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• Police: Officer Moonlighting As Supermarket Security Guard Fatally Shoots Thief

  01-08-2017 23:59
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —  There was a heavy police presence outside a Baltimore County 24-hour Giant food store after gunfire erupted early Tuesday morning in Catonsville.
  Police say an off-duty officer moonlighting as a security at the store opened fire on a man accused of stealing.
  That officer has now been placed on desk duty, with Baltimore County Police saying he had to scramble for his gun after the fleeing suspect dragged him across the parking lot of the Route 40 grocery store with h
  
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• Concerns Remain After More Baltimore Officers Accused Of Faking Evidence On Body-Cam Video

  01-08-2017 23:57
  BALTIMORE (WJZ/AP)– New information about another body camera video from the Baltimore Police Department is under investigation for possibly showing police tampering with evidence.
  According to charging documents, the incident happened last November in Southeast Baltimore. Police said they were conducting a covert drug investigation when they searched a car.
  State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby first revealed its existence last week.
  “An additional video raised concerns for one of ou
  
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• Senate Confirms Christopher Wray, Trump’s Choice For FBI

  01-08-2017 23:42
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Christopher Wray to lead the FBI, replacing James Comey, who was abruptly fired by President Donald Trump amid the investigation into Russia meddling in last year’s presidential election.
  The vote was 92-5 for Wray, a former high-ranking official in President George W. Bush’s Justice Department who oversaw investigations into corporate fraud. Wray, 50, inherits an FBI at a particularly challenging time given Trump’s oustin
  
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• Baltimore's OrderUp headquarters facing 70 layoffs after Groupon deal with Grubhub - Baltimore Sun (blog)

  01-08-2017 23:40
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  Baltimore's OrderUp headquarters facing 70 layoffs after Groupon deal with Grubhub
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  Grubhub is taking over 27 OrderUp markets as part of a new partnership with Groupon. The deal will result in 70 layoffs at OrderUp's Baltimore headquarters. (Barbara Haddock Taylor / Baltimore Sun). Sarah MeehanContact ReporterThe Baltimore Sun.and more »
  
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• Flood warning issued across Baltimore - Baltimore Sun (blog)

  01-08-2017 23:15
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  Flood warning issued across Baltimore
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  A flood warning is in effect across Baltimore until 11 p.m. after a quick downpour dumped an inch or two of rain. The National Weather Service issued the warning just after 5 p.m., as an isolated but intense storm cell crossed the city. The warning ...and more »
  
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• Flood Warning In Effect For City And Part Of Baltimore County

  01-08-2017 23:14
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Warning for Baltimore City and Southeastern Baltimore County.On #WJZ a new flood warning issued for eastern sections of the city and county. pic.twitter.com/Otd20mkUSW
  — Bob Turk WJZ-TV 13 (@TurkWJZ) August 1, 2017
  The Flood Warning is in effect until 11 p.m. Tuesday night.Areal Flood Warning for Baltimore and Baltimore City in MD until 11:00pm Tuesday. @cbsbaltimore #FIRSTWARNINGWX #mdwx
  — Tim Williams WJZ (@TimW
  
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• Peter Kostis On WGC-Bridgestone: ‘Hard Event To Win With Such A Strong Field’

  01-08-2017 22:56
  By Dave Shedloski
  The annual PGA TOUR slugfest is on tap this week at Firestone Country Club’s big-boy layout, the South Course, when the $9.5 million World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational returns with its usual stellar cast of characters.
  A field of 76 players, 15 more than last year, descends on Akron, Ohio, which has hosted a professional golf event every year since 1954 with the Rubber City Open. World No. 1, Dustin Johnson, and major winners Sergio Garcia, Brooks Koepka an
  
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• Orioles Host Baltimore City Students To Encourage Healthy Living Habits

  01-08-2017 22:50
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– The Orioles play the Royals Tuesday night, but the field at Camden Yards was a busy place before the game.
  The Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society (PBATS), started an event 13 years ago to encourage students to get outside and get active.
  It isn’t every day, students take the field at Camden Yards, but Baltimore City public middle school students, advanced in science and math are learning how to:
  “Stay active and how to keep their bodies in shape as
  
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• Things Just Keep Getting Worse For The Ravens, Siragusa Tore ACL

  01-08-2017 22:48
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore Ravens have already lost six players to season-ending injuries, suspension or retirement, and the injury bug hit hard again during Tuesday’s training camp practice.
  Breshad Perriman left practice early with a hamstring issue.
  Tight end Crockett Gillmore is likely to miss the entire season after having surgery to repair an MCL injury. Wide receiver Quincy Adeboyejo was also carted off after hurting his back.
  RB Kenneth Dixon&nbs
  
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• Where Is The “Moral Compass” Of Ravens Fans?

  01-08-2017 22:33
  Scott and Jeremy address the massive amounts of fan reactions they’ve received in response to the Ravens considering Kaepernick.
  Joe Flacco commented. Terrell Suggs has commented. Steve Biscotti has been “praying” and still…fans are divided.
  Conn says, “I haven’t walked a mile in that guys shoes, I don’t see things through his eyes…you can feel however you want to feel about a situation and that doesn’t make you right. Whether you like what
  
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• Watermen Ply Chesapeake Bay With Oyster Babies That They Can Harvest Later

  01-08-2017 22:30
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —It takes seeds to grow a crop and, as it turns out, it’s kind of the same for oysters.
  WJZ’s Alex DeMetrick reports on the investments watermen are making now so they can harvest oysters in the future.
  What nature does effortlessly when conditions are ripe, takes lots of effort by people when conditions are less than ideal.
  “I think we’re probably putting out like 7 million a day,” says Wayne Wilson of the Kent County Watermen’s Associat
  
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• Linkin Park Filmed Episode Of ‘Carpool Karaoke’ Week Before Chester Bennington’s Death

  01-08-2017 22:07
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A week before Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington died, the band reportedly taped an episode of ‘Carpool Karaoke,’ along with actor Ken Jeong.
  RELATED: Linkin Park Frontman Chester Bennington Dies In LA At 41Fun day with @kenjeong @CarpoolKaraoke @AppleMusic – stay tuned. pic.twitter.com/v8tSBG1cwF
  — LINKIN PARK (@linkinpark) July 14, 2017
  Bennington was found dead in his home near Los Angeles on July 20. Ken Jeong posted on soci
  
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• Police: 13-Year-Old Girl Killed, 2 Others Injured In Middle River Shooting

  01-08-2017 21:47
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — After a 13-year-old girl was shot and killed in Middle River overnight, police are investigating.
  That girl has been identified as Iyanna Watkins.
  The Baltimore County Police Department says the incident started with a group of people loitering behind the 7-Eleven in the 700 block of Peterson Road.
  Someone from the alley began to shoot into the crowd, striking three people.
  Two adult men were struck, and have non-life-threatening injuries.
  A 13-year-old girl was also hit,
  
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• CBS Sports’ Breech Says: “Kaepernick Is One Of The 30 Best Quarterbacks In The NFL”

  01-08-2017 21:30
  John Breech from CBSSports.com joins The Norris & Long Show to discuss Colin Kaepernick and the team’s chances in the AFC North.
  Ravens fans are very divided by the scenario. However, it seems the Ravens locker room is in favor of the move.
  Breech says, “It was a lot of Ravens defensive players that said, ‘hey, let’s bring in Colin Kaepernick,’ which to me is kind of telling. They’ve seen Ryan Mallet in practice the last few days, and like you said, a
  
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• Robbery Suspect Falls Into Storm Drain While Running From Police

  01-08-2017 21:28
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — An armed robbery suspect is under guard at a Maryland hospital after falling 12 feet into a concrete storm drainage system while trying to elude police.
  This incident began just before 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, when Maryland State Police troopers were called about an armed robbery at Liberty Gas Station, located in the 20500 block of Jefferson Boulevard, near Hagerstown.
  Witnesses said the suspect fled in a 2008 Honda Accord.
  A trooper in an unmarked vehicle
  
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• Man Gets Life Sentence For Killings Outside Elks Lodge

  01-08-2017 21:22
  CAMBRIDGE, Md. (AP) — A Maryland man has been sentenced to life in prison for a 2014 shooting outside an Elks Lodge that left two people dead.
  Thirty-three-year-old Terrance Jermaine Brown was sentenced Tuesday to two consecutive life terms for the deaths of 25-year-old LeRon Todd and 28-year-old Ashley Cornish.
  Cornish and Todd were shot in October 2014 outside Dorchester Elks Lodge 223, where a private party was being held.
  Brown himself was shot by another man while fleeing the scene.
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• Lighthouse On The Chesapeake Up For Auction For $15K

  01-08-2017 20:47
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — For about the cost of a new car, you can own a lighthouse on the Chesapeake Bay.
  Our media partner, The Baltimore Sun, reports The Craighill Channel Lower Range Front Light Station is up for auction, with a current bid of $15,000.
  The lighthouse is about two miles off shore from North Point State Park. There isn’t an actual address, but it’s located at 39.188614, -76.394399The historic light station was first lit in 1873. There is cylindrical keeper
  
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• Calf Looks Like Rocker Gene Simmons

  01-08-2017 20:32
  KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — A newborn calf in Texas has strikingly similar black-and-white facial markings to KISS frontman Gene Simmons, and the rock star likes their shared look.
  Simmons’ onstage persona includes face paint, black leather clothing and wild hair. He tweeted his admiration for the calf named Genie, saying, “This is real, folks!!!”
  The female calf was born Friday at a ranch near Kerrville, 60 miles northwest of San Antonio.
  Heather Taccetta, who live
  
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• 7.8M Gallons Of Sewage Overflowed Over Weekend

  01-08-2017 20:20
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — With heavy rains and flooding Friday and into the weekend, there have been about 7.6 million gallons of sewer overflow in Baltimore City.
  The Department of Public Works says there were four overflows that happened between Friday and Saturday.
  1901 Falls Road (2.2 million gallons)428 E. Preston Street (4.3 million gallons)North Charles and West Lanvale Streets (496,000 gallons)1800 block of E. Eager Street (589,000 gallons)
  The DPW says first of the overflows were in
  
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• 2017 Big 12 Football Preview

  01-08-2017 20:00
  Ryan Mayer
  College football season is almost here. As you prepare to root for your favorite team on Saturday, we’ll bring you previews of each conference, separating the teams into a couple categories: contenders, bowl teams, and rebuilding. The tiers are fairly self-explanatory. Contenders means these teams will push for the division/conference title. Bowl bidders are expected to be in the conversation for a bowl bid. Rebuilding teams are in the process of attempting to get into cont
  
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• Maryland Police Chief Indicted On Misconduct In Office Charges

  01-08-2017 19:40
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The chief of police for a small Maryland town has been indicted on charges that he mishandled cases to help out a friend.
  George N. Ball, police chief for the Trappe Police Department, was indicted on two counts of misconduct in office.
  Ball is accused of mishandling two criminal cases – a jewelry theft case and a illegal possession of a handgun case – “for the personal benefit of a personal acquaintance.”
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• ACLU Suing Gov. Hogan Over Alleged Facebook Censorship

  01-08-2017 18:54
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Maryland is suing Maryland Governor Larry Hogan for his alleged Facebook censorship.
  RELATED: A Slap In The Face(book): Comments Deleted, Some Banned From Gov. Hogan’s Page
  The ACLU claims comments were deleted and people were banned from posting on Governor Larry Hogan’s official Facebook page after posting comments critical of Hogan on his page.
  This lawsuit comes after a similar lawsuit was filed against Pre
  
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• Tangier Island Mayor To Debate Al Gore On CNN

  01-08-2017 18:38
  TANGIER, Va. (AP) — An enthusiastic Trump supporter who is mayor of a Virginia island that’s sinking into the Chesapeake Bay will debate former Vice President Al Gore on climate change.
  The Daily Times reports that Tangier Island mayor James “Ooker” Eskridge will appear at a CNN town hall that airs Tuesday at 9 p.m.
  The show will discuss the policies of President Donald Trump, including his withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement.
  Scientists warn that rising seas
  
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• July Was The Deadliest Month For Hot-Car Deaths In Nearly A Decade

  01-08-2017 18:10
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)— Eleven children died from heatstroke in overheated cars in July, making it the deadliest month for child hot-car deaths in almost a decade.
  July is normally the deadliest month for children in hot cars, and the highest death toll was 16 in 1999, meterologist Jan Null of Golden Gate Weather Services told USA Today.
  The July death toll last reached 11 in 2008.
  About 37 children die while trapped in overheated vehicles every year in the U.S., and at least 729 have died in hot
  
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• Cuomo Orders Probe Into Niagara Falls Black Water Discharge

  01-08-2017 17:57
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has directed state regulators to investigate wastewater discharges that turned the water near the base of Niagara Falls black last weekend.
  The Democrat announced Monday that the city of Niagara Falls may have violated state water quality standards Saturday when the local wastewater treatment plant discharged foul-smelling, black-colored water into the Niagara River just below the falls.
  The dark water enveloped the dock for the popular
  
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• Mark Your Calendars: Maryland’s Tax Free Shopping Week Is Coming Up

  01-08-2017 17:51
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —It’s August now, which means Maryland’s tax free shopping week is right around the corner.
  The second Sunday of August to the following Saturday is designated as “Shop Maryland Tax-Free Week” each year, and qualifying apparel and footwear that costs $100 or less per item are exempt from the state’s 6 percent sales tax.
  Tax free week begins August 13, runs through August 19 and, unlike previous years, the first $40 of a backpack or bookbag purc
  
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• Ravens TE Crockett Gillmore Out For The 2017 Season

  01-08-2017 17:50
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore Ravens tight end depth chart continues to be ravaged by injury.
  Crockett Gillmore limped off the field in Friday’s practice and had his MCL surgically repaired.
  The recovery time is expected to be 5 months. He is likely going to miss the season.
  CB Maurice Canady also had a knee procedure, but he is not expected to miss the season.
  
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• Facebook Shuts Down AI Robots After They Invent Their Own Language

  01-08-2017 17:40
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)— Facebook has shut down a pair of artificial intelligence robots after they invented their own language.
  Earlier this year, the research team at Facebook Artificial Intelligence Research built a “chatbot” that was supposed to learn how to negotiate by observing and imitating human trading and bartering practices.
  But when the researchers pit two of the AI programs, nicknamed Alice and Bob, against each other to trade, the bots began to engage in their
  
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• Off-Duty Officer Reports Seeing Wrong Way Driver Miles Before Route 50 Fatal Crash; 911 Calls Released

  01-08-2017 17:02
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — An officer who was taking his son to the hospital reported seeing the driver who caused a fatal wrong way crash last week get on Route 50 more than five miles before the crash.
  Greenbelt Police Department officer Michael Apgar told the Capital Gazette that he saw the driver, later identified as Christine Parks, 31, driving the wrong way on westbound Route 50 near the Route 2 south exit ramp in Annapolis.
  Numerous people called 911 before the fatal acci
  
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• Under Armour To Cut Almost 300 Jobs, Launch Restructuring Plan

  01-08-2017 17:00
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Under Armour is cutting almost 2 percent of its work force and it lowered its full-year revenue outlook, overshadowing a strong second-quarter and amplifying the pitfalls now facing companies across the retail sports sector.
  It may be an even tougher path for the Baltimore company, which has grown phenomenally in recent years and may now be suffering some growing pains.
  “We enjoyed hyper-growth for several years and I want to be clear we still believe we’re a g
  
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• Ready To Play: Steelers QB Josh Dobbs Discusses How He Masters The Playbook

  01-08-2017 16:30
  It’s a long and tough road to get to the NFL for most players, but it might be an even more difficult task to get yourself mentally and physically “Ready To Play” in the NFL week in and week out. As we work our way towards the start of the NFL season, we’re speaking with a different NFL player each week and getting a first-hand account from them on how they get themselves ready for all of the rigors that come with competing at the NFL level. Here’s Pittsbu
  
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• Natural Resources Police Rescue Eagle Hit By Car On Interstate

  01-08-2017 16:30
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — After a bald eagle was hit by a car on I-68 near the Washington County/Allegany County line Monday night, the bird is being rehabbed.
  Natural Resources Police and a Rocky Gap State Park ranger came to the animal’s aid.Officers and a @RockyGapSP ranger last night rescued a bald eagle struck by a car on I-68 near Washington/Allegany line. Eagle w/rehabber. pic.twitter.com/0a98oNBlRf
  — MD NRP (@MDNRPolice) August 1, 2017
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• Charge: Man Hid Girlfriend In Freezer, Lived With Impostor

  01-08-2017 16:25
  YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio prosecutor alleges a man stored his girlfriend’s body in a freezer while another woman helped him and assumed the dead woman’s life by moving into her home, using her credit cards and caring for her dog.
  The body was found last weekend at a Campbell home, near Youngstown. Authorities suspect it’s a missing woman named Shannon Graves. They’re awaiting official identification and information on the cause of death.
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• Police: 13-Year-Old Girl Killed, 2 Others Injured In Baltimore Co. Shooting

  01-08-2017 16:09
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore Police Department is investigating a shooting that killed a 13-year-old girl and injured two others.
  Police say the shooting happened in the 700 block of Peterson Rd. in Middle River.
  No further details have been released at this time.
  This is developing news. We will continue to update this story as more information becomes available.
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• Man Holding Baby Arrested After Girlfriend Stabbed 8 Times

  01-08-2017 16:03
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police say they arrested a man who was holding a baby late Monday night, after his girlfriend was stabbed eight times.
  The Aberdeen Police Department was called at 11:35 p.m., about a domestic incident in the 500 block of Plaza Court.
  Responding officers found a woman on the ground with multiple stab wounds to her upper body.
  Officers also saw the victim’s boyfriend, 38-year-old Jose Anibal Cruz-Algarin, holding a baby nearby.
  They saw a knife in his waist
  
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• Orioles Net Beckham As Buyers At Trade Deadline

  01-08-2017 16:01
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Sitting in fourth place in the AL East with a losing record, the Baltimore Orioles refused to abandon their chances of making a playoff run.
  The Orioles handled the non-waiver trade deadline as buyers, adding two pitchers and infielder Tim Beckham in hopes of salvaging a season that has thus far been a struggle.
  Executive vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette beat the deadline Monday by obtaining Beckham, who bolsters an injury-riddled infield that’s cur
  
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• Hellickson On Camden Yards: “I Never Liked Coming Here”

  01-08-2017 15:41
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore Orioles acquired right-hander Jeremy Hellickson from the Philadelphia Phillies for outfielder Hyun Soo Kim and a Double-A left-hander.
  Hellickson will get his first start as an Oriole on Wednesday night against the Kansas City Royals at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
  Despite Camden Yards being voted the best stadium experience in the country for the third consecutive year, Hellickson says he doesn’t like the park very much.
  “I never
  
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• Government Watchdog Group Releases Study On Md. Campaign Costs

  01-08-2017 15:37
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A government watchdog group in Maryland has released a report on how much it costs to run a campaign for state legislative offices.
  Common Cause Maryland released an analysis of fundraising totals from the 2014 election cycle on Monday.
  It found that state senators averaged about $290,000 in campaign contributions from 2011 to 2014. That’s compared to a nearly $80,000 average for delegates.
  Susan Radov, a summer research associate for the group who wrote the rep
  
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• Off-Duty Officer Reports Seeing Wrong Way Driver Miles Before Route 50 Fatal Crash

  01-08-2017 15:22
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — An officer who was taking his son to the hospital reported seeing the driver who caused a fatal wrong way crash last week get on Route 50 more than five miles before the crash.
  Greenbelt Police Department officer Michael Apgar told the Capital Gazette that he saw the driver, later identified as Christine Parks, driving the wrong way on westbound Route 50 near the Route 2 south exit ramp in Annapolis.
  RELATED: Wrong Way Crash Kills 2 On Route 50 In
  
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• Ex-Pastor Sentenced In Scheme To Steal Maryland Church Funds

  01-08-2017 14:57
  GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A former Catholic priest in Maryland is facing 18 months home confinement after pleading guilty in a scheme to steal church funds.
  71-year-old Rev. John Mattingly of Charlotte Hall was sentenced Monday to three years supervised release, including the home confinement period. He also was ordered to pay $400,000 restitution, which was paid prior to the sentencing hearing.
  Mattingly, who was pastor of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Leonardtown from 1994 to 2010, p
  
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• How To Make Your Very Own Harry Potter-Inspired Butter Beer

  01-08-2017 14:01
  Photo Courtesy of Simon & Schuster
  Dinah Bucholz is the author of The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook from our sister company Simon & Schuster. She lives in Philadelphia.
  Butterbeer is one of the most popular drinks in the wizarding world, and when Harry has his first butterbeer during a sneak visit to Hogsmeade, he finds it to be the most delicious drink he has ever tasted (see Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 10). But what is this most warming and comforting of drink
  
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• Cops: Man At Dunkin’ Donuts With Son Overdoses In Bathroom

  01-08-2017 13:50
  MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire police say a man ingested heroin in a bathroom at a Dunkin’ Donuts during a visit with his 9-year-old son and had to be revived with an opioid-overdose antidote.
  Manchester police say the boy told an employee on Saturday that his father had been inside the bathroom for a long time. Police say the employee went into the bathroom, found the man unconscious and called 911.
  Police said city firefighters and ambulance personnel administered naloxone.
  
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• Off-duty Baltimore County police officer fatally shoots shoplifting ... - Baltimore Sun

  01-08-2017 13:33
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  Off-duty Baltimore County police officer fatally shoots shoplifting ...
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  A man suspected of shoplifting was shot to death by an off-duty Baltimore County police officer as he attempted to flee outside a grocery store in Catonsville ...
  Police: Officer Moonlighting As Supermarket Security Guard Fatally Shoots ThiefCBS Baltimore / WJZall 32 news articles »
  
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• Jailbreak: Inmates Used Peanut Butter To Fool Guard

  01-08-2017 13:25
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A dozen inmates escaped from an Alabama jail by using peanut butter to change the numbers above a door and trick a new employee into opening another door that led outside, a sheriff said Monday.
  The inmates changed the number above a cell to the number that identified the door leading outside the jail. So when an inmate asked a young, inexperienced jailer to let him into his cell, the jailer was fooled into opening the outside door instead.
  The group then fled, thro
  
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• Police Investigating Officer Involved Shooting In Catonsville

  01-08-2017 13:13
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)- Police are on the scene of an officer involved shooting in Catonsville.#BCoPD Ofc involved in fatal shooting after ofc confronts suspect, 3:53 am, Rt 40/Rolling Rd
  — BACO Public Safety (@BACOPoliceFire) August 1, 2017
  Officials say the incident took place just before 4 a.m. at the Giant food store on Route 40 and Rolling Road. Police have confirmed that one person was killed during the shooting.
  Officials say a Baltimore County police officer working part-time as secu
  
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• CityLab comes to Baltimore Wednesday - Baltimore Sun

  01-08-2017 11:30
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  CityLab comes to Baltimore Wednesday
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  As Baltimore officials attempt to tackle some of the city's long-festering problems, experts from around the country are coming to town to discuss ideas for progress. At “CityLab Baltimore,” which takes place Wednesday afternoon, leaders from New York, ...
  
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• Rookie Spotlight: T.J. Watt Tackles High Expectations With Steel Curtain Defense

  01-08-2017 11:00
  By Curt Macysyn
  Name: T.J Watt
  Height: 6’4″
  Weight: 252 lbs.
  Position: Outside Linebacker
  School: Wisconsin
  Draft Pick: 30th overall in First Round
  Even the most ardent detractor has to concede that the Pittsburgh Steelers are doing something right. What other NFL team can boast that they have had only three head coaches over the past 48 seasons?
  Mike Tomlin, Bill Cowher and Chuck Noll have won Lombardi Trophies in the Steel City, which is certainly a testament to their coa
  
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• Over 120 Firefighters Work To Put Out Large Debris Fire In Sparrows Point

  01-08-2017 05:30
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — More than 120 firefighters from accross the region work to put out a large debris fire in Sparrows Point.
  RELATED: PHOTOS: Large Debris Fire In Sparrows Point
  Lieutenant Tim Rostkowski with Baltimore Co Fire says crews were called just after 7:30 Monday night to the 1500 block of Sparrows Point Road,  near the old Bethlehem Steel Mill.“Crews from Sparrows Point Fire Station arrived on scene and found a 25-foot-by-25-foot pile of debris, which was acti
  
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• Police Officer Buys Diapers For Shoplifting Suspect

  01-08-2017 05:22
  LAUREL, Md. (AP) — A rookie police officer in Maryland is garnering praise for an act of kindness he extended to a woman accused of shoplifting.
  Officer Bennet Johns, who joined the Laurel Police Department in May, was called to a local grocery store on July 22 regarding a 20-year-old woman accused of shoplifting.
  The woman, who reportedly bought some items but did not have $15 for two packs of diapers, was given a citation for misdemeanor shoplifting.
  But Johns, who was raised by a single
  
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• As Ravens Weigh Pros And Cons Of Kaepernick, Fans Weigh In

  01-08-2017 05:15
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —Colin Kaepernick is the most controversial player in the NFL right now. And the Ravens have a need for a quarterback.
  But is it worth the potential headache?
  Kaepernick led the 49ers to the playoffs in 2013, and ultimately Super Bowl XLVII, where they lost to the Ravens.
  Since then, it’s been nothing but controversy for the quarterback. Last season, he often took a knee during the national anthem ahead of games in protest of police brutality.
  Kaepernick has been a fr
  
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