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• WJZ, Orioles And MASN Food Drive Stocks Bank Shelves At Critical Time

  17-07-2017 23:49
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Another WJZ, Orioles and MASN food drive is in the books.
  It was a tough weekend for the O’s on the field, but thanks to thousands of fans, shelves at Maryland food banks will be stocked.
  As part of WJZ’s Continuing Community Commitment, members of the news team were out in force collecting dollars and donations at Camden Yards.
  “This food and funds drive really allows us to increase the awareness of food insecurity in the state of Maryland,” says
  
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• Jennifer Finnigan On Character Grace Barrows, “I Just Immediately Connected To Her”

  17-07-2017 23:17
  Last week Salvation made its series debut on CBS. This Wednesday, July 19th, the series is back for the second chapter of season one when the episode “Another Trip Around The Sun” airs at 9 p.m. EST. Salvation tells the story of a team of government officials working with MIT grad student Liam Cole [Charlie Rowe] and tech-billionaire Darius Tanz [Santiago Cabrera] to stop a giant asteroid from colliding with earth.
  One of those team members is press secretary for the Pentagon, G
  
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• Outpouring Of Support After Death Of Month-Old Giraffe Calf At Maryland Zoo

  17-07-2017 23:00
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — People from all over the world are reacting to the sad news that the newborn giraffe calf at the Maryland Zoo, Julius, has died after weeks of poor health.
  He was so so sick that visitors never got a chance to meet him in person, but his story is touching hearts every where.
  From the time of his birth in June, it was clear Julius would have a hard time surviving. The newborn giraffe needed round-the-clock intensive care.Specialized care he received during his short life i
  
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• D.C. Police Destroy Dirt Bikes To Keep Them Off The Streets

  17-07-2017 22:30
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —This past weekend, police in Washington, D.C. destroyed dozens of seized dirt bikes, not wanting to run the risk that they would end up back on the streets.
  In Capitol Heights, heavy scrapyard equipment went to work on 62 bikes and ATVs, which had been seized by city police.
  In both D.C. and Baltimore, dirt bikes are illegal on city streets. Just last month in Prince George’s County, dirt bike riders spent half an hour on sidewalks and streets at National Harbor, sca
  
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• Baltimore City Council deeply divided over mandatory sentence for gun possession - Baltimore Sun

  17-07-2017 22:24
  
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  Baltimore City Council deeply divided over mandatory sentence for gun possession
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  Baltimore leaders on Friday proposed a mandatory sentence for illegal gun possession in the city. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun video). Ian Duncan and Luke BroadwaterContact ReportersThe Baltimore Sun. The City Council is deeply divided over a proposal to ...and more »
  
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• Ravens May Need To Restructure High-Profile Contracts To Help Salary Cap

  17-07-2017 22:17
  
  The Baltimore Ravens are strapped against the NFL salary cap, which has many fans questioning what else can the team do to add to the roster.
  Brian MacFarland from Russell Street Report discusses potential ways to add some much need salary cap room and provides information on restructuring implications in the future.
  The baseline cap for each team in 2017 is $167 Million. If the Ravens’ season were to begin now, they would have less than a million dollars in cap space. “According to
  
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• Police Buy 12-Year-Old A New Bike After His Was Stolen

  17-07-2017 22:10
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Naz Harding, a 12-year-old boy in Connecticut, had his bike stolen and police were unable to catch the perpetrator. A few officers decided just closing the case and moving on was insufficient, so they replaced the bike with their own money.
  The officers showed up to Harding’s house to surprise him with his new bike.
  “Thank you for buying me a bike,” Harding told Hartford police officers via InsideEdition.com. “[I was] surprised and happy,
  
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• Ruff Commute: Loose Dog Corralled In Fort McHenry Tunnel

  17-07-2017 22:08
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Rush hour traffic truly went to the dogs in one Baltimore tunnel.
  The Maryland Transportation Authority said traffic was halted in part of the Fort McHenry tunnel on Monday morning after a dog was spotted walking in the road.BaCity SB I-95 LEFT tube at tunnel temporarily closed for dog walking in roadway. Yes, a dog. #baltraffic pic.twitter.com/NGzbE0Q4j1
  — MDTA (@TheMDTA) July 17, 2017
  Authority spokesman Tamory Winfield says traffic was stopped for about a half hou
  
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• Severe Storms Move Through Maryland

  17-07-2017 21:57
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Severe weather is moving through Maryland.
  There are currently Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Carroll, Baltimore, Montgomery and Howard Counties.Follow @CBSBaltimore on Twitter and like WJZ-TV | CBS Baltimore on Facebook
  
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• Home Depot Fires 70-Year-Old Army Veteran For Confronting Shoplifters

  17-07-2017 21:34
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A 70-year-old Army veteran says he was fired from a Home Deport after trying to stop suspected shoplifters from stealing thousands of dollars’ worth of items.
  Jim Tinney tells KTRK that he was fired last month from the store in Pearland, Texas.
  “I think they could have written me up, reprimanded me, but terminate me? That’s pretty strong,” he told KTRK-TV. “I’m 70 years old. I need to work. I needed that job. I enjoyed working with
  
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• Keidel: Is Cowboys’ Ezekiel Elliott A Leader Or Headcase?

  17-07-2017 21:18
  
  By Jason Keidel
  In perhaps the least surprising news of the summer, there are reports that Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott got into an altercation at a Dallas nightclub Sunday night.
  This, along with other incidents, both at Ohio State and during his brief career with the Cowboys, keep with Elliott’s Wild West persona. At best, Elliott has an affinity for nightlife and the trappings of fame. At worst, he’s a headache to borderline-felon who can’t keep his hands where they
  
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• Garth Brooks Offers Free Honeymoon After Fans Get Engaged

  17-07-2017 21:06
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Garth Brooks says he’ll pony up for a Hawaiian honeymoon for a Texas couple who got engaged at his concert in Oklahoma City.
  WFAA-TV reports Drew Bargsley proposed to Chelsea Townsend while Brooks was playing his hit “Unanswered Prayers” on Saturday night.
  The singer got wind of the commotion and asked the Dallas-area couple about their honeymoon plans from the stage. He told them he and his wife, Trisha Yearwood, will pay for their honeymoon if
  
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• Report: ‘Walking Dead’ Stuntman Fell Head-First On Concrete

  17-07-2017 20:57
  
  SENOIA, Ga. (AP) — A stuntman fatally injured during production of “The Walking Dead” fell head-first onto concrete about 22 feet below after appearing to try to grab a railing to stop his fall, an assistant director told authorities.
  Coweta County coroner Richard Hawk has said John Bernecker, 33, was pronounced dead at 6:30 p.m. July 12. Bernecker died from injuries suffered in a fall some five hours earlier on the hit show’s set in Senoia, about 35 miles (56 kilometers)
  
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• Who Should Be The Ravens Starting Tight End?

  17-07-2017 20:35
  
  Sarah Ellison from BaltimoreRavens.com speaks with Jerry and Rob about the positional breakdown for the Ravens and who to expect to join the starting eleven on offense.
  In addition, she reports on the importance of signing Jeremy Maclin.
  Tight end position for the Ravens has thinned out after Dennis Pitta’s season-ending hip injury and Darren Waller’s year-long suspension. Benjamin Watson, Maxx Williams and Crockett Gillmore are all working their wa
  
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• 15 Things You Didn’t Know About WWE Superstar Brock Lesnar

  17-07-2017 20:30
  
  Brock Lesnar is a terrifying mass of strength and determination.
  The wrestling sensation has led a commanding career, smashing records and earning numerous titles along the way. Lesnar currently holds the WWE Universal Title, after defeating Samoa Joe during the main event of 2017’s Great Balls of Fire pay-per-view. Brock’s daunting stature and signature F-5, combined with an impressive background that includes the MMA to the NFL, adds up to a true beast of a man who does not like to
  
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• Police: Death Of Johns Hopkins Student Appears To Be Accidental

  17-07-2017 20:22
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police say the death of a 19-year-old Johns Hopkins University student who was a member of the track and field team appears to be accidental.
  During a press briefing on Monday, Baltimore Police Department spokesman T.J. Smith said nothing in the death of Abigail Bastien points to homicide, and “every piece of evidence right now points to accidental.”
  The investigation found that Bastien, whose body was found in the 3700 block of N. Charles St., died
  
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• Baltimore Rapper, Believing He’d Die, Goes Live On Facebook After Stabbing

  17-07-2017 20:14
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore rapper Tyree Colion, an outspoken proponent of a more peaceful Baltimore, was stabbed in the neck Sunday night.
  Believing he was in his final moments of life, he went live on Facebook in the aftermath of the stabbing.Colion, who is 41 and often posts about “No Shoot Zones” in Baltimore on social media, survived and is in critical but stable at a hospital.
  Baltimore Police spokesman TJ Smith says investigators believe it was a domestic incident and th
  
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• Cops: Woman Shot At Her Gender-Reveal Party Wasn’t Pregnant

  17-07-2017 19:32
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — A woman who claimed to have lost her baby during a deadly shooting at her gender reveal party in suburban Cincinnati wasn’t even pregnant, police said Monday.
  Colerain Township Police Chief Mark Denney said investigators only have speculation about why the woman claimed to be pregnant, but he did not disclose the speculation.
  The woman had told local news organizations she lost her unborn child after she was wounded in the leg. She was treated at a hospital for the
  
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• 59-Year-Old Who Tried For 4 Decades To Get Pregnant Has Baby

  17-07-2017 19:24
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A 59-year-old woman who had tried for nearly four decades to become pregnant has given birth at a New York hospital after fertility treatments.
  Akosua Budu Amoako gave birth to a full-term 7-pound, 4-ounce boy on June 15 at Bellevue Woman’s Center in Niskayuna, near Albany.
  Budu says she and her husband had tried for years to get pregnant after they married 38 years ago, but eventually stopped trying.
  Then last year, after learning that a 60-year-old woman in the
  
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• Tiger Woods Drops Out Of World Golf Rankings Top 1000 For First Time In Career

  17-07-2017 19:23
  
  For the first time in his career, Tiger Woods is not among the top 1,000 golfers on the planet, according to the latest edition of the World Golf Rankings.
  The new men’s standings were released today and had Woods coming in at the 1,005th position. Per Will Gray of Golf Channel, when Woods earned his first amateur points in 1994, the lowest ranking he received was 730.
  For a majority of his professional career, the 41-year old golfer has sat at or near the top of the rankings. Woods had sp
  
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• Walmart Removes Item From Website After N-Word Used In Description

  17-07-2017 18:57
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Walmart has removed an item from Walmart.com after the n-word was used to describe the color of the item.
  The item, a wig cap, was being sold by a third party seller on Walmart’s online marketplace.
  The item’s color was described as ‘N*****-Brown”.
  A spokesperson for Walmart said the item was removed, as it was a violation of their policy.
  A Walmart spokesperson released the following statement:
  “We are very sorry and appalled that this
  
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• Orioles Seek Their First Win In The Second Half Of The Season

  17-07-2017 18:40
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore Orioles are seeking their first win in the second half of the season as they open a four-game series against the Texas Rangers on Monday night at Camden Yards.
  The Orioles fell to a season-worst seven games below .500 at 42-49 and allowed 27 runs and 10 homers over the course of a three-game sweep by the Chicago Cubs.
  The Orioles will send Chris Tillman (1-5, 7.90 ERA) to the mound. Tillman has not started a game since June 30 due to the birth of his first c
  
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• Bob Wolff, Versatile And Longtime Sportscaster, Dies At 96

  17-07-2017 18:30
  NEW YORK (AP) — Bob Wolff, the only sportscaster to call play-by-play of championships in all four major North American professional team sports, has died. He was 96.
  Son Rick Wolff said his father died peacefully Saturday night at his Nyack home.
  Wolff broadcast the NFL’s championship game, World Series, NBA Finals and Stanley Cup Finals. He interviewed Babe Ruth, was the voice of the Washington Senators, and for decades did play-by-play for the New York Knicks and New York Rangers.
  
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• Dress Store Bankruptcy Leaves Brides In Trouble

  17-07-2017 18:22
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Talk about adding to the stress of planning a wedding.
  Dress retailer Alfred Angelo Bridal filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation in Florida on Friday. The dressmaker, which has 60 stores nationwide and sells at 1,400 other locations, has its headquarters in Delray Beach.
  The sudden closing has created more bridezillas than usual. Many brides-to-be took to social media to express their frustration and hope that they could still get their dresses.
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• Police: Dog Owner, Cruelty Suspect Threatens Cops After Animal Is Euthanized

  17-07-2017 18:17
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Glen Burnie man was arrested Friday for allegedly threatening to kill police officers, after his ailing dog was taken from him earlier in the week and euthanized.
  On Wednesday, 37-year-old James Rufus Huckaby was charged with with possession of heroin, possession of paraphernalia and animal cruelty.
  Witnesses told Anne Arundel County Police that a man appeared to be passed out or asleep in his silver Nissan Titan in the parking lot of the Walmart on George Clauss Boulev
  
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• Doctors Remove 27 Contact Lenses From Woman’s Eye During Surgery

  17-07-2017 18:17
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A routine cataract surgery turned out to be anything but normal, as doctors pulled 27 contact lenses from a woman’s eye.
  Doctors found a “bluish foreign mass” in the patient’s eye, which they later learned were a mass of stuck-together contacts.
  “We were really surprised that the patient didn’t notice it because it would cause quite a lot of irritation while it was sitting there,” said Rupal Morjaria, a specialist trainee oph
  
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• Needles All Over: What To Do If You Find Syringes In Public

  17-07-2017 17:31
  
  Syringes left by drug users are increasingly turning up in public places, and authorities offer this advice if you or your children should encounter any:
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  DON’T PICK THEM UP
  You could get exposed to drugs or disease, or unwittingly dispose of them improperly.
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  CALL SOMEONE TO PICK THEM UP
  Check with your local information hotline or health department, which can take care of it or direct you to people who can. Don’t call 911 unless directed, or unless there is imminent
  
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• OJ Simpson Faces Good Chance At Parole In Nevada Robbery

  17-07-2017 17:19
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson, the former football star, TV pitchman and now Nevada prison inmate No. 1027820, will have a lot going for him when he asks state parole board members this week to release him after serving more than eight years for an ill-fated bid to retrieve sports memorabilia.
  Now 70, Simpson will have history in his favor and a clean record behind bars as he approaches the nine-year minimum of his 33-year sentence for armed robbery and assault with a weapon. Plus, the par
  
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• Keep An Eye On Traded Players In Fantasy Baseball

  17-07-2017 17:13
  
  By Sam McPherson
  The Major League Baseball trades have started in earnest, as teams with postseason aspirations begin to load up with extra and needed talent. While these trades occur in the real world, their impact upon fantasy baseball is often very different than in actual baseball. Some traded players go from key roles on their old teams to supporting roles on the new team, and the opposite also is possible depending on the situation.
  As a fantasy baseball team manager, you have to keep an e
  
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• If The Orioles Were To Sell, Who Would Be Untouchable?

  17-07-2017 16:45
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore Orioles are struggling. They need something to change.
  As the July 31 trade deadline approaches, the team needs to decide if they will be buyers or sellers.
  If the Orioles were to sell, who on the team would be considered untouchable?
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• Arrest Made In Shooting Death Of Local Defense Attorney’s Stepson

  17-07-2017 16:30
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —An arrest has been made in the shooting death of Baltimore defense lawyer Warren Brown’s stepson earlier this month.
  The Baltimore Police Department announced at a Monday afternoon press conference that 25-year-old Samuel Cooper faces first and second degree murder charges, among others. He is currently in police custody for another crime.
  Investigators say there are few other persons of interest in the case, and anyone with information should contact them.
  Police re
  
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• Three shot, one critically injured, in Baltimore overnight - Baltimore Sun

  17-07-2017 16:02
  
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  Three shot, one critically injured, in Baltimore overnight
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  Three people were shot — one of them critically injured — in Baltimore overnight, police said Monday. Officers had been at a city hospital checking on a separate shooting victim when a 22-year-old man arrived about 9:30 p.m. with gunshot wounds to ...
  
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• The Orioles Are Looking At A Historically Bad Record

  17-07-2017 16:02
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Unfortunately, the Baltimore Orioles have started the second half of the season the same way the first half ended.
  The Orioles’ Sunday loss to the Chicago Cubs dropped the team to a record of 20-38 in their last 58 games. Baltimore was once 22-11 at the beginning of the season. Now they’re staring at a record of 42-49.
  The main issue facing the team is the pitching. Baltimore’s starters now have a 6.02 ERA in 2017.
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• Disney Parks Name Star Wars Lands Galaxy’s Edge

  17-07-2017 15:10
  ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Disney Parks isn’t letting Han Solo or Luke Skywalker save the day at their new Star Wars-themed lands.
  “When you step in to the world, you’re the hero,” Chris Beatty, Disney Imagineer and executive director of the new expansions said.
  Beatty was just one of many Disney representatives who spoke Saturday on the new Star Wars-themed lands at the Disney fan expo D23 in Anaheim, California.
  Bob Chapek, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Chairman, led
  
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• Madaleno Kicking Off Bid For Maryland Governor

  17-07-2017 14:47
  
  ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — State Sen. Richard Madaleno Jr. is launching his candidacy for governor of Maryland.
  Media outlets report that the Montgomery County Democrat plans to kick off his campaign Monday at the Universities of Shady Grove in Rockville. Madaleno is seeking the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, who has said he’ll seek a second term next year.
  The leading Hogan critic has been a member of the Senate since 2007, after spending four years in th
  
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• Philadelphia Police: Teen Flash Mob Threw Bottles At Cops

  17-07-2017 14:39
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia police say a flash mob of about 500 teens threw bottles at officers and jumped on cars after a rec center closed for the evening.
  Authorities say the disturbance began Sunday night outside the Lonnie Young Recreation Center in the city’s Germantown section. Police say the teens gathered with an unauthorized disc jockey outside the center and had to be disbursed.
  No officers or youths were hurt. Police say they opted not to make any arrests so tensions
  
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• WEATHER BLOG: Weather As Expected For Mid-July

  17-07-2017 14:26
  Hi Everyone!
  After a pretty good weekend we start this week off on a very normal note. This morning’s temps are in the normal range, the upper 60’s. Today’s high is where it should be at 88°. It will be humid, but it is July. Nothing out of the normal. This week nothing too much out of the norm. It will be getting hot. Frankly well above normal on Thursday, but that is really not un normal this time of the year.
  A couple of spotty t-storms tomorrow, then no real chance of r
  
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• Jordanian Soldier Sentenced To Life For Killing 3 US Troops

  17-07-2017 13:50
  
  AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — A military court convicted a Jordanian soldier Monday of killing three U.S. military trainers at a Jordanian air base and sentenced him to life in prison with hard labor.
  The defendant, who had pleaded “not guilty,” has said he opened fire because he feared the base was coming under attack.
  As he was led out of the courtroom, 1st Sgt. Marik al-Tuwayha said: “I have all the respect for the king, but I was doing my job.”
  The parents of one of the
  
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• Florida Toddler Dies In Hot Car Parked Outside Family’s Home

  17-07-2017 13:16
  DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Investigators say the death of a Florida toddler who was trapped in a hot car appears to be an accident.
  News outlets report Khayden Saint Sauveur was found unconscious Saturday in the backseat of his father’s BMW, which was parked outside the family’s home in Delray Beach.
  Family members told investigators they didn’t know how long the boy had been in the car. He would have turned 2 next month.
  Police spokeswoman Dani Moschella tells news outlet
  
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• Baltimore Ravens playoff odds indicate another underdog season - Baltimore Beatdown

  17-07-2017 13:07
  
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  Baltimore Ravens playoff odds indicate another underdog season
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  Unlike all of Charm City, Las Vegas doesn't believe the Baltimore Ravens will make the postseason this year. Will the Baltimore Ravens make the playoffs? Yes +120 (6/5). No -150 (2/3). They aren't claiming the Ravens are going 2-14, as their odds are ...and more »
  
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• Orioles vs. Rangers series preview: Baltimore can't afford another sweep at home - Washington Post

  17-07-2017 12:07
  
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  Orioles vs. Rangers series preview: Baltimore can't afford another sweep at home
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  The Baltimore Orioles began the second half of their season with a dismal start, opening a 10-game home stand by getting swept by the Chicago Cubs. Baltimore's starting pitching was horrendous, allowing 21 runs against Chicago in three games.
  Baltimore Orioles vs. Texas Rangers - 7/17/17 MLB Pick, Odds, and PredictionSports Chat Place (blog)all 5 news articles »
  
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• Witcover: White House amateur hour - Baltimore Sun

  17-07-2017 12:01
  
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  Witcover: White House amateur hour
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  Trump Jr. tweeted a statement and emails clarifying his meeting with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya. (July 11, 2017). Jules Witcover. A novice Trump administration that has already demonstrated its ineptness in conducting deft foreign policy has ...and more »
  
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• The Civil War still tugs at our conscience - Baltimore Sun

  17-07-2017 12:01
  
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  The Civil War still tugs at our conscience
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  The gravestone of a black Union soldier, Cpl. Samuel Butler, was discovered in recent years and now will be honored as part of this weekend's commemoration of the Corbit's Charge Civil War battle. (Baltimore Sun video). Raymond Daniel Burke. During ...
  
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• Could clinical psychology save Baltimore's 'high-risk' youth? - Baltimore Sun

  17-07-2017 12:01
  
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  Could clinical psychology save Baltimore's 'high-risk' youth?
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  As a follow-up to the 2014 Baltimore Sun series "Collateral Damage," about the consequences of violence on Baltimore's children and families, the Sun partnered with Promise Heights to get residents of Upton/Druid Heights to tell their own stories and ...
  
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• Neighbors, police chief feud over Baltimore shooting range - The Columbus Dispatch

  17-07-2017 12:00
  
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  Neighbors, police chief feud over Baltimore shooting range
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  BALTIMORE — The police chief who runs the village-owned police shooting range in this Fairfield County community is taking steps to improve safety after neighbors complained about stray bullets hitting a pole barn, a tractor and a house. Neighbors ...and more »
  
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• Technology offers 'hidden gems' to paddlers on Maryland water trail - Baltimore Sun

  17-07-2017 11:00
  
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  Technology offers 'hidden gems' to paddlers on Maryland water trail
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  There are only two public access points onto the Magothy River for canoers and kayakers. The Magothy River Association recently published a water trail guide to encourage visitors to explore the area. (Lloyd fox, Baltimore Sun. Talia RichmanContact ...
  
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• Baltimore Orioles: Be prepared for a sale at the trade deadline - Birds Watcher

  17-07-2017 06:27
  
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  Baltimore Orioles: Be prepared for a sale at the trade deadline
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  For the second time in the history of Peter Angelos's ownership of the Baltimore Orioles, there are rumors of sale preparations. The Baltimore Orioles are rumored to be listening to offers for nearly all of its players, especially the relief pitchers ...
  
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• Harford Co. Mom Pleas For Help To Solve Son’s Murder, 9 Years Later

  17-07-2017 05:27
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Harford County mother is keeping her son’s name alive and renewing her pleas for justice, years after her son’s death.
  Tariq Alston was murdered 9 years ago, but his killer has never been found. Amy Yensi has more on the efforts to solve this cold case.
  The family is still hoping for an arrest. In the mean time, they’re using their heartbreak to help others.
  It’s been nearly 9 years since gunshots rang out during a private party at the Joppa Magn
  
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• Vigil Held For Four PA Men Killed

  17-07-2017 05:18
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A vigil was held at the Garden of Reflection  9-11 Memorial in Lower Makefield Township, in Pennsylvania, for four young men who were killed.
  The two cousins suspected in the killings are now locked up without bail for the deaths of Dean Finocchiaro, Thomas Meo, Jimi Patrick and Mark Sturgis.
  Family, friends and even strangers came to offer support to those who lost loved ones. The gathering included prayers, music and a candlelight vigil.
  All four men are
  
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• Off-duty officer robbed in Medfield, police memo says - Baltimore Sun

  17-07-2017 05:17
  
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  Off-duty officer robbed in Medfield, police memo says
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  An off-duty Baltimore police officer was robbed at gunpoint in Medfield early Sunday, police wrote in an internal memo obtained by The Baltimore Sun. The officer was sitting in the passenger seat of his car in the 1300 block of West 41st Street at ...
  
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