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• Trump Pitches In At Shelter For Harvey Victims

  02-09-2017 23:33
  HOUSTON (AP) — President Donald Trump cupped a boy’s face in his hands and then gave him a high-five. He lifted a girl into his arms to give her a kiss. He snapped on latex gloves to hand out boxed lunches of hot dogs and potato chips.
  On his visit to a shelter for storm victims Saturday, the president declared he sees “a lot of love” in the wake of devastation left by Harvey.
  “We saw a lot of happiness,” he told reporters after he and first lady Melania Trump
  
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• Teen recovering from brain cancer becomes a Baltimore Oriole for a day - ABC News

  02-09-2017 23:01
  Teen recovering from brain cancer becomes a Baltimore Oriole for a day
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  A Maryland teen who recently battled brain cancer had his dream come true when he became a member of the Baltimore Orioles team for a day. Jimmy Martino signed a one-day contract with the Baltimore Orioles on Friday, becoming an honorary member of ...and more »
  
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• WWI cannons dedicated at Fort Howard Park - Baltimore Sun

  02-09-2017 22:45
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  WWI cannons dedicated at Fort Howard Park
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  Brig. Gen. Sean M. Casey, Director of the Joint Staff of the Maryland National Guard, and state Sen. Johnny Ray Salling, Republican, District 6, are among those laying wreaths during the Defenders' Day at North Point dedication of restored WWI cannons ...
  
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• Saturday September 2, 2017

  02-09-2017 22:29
  Tracey and Tim Speak with Julie Grow from the Maryland Zoo about fall events.
  They also spoke with Todd Marcus with Intersection of Change.
   
  
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• Joe Flacco Returns To Practice Following Back Injury

  02-09-2017 22:22
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Ravens quarterback Joe has returned to team practice for the first time since suffering a back injury at the beginning of training camp.QB 1 is back at practice. pic.twitter.com/0NccRRu5CD
  — Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) September 2, 2017
  The Ravens also say that wide receiver Breshad Perriman returned to practice after a hamstring injury, and running back Danny Woodhead as well.
  The Ravens had been reporting throughout Flacco’s recovery that he is on track to pl
  
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• Maryland Upsets No. 23 Texas 51-41

  02-09-2017 22:16
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Tyrrell Pigrome passed for two touchdowns and ran for another before leaving with an injury and Maryland stunned No. 23 Texas 51-41 Saturday, spoiling new Longhorns coach Tom Herman’s debut.
  Pigrome had to be helped off late in the third quarter after twisting his knee, but freshman Kasim Hill came in and led two crucial fourth-quarter touchdown drives.
  Maryland (1-0) led 27-7 in the second quarter, and then held off a Texas rally to snap a 17-game losing streak
  
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• Orioles on deck: What to watch Saturday vs. Blue Jays - Baltimore Sun (blog)

  02-09-2017 22:15
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  Orioles on deck: What to watch Saturday vs. Blue Jays
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  1. Weary or energized. After a 13-inning 1-0 win over the Blue Jays on Friday, the Orioles are back within 1½ games of the second wild-card spot. Will a game like that get them going again after their seven-game winning streak ended a night earlier? 2.
  How Baltimore Orioles September call-ups impact playoff pushThe Baltimore Wire
  Baltimore Orioles: Start the month with a walk-off win against t
  
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• Oregon Court Rules Couple Must Surgically ‘Debark’ Dogs

  02-09-2017 22:09
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon court ruled a couple must have their dogs surgically “debarked” after causing their neighbors several years of disruption.
  The Oregon Court of Appeals determined Wednesday that the devocalization operations were necessary since the dogs’ owners, Karen Szewc and John Updegraff, had not done enough to quiet the Tibetan and Pyrenean Mastiffs dogs, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported. The surgery involves cutting an animal’s vocal cords and
  
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• Targets for public school performance proposed in Maryland - Baltimore Sun

  02-09-2017 21:07
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  Targets for public school performance proposed in Maryland
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  The Maryland State Board of Education has built a new school accountability system that will require a lower student pass rate on standardized tests for low-performing schools than high-performing ones. Under the new system, a school that has only 10 ...and more »
  
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• Utah Officer Who Arrested Nurse Over Blood Test Put On Leave

  02-09-2017 20:29
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah nurse said she was scared to death when a police officer handcuffed and dragged her screaming from a hospital after she refused to allow blood to be drawn from an unconscious patient.
  After Alex Wubbels and her attorneys released dramatic video of the arrest, prosecutors called for a criminal investigation and Salt Lake City police put Detective Jeff Payne on paid leave Friday.
  “This cop bullied me. He bullied me to the utmost extreme,” Wu
  
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• Trump Seeks An Initial $7.9 Billion In Harvey Aid

  02-09-2017 19:23
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has sent lawmakers an initial request for a $7.9 billion down payment toward Harvey relief and recovery efforts.
  The request, expected to be swiftly approved by Congress, would add $7.4 billion to rapidly dwindling Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster aid coffers and $450 million to finance disaster loans for small businesses.
  Republican leaders are already making plans to use the aid package, certain to be overwhelmingly popular, to win spe
  
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• Should the Ravens sign RB Matt Jones? - Baltimore Beatdown

  02-09-2017 19:04
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  Should the Ravens sign RB Matt Jones?
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  The Washington Redskins have waived running back Matt Jones early Saturday morning, as per Adam Schefter. Another interesting development, the Ravens are “interested” in the former Florida Gator, as per Mike Clay. Redskins told RB Matt Jones they are ...and more »
  
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• Yellow Lobster Joins Boston Aquarium’s Colorful Collection

  02-09-2017 18:45
  BOSTON (AP) — A rare yellow lobster has made its debut at the New England Aquarium, posing for a photo op with fellow oddly colored crustaceans.
  The lobster was donated to the Boston aquarium by a Salem seafood company. They marked its arrival by showing it off with other lobsters in unusual shades , including blue and orange, and one they call the Halloween lobster — black on one side and orange on the other.
  The yellow lobster will not be put on exhibit for about a month
  
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• President Trump’s Weekly Address and Democratic Response September 2

  02-09-2017 18:39
  President Donald Trump’s Weekly Address for September 2:
  My fellow Americans,
  The heartbreaking devastation and suffering caused by Hurricane Harvey has profoundly affected our entire nation. Many homes and communities have been destroyed, many lives have been upended, and tragically, some have lost their lives in this catastrophic storm.
  We pray for the victims and their families—and all of those who have been displaced from their homes.
  At this very moment, heroic efforts continue
  
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• For Trump, Chance To Return With Empathy For Harvey Victims

  02-09-2017 17:33
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump brought plenty of optimism and swagger to Texas on his first visit to survey Harvey’s devastation. He’s getting a chance to return with empathy.
  At stops in Houston and Lake Charles, Louisiana, on Saturday, the president planned to survey storm damage, talk with residents and meet with volunteers. Those elements were missing from Tuesday’s trip to Texas, which was criticized as being off-key for a presidential visit to discuss comm
  
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• Weather Blog: Cool, Scattered Showers For Labor Day Weekend

  02-09-2017 16:31
  Today
  Rain or drizzle likely. Patchy fog after 3 p.m.
  Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 65.
  Chance of precipitation is 60%.
  New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. 
  Tonight
  Showers likely before midnight then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between midnight and 3 a.m, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3 a.m.
  Patchy fog before 7 p.m., then patchy fog after midnight.
  Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 61.
  Chance of precipitation
  
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• As new academic year begins, Baltimore schools aim to broaden offerings beyond math, reading - Baltimore Sun

  02-09-2017 16:10
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  As new academic year begins, Baltimore schools aim to broaden offerings beyond math, reading
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  City schools CEO Sonja Santelises talks curriculum changes at Baltimore City Public Schools. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun video). Liz Bowie and Talia RichmanContact ReportersThe Baltimore Sun. When Samuel Rather II taught fifth-graders a ...
  
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• Brainy Birds: Why the Orioles are smarter than us all - ESPN (blog)

  02-09-2017 14:56
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  Brainy Birds: Why the Orioles are smarter than us all
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  Experts blasted Baltimore for buying at the deadline. But after Tim Beckham's awesome August and a seven-game win streak, it might be time for a media mea culpa. AP Photo/Michael Dwyer. Facebook · Twitter · Facebook Messenger · Email; comment.and more »
  
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• Orioles bullpen finally getting much-needed reinforcements after surviving stressful August - Baltimore Sun (blog)

  02-09-2017 11:00
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  Orioles bullpen finally getting much-needed reinforcements after surviving stressful August
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  Friday's roster expansion offered some much-needed relief to an Orioles bullpen that's been outmanned and overtaxed throughout August as the club carried six starting pitchers and two weeks ago added seldom-used Rule 5 draft pick Anthony Santander.
  
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• Post-Harvey Problems Plague Texas As Funerals For Dead Begin

  02-09-2017 08:00
  HOUSTON (AP) — One week after Harvey roared into the Gulf Coast, residents of a Texas city struggled with no drinking water, fires continued to erupt at a stricken chemical plant and funerals began for some of the mounting toll of victims.
  In Beaumont, Texas, home to almost 120,000, people waited in a line that stretched for more than a mile to get bottled water after the municipal system failed earlier this week.
  Thick black smoke and towering orange flames shot up Friday after two traile
  
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• Orioles Beat Blue Jays 1-0 In 13 For 8th Win In 9 Games

  02-09-2017 05:50
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Jonathan Schoop doubled in Manny Machado for the game’s only run in the 13th inning, and the Baltimore Orioles outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays in a 1-0 victory Friday night.
  It was the eighth win in nine games for the Orioles, a surge that’s put them just 2 1/2 games behind the New York Yankees for the top AL wild card.
  Machado led off the 13th with an infield hit off Aaron Loup (2-3) and Schoop followed with a liner to right-center that put an end to a game th
  
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• Maryland Shelters Helping Dozens Of Animals Left Homeless By Harvey Floods

  02-09-2017 05:23
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — While the stories of people affected by the devastation of Hurricane Harvey fill the news and social media, there are also tens of thousands of animals left stranded, lost and homeless.
  Having learned from Katrina, animal rescue groups have mobilized to save as many pets as they can. In many cases, that means shipping them to other states, including Maryland.
  At Last Chance animal rescue in Waldorf, Maryland, check-in is running like a well-oiled machine.Last Chance has t
  
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• President Trump To Decide On Fate Of DACA Immigrants

  02-09-2017 05:20
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — President Trump is on the verge of making a decision about DACA, an Obama-era program that allows some undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children to stay and work in the States.
  Ava-joye Burnett speaks to some young people are concerned and fearful about their future here.
  This DACA program protected some young people from getting deported, but with this potential change looming, some are afraid, while others are pledging to fight.
  “We love the dreamers
  
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• Weather Blog: Cool And Cloudy Weekend Ahead

  02-09-2017 05:04
  Clouds have been with us almost all day, with a bit of rain moving in this evening. Overnight more rain is likely, with more on tap at times tomorrow as well. Cool temperatures will make for a rather raw day. By Sunday, drier air will allow sunshine and warmer temperatures to return, with even nicer conditions on Monday!
  Irma continues to plod across the far eastern Atlantic and will need to be closely watched over the next week or more. It’s unclear what path the hurricane will take in th
  
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• For A Night Anne Arundel Rises Above Heroin Epidemic

  02-09-2017 04:39
  GLEN BURNIE, Md. (AP) — Heroin and opioid overdose statistics in Maryland tell the story of a merciless epidemic.
  State and local governments, police departments and health officials have collaborated to expand and evolve in an effort to meet the growing challenge.
  Yet there were 123 more opioid-related deaths in Maryland in the first three months of 2017 than the same January-March period a year prior, according to the Maryland Department of Health’s preliminary first-quarter overdo
  
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• Lardarius Webb Hosting ‘Purple Socks for Houston’

  02-09-2017 04:12
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Raven Lardarius Webb is holding a fundraiser on Saturday night to benefit victims of Hurricane Harvey.
  The fundraiser is being held at Mother’s in Federal Hill from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.
  Fans are asked to support Hurricane Harvey families in Texas and show Baltimore’s purple pride by donating a new pair of purple socks.
  The Lardarius Webb Foundation is also accepting monetary donations for relief efforts and the bar is donating 20 percent of proceeds from drin
  
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• Maryland Senators Call Out Treasury Secretary For Harriet Tubman Currency Comments

  02-09-2017 03:32
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin said replacing Andrew Jackson with Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill is something to consider, but there are more important issues to focus on.
  RELATED: Treasury Secretary: Putting Harriet Tubman On $20 Not A Priority
  In an interview with CNBC Thursday, Mnuchin raised speculation that putting Tubman on U.S. currency won’t happen. He said it is something they will consider, but right now, there are a lot more important issues t
  
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• Md. AmeriCorps Volunteers Sent On 21-Day Deployment To Houston

  02-09-2017 03:09
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Maryland volunteers were deployed to Houston for 21 days. They’ve seen the aftermath and say the videos and pictures don’t do it justice.
  Millions are struggling with the damage Hurricane Harvey left behind. Its grip is tighter than any storm before, changing lives forever as rescuers continue to search waterlogged neighborhoods for more potential victims.
  More than 70 members of AmeriCorps were deployed from Baltimore to Texas.
  Luke Lauer says his group is ca
  
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• Fire At Houston-Area Chemical Plant

  02-09-2017 01:01
  HOUSTON (AP) — Another fire has broken out at Houston-area chemical plant that lost power after Harvey, sending black smoke into the air.
  Aerial video shows a towering fire and smoke coming from the Arkema plant in Crosby on Friday evening. The fire came after a container of organic peroxides exploded and caught fire early Thursday, sending acrid smoke into the air. An executive had said up to eight more containers could burn and explode.
  Arkema spokeswoman Janet Smith on Friday eveni
  
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• Black Smoke, Flames Shoot Up From Texas Chemical Plant

  02-09-2017 01:01
  HOUSTON (AP) — Thick black smoke and towering orange flames shot up Friday after two trailers of highly unstable compounds blew up at a flooded Houston-area chemical plant, the second fire there in two days.
  Arkema says Harvey’s floodwaters engulfed its backup generators at the plant in Crosby and knocked out the refrigeration necessary to keep the organic peroxides, used in such products as plastics and paints, from degrading and catching fire. Arkema executive Richard Rennard said
  
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• Sweet Charity: The Charmery Collaborates With Houston Ice Cream Shop In Need

  02-09-2017 00:46
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The owners of Baltimore ice cream shop The Charmery in Hampden wanted to do something for the people of Houston.
  “We’re reaching out to a very specific shop. Instead of donating to a larger fund we’re saying we want you guys to figure out how this money can best influence your community,” says The Charmery’s David Alima.
  Houston ice cream shop called “Chocolate Wasted,” is considered among the best in the country, but Harvey
  
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