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• Local Businesses Help Men & Women Get ‘Suited for Success’

  23-06-2017 23:54
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Shakespeare got it right, clothes do make the man, or woman, especially when it comes to applying for a job.
  Now, men and women who need help with professional clothing are getting a big boost thanks to the women of Exelon and BGE.
  A check for $2,000 dollars is going a long way for “Suited for Success,” supplemented by and bags and bags of donated gently-used professional clothing which will make sure thousands of area women will have a wardrobe that give
  
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• Dragon Boat Festival Coming To Locust Point Saturday

  23-06-2017 23:50
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —It’s always quite a sight and it happens on the water in south Baltimore on Saturday.
  Ron Matz reports, the annual Dragon Boat Challenge is right around the corner.
  The Baltimore Dragon Boat Club train three times per week.
  It’s not a bad way to start the day, and its membership is growing.
  “By the end of the season we’ll have approximately 100 members,” according to Frank Gentile, co-chair of the club’s membership committee. “We w
  
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• Confederate Monuments Removed Across The County Sparks Debate In Baltimore - CBS Baltimore / WJZ

  23-06-2017 23:33 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  
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  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Whether or not Confederate monuments should be removed in cities across the country has ignited debate and Baltimore could be next. RELATED: Calls For Confederate Marker To Be Removed From Md. Courthouse. Baltimore City ...
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• Confederate Monuments Removed Across The County Sparks Debate In Baltimore

  23-06-2017 23:33
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Whether or not Confederate monuments should be removed in cities across the country has ignited debate and Baltimore could be next.
  RELATED: Calls For Confederate Marker To Be Removed From Md. Courthouse
  Baltimore City Mayor Catherine Pugh’s remarks follow the removal of statues in other cities like New Orleans.
  Something Baltimore has considered for quite some time, but has yet to make the move.
  The moves bring cheers in some cities, leave tensions hi
  
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• Baltimore speed cameras return under stricter laws - Baltimore Sun - Baltimore Sun

  23-06-2017 23:22 via baltimoresun.com
  
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  When Baltimore turns on a new set of speed cameras on Monday, it will operate under new laws that officials say will make the system more reliable and less ...
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• Gas Prices Take A Dip During The Normally Expensive Summer Season

  23-06-2017 22:38
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Summer is travel season, and this year it’s going to cost less to take that trip.
  Hitting the road won’t mean emptying your wallet, at least not at the pump.
  “Gas prices are on the decline,” says Christine Delise of AAA. “This is after we’ve seen prices rising for Memorial Day, now they’re lower, they’re lower than last year and that’s good news.”
  “Yes, and based upon the size vehicle I have, I’m
  
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• Sears Stores At 2 Maryland Malls To Close This Summer - CBS Baltimore / WJZ

  23-06-2017 22:35 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  
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  BALTIMORE (WJZ/AP) — The Sears store and auto center at the Hunt Valley Towne Centre in Cockeysville and the store at Valley Mall in Hagerstown are both closing later this year, the company confirms. The auto center will close in late July and the ...and more »
  
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• Sears Stores At 2 Maryland Malls To Close This Summer

  23-06-2017 22:34
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ/AP) — The Sears store and auto center at the Hunt Valley Towne Centre in Cockeysville and the store at Valley Mall in Hagerstown are both closing later this year, the company confirms.
  The auto center will close in late July and the stores are set to close in mid-September. They will begin liquidation sales on June 30.
  Eligible workers will receive severance and have the opportunity to apply for open positions at other local Sears or Kmart stores.
  The chain announced earlier
  
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• Two charged with first-degree murder in three springtime homicides in Baltimore County - Baltimore Sun

  23-06-2017 22:31 via baltimoresun.com
  
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  Two charged with first-degree murder in three springtime homicides in Baltimore County
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  Terica Antoinette Evans, 30, left, and Derrick Ramont Simmons, have been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of three men this spring. (Baltimore County Police). Mina HaqContact ReporterCatonsville Times. A Reisterstown man and ...
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• Maryland Zoo Names New Baby Giraffe - CBS Baltimore / WJZ

  23-06-2017 22:16 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  
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  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore has named its newest giraffe Julius, the Zoo said in a statement Friday. Julius was born last Thursday, June 15. RELATED: Maryland Zoo Brings In Reinforcements To Help Nourish New Giraffe Calf.and more »
  
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• Maryland Zoo Names New Baby Giraffe

  23-06-2017 22:16
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore has named its newest giraffe Julius, the Zoo said in a statement Friday.
  Julius was born last Thursday, June 15.
  RELATED: Maryland Zoo Brings In Reinforcements To Help Nourish New Giraffe Calf
  “The name means ‘youthful, downy-bearded,’ both of which he is,” said Erin Cantwell, mammal collection and conservation manager. “But for us, the name Julius is a strong name representing his bloodline with his father C
  
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• Game Preview: Tampa Bay Rays vs Baltimore Orioles - DRaysBay

  23-06-2017 22:11 via draysbay.com
  
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  Tonight, the Tampa Bay Rays will welcome a division rival to the Trop as they'll take on the Baltimore Orioles to kickoff a three game series. The Rays are coming off a series victory over the Cincinnati Reds, taking the final two games of the three ...
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• Wounded Rep. Steve Scalise Out Of Intensive Care

  23-06-2017 21:51
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A person close to wounded Rep. Steve Scalise says the Louisiana Republican has been moved out of a hospital intensive care unit.
  The person says Scalise was moved late Thursday, but had no other updates on his condition.
  The No. 3 House GOP leader, Scalise was shot in the hip on June 14 when a gunman opened fire at a baseball practice of Republican lawmakers in Alexandria, Virginia.
  Four others were also wounded, and the attacker was killed. Doctors said Scalise was near
  
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• Groups March For State Of Emergency On Race Relations

  23-06-2017 21:51
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A coalition of advocacy groups will march to urge officials to support a state of emergency declaration in light of several alleged race-related events in Maryland.
  The Capital Gazette reports the groups will demonstrate in Annapolis on Sunday to urge Anne Arundel County Executive Steve Schuh and Annapolis Mayor Michael Pantelides to support the declaration on race relations. County Councilman Pete Smith is leading the push.
  Pantelides says he doesn’t
  
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• Video Shows 4-Year-Old, Mom Crying In Cop Car After Castile Shooting

  23-06-2017 21:43
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — In the moments after a Minnesota police officer fatally shot Philando Castile, his handcuffed girlfriend began screaming in the back of a patrol car as her 4-year-old daughter begged her to stop.
  Squad car video from the July 2016 shooting shows Diamond Reynolds and her daughter in the cruiser, the Star Tribune reported Wednesday. In the video, the young girl repeatedly told her mother to keep quiet.
  “Mom, please stop cussing and screaming cause I don’t want
  
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• Woman arrested in May murder case in west Baltimore - Fox Baltimore

  23-06-2017 21:42 via foxbaltimore.com
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  BALTIMORE (WBFF) - Police arrested a 25-year-old woman while she was in Queenstown, Queen Anne's County, for a May murder in west Baltimore. Courtney Roy has been charged with first-degree murder in the case. Police said a 31-year-old victim, Tony ...and more »
  
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• Keidel: Raiders Spend Big On Carr

  23-06-2017 21:40
  By Jason Keidel
  The Oakland Raiders have slowly flowered from the NFL ashes, from doormat to decent to the edge of dominant. It has taken awhile.
  Not too long ago, the Raiders were a sad caricature, led by their iconic and iconoclastic owner, Al Davis, the Brooklyn kid who shook the NFL down to its foundation. Through his ambition and innovation, and for being avant garde regarding race, Davis was well ahead of his time. Until suddenly he wasn’t. He became an old man in a jumpsuit, tooling
  
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• Former Oriole Harold Reynolds Says The Orioles Need To Refocus

  23-06-2017 21:37
  
  Former Oriole Harold Reynolds joined Bob Haynie and Ryan Wagner to give his take on what has gone wrong for the Oriole, to trade or keep Manny Machado and possibilities of the team taking the wild card.
  The pitching from the Orioles has been pretty disappointing and Reynolds said, “it’s tough to win games when the pitching has been as bad as it’s been. It’s problematic for the whole club. Tillman has been the guy that has really disappointed because you thought for sure h
  
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• Stop discouraging food trucks - Baltimore Sun

  23-06-2017 21:36 via baltimoresun.com
  
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  Joann Calwell, Jolly Pig food truck owner talks about a new bill in the Generall Assembly that would streamline the way food trucks are licensed and inspected across the state. (Kim Hairston, Baltimore Sun video). The article on Baltimore County's food ...
  
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• Police make second arrest in West Baltimore homicide - Baltimore Sun - Baltimore Sun

  23-06-2017 21:28 via baltimoresun.com
  
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  A 25-year-old woman was arrested on the Eastern Shore Thursday in the killing of a man in West Baltimore last month, marking the second arrest in the case, ...and more »
  
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• Police make second arrest in West Baltimore homicide - Baltimore Sun

  23-06-2017 21:28 via baltimoresun.com
  
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  A 25-year-old woman was arrested on the Eastern Shore Thursday in the killing of a man in West Baltimore last month, marking the second arrest in the case, Baltimore Police said Friday. Courtney Roy was taken into custody by warrant apprehension ...and more »
  
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• Young Baltimore Chess Champion Stays Focused Despite Adulation - Afro American

  23-06-2017 21:21 via afro.com
  
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  One month after 12-year-old Cahree Myrick became Baltimore's first national chess champion, he remains a child simply taking life one chess move at a time. In mid-May, Myrick went undefeated in his division at the U.S. Chess Federation Super National ...
  
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• Police: Baltimore Man Arrested In The Murder of His Girlfriend

  23-06-2017 21:11
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– City police have arrested a 32-year-old Baltimore man who allegedly murdered his wife and assaulted a man Wednesday.
  Officers responded to the 3900 block of Liberty Heights Avenue, where they discovered William Mason, covered in blood, along with the man who was assaulted.
  The assault victim told police he was inside the apartment when he heard a crash coming from another area of the apartment. He then found Mason covered in blood and armed with a knife.
  Mason tried to sta
  
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• Orioles Travel To Tampa Bay For Three-Game Set

  23-06-2017 21:06
  By GracenoteThe Tampa Bay Rays look to continue their climb in the American League East standings when they begin a three-game set against the visiting Baltimore Orioles on Friday. The Rays have won four of their last five contests and can move four games over .500 for the first time this season with a victory in the series opener.
  Logan Morrison (21 home runs, 51 RBIs) and Corey Dickerson (.326 batting average, AL-best 94 hits, 16 homers) have led the way for Tampa Bay all season, but Mallex S
  
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• Ice Cube Has Big Expectations For His Big3 3-on-3 League

  23-06-2017 20:59
  NEW YORK (AP) — Ice Cube is not planning an old timer’s tour. He isn’t interested in All-Star Game intensity.
  Players coming out of retirement for his new 3-on-3 basketball league were told they would need to deliver serious competition — and some were turned away when their bodies weren’t up for it. The product needed to be worthy of a sport that’s so popular around the world that it’s ticketed for the next Olympics.
  So when the Big3 debuts Sunday in Ne
  
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• Study: Jogging 30-40 Minutes A Day Has “Fountain Of Youth” Effect On Cells

  23-06-2017 20:19
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A relative fountain of youth may be attainable, and it’s not a hot spring somewhere in the mountains of Iceland.It can be found by remaining highly active, which means 30 minutes of running a day for women or 40 minutes for men.
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  The running can have a “fountain of youth” effect on cells, according to a study by Brigham Young University (BYU).
  The study found that people who jog regularly for that amount of
  
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• Baltimore County Police Arrest 2 Suspects Connected To 3 Homicides Weeks Apart

  23-06-2017 20:13
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Baltimore County Police have arrested two suspects connected to three homicides that happened in May and June.
  Friday, police arrested Terica Antoinette Evans, 30, and Derrick Ramont Simmons, 24, for the murders of Angel Luis Mendez Crespo, 27, and Edgardo Castro Estremera, 30, at the Motel 6 in Woodlawn and the murder of Kyle Jovan Fulton, 24.
  At about 1 pm. June 17, officers responded the Motel 6 after an employee found Crespo and Estremera dead from gunshot wounds insid
  
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• The House That Chef Boyardee Built Up For Auction On Md.’s Eastern Shore

  23-06-2017 20:06
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —A mansion in Queenstown formerly owned by the son of the real life “Chef Boyardee” is going up for auction June 28.
  It’s a 22,500-square-foot waterfront home that was built in 1989 for $18 million, according to Cliff Meredith, a broker and partner with Meredith Fine Properties. It sits on nearly 25 acres of land on the Wye River, and has a private pier.
  The asking price for the property, known as “The Penderyn Estate,” is $7.7 million.
  It has
  
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• Need A Paperclip? Prada Will Sell You One For $185

  23-06-2017 19:58
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Paperclips are a handy, useful product to have at work and home. There’s also a clear market for the item, so Prada decided to get in on the action by taking up residence in a lane none have traveled thus far.How? By selling a paperclip for $185.
  You’d be forgiven for possibly reading that as “$1.85” and still assuming that’s too much, but Prada is seriously selling one for almost $185.
  Twitter, thankfully, is here for us during these tr
  
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• Kids Biased Against Overweight Peers, Study Finds

  23-06-2017 19:48
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Irrespective of whether children are being overtly mean to fellow kids that are overweight, they’re also subconsciously implicitly biased against them, according to a study posted in the journal Pediatrics.
  The study, which analyzed the behaviors of 114 kids, was conducted using a method known as Affect Misattribution Procedure. Lead researcher of the study, Dr. Asheley Skinner, said this method has not been used prior to this study on this particular
  
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• New Laws Take Effect In Maryland On July 1 - CBS Baltimore / WJZ

  23-06-2017 19:45 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
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  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — New laws taking effect in Maryland include steps to provide funding for Planned Parenthood to mitigate potential federal cuts and require schools to teach about the dangers of opioid addiction. A state tax break for emergency ...and more »
  
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• Preston: It's time for some young Ravens to step up - Baltimore Sun

  23-06-2017 19:43 via baltimoresun.com
  
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  Before the Ravens break for the summer and before they have to report to training camp at the end of July, the team held a three-day mandatory minicamp this week at the Under Armour Performance Center in Owings Mills. Mike PrestonContact ReporterThe ...
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• New Laws Take Effect In Maryland On July 1

  23-06-2017 19:41
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — New laws taking effect in Maryland include steps to provide funding for Planned Parenthood to mitigate potential federal cuts and require schools to teach about the dangers of opioid addiction.
  A state tax break for emergency services personnel also is going into effect, along with measures aimed at protecting bees and opening the nation’s only Guinness brewery.
  Here’s a look at new laws taking effect on July 1:
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• Man found barefoot and bloody outside Baltimore apartment charged in girlfriend's fatal stabbing, shooting - Baltimore Sun

  23-06-2017 19:28 via baltimoresun.com
  
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  Baltimore Police charged William Mason in connection with the death of his girlfriend, Khaya Lambert, on June 21. (Courtesy Baltimore Police / Baltimore Sun). Justin FentonContact ReporterThe Baltimore Sun. A 32-year-old man arrested barefoot and ...
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• Man found barefoot and bloody outside Baltimore apartment ... - Baltimore Sun

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  A 32-year-old man arrested barefoot and bloody after breaking into a neighbor's apartment in Northwest Baltimore is being charged with the killing of his.
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• 2 University Employees File Discrimination Lawsuit In Md.

  23-06-2017 18:54
  
  COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Two men have filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against the University of Maryland, College Park.
  The lawsuit filed Monday in federal court in Maryland details a pattern of alleged mistreatment dating back to 2013. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Michael Bell of the District of Columbia and DuRay Jones of Forestville, Maryland.
  Bell is a high voltage electrician while Jones is a systems reliability technician. Both men are black.
  The lawsuit says the school f
  
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• $850K awarded in wrongful death case involving Baltimore officers who responded to call where woman was killed - Baltimore Sun

  23-06-2017 18:51 via baltimoresun.com
  
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  A Baltimore city jury has awarded $850,000 in a wrongful-death case that alleged police failed to protect a woman who was fatally shot by her husband, a Baltimore city police officer. Two Baltimore police officers were dispatched to the home of Officer ...
  
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• Paris Shows Off In Race Against Los Angeles For 2024 Olympics

  23-06-2017 18:19
  
  PARIS (AP) — High-divers plunged into the River Seine, trampoline athletes somersaulted inside the Petit Palais art museum and runners raced on a floating track as Paris turned some of its world-famous landmarks over to sports on Friday in hopes of wowing the International Olympic Committee.
  With Paris competing against Los Angeles to host the 2024 Olympics, bid organizers hoped the two-day festival of more than 30 sports would help showcase the French capital’s suitability for the g
  
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• Buck & Angela Showalter Are Now Grandparents

  23-06-2017 18:11
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Congratulations to Buck & Angela Showalter are first time grandparents!
  The Orioles manager was away from the team on Thursday night to attend the birth of his first grandchild in Dallas.Buck & Angela Showalter are grandparents! Join us in congratulating Allie & Andrew on the birth of their son, Winston, born this morning. pic.twitter.com/EeupArPqJ0
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• Baltimore doctor and her father win $520095 on 'The Wall' - Baltimore Sun

  23-06-2017 17:52 via baltimoresun.com
  
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  Baltimore resident Aaryn Hammond and her father, Milton Harrison, compete on an episode of NBC's game show "The Wall," which aired June 22. (Paul Drinkwater/NBC). Danielle OhlThe Baltimore Sun. Johns Hopkins doctor Aaryn Hammond and her father ...
  
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• Baltimore-based JMI Equity led a $31M round for Yello - Technical.ly Baltimore

  23-06-2017 17:45 via technical.ly
  
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  A growth-stage investment round for a hiring-focused software company was led by Harbor East-based JMI Equity. Yello, which makes a platform to provide talent recruiters with tech tools to use throughout the hiring process, raised a $31 million Series ...
  
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• Garceau: Orioles Pitching Is Bad To The Bone

  23-06-2017 17:43
  
  We didn’t realize it at the time, but something magic happened on Friday, June 2, 2017. The Orioles beat the Red Sox 3-2 that day and Alec Asher got the win. We didn’t know then what we know today but we should have cued Don McLean (or Denny McLain) because that was the day the O’s pitching died.
  Tonight they play at Tampa Bay with some pitching infamy lurking just 9 innings away.
  The Orioles have given up at least five runs in 19 straight games, if Ubaldo Jimenez and friends c
  
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• NHL Considering Penalty For Failed Challenge For Offside

  23-06-2017 17:39
  CHICAGO (AP) — The NHL is considering issuing a minor penalty for a failed coach’s challenge for offside.
  The penalty would be instead of losing a timeout for a failed challenge under the current rules. The league’s general managers discussed the possible change at a meeting Thursday ahead of this weekend’s NHL draft in Chicago.
  Replay reviews for possible offside have attracted attention in the playoffs the past two years. Penguins coach Mike Sullivan got a Nashville goa
  
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• Michael Vick’s Football Camp Is Coming To Baltimore

  23-06-2017 17:35
  
  Former NFL quarterback Michael Vick officially retired earlier this year, and now he’s working with the next generation of NFL players through football camps.
  He will be stopping in cities like Nashville, Atlanta, Chicago, Virginia and now he’s on his way to Baltimore.
  The purpose of the camps are to prepare some of the nations hardest working high school talents prepare for the next level of football.
  Vick said, “These camps have been phenomenal. They’ve been better than
  
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• Anne Arundel To Screen Inmates For Immigration Violations

  23-06-2017 17:29
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Anne Arundel County is joining other jurisdictions that screen inmates at local jails for immigration violations.
  The Capital Gazette reports that federal immigration officials and the county have finalized a deal under which county correctional officers will be trained to use federal databases that check inmates for immigration violations, warrants and past crimes.
  A spokesman for County Executive Steve Schuh said earlier this year that it was part of a &ld
  
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• Baltimore, other cities with opioid crisis short on overdose antidote ... - Fox News

  23-06-2017 17:18 via foxnews.com
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  How to pay for the drug has become a major concern for officials in Baltimore and other communities hard-hit by the escalating opioid epidemic in the United ...and more »
  
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• Mike Vick, Steve Smith, Justin Forsett Ready For Retirement

  23-06-2017 17:11
  
  By ROB MAADDILife after football hits some NFL players harder than others.
  Michael Vick, Steve Smith and Justin Forsett are adjusting to their post-NFL careers in different ways.
  Vick, the dynamic four-time Pro Bowl quarterback who was honored with a retirement ceremony by the Atlanta Falcons last week, isn’t hanging up the cleats just yet. He signed with the American Flag Football League as both a player and adviser for the 7-on-7 organization that debuts in 2018. He’s planning to p
  
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• Deputies Firing On Charging Dog Hit, Kill Teen Boy

  23-06-2017 17:11
  PALMDALE, Calif. (AP) — When a dog that had already bit one of them charged a group of deputies, two of them opened fire. Authorities say they did not see the teenage boy standing some 30 feet (10 meters) behind, who was struck down by a bullet that apparently bounced on the concrete and hit him in the chest.
  The 17-year-old, who had helped to restrain the dog after the first bite, died at a hospital an hour later, turning what began as a mere early-morning noise complaint at a party in Pa
  
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• Veolia: 90 Percent Of Eutaw Street Cleaned After Steam Pipe Explosion

  23-06-2017 17:09
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ/AP) — Veolia North America says 90 percent of the impacted site in downtown Baltimore following a steam pipe explosion Tuesday has been cleaned.
  Veolia says the transition from cleanup to construction will begin by Friday.
  Baltimore police say officers who responded to the  explosion of the underground steam pipe may have been exposed to asbestos.
  Detective Jeremy Silbert said in an email that Veolia, which operates Baltimore’s steam pipe network, notified po
  
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