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• Record $417M Award In Lawsuit Linking Baby Powder To Cancer

  21-08-2017 23:24
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles jury on Monday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay a record $417 million to a hospitalized woman who claimed in a lawsuit that the talc in the company’s iconic baby powder causes ovarian cancer when applied regularly for feminine hygiene.
  The verdict in the lawsuit brought by the California woman, Eva Echeverria, marks the largest sum awarded in a series of talcum powder lawsuit verdicts against Johnson & Johnson in courts around the U.S.
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• Historic Eclipse Turns Day Into Night Across The US

  21-08-2017 23:14
  Millions of Americans gazed in wonder through telescopes, cameras and disposable protective glasses Monday as the moon blotted out the sun in the first full-blown solar eclipse to sweep the U.S. from coast to coast in nearly a century.
  “It was a very primal experience, it really was,” Julie Vigeland, of Portland, Oregon, said after she was moved to tears by the sight of the sun reduced to a silvery ring of light in Salem. “I’ve seen other really magnificent things, but th
  
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• People Across The US, Maryland Set Sights On The Sky For Total Eclipse

  21-08-2017 23:12
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A spectacular sight in the sky as the coast-to-coast total solar eclipse got underway Monday.
  The city of Portland, Oregon went dark in the middle of the day, as the moon’s shadow totally blocked out the sun.
  Across the nation, and at the Science Center in Baltimore, crowds gathered to get a glimpse of the phenomenon.
  This is the first coast-to-coast total solar eclipse in nearly 100 years, spanning from Oregon to South Carolina. Millions flocked to the 70-mile wide
  
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• Baltimore has bigger problems than monuments - Baltimore Sun

  21-08-2017 23:01
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  Baltimore has bigger problems than monuments
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  I continue to be baffled by the late night romp of Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh to purge downtown Baltimore of a few lonesome Confederate statues. On a scale of 1 to 10 of the things that need fixing in Baltimore, using precious tax dollars to ...
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• Baltimore Orioles: Previewing the series with the Oakland Athletics - Birds Watcher

  21-08-2017 22:56
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  Baltimore Orioles: Previewing the series with the Oakland Athletics
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  The Baltimore Orioles and the Oakland Athletics open up a three-game series at Camden Yards Monday at 7:05 PM. In the last meeting just a six days ago, the Baltimore Orioles split a four-game series with the Green and Gold. Despite the split, the ...and more »
  
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• Baltimore’s Police Horses To Move Next to B&O Railroad Museum

  21-08-2017 22:23
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —  Two separate and historic Baltimore institutions are about to join forces. Old trains and police horses are going to be neighbors.The Baltimore Police Department’s horse-mounted unit will soon stable their horses in a state-of-the-art facility next to the B&O Railroad Museum.
  “Our current facility was a car dealership back in the day,” says Sgt. Russ Robar Monday. “We’ve been there 1971-72.”
  Baltimore was the first mounted pol
  
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• Suggestions for new Baltimore monuments - Baltimore Sun

  21-08-2017 22:01
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  Suggestions for new Baltimore monuments
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  Having a monument in Baltimore City to honor Abel Wolman (“Honor the Great Chlorinator,” Aug. 17), the pioneer of modern sanitary engineering, is an excellent suggestion. I would like to make two more suggestions: Frederick Douglass, a great orator ...
  
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• Judge Refuses To Delay Trial For Witness Who Wanted To Watch Eclipse

  21-08-2017 21:51
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A federal judge in Florida has refused to delay a case because a member of the prosecution wanted to view the Aug. 21 solar eclipse. According to reports, an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, planned to travel to another state to view the total solar eclipse.
  Agent Chad Horst was reportedly scheduled to testify against an individual facing federal firearms charges. Judge Steven Merryday issued a three-page ruling on the prosecu
  
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• Baltimore Police: Four shot in Park Circle - Baltimore Sun

  21-08-2017 21:37
  Baltimore Police: Four shot in Park Circle
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  One person was killed and three others were injured in a shooting over drugs Monday morning in Northwest Baltimore, city police said. Officers were called at 9:30 a.m. to the area of Cottage and Park Heights avenues for a shooting involving multiple ...and more »
  
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• 225-year-old Columbus monument vandalized in Baltimore - Washington Post

  21-08-2017 21:35
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  225-year-old Columbus monument vandalized in Baltimore
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  BALTIMORE — A 225-year-old monument to Christopher Columbus was damaged by a vandal who took a sledge hammer to the obelisk in Baltimore. Baltimore Police spokesman T.J. Smith said at a news conference that crime apparently occurred early ...
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• Manny Machado Named American League Player of the Week

  21-08-2017 21:22
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore Orioles third baseman Manny Machado has been named the American League Player of the Week for the period ending August 20.
  Machado batted .385 (10-for-26) with four runs scored, a double, four home runs and 12 RBI over six games played to earn his third career AL Player of the Week Award, last winning on June 15, 2015.
  This is Baltimore’s third weekly award this season, becoming the first AL Club to do so.  Other Orioles to win this season include Mac
  
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• Oppose the law, not Kushner - Baltimore Sun

  21-08-2017 21:01
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  Oppose the law, not Kushner
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  Really, a front page story above the fold (“Jared Kushner's firm seeks arrest of Maryland tenants to collect debt,” Aug. 16) about a Jared Kushner firm that follows the remedies allowed by Maryland law to collect rents and other fees from tenants ...and more »
  
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• Baltimore man gets 32 years for shootings, one linked to retaliatory murder of rapper Lor Scoota - Baltimore Sun

  21-08-2017 20:55
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  Baltimore man gets 32 years for shootings, one linked to retaliatory murder of rapper Lor Scoota
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  Fred Catchings was sentenced Monday to 32 years in prison for opening fire on a man in West Baltimore last summer, an attack police said led to the retaliatory killing of Catchings' boyhood friend, local rapper Lor Scoota. Catchings, 25, accepted a ...and more »
  
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• Baltimore man gets 32 years for shootings, one linked to retaliatory ... - Baltimore Sun

  21-08-2017 20:55
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  Fred Catchings was sentenced Monday to 32 years in prison for opening fire on a man in West Baltimore last summer, an attack police said led to the retaliatory ...and more »
  
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• Chesapeake Real Estate Group acquires 259 acres in Curtis Bay - Baltimore Sun

  21-08-2017 20:31
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  Chesapeake Real Estate Group acquires 259 acres in Curtis Bay
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  A rendering of one of the industrial buildings Chesapeake Real Estate Group plans to construct on the 259-acre Brandon Woods III property it acquired from Exelon. A rendering of one of the industrial buildings Chesapeake Real Estate Group plans to ...
  
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• Solar Eclipse 2017 Baltimore, Maryland: Time of Day - Heavy.com

  21-08-2017 20:08
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  Solar Eclipse 2017 Baltimore, Maryland: Time of Day
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  Baltimore, Maryland is not in the total solar eclipse zone. However, that doesn't mean you don't have a rare opportunity to experience the grandeur of the Great American Solar Eclipse. You do. The Maryland city will soon experience a partial solar ...
  Missing Today's Eclipse? Another Will Pass Through US In 2024CBS Baltimore / WJZall 3,962 news articles »
  
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• Baltimore, B&O Railroad Museum announce joint effort to raise $2.5 million for new police mounted unit stables - Baltimore Sun

  21-08-2017 19:34
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  Baltimore, B&O Railroad Museum announce joint effort to raise $2.5 million for new police mounted unit stables
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  Police Commissioner Kevin Davis attends the B&O Railroad Museum announcement of a joint effort to raise $2.5 million in donations to build a state-of-the-art horse stable for the Baltimore Police Department's Mounted Unit. (Kevin Richardson / Baltimore ...
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• Risk Of Death Doubled By Alternative Cancer Treatments, Study Says

  21-08-2017 19:29
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — New medical research is claiming that cancer patients who opt for unconventional treatments are at much greater risk of dying from the disease. Researchers at Yale School of Medicine say that the chance of dying from cancer within five years more than doubled for patients using alternative treatments instead of standard medication.
  The study, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, looked at the treatment of over 800 cancer patients. Nearly 300 of
  
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• Christopher Columbus Monument Vandalized In Baltimore

  21-08-2017 19:15
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — On Sunday night, the Christopher Columbus monument in Baltimore’s Herring Run Park was vandalized.The monument is over 200 years old and police are investigating the vandalism.
  A YouTube video was released showing protesters arriving to the monument with signs, and then proceeding to smash it.
  This comes about a week after the city had crews remove four monuments — a statue of Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, the Confederate Women
  
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• Fan Essentials: What’s Most Exciting About The Mayweather-McGregor Fight?

  21-08-2017 19:01
  Ryan Mayer
  Fight week is here. Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor meet on Saturday, August 26th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV. The fight, that has been two years in the making, has experienced plenty of buildup. There’s been plenty of excitement during the lead up to the big event, from trash talking to sparring videos and everything in between. But, as exciting as the buildup has been, there’s still plenty to be excited about come Saturday night when the two fighters actua
  
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• A Baltimore astrologer's insights into the eclipse - Baltimore Sun (blog)

  21-08-2017 18:56
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  A Baltimore astrologer's insights into the eclipse
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  Through the millennia, eclipses have been an object of cultural superstition, says Baltimore astrologer Eliza Graney. “Historically, eclipses were always viewed as bad,” she said. Astrologers even had a name for it: “the death of the king.” A 1932 ...
  
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• Aluminum manufacturing company Constellium is moving US corporate offices to Baltimore - Technical.ly Brooklyn

  21-08-2017 18:27
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  Aluminum manufacturing company Constellium is moving US corporate offices to Baltimore
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  The company, which makes aluminum products, will have 25 employees in downtown Baltimore by the end of 2018. Aluminum manufacturing company Constellium is moving US corporate offices to Baltimore. By Stephen Babcock / reporter. RELATED ...
  
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• Man Accused Of Killing Sister, Cousins, Ordered Held Without Bond

  21-08-2017 18:25
  BALTIMORE (WJZ/AP) — A man accused of killing his 6-year-old sister and two young cousins in Prince George’s County Friday has been ordered held without bond pending a mental competency hearing.
  Antonio Williams has confessed to the killings, according to police.
  Authorities have identified the three young girls found stabbed to death in a Clinton home as 6-year-old Nadira Withers, Williams’s sister, and his distant cousins, 9-year-old Ariana Decree and 6-year-old Ajayah Decree
  
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• Keidel: Will Eight Ounce Gloves Really Matter In Mayweather-McGregor?

  21-08-2017 18:08
  By Jason Keidel
  In what cynics see as the final piece of pre-fight propaganda, Floyd Mayweather Jr and Conor McGregor have been approved to use eight-ounce gloves for their megafight on August 26, in Las Vegas.It’s all part of a narrative, some say, a cleverly-crafted plan, by both camps, to nudge the PR needle toward McGregor, who will be in his first prizefight while adhering to boxing’s rules, not those of UFC, the sport that made him a superstar.Will two ounces be the difference
  
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• Anquan Boldin Says Events In Charlottesville Prompted His Retirement

  21-08-2017 17:55
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —  Anquan Boldin abruptly announced his retirement just under two weeks after signing with the Buffalo Bills.
  Boldin’s decision came as a surprise and especially after he talked about building on his legacy entering his 15th season and serving as a mentor for Buffalo’s young group of receivers.
  Boldin recently shared a bit more insight into his decision to retire from the NFL citing the events in Charlottesville.
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• Apartment Fire That Killed 3 Believed To Have Started In Kitchen

  21-08-2017 17:47
  HILLENDALE, Md. (AP) — Authorities say they believe an apartment fire that killed a mother and her two small children in Maryland was accidental and started in the kitchen.
  Officials have identified the victims in the early Sunday Baltimore County fire as 26-year-old Bra Angah-McCray, 4-year-old Aimee McCray and 3-year-old Adriel McCray. Three victims were pulled from the third floor Hillendale apartment by firefighters.
  One firefighter was also taken to the hospital with injuries that are
  
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• Contenders And Pretenders In AL Wild Card Race

  21-08-2017 17:38
  By Rich Arleo
  Before the inception of the second Wild Card spot in 2012, most teams knew whether they were in or out of the postseason race by the end of July. Since the addition of that second spot and the Wild Card Game, however, more and more teams have found themselves within a few games of a postseason berth longer than they normally would have.
  While this change has expanded the postseason picture in past years, never have fans seen a crowd quite like the current crop of NINE teams in the
  
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• Top 10 Baltimore Ravens related Fantasy Football names - The Ebony Bird

  21-08-2017 17:35
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  Top 10 Baltimore Ravens related Fantasy Football names
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  Fantasy football is one of the most fun times of the year. We get to dive headfirst into stats. We get to be analytical and most of all we get to have fun with family, friends and co-workers. Almost nothing is better than walking into work on a Monday ...and more »
  
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• Christopher Columbus monument vandalized in Baltimore ... - Baltimore Sun

  21-08-2017 17:34
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  A monument in Baltimore to Christopher Columbus was vandalized overnight.
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• Baltimore Ravens: 10 Things You Need to Know - Sports Illustrated

  21-08-2017 17:29
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  Baltimore Ravens: 10 Things You Need to Know
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  Why the Ravens can and should change their approach on offense, and why a free-agent addition on defense and the continued presence of a future Hall of Fame edge player should make this defense a force. Share. Andy Benoit. Monday August 21st, 2017.
  Mike Wallace identifies Joe Flacco as the Ravens 'weapon X'Baltimore Beatdownall 12 news articles »
  
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• Commissioner Roger Goodell With The NFL Until 2024

  21-08-2017 17:18
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Looks like NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell will be around for a bit longer.
  Reports say Goodell is very close to a five-year contract extension to remain the NFL’s commissioner, which will keep him in the job until 2024.
  Goodell, whose current deal is set to end in 2019, has at times been at odds with some of the league’s most powerful owners. His ability to negotiate the terms of the current CBA made the owners a lot of money. That goes a long way in expl
  
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• Flacco Deems Tostitos ‘Elite’ In Hilarious New Ad

  21-08-2017 17:00
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore Ravens quarterback Flacco has endorsed a handful of local and national products like M & T Bank all the way up to the bigger brands like Pepsico.
  Pepsi and Tostitos have poked fun at his “faults” once before as a “party pooper,” but this time around they’re jumping on the bandwagon of calling Flacco an “elite” quarterback to endorse their chips.
  Flacco’s dry humor strikes again in a hilarious new ad for To
  
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• Missing Today’s Eclipse? Another Will Pass Through U.S. In 2024

  21-08-2017 16:34
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —If you’re bummed that you’re missing the path of totality during today’s eclipse, or if you don’t have the best view of it due to weather, or if you just want to see one again: don’t worry, you’ll get another chance.
  Another total solar eclipse will be visible from the United States on April 8, 2024. Mark it in your calendars now!
  It wont travel coast to coast, like today’s, but it will pass through several states: Texas, southeast
  
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• Report: Ravens cancel Monday's practice for an “offsite team-building activity” - Baltimore Beatdown

  21-08-2017 16:25
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  Report: Ravens cancel Monday's practice for an “offsite team-building activity”
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  The Ravens have cancelled Monday's practice for “an offsite team-building activity”, according to the Baltimore Sun's Jeff Zrebiec. Ravens cancel practice this morning for offsite team-building activity. They're off Tuesday as well. — Jeff Zrebiec ...
  John Harbaugh, Baltimore Ravens visit Pentagon, Arlington National CemeteryUPI.comall 16 news
  
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• Ex-Maryland School Aide Gets 75 Years In Child Porn Case

  21-08-2017 16:17
  GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A former elementary school volunteer in the Maryland suburbs of Washington who pleaded guilty to 15 federal child pornography offenses has been sentenced to 75 years in prison.
  Media outlets report that former Prince George’s County school aide Deonte Carraway was sentenced Monday in federal court. The Washington Post reports that Carraway said he is not the “monster” that people are portraying him to be.
  He pleaded guilty in January to 15 counts of
  
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• NFL, EA Unveil Madden ’18 Competition

  21-08-2017 16:11
  NEW YORK (AP) — NFL fans and gamers can play their way to the Super Bowl — if they’re good enough at the newest edition of “Madden NFL 18.”
  Electronic Arts and the NFL on Monday announced they’re teaming up to create an online tournament involving all 32 teams.
  It makes the NFL the first pro sports league in the U.S. to commit all of its teams to a competitive gaming program, and the first esports competition of this scale taking place this year.
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• There Is Still Time To Win Your Fantasy Baseball League

  21-08-2017 15:52
  By Sam McPherson
  It happens to every fantasy baseball owner eventually: At the end of the season, you miss out on a league prize by one measly home run or one stolen base. With a few extra stats here or there, you’re celebrating instead of complaining about injuries, luck and whatnot. However, there’s an easy way to avoid that kind of October misery: Don’t ever give up.
  Those near-winning finishes almost always are the result of negligence. A smart fantasy baseball team owner w
  
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• MLB Umpires Wear Wristbands To Protest ‘Abusive’ Treatment

  21-08-2017 15:49
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Major League Baseball umpires wore white wristbands during games Saturday, protesting “abusive player behavior” after Detroit second baseman Ian Kinsler was fined but not suspended for his recent verbal tirade against ump Angel Hernandez.The World Umpires Association announced the action, saying the union strongly objected to the response by the commissioner’s office. Kinsler said this week that Hernandez was a bad umpire and “just needs to go awa
  
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• Post Offices Offer Special Eclipse Postmarks, Stamps

  21-08-2017 15:43
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — More than 110 U.S. Postal Service offices are offering special postmarks for Monday’s total solar eclipse.
  The post offices are in or near the path of the full eclipse, which cuts across the United States, from Oregon to South Carolina.
  Spokesman Mark Saunders says the postmarks will be unique in some locations, while most will use one designed by the national office. He says some post offices are using the special postmark only on Monday but others are also using
  
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• Maryland Women To Represent US In World University Games

  21-08-2017 15:41
  COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — After dominating the Big Ten for three straight years, the Maryland women’s basketball team is ready to take on the world.
  Maryland was selected by the United States International University Sports Federation to represent the U.S. in Taiwan at the World University Games.
  The Terrapins will open on Monday against Uganda, face Poland on Tuesday and the Czech Republic on Wednesday. The gold medal game is on Aug. 28.
  This is only the second time a full team from
  
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• Boston’s Restaurant & Sports Bar – 08/26/17

  21-08-2017 14:53
  This Saturday the new Boston’s Restaurant and Sports Bar in Little Italy and Boston’s in Abingdon will be hosting the Fight of the Decade viewing party.  Be sure to join Ed Norris and Rob Long beginning from 8:30pm to 10:30pm at Boston’s new location in Little Italy for the pre-fight festivities!  Come in and make your reservations while there is room to watch the fight and enjoy food specials!  Find out all the details and make reservations for either location b
  
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• Amps & Ales – 9/16/17

  21-08-2017 14:30
  Amps and Ales combines the electricity of rock and roll music with a handpicked selection of America’s best craft beers held on Saturday September 16th, 2017 at Prince George’s Stadium, home of Bowie Baysox.
  In its first year, Amps and Ales lines up seven of the region’s most thunderous bands with over 25 highly acclaimed breweries offering over 50 beers on tap. Whether you are a hophead or music lover, you will enjoy a day full of intoxicating music, symphonic beer, and your f
  
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• Race For Our Kids – 9/17/17

  21-08-2017 14:25
  Join us Sunday, September 17th, for the 13th Annual Race For Our Kids, presented by Express Care.  The race benefits the Herman & Walter Samuelson Children’s Hospital at Sinai and features certified 5K and 10K courses through Mt. Washington and an interactive 1 mile family fun walk.  Post race celebration hosted by the Classic Catering People.  Click here for more information or to register online.
  
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• Police: 220 murders in Baltimore so far in 2017 - ABC2 News

  21-08-2017 14:23
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  Police: 220 murders in Baltimore so far in 2017
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  A 22-year-old man was shot at the Alameda Sunday morning, he died at the hospital. There was another murder late Friday night in east Baltimore. Officers found 24-year-old Devante Monroe shot in the chest on Cliftview avenue. He also died at the hospital.and more »
  
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• Diamond Tavern – 09/01/17

  21-08-2017 14:20
  Stop by the Diamond Tavern at the Hilton Baltimore before every home baseball game, located right across from the  Camden Yard’s Eutaw entrance.  Join Scott and Jeremy on Friday September 1 as they broadcast live from 2 to 6pm.  Win prizes while enjoying some food and drink before the game.  The Diamond Tavern is located inside the Hilton Baltimore at 401 West Pratt Street in Baltimore.
  
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• In Maryland, an 80 percent eclipse is in the forecast - Baltimore Sun - Baltimore Sun

  21-08-2017 14:04
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  In Maryland, an 80 percent eclipse is in the forecast - Baltimore Sun
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  People in 14 states will experience a couple of minutes of midnight today during a total solar eclipse. Unfortunately, Maryland is not one of them. If you are not ...
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• In Maryland, an 80 percent eclipse is in the forecast - Baltimore Sun

  21-08-2017 14:04
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  In Maryland, an 80 percent eclipse is in the forecast
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  People in 14 states will experience a couple of minutes of midnight today during a total solar eclipse. Unfortunately, Maryland is not one of them. If you are not among the thousands of Americans who planned their summer vacations somewhere along the ...
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• Baltimore County Fire confirms three fatalities in Hillendale fire - ABC2 News

  21-08-2017 13:03
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  Baltimore County Fire confirms three fatalities in Hillendale fire
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  A mother and her two children are dead after a two-alarm apartment fire in Hillendale. Fire officials have identified the victims as Bra Angah-McCray, age 26, Aimee McCray, age 4, and Adriel McCray, age 3. All three victims lived in the apartment where ...
  Apartment fire that killed 3 in Baltimore County believed to start in kitchenBaltimore Sun
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• Libraries join opioid addiction fight through Narcan training - Baltimore Sun

  21-08-2017 11:34
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  Libraries join opioid addiction fight through Narcan training
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  Some Maryland library systems are making training available for staffers to learn how to administer naloxone, or Narcan, the drug that can reverse opioid overdose. (Drew Angerer / Getty Images). Mina Haq and Jon KelveyThe Baltimore Sun. Three local ...and more »
  
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• What You Need To Know Before Viewing The Solar Eclipse

  21-08-2017 05:16
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– We are less than 24 hours away before a rare solar eclipse takes to the skies over Maryland.
  Here’s what you need to know before the big event.
  Nearly 100 years in the making, a rare solar eclipse will stretch from coast to coast.
  Essentially the moon, sun and earth will all be in perfect alignment.
  NASA scientists say there’s a reason why this event is so special, especially if you’re inside a 70-mile stretch, known as the path of totality, that runs fro
  
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