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• FBI searching for Baltimore bank robber - ABC2 News

  28-08-2017 23:53
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• Trump Clears Way For Local Police To Obtain Military Gear

  28-08-2017 23:33
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Local police departments will soon have access to grenade launchers, high-caliber weapons and other surplus U.S. military gear after President Donald Trump signed an order Monday reviving a Pentagon program that civil rights groups say inflames tensions between officers and their communities.
  President Barack Obama had sharply curtailed the program in 2015 amid an outcry over the heavily-armed police response to protesters after several police killings of black men in Fer
  
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• Should Baltimore be renamed? - Baltimore Sun

  28-08-2017 23:01
  Should Baltimore be renamed?
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  The statue of former U.S. Chief Justice Roger Taney, located outside of the Maryland State House in Annapolis, was removed overnight. We do have quite a dilemma here in Maryland, don't we? As we hide the facts of history in the name of political ...and more »
  
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• Baltimore Man Arrested For Firing Gun During Charlottesville Rally

  28-08-2017 22:15
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A man from Baltimore is now in custody, accused of firing a gun into a crowd of people during heated protests in Charlottesville, Virginia.
  He’s also reportedly a leader in the KKK.
  Richard Preston is currently being held in the Baltimore County Detention Center, though he is expected to be extradited to Virginia.
  His arrest stems from video the ACLU turned over to the FBI, and neighbors say police raided Preston’s home early Saturday morning.
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• Ravens Extend Coach John Harbaugh’s Contract

  28-08-2017 22:06
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore Ravens have extended coach John Harbaugh’s contract.
  The Ravens haven’t released for how many extra years they extended Harbaugh, but it has been extended beyond the 2018 season.Coach Harbaugh's contract (originally through 2018) has been extended. pic.twitter.com/znW1aEgbjg
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• Baltimore Took Down Confederate Monuments. Now It Has To Decide What To Do With Them - NPR

  28-08-2017 21:47
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  Baltimore Took Down Confederate Monuments. Now It Has To Decide What To Do With Them
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  If you walked into Baltimore's Wyman Park Dell two weeks ago, a statue of Confederate Gens. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson on horseback would have towered above you. There's an inscription on the base that reads, "They were great generals and ...and more »
  
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• Report: 6 Feared Dead In Houston; Van Swept Away

  28-08-2017 21:30
  HOUSTON (AP) — A television station is reporting that six family members are believed to have drowned in Houston when their van was swept away by floodwaters.
  The KHOU-TV report was attributed to three family members the station didn’t identify. No bodies have been recovered.
  Houston police Chief Art Acevedo tells The Associated Press he has no information about the KHOU report but added that he’s “really worried about how many bodies we’re going to find&r
  
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• Officials Break Ground On Purple Line Light Rail Project

  28-08-2017 21:25
  HYATTSVILLE, Md. (AP) — U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao signed a funding agreement Monday with Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan to build a 16-mile light rail project in the traffic-congested suburbs of the nation’s capital, and she praised the use of public-private partnerships to build large infrastructure projects like this one.
  Chao said the department is focused on making it easier for states to use such partnerships to pay for expensive and needed infrastructure in the United
  
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• Baltimore officials investigating why engine was turned away from fire - Baltimore Sun

  28-08-2017 20:51
  Baltimore officials investigating why engine was turned away from fire
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  Baltimore fire officials revised a new dispatching policy Monday amid an investigation into why an engine on the scene of a house fire on Friday was turned away. The city began looking into the matter after audio of firefighters being ordered to leave ...
  
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• Under Armour partners with Johns Hopkins, furthering ties to local schools - Baltimore Sun (blog)

  28-08-2017 20:36
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  Under Armour partners with Johns Hopkins, furthering ties to local schools
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  Under Armour has signed a deal with Johns Hopkins University to outfit all of the university's athletic teams, including the nationally prominent men's and women's lacrosse teams. The multi-year deal cements the apparel and footwear company's local ...
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• FBI Working To Identify Bank Robber Who Claimed He Had Explosive Device

  28-08-2017 20:23
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The FBI is asking for the public to help them identify a man who robbed a Baltimore bank earlier this month by claiming he had an explosive device.
  The robbery happened just before 10 a.m., on August 7, at the SunTrust Bank located at 2400 Boston St.
  The suspect went into the bank and gave a teller a note demanding cash. The note also said he had an explosive device.
  The robber fled on foot, and left with an undisclosed amount of cash.
  No injuries were reported durin
  
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• Brad Nessler Is The New Voice Of ‘SEC On CBS,’ Opens With TCU-Arkansas

  28-08-2017 20:06
  By Matt Citak
  For the first time in 17 years, Verne Lundquist will not be in the booth when ‘SEC on CBS’ returns to television on Saturday, September 9. The legendary broadcaster is stepping away from college football, but will continue to be a fixture of CBS Sports’ coverage of major events in college basketball and golf.
  “I said at our college football seminar a few weeks ago that it was kind of a bittersweet moment for us,” CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus said o
  
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• Anheuser-Busch Stops Canning Beer, Sending Canned Water To Harvey Victims

  28-08-2017 19:53
  CBS Local — Beer giant Anheuser-Busch is hitting the breaks on canning their signature product so the company can help the millions who were affected by Hurricane Harvey. Instead of ice cold beer, Anheuser-Busch’s Georgia factory is producing thousands of cans of water to ship into the flood-ravaged areas.
  The company’s Cartersville brewery is reportedly sending 500,000 cans of emergency drinking water to the Red Cross relief station in Baton Rouge. The Georgia brewer
  
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• 7-Year-Old Girl Survives After Being Kidnapped, Thrown Off Bridge

  28-08-2017 19:52
  WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Police in Massachusetts say a 7-year-old girl was kidnapped from her grandparents’ home and thrown from a bridge into a lake.
  Police say the girl was taken at around 2:30 a.m. Sunday from the Worcester home by 35-year-old family friend Joshua Hubert.
  Investigators say she was put in a car, choked and then thrown into Lake Quinsigamond.
  The girl swam to shore in the town of Shrewsbury and was discovered at about 4 a.m.
  Police say she suffered “visible inj
  
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• Country Star Chris Young Donates $100,000 To Disaster Relief

  28-08-2017 19:31
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country music star Chris Young is donating $100,000 for disaster relief efforts in Texas.
  Nashville-based Monarch Publicity says in a news release that Young lived in Arlington, Texas, before signing with RCA records and has family and close friends in Hurricane Harvey’s path.
  Young says in the statement that communities in Texas “are going to be dealing with so much damage and loss of life for a long time to come.”
  Young’s donation through h
  
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• University Of Maryland Will No Longer Play 'Maryland, My Maryland' At Events - CBS Baltimore / WJZ

  28-08-2017 19:07
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  University Of Maryland Will No Longer Play 'Maryland, My Maryland' At Events
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  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The University of Maryland's marching band will no longer play “Maryland, My Maryland,” the official state song of Maryland, at school sporting events because of its ties to the Confederacy. On Monday, the University of Maryland ...and more »
  
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• 4 Baltimore Co. Fire Dept. Members Sent To Help With Texas Flooding

  28-08-2017 18:52
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Four members of the Baltimore County Fire Department have been sent to help in Texas following flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey.
  Two firefighters who are part of Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Pennsylvania Task Force #1, a group of specially trained first responders, left Sunday morning to assist.
  Two other BCoFD members, who are both certified paramedics, went to Texas as part of Maryland 1-Disaster Medical Assistance Team.
  They are fire Lt. B
  
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• Keidel: Mayweather-McGregor Exceeded Expectations

  28-08-2017 18:18
  By Jason Keidel
  As we make sense of Saturday night’s fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr and Conor McGregor, a fight that exceeded all sane expectations, let’s look at the historical wake it left, along with the legacies of both fighters.
  For some reason, boxing pundits and purists — like yours truly — who are gatekeepers of boxing ancestry, were supposed to be appalled by this fight, this farce, this veiled armed robbery with a remote to replace a gun. To not only watch bu
  
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• East Coast Officials Watch For Possible Tropical Storm

  28-08-2017 17:56
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Officials in one South Carolina county have increased their alert level slightly as a potential tropical storm approaches the Carolinas that could impact Maryland.
  Horry County officials raised their alert level Monday and said they were discussing with state emergency management officials the possibility of a tropical storm Monday or Tuesday.
  The National Weather Service has issued a tropical storm watch from near Georgetown north to Duck, North Carolina, in the no
  
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• Baltimore Police officers shot at Sunday night, second time in past week - Baltimore Sun

  28-08-2017 17:47
  Baltimore Police officers shot at Sunday night, second time in past week
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  Baltimore Police officers were shot at Sunday evening, the second such occurrence in a week, police confirmed. Police said two officers were in the 1300 block of Ostend Street in Pigtown at around 6:15 p.m. Sunday when they heard gunfire and saw people ...
  
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• Houston Convention Center Gives Refuge To Harvey’s Survivors

  28-08-2017 17:41
  HOUSTON (AP) — Patricia Cain entered the George R. Brown Convention Center barefoot and carrying two oxygen tanks. The first was empty. The second was given to her by the Houston Fire Department after the U.S. Coast Guard rescued her from her flooded home.
  She suffers from congestive heart failure, among other illnesses. Her son, William, and 9-year-old grandson were waiting for her inside. Both were barefoot as well.
  “I live in a lake where there was once dry land,” William Ca
  
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• University Of Maryland Will No Longer Play ‘Maryland, My Maryland’ At Events

  28-08-2017 17:27
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The University of Maryland’s marching band will no longer play “Maryland, My Maryland,” the official state song of Maryland, at school sporting events because of its ties to the Confederacy.
  The song was used as a pro-Confederate battle hymn and talks of spurning the “Northern scum.”
  Click here for the full lyrics for “Maryland, My Maryland.”
  The decision comes after a violent white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., that
  
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• It’s A Done Deal: Amazon Takes Over Whole Foods

  28-08-2017 17:15
  NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon completed its $13.7 billion takeover of organic grocer Whole Foods on Monday, taking quick aim at the chain’s “Whole Paycheck” image and bringing it in line with Amazon’s practice of keeping prices low to lock in customer loyalty. Beyond lowering prices on organic avocados, eggs and kale, it also means Whole Foods brands will be available on Amazon’s site. The company aims to make Amazon Prime the rewards program for Whole Foods customer
  
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• Charlottesville Residents Vent At ‘Recovery’ Town Hall

  28-08-2017 17:09
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Charlottesville residents told city leaders at an emotional community meeting they were traumatized by a white nationalist rally and dissatisfied with the way officials handled the event and the violence that unfolded.
  Hundreds of people attended the event promoted as a “community recovery town hall” Sunday at a performing arts center. For more than three hours, they discussed how the events of Aug. 12 had left them fearful, depressed and worried for
  
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• Harvey Flooding Disaster: How You Can Help

  28-08-2017 17:01
  CBS Local (CBS) — As Hurricane Harvey continues to dump historic amounts of rain on the flood-ravaged Houston area, consider donating to any of these organizations that are helping to raise money for aid and services in the wake of the disaster:
  The American Red Cross set up a page for Hurricane Harvey relief donations. The organization has been providing shelters, supplies, and volunteers on the ground.Help those affected by #HurricaneHarvey. Visit https://t.co/Iw
  
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• ACLU Sues Trump Over Transgender Military Ban

  28-08-2017 16:50
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender individuals joining the military.
  The federal lawsuit , Stone v. Trump, was filed in Maryland on Monday by the ACLU of Maryland on behalf of Petty Officer First Class Brock Stone, an 11-year Navy veteran who served in Afghanistan, and several other transgender members of the Navy, Army, Air Force and Marines.
  Trump directed the Pentagon on Friday t
  
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• As Others Tear Down Confederate Monuments, Alabama Unveils 1

  28-08-2017 16:45
  BRANTLEY, Ala. (AP) — As cities across the country are tearing down and relocating Confederate monuments, a county in southern Alabama on Sunday unveiled a new one.
  Several hundred people attended a dedication ceremony for the “Unknown Alabama Confederate Soldiers” at Confederate Veterans Memorial Park in Crenshaw County, Alabama, 55 miles (88 kilometers) south of Montgomery.
  The memorial park’s owner and developer, David Coggins, said the groups in attendance weren&rsquo
  
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• Waiver Wire Is Where You Make Winning Moves In Fantasy Baseball

  28-08-2017 16:35
  By Sam McPherson
  Every so often, we all end up in a fantasy baseball league with an owner that drafts a team, doesn’t make a single move all season and ends up winning the league in absentia. Meanwhile, our own rosters have a multitude of injuries and other problems, so we scramble every day just to finish in fourth place. Some people have all the luck.
  The reality of fantasy baseball is that the above scenario is a fluke—not the norm. If you just let your roster go, chances are you
  
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• Black-Clad Anarchists Swarm Anti-Hate Rally, Assaulting 5

  28-08-2017 16:11
  BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — An anti-hate rally was disrupted when scores of anarchists wearing black clothing and masks stormed the demonstration in Berkeley and attacked several supporters of President Donald Trump. But police were able to head off any wider violence.
  Thousands gathered Sunday in response to a planned anti-Marxism protest that was canceled amid concerns demonstrators might be attacked. The counter-demonstration was largely peaceful for several hours until the antifa, or anti-
  
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• Teen In Critical Condition After Late Night Shooting

  28-08-2017 15:46
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police are investigating a shooting late Sunday night that sent a 17-year-old to the hospital in critical condition.
  Baltimore Police Department officers were called out to the 2300 block of Linden Ave., just before 11 p.m., about a shooting.
  Responding officers found a 17-year-old male with multiple gunshot wounds.
  Police say he was taken to a local hospital, where he is listed in critical condition.
  Police are asking anyone with information to contact them at
  
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• Police: Man Leads Delaware Police On Car Chase To Maryland

  28-08-2017 15:05
  GREENWOOD, Del. (AP) — Police say a Delaware man led officers on a car chase that ended in Maryland.
  Delaware State Police say a trooper was on patrol Saturday night when the man’s car came within 30 feet of the trooper’s marked patrol vehicle before swerving to avoid a crash. Police say the trooper then activated his emergency lights and the man’s car fled.
  Police say the man led troopers on a 20-minute chase, which ended when he entered Maryland.
  They were then contacte
  
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• Weather Blog: Nice Monday, With Rain Possible Overnight

  28-08-2017 14:54
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Hi everyone!
  Clearly “Harvey” is the top weather story in the nation Monday morning, but locally, the story may be a low, forming right now off the coast of South Carolina, that might become “Irma.”
  If the numbers add up correctly, we should not have any real issues from this system.
  High pressure up to our NE is giving us a breeze out of the north east that will cloud us up though the day and bring us rain Monday night, and Tuesday.
  That high shou
  
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• Monday, August 28, 2017

  28-08-2017 14:46
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Manic Monday: Empire Beauty Schools
   
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• Baltimore readies for 11 medical marijuana businesses to open - Baltimore Sun

  28-08-2017 11:31
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  As Baltimore prepares for the opening of 11 medical marijuana dispensaries in the city, some residents say it's been difficult to get information about where they're opening or how the sites were selected. The Baltimore City Council plans to hold a ...and more »
  
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• MTV VMAs Full Of Emotional, Political Moments; Lamar Wins 6

  28-08-2017 05:50
  NEW YORK (AP) — Kendrick Lamar was the king of the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards, winning six awards on a night full of emotional performances, political moments and a new, eye-popping Taylor Swift music video.
  Lamar’s “Humble” won video of the year, best hip-hop video, direction, cinematography, art direction and visual effects on Sunday at the Forum in Inglewood, California.
  He gave an explosive performance of “Humble” and “DNA,” backed by ninjas d
  
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• With Trump Pardon, Arpaio Again Wiggles Out Of Legal Trouble

  28-08-2017 05:42
  PHOENIX (AP) — In his 24 years as metro Phoenix’s sheriff, Joe Arpaio survived scandals and dodged investigations that would easily have sunk the careers of many politicians.
  He locked up journalists and made criminal cases against political adversaries who tangled with him, investigated judges and misspent $100 million in jail funds. He let investigations into child rape cases languish because officers were pulled away, in part, to help in Arpaio’s immigrant efforts.
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• Montgomery Co. Task Force 1 Deploying To Texas To Assist With Harvey Rescues

  28-08-2017 05:26
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Loaded up and ready to roll, members of the Montgomery County Maryland Task Force 1 are headed to Texas to provide search and rescue help to cities left underwater from Tropical Storm Harvey.
  The team is one of 28-FEMA search and rescue teams from across the country, now activated to head to Texas.
  Before heading out, they make one last check of gear and a final briefing of the mission. The service they provide is critical.
  “These folks will be able to do wide area
  
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• Houston Texans’ J.J. Watt Fundraising For Harvey Victims

  28-08-2017 05:15
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt is kicking off a fundraiser for the victims of the monumental flooding in Houston.
  In an emotional post on social media, Watt said it was “very difficult” to see what the city was going through.
  “It’s very tough to watch our city get hit by such a bad storm and not be there to help,” says Watt.The campaign already met its $200,000 goal in less than two hours, with $100,000 of his own money going to the c
  
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• Divers Find Remains Of All Missing From USS McCain Collision

  28-08-2017 04:24
  SINGAPORE (AP) — Divers have recovered the remains of all 10 sailors who went missing after the USS John S. McCain and an oil tanker collided near Singapore last week, the U.S. Navy said Monday.
  Navy and Marine Corps divers had been searching in flooded compartments of the destroyer for days after the damaged ship docked in Singapore. The cause of the Aug. 21 collision is under investigation.
  The crash ripped a gash in the McCain’s hull, flooding crew berths and machinery and communi
  
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• Three shot in East Baltimore - Baltimore Sun

  28-08-2017 03:29
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  Three shot in East Baltimore
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  Three people were shot and injured on Sunday evening just east of Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore police said. The shooting happened around 6:20 p.m. in the area of North Chester and Jefferson streets. A 25-year-old man was shot in the leg and an ...and more »
  
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• Harvey’s Affect On Texas Refineries Creating Concerns For Md. Drivers

  28-08-2017 03:05
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The storm is over 1,000 miles away from Maryland, but residents in the area may likely see an uptick in the price at the pump.
  Amy Yensi has more on how Harvey could impact gas prices.
  Texas produces a lot of the country’s oil and the storm is bad for business and consumers.
  Incessant rain and catastrophic flooding, as Tropical Storm Harvey turned the streets of south east Texas into rivers, more suitable for boats than cars.
  And for the rest of the country, where d
  
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• Orioles Get To Fister Early, Beat Red Sox 2-1

  28-08-2017 02:20
  BOSTON (AP) — Outfielder Adam Jones knows the Orioles will need more than a four-game winning streak to get back to the playoffs.
  “We can start that right now,” he said after Baltimore beat the AL East-leading Red Sox 2-1 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep. “Let’s put our heads down and get at it.”
  Jones and Trey Mancini hit back-to-back RBI doubles against Doug Fister in the first inning, and the Orioles held on despite allowing 16 baserunners.
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• River Of Life: Breast Cancer Survivor and Daughter Kayak 300 Miles For Cancer Research

  28-08-2017 02:07
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A breast cancer survivor originally from Harford County launched a special tribute journey with her daughter earlier this month to help raise funds for breast cancer research.
  The 300 mile kayak trip is also to honor the doctor who saved her life.
  The breast cancer survivor and her daughter completed their two-and-a-half week kayak journey in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.
  Local kayakers escorted Carolyn Choate and her daughter through the harbor as they completed t
  
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• Trump Meets And Tweets As Texas Gov Praises Harvey Response

  28-08-2017 01:23
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump sought to showcase the federal government’s response to Hurricane Harvey in a tweetstorm of his own Sunday, marveling over its size like a TV host and announcing a visit to Texas with the natural disaster only just beginning to take its catastrophic toll.
  In a series of tweets, Trump said his administration was handling its responsibilities well and, in a tangential aside, hawked a book on race and crime in America written by a supporter.
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• Johns Hopkins freshmen explore Baltimore - Baltimore Sun

  28-08-2017 01:21
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  Johns Hopkins freshmen explore Baltimore
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  Erin Chen, a Johns Hopkins University sophomore, takes pictures of a group of freshmen getting a tour of Oriole Park at Camden Yards. (Carrie Wells / Baltimore Sun). Carrie WellsContact ReporterThe Baltimore Sun. The group of incoming Johns Hopkins ...and more »
  
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• Tobe Hooper, ‘Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ Director, Dies At 74

  28-08-2017 00:37
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tobe Hooper, the horror-movie pioneer whose low-budget sensation “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” took a buzz saw to audiences with its brutally frightful vision, has died. He was 74.
  The Los Angeles County coroner’s office on Sunday said Hooper died Saturday in the Sherman Oaks area of Los Angeles. It was reported as a natural death.
  Along with contemporaries like George Romero and John Carpenter, Hooper crafted some of the scariest nightmares that ever
  
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