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• Bills' Marcell Dareus sent home from Baltimore after violating team rule - ESPN

  26-08-2017 23:36
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  Bills' Marcell Dareus sent home from Baltimore after violating team rule
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  Buffalo Bills defensive tackle Marcell Dareus was sent home Saturday before the Bills' preseason game against the Baltimore Ravens for violating an unspecified team rule, the team confirmed. It is unclear whether Dareus would have played in the game ...
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• In Harvey’s Wake: Smashed Homes, Businesses And Heavy Rain

  26-08-2017 22:31
  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — Harvey spun deeper into Texas on Saturday and unloaded ponderous amounts of rain after the once-fearsome hurricane crashed into vulnerable homes and businesses along the coastline in a blow that killed at least one person and injured up to 14.
  Long after the storm came ashore, the full scope of damage had yet to emerge, largely because weather conditions kept emergency crews out of many of the hardest-hit places between Corpus Christi and Houston.
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• Hurricane Harvey Closes Key Oil, Gas Operations In Texas

  26-08-2017 20:39
  DALLAS (AP) — Key oil and gas facilities along the Texas Gulf Coast have temporarily shut down as Hurricane Harvey pounds the region with torrential rain and high winds, virtually assuring gasoline prices will rise in the storm’s aftermath.
  Even before the Harvey made landfall late Friday, dozens of oil and gas platforms had been evacuated, at least three refineries had closed and at least two petrochemical plants had suspended operations.
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• Deputy Fired After Sheriff Says He Taunted Autistic Boy

  26-08-2017 19:58
  LARGO, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sheriff has fired a decorated deputy he says taunted an autistic boy.
  The Tampa Bay times reports Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri fired Deputy Ural Darling on Friday.
  Gualitieri said Darling took the 13-year-old to his middle school’s office last May for throwing a book at a teacher. He said the boy has the cognitive ability of a first grader. Darling was assigned to the school.
  He said Darling taunted the boy with handcuffs and threatened
  
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• Orioles on deck: What to watch Saturday at Red Sox - Baltimore Sun (blog)

  26-08-2017 18:55
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  Orioles on deck: What to watch Saturday at Red Sox
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  1. Make it three. The Orioles have won consecutive games for the first time since Aug. 5-7 and will be going for their first three-game winning streak since that same stretch. Standing in their way is former Orioles prospect Eduardo Rodriguez, who has ...
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• Saturday, August 26, 2017

  26-08-2017 18:23
  Maryland Live Casino shares their restaurant menu and the Drink Local Maryland Festival at Rash Field in downtown Baltimore.
  
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• Police Identify ‘Person Of Interest’ In College Noose Case

  26-08-2017 18:08
  COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Police at the University of Maryland have alerted College Park campus officials about a “person of interest” involved in hanging a noose in a fraternity house kitchen earlier this year.
  University of Maryland Police Chief David Mitchell said in a statement Friday the department is committed to creating a safe campus free from hate and discrimination.
  The April 27 display was classified as a hate incident. Police say they spent 600 hours investigating it
  
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• Florida Police Fatally Shoot Woman Threatening Suicide

  26-08-2017 16:23
  SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a Florida police SWAT team shot and killed an armed woman who had been threatening suicide.
  The Broward County Sheriff’s Office says a Sunrise Police SWAT team went to an apartment Friday where an armed woman had barricaded herself inside and was threatening to kill herself.
  Sheriff’s spokeswoman Veda Coleman-Wright said in a press release Saturday the woman stopped communicating with officers, so the SWAT team entered the apartment. She say
  
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• Colorado Cheerleader Coach Fired Over Video Of Splits

  26-08-2017 15:43
  DENVER (AP) — A Colorado high school cheerleading coach was fired Friday after videos surfaced showing him pushing cheerleaders down in splits.
  Denver Public Schools Superintendent Tom Boasberg said Ozell Williams was dismissed from his job at East High School.
  “I have watched all of the videos,” Boasberg said Friday. “As a superintendent, and as a father, and as an athlete, they are deeply disturbing. What happened was wrong.”
  The videos show eight cheerl
  
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• Harvey Rolls Over Texas Coast, Smashes Homes And Businesses

  26-08-2017 14:31
  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — Hurricane Harvey rolled over the Texas Gulf Coast on Saturday, smashing homes and businesses and lashing the shore with wind and rain so intense that drivers were forced off the road because they could not see in front of them.
  The fiercest hurricane to hit the U.S. in more than a decade came ashore late Friday about 30 miles (48 kilometers) northeast of Corpus Christi as a mammoth Category 4 storm with 130 mph (209 kph) winds. It weakened overnight to Category
  
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• Damaging Hurricane Harvey Settles In Over Southeast Texas

  26-08-2017 14:31
  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — Hurricane Harvey settled over southeast Texas early Saturday, lashing the state’s Gulf Coast with damaging winds and dumping torrents of rain over hundreds of miles of coastline that braced for what forecasters predicted would be life-threatening storm surges — basically walls of water moving inland.
  The fiercest hurricane to hit the U.S. in more than a decade made landfall Friday night about 30 miles (48 kilometers) northeast of Corpus Christi as a
  
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• Baltimore blasts Boston - Albany Times Union

  26-08-2017 06:28
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  Baltimore blasts Boston
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  BOSTON, MA - AUGUST 25: Rick Porcello #22 of the Boston Red Sox is pulled from the game in the fifth inning of a game against the Baltimore Orioles at Fenway Park on August 25, 2017 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images) ...
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• Baltimore's community college under pressure to fix longstanding problems - Baltimore Sun

  26-08-2017 05:51
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  Baltimore's community college under pressure to fix longstanding problems
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  Baltimore City Community College president Gordon F. May talks about developments at the school. (Lloyd Fox Baltimore Sun video). Talia Richman and Liz BowieContact ReportersThe Baltimore Sun. When students walk onto the Baltimore City Community ...
  
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• Harvey Lashes Texas Coast With High Wind, Torrential Rain

  26-08-2017 05:45
  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — Hurricane Harvey smashed into Texas late Friday, lashing a wide swath of the Gulf Coast with strong winds and torrential rain from the fiercest hurricane to hit the U.S. in more than a decade.
  The National Hurricane Center said the eye of the Category 4 hurricane made landfall about 10 p.m. about 30 miles (48 kilometers) northeast of Corpus Christi between Port Aransas and Port O’Connor, bringing with it 130 mph (209 kph) sustained winds and flooding rain
  
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• Fearsome Hurricane Harvey Slams Into Texas Gulf Coast

  26-08-2017 05:45
  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — Hurricane Harvey smashed into Texas late Friday, lashing a wide swath of the Gulf Coast with strong winds and torrential rain from the fiercest hurricane to hit the U.S. in more than a decade.On #WJZ Landfall between Port OConnor andPort Aransas Texas with winds of 135 mph! pic.twitter.com/e2iuTkJ7b1
  — Bob Turk WJZ-TV 13 (@TurkWJZ) August 26, 2017
  The National Hurricane Center said the eye of the Category 4 hurricane made landfall about 10 p.m. about 30 m
  
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• Dog Found Shot In Baltimore City Recovering In Care Of Local Animal Shelter

  26-08-2017 05:32
  A woman driving under a highway overpass on her morning commute was surprised by what she found moving under a blanket Tuesday. 
  
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• Web Weather: Harvey Makes Its Way Toward Texas Coast

  26-08-2017 05:29
  Of course, tonight’s major weather story continues to be the massive and destructive Hurricane Harvey which is sitting on the coast of Texas, just northeast of Corpus Christi, near Port Lavaca.
  Winds had reached cat 4 strength of 130 mph with gusts to 155 m.p.h. late this Friday evening. Rainfall amounts may exceed 36 inches in some places over the next five days, with a storm surge of 12 feet is expected just to the east of the center eyewall, which will cause massive destruction.
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• Two Bodies Uncovered In Taneytown House Explosion

  26-08-2017 05:25
  TANEYTOWN, Md. (WJZ) — State fire officials are trying to figure out what caused a house to explode in Caroll County, killing two people inside.
  Investigators says they found hoarding conditions inside the home, which reportedly hampered investigators’ ability to access the home in certain areas.
  The bodies were found hours after the Taneytown home was leveled by the blast and the fire.
  The explosion happened early Friday morning, and by the end of the day, two bodies were found
  
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• National Security Aide Sebastian Gorka Leaves White House

  26-08-2017 05:25
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sebastian Gorka, a national security aide whose hardline views on immigration and terrorism caused discord inside and outside the White House, is the latest official to exit President Donald Trump’s administration.
  Gorka told The Associated Press Friday that he had resigned from his position. A White House official, however, said Gorka did not resign but “no longer works at the White House.” That official was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly
  
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• Orioles Take Advantage Of Red Sox Errors In 16-3 Rout

  26-08-2017 05:13
  BOSTON (AP) — Mark Trumbo and Chris Davis had home runs, and the Baltimore Orioles used a seven-run fifth inning to power past the Boston Red Sox 16-3 on Friday night.
  The 16 runs is a season-high for the Orioles, who have won three out their last four as they try to stay in the mix for one of the American League’s wild-card spots. Trey Mancini led Baltimore with four RBIs.
  Jeremy Hellickson (8-7) allowed four hits and three runs over seven innings to pick up his second win in a
  
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• Navy IDs 2 Dead, 8 Missing Sailors From The USS John McCain

  26-08-2017 05:00
  The U.S. Navy has found the remains of two of the 10 sailors missing after the USS John McCain collided with an oil tanker near Singapore.
  RELATED: 2 Missing Sailors From Navy Destroyer Collision Are From Maryland
  Divers recovered the remains of Electronics Technician 3rd Class Dustin Louis Doyon, 26, on Thursday night. He is from Suffield, Connecticut.
  They earlier recovered the remains of Electronics Technician 3rd Class Kenneth Aaron Smith, 22, who the Navy listed as being from New Jerse
  
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• City Judges Say They Won’t Attend Governor’s Meeting On Crime Fight

  26-08-2017 04:49
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — With murders in Baltimore surging, city judges say they want to stay out of politics and will not attend the closed-door gathering with the governor and other key players in the crime fight.
  WJZ Investigator Mike Hellgren has a closer look at the judge’s reasons and the governor’s blunt response.
  Both the governor and mayor don’t like that the judges aren’t attending, but the meeting is going tohappen anyway at the ‘all hands on deck&rsq
  
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• Two men, one woman killed in Baltimore on Friday - Baltimore Sun - Baltimore Sun

  26-08-2017 04:39
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  Two men and one woman were killed in separate incidents in Baltimore on Friday, according to police.and more »
  
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• Gas Prices Rise, Flights Stall As Hurricane Harvey Nears

  26-08-2017 04:10
  DALLAS (AP) — Refinery operators along the Texas Gulf Coast are hunkering down for Hurricane Harvey, while motorists far from the storm’s path are also feeling the effects as gasoline prices rise.
  Nearly one-third of the nation’s refining capacity sits in low-lying areas along the coast from Corpus Christi, Texas, to Lake Charles, Louisiana.
  Several refineries at greatest risk of suffering a direct strike from high winds have already shut down, but it is the potential for flood
  
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• North Korea Fires 3 Short-Range Missiles; US Says Tests Fail

  26-08-2017 03:32
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Three North Korea short-range ballistic missiles failed on Saturday, U.S. military officials said, which, if true, would be a temporary setback to Pyongyang’s rapid nuclear and missile expansion.
  The U.S. Pacific Command said in a statement that two of the North’s missiles failed in flight after an unspecified distance, and another appeared to have blown up immediately. It added that the missile posed no threat to the U.S. territory of Guam, which the
  
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• Trump Tells Mattis To Indefinitely Ban Transgender Recruits

  26-08-2017 03:20
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday directed the Pentagon to extend indefinitely a ban on transgender individuals joining the military, but he appeared to leave open the possibility of allowing some already in uniform to remain.
  Trump gave Defense Secretary Jim Mattis authority to decide the matter of openly transgender individuals already serving, and he said that until the Pentagon chief makes that decision, “no action may be taken against” them.
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• Trump Pardons Ex-Sheriff Convicted Of Defying Judge’s Order

  26-08-2017 02:22
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has pardoned former sheriff Joe Arpaio following his conviction for intentionally disobeying a judge’s order in an immigration case.
  The White House announced the move Friday night, saying the 85-year-old ex-sheriff of Arizona’s Maricopa County was a “worthy candidate” for a presidential pardon.
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• Gas leak at Parkville retirement community leads to evacuation - Baltimore Sun

  26-08-2017 01:25
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  Gas leak at Parkville retirement community leads to evacuation
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  A broken natural gas line and underground fire at a Baltimore County retirement community Friday led to the evacuation of 125 residents who are expected to return Saturday. Some residents of the Oak Crest Retirement Community in Parkville were ...and more »
  
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• Menacing Harvey On Verge Of Reaching Texas Coast

  26-08-2017 01:10
  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — Hurricane Harvey was on the verge of reaching Texas on Friday, bringing fierce winds and torrential rain to a wide swath of the state’s Gulf Coast and prompting tens of thousands of residents fleeing inland in hopes of escaping its wrath.On WJZ The eye wall of Hurricane Harvey is just about on the coast north of Corpus Christi.The strongest winds are in that eyewall 130mph! pic.twitter.com/0i5C9UH9Ao
  — Bob Turk WJZ-TV 13 (@TurkWJZ) August 26, 2017
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• Increasingly Menacing Hurricane Harvey Aims At Texas Coast, Now Category 4

  26-08-2017 01:10
  HOUSTON (AP) —  The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Harvey has strengthened to a Category 4 storm.
  The center says Harvey has sustained wind speeds of 130 mph (209 kph) as the powerful storm churns off the Texas coast. Forecasters are labeling it a “life-threatening storm.”
  The storm quickly grew Thursday from a tropical depression into a Category 1 hurricane, and then developed into a Category 2 storm early Friday. By Friday afternoon, it had become a Category 3
  
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• Three New Baby Puffins Have Hatched At National Aquarium

  26-08-2017 00:37
  The National Aquarium is puffed up with pride as it introduces three new additions to the puffin families.
  The three chicks were hatched between July 6 and August 10, marking the first time the aquarium has had three new puffins in one breeding season.
  Their names are Gnocchi, a boy and girls Viola and Willow.
  After about 45 days with their parents, the pufflings will emerge from their burrows for everyone to see.
  There are now 12 puffins living within the Sea Cliffs exhibit.
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