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• 2 All-Girl Teams From Md. To Compete In Electric Vehicle Grand Prix At RFK Stadium

  09-06-2017 23:59
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —In three of the last four years, a couple of Baltimore County High Schools have come in first at the Washington DC Electric Vehicle Grand Prix.
  Now, as Mike Schuh reports, both upped the ante this year with the same unexpected twist.
  Four years ago, an electric car from Hereford High was the national champ. Two years ago, Perry Hall were regional champs, and they repeated last year.
  One thing has remained constant among all high schools competing, though. The teams were ma
  
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• Howard County Police Search For Missing Teen With Health Concerns

  09-06-2017 23:18
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Howard County Police are searching for a missing 13-year-old girl from Columbia who was last seen Tuesday.
  Shannyn Kayla Blue was last seen leaving her home in the 6300 block of Sandchain Road around 5 p.m.
  Police say Blue did not take medication with her.
  Blue is an African-American female, 5-feet, 3-inches tall, weighs 200 pounds, has brown eyes and black hair.
  She was last seen wearing a gray t-shirt, gray jeans and a flip flops.
  Officers say she has ties to Baltimore a
  
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• Police Identify Officers Involved In Fatal Dundalk Shooting

  09-06-2017 23:00
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Baltimore County Police have identified the officers involved in the fatal shooting of the armed robbery suspect Wednesday in Dundalk.
  RELATED: Suspect Killed In Dundalk Police-Involved Shooting Identified
  Officer Carver, Leary, Minton and a 17-year veteran who is not being identified due to the officer’s duty assignment, were involved in the shooting.
  RELATED: Officer, Bystander Shot; Suspect Killed In Dundalk Shooting
  The officer who was shot in the incident was id
  
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• Keidel: Why Colin Kaepernick Hasn’t Been Signed

  09-06-2017 22:48
  By Jason Keidel
  In the matter of Colin Kaepernick vs. the NFL, there’s one defining question, one that dwarfs his deeds on the gridiron.
  Is it collusion or coincidence?
  Have owners and general managers each decided autonomously not to sign the former 49ers quarterback? Or are they conspiring to keep Kaepernick from joining an NFL roster?
  While legal minds can better parse the particulars, there’s clearly an effort by NFL teams to avoid Kaepernick, or at least the public relations bag
  
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• Police Search For 2 Teen Girls Who May Have Fled The State With 2 Male Teens

  09-06-2017 22:34
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Maryland authorities are searching for two missing girls who may have left the area with two male teens Thursday.
  Maryland State Police say Miranda Ellie Lambert, 14, and Madison Noel Whichard, 14, are missing from the Huntingtown area of Calvert County.
  Officers say the teens may have left the State with two other male teenagers.
  Miranda is 5-feet, 4-inches tall, weighs 115 pounds, has blonde hair, blues eyes and may be wearing a brown and white tie dye shirt hoodie.
  Madi
  
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• Garceau: A Tribute To Coach Buzz Battaglia

  09-06-2017 22:23
  
  We’ve had some terrific coaches in our town, Weeb Eubank and Don Shula have busts in Canton, Brian Billick and John Harbaugh coached Super Bowl champions and Paul Richards, Earl Weaver and Buck Showalter are among baseball’s best managers.
  This week we lost a Baltimore treasure when Buzz Battaglia was called to coach in a higher league. “Coach Buzz” was 69. He was part of our CBS family; Coach’s Buzz Show was heard each Monday night from 6-8 on our sister-station 13
  
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• Accidental Shooting Temporarily Closes Ocean City Beach

  09-06-2017 22:10
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– The Ocean City Police Department closed down a portion of the Eastern Shore beach after a man accidentally shot himself in the leg early Friday morning.
  Around 12:30 a.m., officers responded to the 75th Street Medical Center where a man was seeking treatment for a gunshot wound to his leg.
  Detectives learned the man was carrying an unlicensed handgun without a permit when he accidentally shot himself in the leg in the area of 83rd Street by the beach.
  For the safety of res
  
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• Woman Gets 8 Years For Valentine’s Day 2016 Crash that Killed Newlyweds

  09-06-2017 21:28
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —A woman will serve eight years in prison and five years of probation in relation to a Valentine’s Day 2016 car crash that killed young newlyweds.
  Lauren Renee Scott, 28, of North Beach, was charged with two counts of negligent manslaughter for the deaths of 21-year-old Daniel Amos and 20-year-old Kayla Amos, who were celebrating their six-month anniversary that day.Police said the couple were going southbound in a 2011 Honda Civic on Solomons Island Road when Scott&r
  
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• Oriole Park Has Been Nominated As ‘Nicest Place In America’

  09-06-2017 21:25
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Birdland is in the running to take another sweet title, besides the “No. 1 MLB Ballpark Experience.”
  Oriole Park at Camden Yards has now been nominated as the Reader’s Digest‘s “Nicest Place in America.”
  “Now celebrating its 25th anniversary season, Orioles Park at Camden Yards is one of the nicest places in America. Orioles fans flock to The Yard each summer. With the support of Orioles players, coaches, staff, and fans, the
  
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• Maryland Court Denies Delay Of Medical Marijuana Licensing

  09-06-2017 20:29
  
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland’s medical marijuana commission can continue to issue licenses to companies to grow the drug.
  Maryland’s highest court denied a motion Friday to continue a temporary restraining order that blocked the commission from issuing licenses for about a week, due to a lawsuit against the commission.
  The request to block the issuing of more licenses came from Alternative Medicine. The company alleges the commission didn’t consider diversity as require
  
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• Ocean City Officials Determined To Prevent Women From Going Topless

  09-06-2017 20:14
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —Ocean City officials are determined not to let the Maryland vacation destination “become a topless beach.”
  In fact, they “intend to do whatever is necessary to prevent it,” according to a statement released Friday.
  The town has reportedly received numerous phone calls, comments and emails expressing concern since yesterday, when it was first reported that Ocean City Beach Patrol employees were told not to bother women who go bare-chested.
  Those guid
  
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• Details on 2017 African American Festival in Baltimore Still Unclear - Afro American

  09-06-2017 19:54 via afro.com
  
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  Details on 2017 African American Festival in Baltimore Still Unclear
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  One year after its star-studded 40th anniversary celebration, Baltimore is gearing up for another installment of the African American festival, better known as AFRAM, but details about the event remain sketchy. The 2017 AFRAM Festival will be held on ...and more »
  
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• After 80 Ducklings Die There, Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool To Be Drained

  09-06-2017 19:44
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —About 80 ducklings have been found dead in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool since May 20 due to parasites, according to the National Park Service.
  The pool will be drained, cleaned and refilled over the course of the week beginning on June 11 because chemical treatments are not sufficient to reduce the parasite population, which comes from snails.
  NPS says humans who come in contact with the parasite could develop “swimmer’s itch” (cercarial dermatiti
  
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• Police: Driver Killed Man Who Confronted Him About Dog Abuse

  09-06-2017 19:11
  
  WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — Police are looking for a suspect in Utah who is accused of killing a man by running him over with his vehicle and then fleeing the scene.
  West Valley City police say the man who was killed confronted the suspect before the incident about the way he was treating a dog.
  Jeremy Hardman. Photo from KUTV
  The victim, 47-year-old Jeremy Hardman, was driving with a friend on Wednesday when they saw the suspect punching a dog on a street corner. Police say the two men
  
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• Military, Wounded Warriors, To Study Whether Nature Truly Has A Healing Effect

  09-06-2017 18:58
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —Government researchers are trying to find out if being outside in nature really does have a measurable effect on health and well-being.
  According to a Department of Defense report, researchers at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences have been working for the past few years on something called the Green Road Project.
  There are six Green Road sites nationwide, which are supposed to help researchers “scientifically measure the effects of nature, whil
  
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• Former Raven Michael Oher Posts ‘Scary’ Photo Of Pills For Concussions

  09-06-2017 18:54
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Carolina Panthers offensive tackle Michael Oher recently posted an Instagram photo showing 10 various pill bottles he needed “all for the brain.”
  Oher has since deleted the photo, but a screen shot of the post is below.This is the picture Michael Oher posted and deleted. A scary amount of pills. pic.twitter.com/s2mWxQETVU
  — Ollie Connolly (@OllieConnolly) June 9, 2017
  Another former Ravens player, offensive lineman Eugene Monroe, who retired from th
  
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• Baltimore's Famous National Chess Champion Isn't A National Chess Champion - Deadspin

  09-06-2017 18:18 via deadspin.com
  
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  Baltimore's Famous National Chess Champion Isn't A National Chess Champion
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  On May 31, the Baltimore Sun ran a feature on a seventh-grader whom the paper identified in the headline as a “national chess champion.” According to the Sun's story, the 12-year-old learned to play the millennia-old board game in a local barbershop ...
  
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• Annapolis Church Volunteer Faces Child Sex Abuse Charges

  09-06-2017 18:06
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A former chaperone and bible study instructor at Iglesia Hispanic Emmanuel Church in Annapolis faces several charges after being accused of sexually abusing a juvenile.
  The Anne Arundel County Child Abuse Unit launched an investigation in May, interviewing the victim identifying 39-year-old Erick Ernesto Granados-Zeledon as a suspect.
  Detectives obtained an arrest warrant and charged the suspect with Second Degree Sex Offense, Second Degree Child Abuse, Third Degree Sex O
  
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• Assateague Horse , Resistant To Birth Control Vaccine, Responsible For 20% Of Population

  09-06-2017 17:10
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — In a Friday Facebook post, Assateague Island National Seashore detailed the reproductive life of one of its “better-known horses,” Carol’s Girl, who recently passed away at the age of 23.
  “She was the only horse that did not respond at all to the birth control vaccine PZP, and so she ended up producing 12 foals in her lifetime,” the post says. “Even more amazing, all but one survived and are still living!”It goes on to explain how
  
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• USA Football Introduces New Developmental Youth Program

  09-06-2017 16:53
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — USA Football is introducing a new developmental pilot program in 11 youth leagues this fall.
  Participants in Rookie Tackle leagues will play on a 40-yard by 35-yard field and with six to eight players on each team. The program is designed to help flag football players become more acclimated to tackle football.
  Offensive and defensive linemen will start each play in a two-point stance. Players will compete at multiple positions, and there will be no special team plays.
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• FDA Asks Drugmaker To Stop Selling Regularly Abused Opioid Painkiller

  09-06-2017 16:20
  
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — U.S. regulators want a narcotic painkiller involved in the opioid epidemic off the market amid data showing people continue to abuse it.
  The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it has asked Endo Pharmaceuticals to stop selling its reformulated, extended-release painkiller, Opana ER, after concluding the drugs’s risks outweigh its benefits.
  It’s the first time the FDA has asked a drugmaker to remove an opioid painkiller from the market. The agency sai
  
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• Study: Kids Who Drink Cow Milk Alternatives Are Shorter

  09-06-2017 16:03
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —A new study suggests that kids who drink cow milk alternatives, like soy or almond milk, are slightly shorter than their peers.
  The research was published this week in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
  “Many parents are choosing noncow milk beverages such as soy and almond milk because of perceived health benefits,” the study authors write. “However, noncow milk contains less protein and fat than cow milk and may not have the same effect on heig
  
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• Orioles Look To Lessen The Gap In AL East In Series Against Yankees

  09-06-2017 16:01
  
  By GracenoteThe New York Yankees bashed their way to a series win over the Boston Red Sox this week, ensuring themselves a position atop the American League East. The Baltimore Orioles will try to make the gap a little tighter when they visit the Yankees for the opener of a three-game series on Friday.
  New York dropped the series opener to the Red Sox before winning the next two by a combined 17-1 as the baby bombers stepped up. Gary Sanchez was last season’s slugging rookie sensation in
  
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• Orioles GM Dan Duquette Previews The Upcoming MLB Draft

  09-06-2017 15:58
  Dan Duquette, the current General Manager of the Baltimore Orioles, joined Ed and Rob to talk about the upcoming MLB Draft and his team as they head to New York for a weekend series with the rival Yankees.
  Dan started by talking about difficulties of scouting for the upcoming MLB draft with having to look at the college level all divisions, the high school level, and various places throughout the globe saying “its a crap shoot, you have to do the work and do the best you can to try to find
  
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• NFL Stars Who Have Appeared On TV Or Movies

  09-06-2017 15:56
  
  Famed NFL players like Terry Bradshaw, Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and Joe Montana have all been on the silver screen during Monday night football, but they also took to the big screen on shows like Brooklyn Nine Nine, Saturday Night Live and even starred in some movies.
  Can you guess all of the crossover players?
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• NBA Finals Game 3 Ratings Up 22 Percent From Last Year

  09-06-2017 15:46
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Game 3 of the NBA Finals drew 20.5 million viewers on ABC, an increase of 22 percent from last season.
  Golden State’s 118-113 victory over Cleveland was the closest game of the series and the most-watched Game 3 ever on ABC, according to Nielsen numbers announced Thursday.
  The overall ratings for the series, the first time the same two teams have played in three straight Finals, are the highest since 1998, when Michael Jordan won his last championship. It is averagin
  
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• Baltimore PD Search For Missing Vulnerable Adult

  09-06-2017 15:16
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —Baltimore Police are looking for 65-year-old James Hunter, who they describe as vulnerable.
  Hunter was reported missing to police on Thursday at approximately 8:50 p.m.
  He was last seen on Tuesday in the 1200 block of North Linwood Avenue, wearing a t-shirt and blue jeans.
  He’s described as 5-foot-7 and 150 pounds.
  If you have seen him, please contact Baltimore Police Missing Persons at 443-984-7385 or 911.
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• Dog Involved In Deadly Attack Of 90-Year-Old Euthanized

  09-06-2017 14:59
  
  VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WJZ/AP) — The dog involved in an attack that killed a 90-year-old Virginia woman last week has been euthanized, according to The Virginian-Pilot.
  Media outlets report police were called around 7:30 p.m. May 31 to a Virginia Beach home where the woman was attacked. The woman was rushed to a hospital with serious injuries, but died early Thursday morning.
  The victim’s daughter, identified by media outlets only as “Linda,” says she adopted the one-year-o
  
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• The Norris & Long Show Best Of – Week Of June 10th

  09-06-2017 14:38
  
  This week’s edition of The Norris & Long Show Best Of includes interviews with former Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo, and Jerry Bembry of The Undefeated on the NBA Finals.
  BRENDON AYANBADEJO
  Brendon Ayanbadejo, former pro bowl linebacker and special teams ace of the Baltimore Ravens, joined Ed and Rob to talk about the magical 2012 Super Bowl run for the Ravens as part of our Wayback Wednesday.
  Brendon started by talking about the team’s run to the Super Bowl in 2012 and wh
  
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• Video Captures NJ Woman Fall Into Sidewalk Cellar While Texting

  09-06-2017 14:33
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —We all know driving while texting is dangerous, but walking while concentrating on your device rather than where you’re going can be just as dangerous.
  Video captured a woman in Plainfield, New Jersey falling into an open sidewalk cellar this week.
  CBS Philadelphia reports that the 67-year-old woman suffered serious injuries from her fall.
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• Pedestrian Struck, Killed By MARC Train In Elkridge

  09-06-2017 14:10
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —A pedestrian was struck and killed by a MARC train early Friday.
  Police were called to the tracks near the 5500 block of Levering Avenue around 6:25 a.m.Investigators believe he was walking along the tracks alone when he was struck. No one on-board the train was injured. It is unknown why the pedestrian was walking in the area.
  Detectives are working to determine the pedestrian’s identity and notify his next of kin. Updates will be released as they are confirmed.
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• Weather Blog: Beautiful Thursday

  09-06-2017 04:31
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A beautiful Thursday that started out quite chilly 48 at BWI-Marshall then warmed to 72 this afternoon.
  A major warm-up is coming our way this weekend, and it starts tomorrow.
  Our normal high is now 81, and we should get to 81 on Friday.
  On Saturday we are expecting a high of 87, then about 90 on Sunday and low 90’s with more humidity on Monday and Tuesday!
  Real mid summer conditions for the next 5 days! Break out the shorts, and sunscreen!
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• Ross Fans 12, Drew Homers As Nationals Beat Orioles 6-1

  09-06-2017 04:24
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Ross had a career-high 12 strikeouts in a sparkling performance, and the weary Washington Nationals breezed past the Baltimore Orioles 6-1 Thursday night.
  Stephen Drew homered into the second deck in right field and Trea Turner had three hits and a career-best three stolen bases for the Nationals, who took control with a four-run first inning against Alec Asher (2-4).
  Ross (3-2) gave up one run and four hits over 7 1/3 innings. The right-hander fanned six straight at
  
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• 2 D.C. Police Officers Hit By Car; 1 In Critical Condition

  09-06-2017 03:31
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– One Metropolitan police officer is in critical condition and another is in serious condition after being hit by a car in Northwest, D.C. on Thursday night, according to sources.
  The two men in the pickup truck were also injured.
  A D.C. department of transportation worker was also hit and injured.
  The incident occurred in the 2400 block of 18th Street NW in Adams Morgan.
  The officers hit were bike patrol officers. It is unclear if the officers were on the side walk or
  
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• Toddler Served Alcohol Instead Of Apple Juice At Restaurant

  09-06-2017 03:17
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A toddler was mistakenly served alcohol instead of apple juice Sunday at a Georgia restaurant.
  WXIA-TV reports that the Smith family went to a restaurant in Vinings, Ga., after church for lunch when they ordered an apple juice for 18-month-old Aaliyah and it turned out to be alcohol.
  Aaliyah’s dad noticed something was wrong with the juice and decided to taste it.
  Aaliyah’s mother, Alexis, also took a sip and knew she was not drinking apple juice. They sus
  
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• Jeremy Maclin Leaves Baltimore Without Deal, But Still Could Sign - BaltimoreRavens.com

  09-06-2017 02:58 via baltimoreravens.com
  
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  Jeremy Maclin Leaves Baltimore Without Deal, But Still Could Sign
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  The free-agent wide receiver wants to talk the decision over with his new wife. Maclin visited Baltimore and Buffalo on back-to-back days. Jeremy Maclin's visit to Baltimore ended without a contract in hand. That doesn't mean, however, that the Ravens ...
  Ravens' WR search wide open after Jeremy Maclin leaves without dealESPN (blog)
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• Cosby’s Lurid Decade-Old Testimony Is Read To The Jury

  09-06-2017 02:36
  
  NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The jury at Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial heard from the comedian without him actually taking the stand Thursday as prosecutors read into the record his lurid, decade-old testimony about giving pills to Andrea Constand and then reaching into her pants.
  Jurors sat riveted and took notes as they heard the TV star say that as he touched Constand’s body at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004, “I don’t hear her say anything. And I don’
  
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• Woman Accused Of Leak Ordered To Remain Jailed Pending Trial

  09-06-2017 02:09
  
  AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJZ/AP) — A federal judge ordered a young woman charged with leaking classified U.S. documents to remain jailed until her trial after prosecutors argued Thursday she might possess more stolen government secrets.
  Prosecutors also said 25-year-old Reality Winner might try to flee the U.S. if released on bond. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Solari told the judge Winner had written in a notebook: “I want to burn the White House Down … find somewhere in Kurdist
  
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• Md. Man Arrested In NC After Alleged Assault & Rape Of Ex-Girlfriend

  09-06-2017 02:06
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A Maryland man who allegedly assaulted, raped and held his ex-girlfriend, who had broken up with him, against her will before fleeing the state, has been arrested in North Carolina, according to Maryland State Police.
  North Carolina authorities arrested Jake A. Barrineau, 37, of Mt. Airy, Md., after police in Carroll County obtained a warrant for his arrest, charging him with first- and second-degree assault and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
  At about noon
  
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• Blind 5th Grader With Cancer Graduates From Glen Burnie Elementary School

  09-06-2017 00:39
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — It’s graduation season, and in Glen Burnie on Thursday, a fifth grader who’s faced more than most of us will ever have to overcome received his diploma.
  Mo Gaba is not just any fifth grader. In his short life, he’s faced many obstacles.
  He’s had help from friends, teachers, and technology, but on Thursday it was his moment to triumph.
  Mo leads the 5th grade class at George Cromwell Elementary School as they take their seats for gradu
  
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• Universoul Circus Is Back At Security Square Mall To Thrill Crowds

  09-06-2017 00:25
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– The Universoul Circus is back in Baltimore to thrill the crowds.
  “It’s my first time and I’m really enjoying it. It’s great,” Loretta Wilson said.
  RELATED: PETA Protests The Universoul Circus For Poor Animal Welfare
  Kids of all ages, can’t stay in their seats inside the booming big top.
  “I like how they’re doing the tricks and stuff,” Tariyah Frazier said.
  Excited crowds packed the circus tent a
  
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• Chesapeake Bay Watershed States Call For Federal Support

  09-06-2017 00:10
  Annapolis, Md. (WJZ)– President Donald Trump proposed 2018 budget eliminates $73 million for the Chesapeake Bay Project.
  “The Bay is getting better,” said Will Baker of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. “It’s nowhere near done, this money is critically important to keep the states and the federal agencies working together.”
  That means convincing Congress to restore the $73 million to the EPA and Maryland and the five other states in the bay watershed hope to do j
  
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