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• Man Who Needed Air in Tires, Bought Lottery Ticket Wins $1M

  01-07-2017 23:24
  
  BALLSTON, N.Y. (AP) — A New York man who stopped at a convenience store to put air in his tires and ended up buying a lottery ticket has won a $1 million jackpot.
  State lottery officials on Friday introduced 19-year-old Anthony Iavarone as the winner of the jackpot on a $1 million Cashword scratch-off ticket.
  Iavarone, of Clifton Park, says he recently stopped at a Stewart’s Shops store in the Saratoga County town of Ballston to put air in his tires. While there, he decided to buy a
  
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• Severe storm warning remains after rain passes through Baltimore, delays Orioles game - Baltimore Sun (blog)

  01-07-2017 23:13
  
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  Severe storm warning remains after rain passes through Baltimore, delays Orioles game
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  The tarp covers the infield, and storm clouds the background at Oriole Park at Camden Yards before Saturday's first pitch — which was delayed. (Eduardo A. Encina / Baltimore Sun). Sean WelshContact ReporterThe Baltimore Sun. The Orioles postponed the ...
  
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• Severe Thunderstorm Watch Over For Baltimore And Surrounding Counties

  01-07-2017 23:00
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) –– A severe thunderstorm watch is now over after strong and severe thunderstorms hit through Maryland Saturday afternoon.
  There was a severe thunderstorm watch for Anne Arundel Co., Baltimore Co. and City, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Frederick, Harford, Howard, Kent, Montgomery, Prince Georges, Queen Anne’s, Talbot & Washington Counties until 9 p.m. Saturday night. That watch is now over.Quite the line of storms moving through central Ma
  
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• Baltimore Police Arrest Two Connected To A Series Of Robberies

  01-07-2017 21:05
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– City police have arrested two people connected to a series of robberies in the Baltimore area.
  Officers arrested William Harmanson, 25, and Amirah Randall, 22, for several recent burglaries that occurred in the Federal Hill, Canton, and Mount Vernon neighborhoods.
  On June 9, detectives say Harmanson broke into a home located in the 2500 block of East Baltimore Street and stole more than $3,000-worth of electronics.
  Someone saw Harmanson coming out of the home and called po
  
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• Baltimore considers hiring new firm to conduct psychological exams of police - Baltimore Sun

  01-07-2017 19:52
  
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  Baltimore considers hiring new firm to conduct psychological exams of police
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  Baltimore police are considering hiring a new firm to conduct psychological evaluations of officers after the city ended a contract with a firm officials accused of providing shoddy exams last year. According to Board of Estimates records, Business ...
  Baltimore Close to Picking Firm to Evaluate Police OfficersU.S. News & World Reportall 4 news articles »
  
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• Severe Thunderstorm Watch For Baltimore And Surrounding Counties

  01-07-2017 19:48
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)–There will be the potential for scattered strong to locally severe thunderstorms Saturday afternoon, according to WJZ‘s meteorologist Tim Williams.There is a severe thunderstorm watch for Anne Arundel Co., Baltimore Co. and City, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Frederick, Harford, Howard, Kent, Montgomery, Prince Georges, Queen Anne’s, Talbot & Washington Counties until 9 p.m.
  A cold front will pass through the area late Saturday night befor
  
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• High School Hockey Player Survives Skate Blade To Jugular Vein

  01-07-2017 17:57
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A 16-year-old Minnesota boy is lucky to be alive after his throat was accidentally sliced open during high school hockey practice.
  WCCO reports that Michael Spinner was at summer hockey training Wednesday, when he was going for the puck and was caught by another player’s skate blade and severed his jugular vein.
  Spinner skated to the bench not knowing he was severely injured.
  “I kind of felt it, and there was just a silence in the rink. I just kind of knew it r
  
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• Nevada Launches Sales Of Legal Recreational Marijuana

  01-07-2017 16:50
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada became the fifth state in the U.S. with stores selling marijuana for recreational purposes, opening a market early Saturday that is eventually expected to outpace any other in the nation thanks to the millions of tourists who flock to Las Vegas.
  People began purchasing marijuana shortly after midnight, just months after voters approved legalization in November and marking the fastest turnaround from the ballot box to retail sales in the country.
  Hundreds of people l
  
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• Doctor Who Shot 7 At NYC Hospital Had Made Threats To Kill

  01-07-2017 15:49
  NEW YORK (AP) — It took two years, but Dr. Henry Bello made good on his threats.
  After he was forced to resign as a family medicine doctor amid sexual harassment allegations, he told colleagues he would be back to kill them.
  On Friday, Bello returned to Bronx Lebanon Hospital with an AM-15 assault rifle tucked under his white lab coat and opened fire in his old department, killing one doctor and critically wounding six other people at the hospital, according to law enforcement officials.
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• Saturday, July 1, 2017

  01-07-2017 15:40
  The Charmery celebrates National Creative Ice Cream Day and the Maryland Zoo has you summer activities planned out.
  
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• Weather Blog: Scattered, Severe Thunderstorms

  01-07-2017 14:48
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Main weather story for today will be the potential for scattered strong to locally severe thunderstorms this afternoon.
  A cold front will pass through the area late today into tonight before dissipating to our south Sunday.
  Another cold front will move into the area Monday and it will dissipate overhead Monday night into Tuesday.
  High pressure will develop over the Atlantic for Wednesday before low pressure and its associated cold front possibly impacts the region Thu
  
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• Maryland Rolling Out 2 Initiatives To Fight Opioid Addiction

  01-07-2017 14:34
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The Maryland Medicaid Program is rolling out two initiatives aimed at fighting the opioid crisis.
  The initiatives officially start on Saturday.
  The state is reforming policies to curb opioid prescribing in the Medicaid program. It’s encouraging health-care providers to consider non-opioids as first-line treatment of patients with chronic pain. It’s also urging providers to conduct thorough screening before prescribing opioids and to refer patients to treatment
  
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• Katie Ledecky Races To 3rd Individual Title At US Nationals

  01-07-2017 14:34
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Katie Ledecky and Lilly King spent Friday night cleaning up in Indianapolis.
  Now the two American stars can start planning their next major project — sweeping the world championships.
  On a night Kevin Cordes reclaimed his national record in the men’s 100-meter breaststroke and 32-year-old Matt Grevers regained a spot on the U.S. team, the two 20-year-old women each closed out their U.S National Championships with a third victory and even bigger plans next mo
  
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• NBA Salary Cap Set At $99 Million For 2017-18 Season

  01-07-2017 14:22
  NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA has set the salary cap at $99 million for the 2017-18 season.
  The announcement came early Saturday morning, allowing for the start of free agency. The tax level also was set at $119.3 million.
  Under a change in the new Collective Bargaining Agreement, the cap was set at the start of the moratorium period. It used to come at the end of the period, allowing teams to begin signing players.
  The moratorium will end at 12:01 p.m. EST on July 6.
  Teams were given three mid-
  
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• NFL Hopes To Play In China In 2019

  01-07-2017 14:17
  BALTIMORE (WJZ )– The NFL is looking to make 2019 the year they finally make it to China.
  The plans were originally set for 2018, but NFL Executive Vice President/International Mark Waller said the league is now considering kicking off the 2019 season — its 100th anniversary — in China.
  “It may make better sense to look at that game as an opportunity to celebrate our hundred years, in the event we can pull it off and as a way to look forward to the future,” Wal
  
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• Little Rock Police: Several Injured After Nightclub Shooting

  01-07-2017 14:16
  
  LITLLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Little Rock Police say they are investigating a shooting at an Arkansas nightclub that left at least 17 people injured.
  Little Rock police chief Kenton Buckner told KTHV that the shooting early Saturday morning at the Power Ultra Lounge appears to have happened following “some sort of dispute broke out between people inside.”
  Police say via Twitter that all 17 victims, some of whom suffered injuries while fleeing, are alive and one victim who was previo
  
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• ESPN's SportsNation poll ranks the best Ravens quarterbacks - Baltimore Beatdown

  01-07-2017 14:05
  
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  ESPN's SportsNation poll ranks the best Ravens quarterbacks
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  Quarterbacks: if you want to go anywhere in the NFL, you need one. It's the most important position in the league, and maybe the most important position in all of sports. For the Baltimore Ravens, other than Joe Flacco, the quarterback situation has ...
  
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• Schmuck: Dan Duquette in buy mode as Orioles make midpoint recovery - Baltimore Sun (blog)

  01-07-2017 13:00
  
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  Schmuck: Dan Duquette in buy mode as Orioles make midpoint recovery
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  The Orioles will reach the mathematical halfway point of the 2017 season Sunday and executive vice president Dan Duquette made it clear Friday that he isn't even considering a midseason sell-off. Quite the contrary. Just a week or so ago, when the ...
  
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• Late-inning walks burn Orioles in loss to Rays - Baltimore Sun (blog)

  01-07-2017 06:44
  
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  Late-inning walks burn Orioles in loss to Rays
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  “Especially when you have two strikes on him and he's at the bottom of the order," said closer Brad Brach. "I should've just challenged him there." (Kevin Richardson / Baltimore Sun video). Eduardo A. EncinaContact ReporterThe Baltimore Sun. If there ...
  Rays to end disappointing month of June in BaltimoreSaintPetersBlog (blog)
  Preview: Jake Odorizzi tries to bounce back for Rays in Game 2 against Ori
  
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• BWI Resumes Normal Operations Following Police Investigation - CBS Baltimore / WJZ

  01-07-2017 05:45
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  BWI Resumes Normal Operations Following Police Investigation
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  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — BWI is reporting the investigation is over and flights are now resuming again after a temporary shutdown for security scare. Some arriving and departing flights were not permitted to leave or enter as police investigated as a precaution.
  
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• Police Increasing Patrols Going Into Summer Holiday Weekend

  01-07-2017 05:37
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The busy holiday weekend has arrived, and Baltimore City police are already dealing with a spike in violence.
  RELATED: Police Ramp Up Response Into Holiday Weekend Following Triple Shooting
  It’s already bustling downtown, as people are ready for fireworks, food, and fun.
  However, Police have the burden of keeping everyone in the city safe.
  The Fourth of July weekend is here with all the excitment and celebrations.
  “Fireworks, cook outs, hamburgers, hot dogs&he
  
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• Record Numbers Expected For Busy Summer Holiday Weekend Travel

  01-07-2017 05:30
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — People across Maryland are hitting the roads in record numbers this long Fourth of July weekend.
  What’s driving the surge in travel? Partly, gas prices that are at their lowest level since 2005, the national average for a gallon of regular stands at $2.24 and Maryland is even lower than that at $2.21
  “Gas prices are at historic summer lows in terms of declining for the past 30 days. That is a lot of extra disposable income in people’s pockets,” say
  
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• Record Numbers Expected For Busy Summer Holiday Weekend

  01-07-2017 05:30
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — People across Maryland are hitting the roads in record numbers this long Fourth of July weekend.
  What’s driving the surge in travel? Partly, gas prices that are at their lowest level since 2005, the national average for a gallon of regular stands at $2.24 and Maryland is even lower than that at $2.21
  “Gas prices are at historic summer lows in terms of declining for the past 30 days. That is a lot of extra disposable income in people’s pockets,” say
  
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• Torrey Smith Graduates from U. Miami With His MBA

  01-07-2017 05:20
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — While Torrey Smith is known as a Terp, on Friday, Torrey tweeted out a special photo announcing his graduation from the University of Miami.Financial freedom my only hope
  Forget livin' rich and dyin' broke – Jay Z…Gotta educate yourself MBA pic.twitter.com/zmO1hOrRk6
  — Torrey Smith (@TorreySmithWR) June 30, 2017
  Torrey graduated Friday from Miami’s School of Business Executive MBA for Artists and Athletes.
  While he is no longer a Raven, the f
  
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• Rays Rally In 9th, Use Souza HR In 10th To Beat Orioles 6-4

  01-07-2017 05:08
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Adeiny Hechavarria hit a tying single in the ninth inning and Steven Souza followed with a three-run homer in the 10th to carry the Tampa Bay Rays past the Baltimore Orioles 6-4 on Friday night.
  Hechavarria went 4 for 4 and Wilson Ramos hit his first homer with the Rays. They had nobody on with two outs in the ninth before rallying from a 3-2 deficit against closer Brad Brach.
  After issuing a two-out walk to pinch-hitter Shane Peterson, Brach committed a balk and threw a w
  
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• Weather Blog: Showers To Start July 4th Weekend

  01-07-2017 05:00
  
  Well here it is on the cusp of July — the holiday for most of us is upon us, so will the weather cooperate?
  Tomorrow will certainly not be the best day of the next four. A front will be approaching and will develop thunderstorms and heavy showers afternoon and evening.
  Some of the storms can be strong, with gusty winds and heavy downpours. After tomorrow, things will quiet down and we expect a decent and warm rest of the weekend!
  Be safe and remember “when thunder roars, get indoors!
  
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• 7 Shot, 2 Dead After Doctor, Former Hospital Employee Opens Fire

  01-07-2017 04:49
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A doctor forced from a New York hospital because of sexual harassment accusations returned Friday with an assault rifle hidden under a lab coat and shot seven people, killing one woman and leaving several doctors fighting for their lives, authorities said.
  The gunman, Dr. Henry Bello, fatally shot himself after trying to set himself on fire at Bronx Lebanon Hospital, they said. He staggered, bleeding, into a hallway where he collapsed and died with the rifle at his side, of
  
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• 125 marijuana plants seized from 62 year old man in East Baltimore - Fox Baltimore

  01-07-2017 04:48
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  125 marijuana plants seized from 62 year old man in East Baltimore
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  BALTIMORE, Md. -- On Friday, City of Baltimore Police Department arrested 62-year old Dale Cole Jr. after executing a search and seizure warrant on Edison Highway. As a result of the search, police officers seized one revolver handgun, 125 marijuana ...
  Hours-Old Infant Found On DoorstepCBS Baltimore / WJZall 34 news articles »
  
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• Construction Workers Recovering From Work Zone Crashes

  01-07-2017 04:45
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Several construction workers are still recovering, after a series of crashes in work zones around the area.
  Two of the accidents happened in the same work zone, just two hours apart.
  Traffic cam footage shows the police response to the most serious of three overnight crashes on Baltimore’s beltway.
  In one crash at the Harford Road exit, 2 construction workers were hospitalized after state police say an SUV plowed into a marked construction zone, hitting a parked tru
  
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• Baltimore Water Bills Set To Rise In July

  01-07-2017 03:52
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore water rates will rise by 9.4 percent, alongside increased discounts for low-income residents.
  News outlets report that city officials say the July 1 increase is necessary to fund repairs to Baltimore’s water infrastructure and sewage system. Rates are scheduled to rise again next summer.
  Public Works Director Rudolph S. Chow says the agency will raise the annual grant for low-income residents who fall behind on payments at the commensurate rate. The income
  
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• Maryland First State To Have Law To Protect Planned Parenthood

  01-07-2017 03:31
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — 25,000 Planned Parenthood patients in Maryland don’t have to worry about losing health care, as a new state law kicks in July 1, making Maryland the first state to shield Planned Parenthood, from looming federal cuts.
  Maryland’s lawmakers have essentially created a fail-safe switch for Planned Parenthood.So, if the feds cut funding, cash will flow in from the state level to keep the doors open.
  In Washington, the war on Obamacare wages on. Republicans are
  
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• New study in Baltimore finds larger mosquito populations in lower-income neighborhoods - News-Medical.net

  01-07-2017 02:57
  
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  New study in Baltimore finds larger mosquito populations in lower-income neighborhoods
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  A new study published in the Journal of Medical Entomology reports that in Baltimore, Maryland, neighborhoods with high levels of residential abandonment are hotspots for tiger mosquitoes (Aedes albopictus). This environmental injustice may leave ...
  
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• Bank Evacuated; Man Who Claimed To Have Bomb In Police Custody

  01-07-2017 02:40
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Anne Arundel County Police say they have apprehended a person after a man with a backpack claimed to have a bomb at BB&T Bank in Glen Burnie.
  Sgt. Jacklyn Davis with Anne Arundel County Police says the incident happened around 4:30 p.m. Friday, as police received several calls from BB&T Bank at 7300 block of Baltimore Annapolis Boulevard in Glen Burnie from both employees and customers who said that a man entered the bank and claimed there was a bomb in
  
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• Five minutes with Kathleen Durkin, incoming executive director of The Arc Baltimore - Baltimore Sun

  01-07-2017 02:16
  
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  Five minutes with Kathleen Durkin, incoming executive director of The Arc Baltimore
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  Kathleen Durkin found her calling as a high school student in Philadelphia, when she signed up to volunteer at a school for people with disabilities. She thought of it as a way to give back, make her summer a little more productive. Decades later, she ...
  
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• BWI Resumes Normal Operations Following Police Investigation, Possible Bomb Threat

  01-07-2017 00:55
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — BWI is reporting the investigation is over and flights are now resuming again after a temporary shutdown for a possible bomb threat investigation at the airport.
  Some arriving and departing flights were not permitted to leave or enter as police investigated as a precaution.
  The daily garage near the cell phone lot was temporarily closed for a police investigation but is now reopened.#BWI Daily Garage has reopened for parking operations.
  — BWI Marshall Airp
  
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• BWI Resumes Normal Operations Following Police Investigation

  01-07-2017 00:55
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — BWI is reporting the investigation is over and flights are now resuming again after a temporary shutdown for security scare.
  Some arriving and departing flights were not permitted to leave or enter as police investigated as a precaution.
  BWI Communications Director Jonathan Dean says the daily garage at BWI was temporarily closed to investigate after a call came in for a number of unattended bags on the 8th level of the garage at 5:15 p.m.
  Security officials wer
  
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• Increased police patrols planned downtown, elsewhere in Baltimore for the Fourth of July - Baltimore Sun

  01-07-2017 00:53
  
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  Increased police patrols planned downtown, elsewhere in Baltimore for the Fourth of July
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  Baltimore police plan to increase patrols at the Inner Harbor and elsewhere in the city Tuesday in anticipation of large crowds filling downtown for the July 4th holiday. Police are urging residents and visitors to plan ahead and expect congestion and ...
  Hotels, restaurants gear up for Baltimore's Fourth of July crowdsBaltimore Business Journalall 11 news articles »
  
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• Police Ramp Up Response Into Holiday Weekend Following Triple Shooting

  01-07-2017 00:45
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police are responding in droves leading up to the holiday weekend, as three people were shot Friday morning in south Baltimore.
  City police say two teens and an adult were shot in the 800 block of Gretna Court in Curtis Bay Friday.
  A total of 12 people have been shot in Baltimore in just hours, and police say they will now have additional deployments.
  Crime scene tape, evidence markers scattered and detectives canvassing the area follow the aftermath of a triple shooting
  
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• Goucher College Moves Dorms, Intact, To Make Room For New Buildings

  01-07-2017 00:04
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —There’s some heavy lifting underway at Goucher College.
  Three buildings housing dormitories are being lifted and moved to another part of campus.
  Alex DeMetrick reports, it could be the first of its kind in the world of recycling.
  “This is less of an environmental impact, we are re-using, we are recycling, we’re re-purposing these buildings,” says Goucher Vice President Bryan Coker. “We’re preserving these spaces that have been part of o
  
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