the University of California, Berkeley amid concerns of violence but might still “swing by to say hello” to all her supporters.Police and university officials said they were bracing for possible trouble whether Coulter comes to campus or not, citing intelligence and online chatter by groups threatening to instigate violence.In emails to The Associated Press, Coulter c
  
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• Trooper Ambush Killer Sentenced To Death In Pennsylvania

  27-04-2017 10:05
  
  MILFORD, Pa. (AP) — The bell atop the Pike County Courthouse last tolled the fate of a condemned killer in the 1980s.On Wednesday, it rang again.
  Eric Frein, the would-be revolutionary who shot two Pennsylvania troopers, one fatally, in a late-night attack at their barracks, was sentenced to death late Wednesday. The jury’s decision that Frein should die by lethal injection brought a shouted “yes!” from a gallery that included high-ranking state police brass, the slain of
  
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• Orioles Radio Recap: O’s Walk It Off With A Walk

  27-04-2017 05:59
  
  The Orioles wrapped up their series Wednesday night against the Rays in unusual fashion as Seth Smith played hero! Hear all the action from tonight’s win on the Orioles Radio Recap! Jim Hunter also sat down with Orioles reliever Donnie Hart to see how his 2017 has gone!
  As always we will hear Buck Showalter’s post game thoughts and comments! Follow Joe Angel on twitter @WaveItByeBye, follow Jim Hunter on twitter @JimOriolesTV and follow Tim Jones @tinytimjones!
  
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• Research Shows Anti-Semitic Incidents Rising Across U.S.

  27-04-2017 05:52
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– New research shows a significant rise in anti-Semitic incidents across the U.S.
  Some are blaming the new wave of harassment against Jews on partisan politics.
  These new stats say cases of hate incidents against Jews are on track to be even worse than last year’s. The president is also addressing this subject.
  Images of toppled headstones at a Jewish graveyard purposefully damaged in St. Louis and anti-Semitic flyers with swastikas imprinted on them littered acro
  
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• Orioles Use 4-pitch Walk In 11th Inning To Beat Rays 5-4

  27-04-2017 05:31
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Seth Smith drew a bases-loaded walk from Danny Farquhar to force in the winning run with two outs in the 11th inning, and the Baltimore Orioles rallied to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-4 on Wednesday night.
  After the Rays scored a run in the top of the 11th, the Orioles answered against closer Alex Colome (0-1). Two singles and a walk loaded the bases for Jonathan Schoop, who hit a sacrifice fly. Ryan Flaherty walked to reload the bases, and Farquhar entered and issued a four-
  
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• Weather Blog: Wet Day

  27-04-2017 04:53
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Our rain may be gone, but we are still dealing with lots of clouds, at least for a while longer.
  Overnight, as skies clear, fog may form, which may take a few hours to burn off tomorrow. When the sun does appear, our temperatures will quickly recover to the upper 70’s to near 80 degrees!
  Even slightly warmer air is on tap for Friday, and especially on Saturday.
  Clouds return on Sunday, along with a drop in temperatures. On Saturday we should reach the mid 80’s,
  
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• White Man Gets 15 Years for Shooting 5 Black Men at Protest

  27-04-2017 03:38
  
  By STEVE KARNOWSKI, Associated Press
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A white Minnesota man who was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison Wednesday for shooting and wounding five black protesters said he’ll live with the consequences of his actions for the rest of his life, but stopped short of apologizing.
  Allen Scarsella’s sentence of 15 years and two months was short of prosecutors’ request for the maximum 20 years but within state guidelines. The 25-year-old Bloomington ma
  
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