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• Local GBMC Nurse Gains National Recognition; “America’s Most Amazing Nurse”

  12-05-2017 23:54
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– GBMC nurse Laura Clary was named “America’s Most Amazing Nurse” by Prevention Magazine and the Doctors Television Show.
  She cares for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence.
  The nationwide search for the competition launched last November and votes poured in from all over the country to select Clary as “America’s Most Amazing Nurse.”
  Caring for a vulnerable population.
  Laura Clary is a sexual assault forensic nurs
  
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• A Baltimore policeman retires as a 'good guy' after 45 years on the force - Baltimore Sun

  12-05-2017 23:47
  
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  A Baltimore policeman retires as a 'good guy' after 45 years on the force
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  A party is held for Baltimore Police Detective Sgt. Norman Meads Jr., who retires after more than 45 years on the force. (Amy Davis, Baltimore Sun video). Kevin RectorContact ReporterThe Baltimore Sun. More than 100 people — including lots of fellow ...
  
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• 100 Percent of Maryland Half Marathon Proceeds Benefit Cancer Research

  12-05-2017 23:47
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– In just eight years the Maryland Half Marathon has become one of the most popular running events on the East Coast.
  The event takes place in Howard County and has raised over $3 million for a great cause.
  What started as a small event, has grown into a premiere running event in its ninth year.
  “Its very humbling to stand out there and to see 2,000 runners waiting for the starting gun,” said Jon Sevel, the marathon’s co-founder.
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• President Donald Trump Fires Back At Stephen Colbert

  12-05-2017 23:34
  BALTMORE (WJZ)– For months, CBS Late Show host, Stephen Colbert, has been going after President Donald Trump. Now the president is firing back.
  Stephen Colbert is claiming victory after the president called him out, following months of his late night monologues making fun of President Trump.
  Something Colbert views as a victory, after spending months making the president the central focus of his monologues.
  In an interview with Time Magazine, the president takes credit for Colbert&rsq
  
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• The Phrase Dog Owners Never Wants To Hear: “Your Pet Has Parvo’

  12-05-2017 23:20
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– When this killer disease hits, it will cost thousands to save an animal. Mike Schuh reports, saving two parvo-puppies is causing a local shelter to ask for help.
  There’s constant motion at the pet ER in Towson.
  The patients are recuperating, including dogs, Lucas and Manny. Their handlers wear special clothes and decontaminate when finished because they’re in isolation because they have parvo virus.
  “It’s a virus that attacks the intestinal cel
  
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• The Phrase Dog Owners Never Want To Hear: “Your Pet Has Parvo’

  12-05-2017 23:20
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– When this killer disease hits, it will cost thousands to save an animal. Mike Schuh reports, saving two parvo-puppies is causing a local shelter to ask for help.
  There’s constant motion at the pet ER in Towson.
  The patients are recuperating, including dogs, Lucas and Manny. Their handlers wear special clothes and decontaminate when finished because they’re in isolation because they have parvo virus.
  “It’s a virus that attacks the intestinal cel
  
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• Wal-Mart Picks Up Md. Invention In Quest For American-Made Products

  12-05-2017 23:10
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The largest retailer in the world is looking for the next hot idea from local entrepreneurs.
  Devin Bartolotta has more on one Maryland invention flying off store shelves thanks to the open call.
  We’ve all said at one time or another: “Why didn’t I think of that?”
  It’s those kind of ideas — WalMart hopes to find from Maryland inventors.
  The idea is this simple: paper tape printed to look like a road.
  “PlayTape – it&rsquo
  
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• City Paper wins 18 MDDC Press Association awards - Baltimore City Paper (blog)

  12-05-2017 23:10
  
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  City Paper wins 18 MDDC Press Association awards
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  The Baltimore City Paper took home a total of 18 Maryland, Delaware, District of Columbia (MDDC) Press Association awards earlier today, including the Best Of Show award in the category of Editorial for the staff's issue "344," which listed the details ...
  
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• Police Administration Investigated 6 Officers In Freddie Gray’s Death

  12-05-2017 23:00
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Baltimore City police say they’ve received the administrative investigation of six officers involved in the death of Freddie Gray.
  The investigation was completed and turned over to City police by the Montgomery County Police Department with help from Howard County police as well.
  Baltimore police say they’re currently reviewing the case and the results of this investigation are personnel records.
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• NCAA Panel Wants Men’s Basketball At Halves, Not Quarters

  12-05-2017 22:48
  
  By RALPH D. RUSSO , AP College Sports Writer
  The NCAA basketball rules committee will keep the men’s game at two halves and not recommend that it be broken into four quarters. It is also encouraging conferences to experiment with widening the lane and moving back the 3-point line.
  The proposals the committee did announce Friday included increasing the size of the coach’s box from 28 to 38 feet, expanding the use of replay in the last two minutes to aid officials with some block-charg
  
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• Baltimore Is Hub For NASA’s New James Webb Space Telescope

  12-05-2017 22:39
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —You don’t need rockets to be a center for space science.
  It’s been happening in Baltimore for years.
  Alex DeMetrick reports, Baltimore’s link to the universe is about to expand.
  The Hubble Space Telescope has been unlocking secrets for the past 27 years.
  During all that time, it has been controlled at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
  But Hubble’s images are downloaded to the Space Telescope Science Institute on the Johns Hopkins campus, whi
  
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• Lombardi On The Ravens: ‘It’s Time To Let The Young Guys Play’

  12-05-2017 22:35
  
  Tony Lombardi of the Russell Street Report joined Ed and Rob to discuss the Baltimore Ravens’ interests in players like Victor Cruz or Anquan Boldin.
  Out of the possible wide receivers that the RAvens would not have to trade for, but sign,. “I think that with Victor Cruz you get a slot receiver guy who is probably a complement to the other guys on the team, but he’s often injured. I just think it’s time for the ravens to let the young guys play.”
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• Sources: Suspects ID’ed After Noose Found Outside Local Middle School

  12-05-2017 22:29
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Sources tell WJZ reporter Rick Ritter that police have identified the two men who are believed to have been involved in an incident with a noose that was found outside an Anne Arundel County middle school Thursday morning.BREAKING: Sources tell me 2 suspects in AACO noose incident have been identified & are cooperating with authorities @cbsbaltimore pic.twitter.com/oNooRdHI8Y
  — Rick Ritter (@RickRitterWJZ) May 12, 2017
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• Police: Suspects Arrested After Noose Found Outside Local Middle School

  12-05-2017 22:29
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police say they have identified the two suspects who are believed to have been involved in an incident with a noose that was found outside an Anne Arundel County middle school Thursday morning.
  Police say they have arrested 19-year-old Conner Charles Prout from Crofton and 19-year-old John Adam Havermann from Pasadena with the crime.BREAKING: Sources tell me 2 suspects in AACO noose incident have been identified & are cooperating with authorit
  
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• Keidel: Meet The Mets, Meet The Mess

  12-05-2017 21:54
  By Jason Keidel
  To the world west of the Hudson River, who don’t see New York City as the vortex of the sports universe, we have two baseball clubs that have lived on opposite sides of the tracks.
  The Yankees you know. Their history is basically baseball history, their legends a roll call of Cooperstown, the stuff of fame, fortune and fable. The Mets, created to somehow replace both the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants, have not been so fortunate.
  But as the residue of the Joe Torre dy
  
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• GOP Fundraising Firm Raided By Feds Removes Parts Of Website, Protects Tweets

  12-05-2017 21:34
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The FBI quietly raided a Republican consulting and fundraising firm that works with Republican candidates in Annapolis Thursday.
  Agents turned off elevator access to the third floor of 191 Main Street, where Strategic Campaign Group is housed, and used trash bags to cover the office windows while they gather evidence.
  It’s still unclear why FBI agents spent hours inside the office, but WJZ Investigator Mike Hellgren reports the firm has since removed parts of i
  
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• Star Wars: LeBron, Durant Moving Toward NBA Finals Reunion

  12-05-2017 21:16
  By TOM WITHERS and JANIE McCAULEY ,  AP Sports Writers
  Kevin Durant admires LeBron James from afar, marveling at how Cleveland’s main man finds ways to elevate his game at age 32 — year after year, title after title.
  Kobe Bryant was much the same.
  Ten years into his NBA journey, the unassuming, scoring machine everyone calls “KD”, strives to emulate those superstars. Soon, he will likely see James again in the Finals, this time in a matchup that has been talked about
  
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• Friends Say Woman Faked Cancer For Attention, Not For Money

  12-05-2017 21:16
  BRIDGTON, Maine (AP) — A Maine woman accused of duping friends and colleagues into thinking she had cancer is facing a charge of theft by deception.
  Police say 25-year-old Naples resident Hillary McLellan was accused of taking $10,500 raised to pay for her cancer-related expenses and turned herself in this week.
  Friends tell the Portland Press Herald they believe she faked illness for attention, not money. They became suspicious when she showed no side effects of radiation and chemotherapy
  
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• Howard Co. Police Formalize Immigration Practices With New Policy

  12-05-2017 20:55
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —Police in Howard County are clarifying their immigration practices with a new, written policy.
  “While the directives in the policy are not new, they are now compiled in one official document to clarify the police department’s long-standing practices in immigration-related issues, and to assuage any fears or concerns that may exist,” a written statement says.
  “We know this has been an issue of concern for some in our community,” said Police Chi
  
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• Police Officer In Maryland Indicted, Accused Of Misconduct

  12-05-2017 20:32
  
  UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — A police officer of a Maryland county outside Washington D.C. has been indicted by a grand jury on multiple charges.
  Prince George’s County State Attorney spokesman John Erzen tells local media that Cpl. Adrian Crudup was indicted Thursday on charges of witness intimidation, accessory after the fact and misconduct in office after authorities accused him of interfering with a criminal investigation.
  Prosecutors say Crudup has been suspended without pay durin
  
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• Baltimore Police commissioner leads banquet hall evacuation - Baltimore Sun

  12-05-2017 20:26
  
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  Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis led the evacuation of a banquet hall Friday morning after a man who had threatened to hurt himself had placed trash bags under tables, officials said. The 33-year-old man took the stage at a breakfast for the ...
  
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• Improperly Discarded Cigarette Material Cause Of Lanvale Towers Fire

  12-05-2017 20:07
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)–Baltimore City fire officials have concluded that a 2-alarm fire at Lanvale Towers last month was caused by cigarette material that wasn’t properly discarded.
  RELATED: More Than 170 People Displaced After 2-Alarm Fire In East Baltimore High-Rise
  The fire that happened in the 1300 block of East Lanvale Street displaced 170 residents.
  “It was unfortunate that the residents of Lanvale Towers were without a place to stay,” said Chief Niles R. Ford. &ldquo
  
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• LL Cool J On Character Sam Hanna, “Potential To Be One Of The Iconic Characters In America”

  12-05-2017 20:01
  
  The eighth season of NCIS: Los Angeles wraps up this Sunday, May 14th at 8:00 PM ET/PT on CBS. In the penultimate episode of season eight Sam Hanna, played by LL Cool J, goes through a living nightmare when his wife is kidnapped and held for ransom. Season eight’s 24th and final episode, “Unleashed,” finds Sam looking for revenge against the group that has changed his life forever.
  CBS Local’s Matt Weiss spoke with “LL” about transitioning from music to acting
  
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• Former Ravens wide receiver Michael Jackson dies in motorcycle crash - Baltimore Sun

  12-05-2017 19:48
  
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  Sports columnist Mike Preston talks about former Ravens wide receiver Michael Jackson who was killed Friday in a motorcycle accident in his hometown of Tangipahoa, LA. Jackson was 48 years old. Jeff Zrebiec and Mike KlingamanContact ReportersThe ...
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• TSA Arrest Pennsylvania Man With Handgun At BWI Airport

  12-05-2017 19:47
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A Pennsylvania man was arrested at BWI early Friday morning after police found a handgun in his bag.
  The York County man had an unloaded 9 mm handgun in his carry-on bag next to a magazine that was loaded with six bullets.
  TSA officers detected the gun when the man entered the TSA checkpoint and placed his carry-on items on the x-ray conveyor belt.
  TSA officers contacted the Maryland Transportation Authority Police who responded to the checkpoint and confiscated the firear
  
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• Orioles Prepare For First Of Three Games Against Royals

  12-05-2017 19:30
  
  By Gracenote
  While the Baltimore Orioles own the best home record in the majors, they had their six-game winning streak snapped in the opener of a scheduled eight-game road trip. Following Thursday’s rainout at rival Washington, the Orioles continue the trek with the first of three games at the American League-worst Kansas City Royals.
  Baltimore ace Dylan Bundy, Thursday’s scheduled starter, will be on the mound for the series opener and is 4-0 with seven runs allowed over his last f
  
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• 2017 NBA Western Conference Finals Preview

  12-05-2017 19:20
  By Rahul Lal
  The Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs will battle it out in the NBA Western Conference Finals. The West has given us a little bit of everything in these playoffs, from MVP candidates James Harden and Russell Westbrook going head-to-head to a Joe Johnson career revival. But it now comes down to the two teams everyone predicted would be here.
  We’ve had a great chance to watch a lot of tough Spurs basketball lately. The bad news for them? The Warriors hav
  
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• Ovechkin Played Through Hamstring, Knee Injuries During Playoffs

  12-05-2017 19:19
  
  ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Washington Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin played through hamstring and knee injuries that hampered him in the playoffs.
  Ovechkin says he felt something in his hamstring during Game 3 of the second-round series against the Pittsburgh Penguins and needed injections to numb the pain the rest of the way. A hit by Toronto’s Nazem Kadri in Game 5 of the first round caused the left knee injury, which Ovechkin downplayed.
  The 31-year-old captain had eight points in 13
  
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• Victor Cruz expected to visit the Baltimore Ravens - The Ebony Bird

  12-05-2017 19:07
  
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  Victor Cruz expected to visit the Baltimore Ravens
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  A lot of talk and rumors have been about bringing back Anquan Boldin, but another veteran receiver could be in the mix. New York Giants beat reporter Art Stapleton reported yesterday that there is mutual interest between free agent Victor Cruz and the ...
  Report: Ravens and WR Victor Cruz have mutual interest.Baltimore Beatdownall 61 news articles »
  
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• Police Arrest Johns Hopkins Bomb Threat Suspect, Acted On Dare - CBS Baltimore / WJZ

  12-05-2017 19:05
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  Police Arrest Johns Hopkins Bomb Threat Suspect, Acted On Dare
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  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Baltimore police have arrested a suspect in the Johns Hopkins University bomb scare investigation. Officers arrested 19-year-old Advaith Baimeedi in the 3300 block of Saint Paul Street for making a bomb threat and other charges.and more »
  
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• Brady Denies ‘Curse’ Of Being On Madden Game Cover, Breaks A Mirror

  12-05-2017 19:04
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Could Tom Brady be the next victim of the Madden Curse? It was announced today that the Patriots’ quarterback will be the cover athlete for Madden ’18.
  Since NFL stars have been gracing the front of the video game’s packaging, they’ve also been hit with injuries, poor seasons and inexplicable reasons for declining play.
  The history of the ‘Madden Curse’ can be traced back to the late ’90s, but Brady still maintains
  
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• Police: Man gunned down in SW Baltimore over ongoing dispute ... - Fox Baltimore

  12-05-2017 19:03
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  BALTIMORE (WBFF) -- A 53-year-old man was killed after being shot in the chest early Friday morning in Southwest Baltimore. City officers were called to ...
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• Sheriff: Gunman Kills Police Chief, 2 Nursing Home Workers

  12-05-2017 18:59
  
  KIRKERSVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a gunman has fatally shot the police chief of an Ohio village and two nursing home employees.
  Licking County Sheriff Randy Thorp says the suspected gunman was also found dead Friday.
  Thorp identified the slain police chief as 36-year-old Steven Eric Disario, who headed the Kirkersville Police Department. Thorp says Disario had only been on the job for three weeks.
  Thorp says Disario was found outside the Pine Kirk Care Center. Thorp says two employ
  
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• 'The Keepers,' Netflix's look at Baltimore nun's murder, is true-crime storytelling at its best - Baltimore Sun (blog)

  12-05-2017 18:35
  
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  'The Keepers,' Netflix's look at Baltimore nun's murder, is true-crime storytelling at its best
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  Netflix's new docudrama "The Keepers" explores the unsolved mystery of a nun's murder and the suspected cover-up that followed. (Ulysses Muñoz / Baltimore Sun). David ZurawikContact ReporterThe Baltimore Sun. It is hard to imagine a true-crime ...and more »
  
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• Garceau: Caps Have Company In The Chokers Club

  12-05-2017 18:15
  A choke label is a heavy burden for any athlete or team. Hey, we all can have a bad day or a terrible season or in some cases a brutal decade or 9. First you have to be a certain level of good to be bad enough to earn the right to be called a choker. The Cleveland Browns don’t choke the Cubs didn’t choke for over 100 years; there’s a difference between inept and choking.
  Many Caps fans think their guys qualify, the Caps won the President’s Cup with the NHL’s best re
  
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• Police: Mentally Disturbed Man Threatens To Kill Himself With Nerf Gun; Martin's West Evacuated - CBS Baltimore / WJZ

  12-05-2017 17:56
  
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  Police: Mentally Disturbed Man Threatens To Kill Himself With Nerf Gun; Martin's West Evacuated
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  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– The Martin's West event hall in Windsor Mill was evacuated Friday morning after a man threatened to kill himself with a Nerf gun and placed four small bags under a table, according to Baltimore County police. Officers were called to ...and more »
  
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• Police: Mentally Disturbed Man Threatens To Kill Himself With Nerf Gun; Martin’s West Evacuated

  12-05-2017 17:55
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Baltimore County police say Martin’s West, an event hall, has been evacuated because a man threatened to kill himself with a Nerf gun and placed two bags under a table.
  Officers were called to Martin’s West in Woodlawn at 9:57 a.m. Friday for a non-violent mentally disturbed man, who walked into the Maryland Minority Contractor’s Association Conference.
  The 14th annual 2017 Spring Breakfast/Business Showcase Expo was evacuated when the man placed two bags
  
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• Former Ravens Player Michael D. Jackson Dies In Motorcycle Accident

  12-05-2017 17:55
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Former NFL wide receiver Michael D. Jackson died in Louisiana on Friday morning.
  Michael D. Jackson played in the NFL in the 90s for the Baltimore Ravens and the Cleveland Browns. He was reportedly driving a ’13 Kawasaki on the interstate in the early morning hours when he crashed “at a high rate of speed.”
  Louisiana State Police tell TMZ a driver backed out of a parking spot, taking up both lanes of the highway when the two collided.
  Jackson’
  
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• Fiancee: Aaron Hernandez Thought He Was Going To Be Freed

  12-05-2017 17:16
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Former NFL player Aaron Hernandez sounded as if he thought he would soon be freed in his last conversation with his fiancee before he killed himself.
  Shayanna Jenkins-Hernandez says in an interview on “Dr. Phil” scheduled to air next week that he said “Daddy’s going to be home … I can’t wait to hold you and love you” in a telephone conversation hours before he was found hanged in his prison cell on April 19.
  He had been acquitted in
  
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• Baltimore police cite rap feud as motive behind recent murder arrest - Baltimore Sun

  12-05-2017 17:10
  
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  Baltimore police cite rap feud as motive behind recent murder arrest
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  Baltimore police say they believe a rap feud was behind a gun battle that left one person dead and four others wounded after charging a 24-year-old associate of the popular rapper Young Moose in the two-year-old case. Police announced this week that ...
  
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• One Of Nation’s Oldest Veterans Honored On 111th Birthday

  12-05-2017 17:02
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — One of the nation’s oldest veterans has been celebrated by his Texas hometown on his 111th birthday.
  Austin Mayor Steve Adler declared Thursday Richard Overton Day in the city and also gave the street he has lived on for the past 45 years the honorary name of Richard Overton Avenue.
  While Overton concedes that 111 is “pretty old,” he tells KVUE-TV he still feels good. Overton mentioned that the secret to a long life is smoking cigars and drinking whis
  
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• Police: Pizza Delivery Driver Robbed And Assaulted By 8 Individuals

  12-05-2017 16:33
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A Domino’s Pizza delivery driver was assaulted and robbed by eight individuals Thursday night in Laurel, according to Anne Arundel County police.
  At about 10:21 p.m., officers responded to Domino’s, located in the 3500 block of Fort Meade Road, for a robbery.
  The 24-year-old male victim said he was delivering a pizza in the 200 block of Brock Bridge Road when eight men approached him after he exited his car.
  He said the men punched and kicked him several times
  
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• Ravens’ Marlon Humphrey Wants To Play (And Sing) In A Super Bowl

  12-05-2017 16:27
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore Ravens drafted cornerback Marlon Humphrey in the first round. Little did they know they drafted a yet another singer to the team (look out Justin Tucker).
  The Ravens recently asked the rookies to share their dreams, and Humphrey had a unique answer. “Playing in the Super Bowl, but before the Super Bowl, I sing the national anthem in my jersey and everything and then just play the game,” Humphrey said.
  RELATED: Ravens Get Defensive
  
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• WNBA Uses Twitter, FanDuel To Extend Growth Of League

  12-05-2017 16:08
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Coming off one of the most successful seasons in WNBA history on and off the court, the league has found ways to try to bring in new fans.
  Whether streaming games on Twitter, partnering with FanDuel to offer daily fantasy sports or just having more games on television, the WNBA is growing.
  “I think the WNBA is doing a great job using multiple platforms to broaden their audience,” ESPN broadcaster Rebecca Lobo said. “I see firsthand how my own kids consume
  
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• Boston Brewery Trolls Ravens’ Joe Flacco On Bottom Of Beer Cans

  12-05-2017 15:56
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — It’s a question that’s been debated among fans and foes for years, and now a Massachusetts brewery is asking its Patriot patrons for their opinion.
  Tree House Brewing Company, based in western Massachusetts, released 12,000 brewed and canned beers with the question “Is Joe Flacco elite?” stamped on the bottom.Beer jeer: Pats-friendly brewery jabs Flacco: Beer jeer: Pats-friendly brewery jabs Flacco https://t.co/MnSRgVyHaH pic.twitter
  
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• ‘Thankful’ Flower Reaction Emoji On Facebook For Mother’s Day

  12-05-2017 15:53
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —Last year, Facebook launched reaction “emojis,” whereas previously the only way you could react to a link, photo or video was by giving it a “thumbs up” or a “like.”
  Facebook has re-introduced its limited time Mother’s Day reaction emoji, which is a purple flower that says “Thankful.”
  Even if your mom isn’t on Facebook, don’t forget to tell her you’re thankful for her this Mother’s Day!
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• Post Time: On to Baltimore - Buffalo News

  12-05-2017 14:41
  
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  Post Time: On to Baltimore
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  My seventh straight Kentucky Derby is in the books and it seems to get better every year. While the weather didn't quite cooperate until late Saturday afternoon, the racing was terrific all weekend, setting up another big weekend May 20-21 in Baltimore.
  Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming is in a hurry to get to Preakness StakesWashington Postall 124 news articles »
  
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• Home’s Where The Heart Is For Wiz, Celtics As Game 6 Arrives

  12-05-2017 14:41
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Isaiah Thomas’ Boston Celtics and John Wall’s Washington Wizards have built something of a rivalry this season, going back and forth, trading wins on the court and barbs off it, from the “Funeral Game” in January to the lost tooth and ejection of their current playoff series.
  One thing every matchup had in common so far as Washington prepares to host Boston in Game 6 on Friday night? The home team wins.
  Always.
  9 for 9.
  So the Celtics, leading thei
  
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• Fiat Chrysler Recalls 1M Pickups For Faulty Software

  12-05-2017 14:28
  AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Fiat Chrysler is recalling approximately 1 million trucks in North America due to a software glitch that could prevent side air bags and seat belts from deploying during a rollover.
  The company’s U.S. division said Friday that it is aware of one death, two injuries and two accidents that may be related to the problem.
  The recall includes some 2013-16 Ram 1500 and 2500 pickups and 2014-2016 Ram 3500 pickups.
  According to the company, after some trucks experi
  
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• Removal Of Confederate Statues Stirs Varied Reactions

  12-05-2017 14:12
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The statue of the Confederacy’s president had been hoisted from its stone pedestal in the pre-dawn hours and the blue glint of police lights was still visible two blocks away outside the corner laundromat where Carol Patterson sat as diverted rush-hour traffic rolled by.
  “It’s entertaining,” Patterson, 74, said of the hubbub surrounding the Thursday morning removal of the statue from the busy New Orleans street that still bears the name Jefferson
  
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