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• Search Continues for Missing Baltimore Pregnant Woman Akia Eggleston - NBCNews.com

  04-09-2017 23:48
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  Search Continues for Missing Baltimore Pregnant Woman Akia Eggleston
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  And now, more than three months later, Akia remains missing and authorities believe foul play is involved. “At this state, I think we're prepared to pivot, that foul play is something that we're absolutely exploring,” Baltimore Police spokesman T.J ...
  
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• Iconoclasts Vandalize Statues of Columbus in New York and Baltimore - The New American

  04-09-2017 23:41
  Iconoclasts Vandalize Statues of Columbus in New York and Baltimore
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  A statue of Christopher Columbus was knocked of its pedestal and broken into pieces in Yonkers, New York, on August 29, with CBS News in New York reporting that it was the fourth time in 10 days that a statue of Columbus had been vandalized. Yonkers ...and more »
  
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• Coroner: Temple Student Died Of Blunt Trauma, Strangulation

  04-09-2017 23:07
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A coroner says a combination of blunt trauma and strangulation killed a Temple University student found in northeastern Pennsylvania on property linked to a former student now charged in her death.
  The Wayne County coroner’s office concluded that the death of 22-year-old Jenna Burleigh was a homicide.
  Police say Burleigh was last seen on surveillance video leaving a bar near the school campus in north Philadelphia early Thursday with 29-year-old Joshua Hupperterz,
  
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• Irma Strengthens Into Category 4 Hurricane

  04-09-2017 23:00
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Irma has strengthened into a Category 4 storm as it approaches the northeast Caribbean.
  The storm’s center is 490 miles east of the Leeward Islands late Monday afternoon. It has maximum sustained winds of 130 mph and is moving west at 13 mph.#Irma has become a category 4 hurricane. Preparations within the warning area should be rushed to completion.https://t.co/tW4KeGdBFb pic.twitter.com/40N9AjuXCo
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• Baltimore lawmaker's grandson killed Monday in shooting amid ... - Baltimore Sun

  04-09-2017 22:43
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  Baltimore lawmaker's grandson killed Monday in shooting amid ...
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  House Majority The grandson of House Majority Whip Talmadge Branch is killed in Monday shooting, the latest in Baltimore's violent year.
  Man Killed In Monday Shooting, Reportedly Grandson Of Baltimore LawmakerCBS Baltimore / WJZall 5 news articles »
  
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• Ocean City Beach Patrol Working To Protect Swimmers From Rough Waters

  04-09-2017 22:31
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Keeping you safe while celebrating Labor Day in Ocean City. The Beach Patrol is working to educate the public so they can be on the lookout for hazardous conditions.
  Labor Day weekend officially kicks off fall patrol for Ocean City lifeguards, and this is the time of year when they want to warn swimmers about the dangerous conditions.
  On duty seven days a week, the Ocean City lifeguards protect swimmers spread across the beach.
  “They know they watch this water every
  
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• Baltimore man killed in Howard County crash Sunday - Washington Post

  04-09-2017 22:26
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  Baltimore man killed in Howard County crash Sunday
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  Howard County police have identified the victim killed in a two-vehicle crash that occurred in Columbia on Sunday . Authorities said Shuo Zhang, 55, of Baltimore, was driving a 2009 Honda Civic eastbound on Route 175, through the intersection with ...
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• Baltimore police investigate fatal shooting of 22-year-old - Washington Post

  04-09-2017 21:32
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  Baltimore police investigate fatal shooting of 22-year-old
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  BALTIMORE — Homicide detectives in Baltimore are investigating the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old man. Baltimore police said in a statement that officers responded to a shooting around 12:30 p.m. Monday. They found the man suffering from gunshot ...
  Police Searching For Suspects Who Fatally Shot Man In BaltimoreCBS Baltimore / WJZall 3 news articles »
  
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• Police Seek 3 Men Wanted For Questioning In Rape Case

  04-09-2017 21:18
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police are asking the public to help them identify three men wanted for questioning after a woman was raped in the Federal Hill area.
  According to police, the three men spoke with a 25-year-old woman just before she was raped in the early morning hours of August 13.
  The woman had asked the men for help after she got separated from her friends.
  After speaking with the men, the woman continued walking alone, before being grabbed from behind, forced into a vehicle, and
  
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• Fear Of Robots Taking Jobs Spurs A Bold Idea: Guaranteed Pay

  04-09-2017 21:07
  HONOLULU (AP) — Driverless trucks. Factory robots. Delivery drones. Virtual personal assistants.
  As technological innovations increasingly edge into the workplace, many people fear that robots and machines are destined to take jobs that human beings have held for decades. For many affected workers, retraining might be out of reach —unavailable, unaffordable or inadequate.
  What then?
  Enter the idea of a universal basic income, the notion that everyone should be able to receive a strea
  
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• Police Searching For Suspects Who Fatally Shot Man In Baltimore

  04-09-2017 20:58
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police are searching for two suspect who opened fire on a man Monday, resulting in his death.
  The shooting happened at 12:30 p.m., according to the Baltimore Police Department, in the 4200 block of Nicholas Ave.
  Responding officers found a 22-year-old man who had multiple gunshot wounds.
  The victim was taken to a hospital, where he died a short time after arriving.
  Police say their investigation found the victim was talking with two unknown suspects, when they o
  
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• Rescue crews searching harbor near Fells Point - Baltimore Sun

  04-09-2017 20:15
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  Rescue crews searching harbor near Fells Point
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  Rescue crews were searching the Inner Harbor near Fells Point Monday after a report that someone might have fallen into the water. Baltimore police Det. Niki Fennoy said the department dive team and rescuers from the Baltimore Fire Department were ...
  
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• Son Of Former University Of Maryland Coach Killed In Shooting

  04-09-2017 20:06
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The victim killed in a Howard County shooting late Sunday night is believed to be the son of former University of Maryland head coach Mike Locksley.
  Alabama head coach Nick Saban announced during his press conference on Monday that Locksley’s son has been fatally shot.
  Police say 25-year-old Meiko Anthony Locksley was found shot in the 5500 block of Harpers Farm Rd., at 10:20 p.m.
  Locksley was taken to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Cent
  
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• Maryland First Lady Meets With First Lady Of South Korea

  04-09-2017 17:18
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Maryland First Lady Yumi Hogan met with South Korean First Lady Kim Jung-sook in South Korea on Monday.
  Hogan is visiting South Korea as part of a trade and diplomatic mission with the Maryland Department of Commerce and the Maryland Secretary of State’s Office.
  The two met at the official residence of South Korea’s president and first-lady, known as The Blue House.
  They talked about several things, including “opportunities for South Korea
  
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• Police: Repeat offender found with a loaded gun - Baltimore Sun

  04-09-2017 17:16
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  Police: Repeat offender found with a loaded gun
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  A Baltimore man with felony convictions was arrested in South Baltimore Sunday carrying a loaded semi-automatic handgun, police said. Shawn Brown, 32, of the 1600 block of Spruce Street, was charged with handgun violations, police Det. Niki Fennoy said ...
  
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• Teen Mother Charged In Fatal Stabbing Of Her baby

  04-09-2017 16:58
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a 17-year-old girl has been charged with murder in the stabbing death of her 1-year-old daughter in Ohio’s capital city of Columbus.
  Police say officers and paramedics were called to a home just before 1 a.m. Sunday for a baby not moving and in need of medical attention. They found Lalanna Sharpe with several stab wounds. She was pronounced dead a short time later at a nearby Columbus hospital.
  Police say Lachelle Anderson was arrested and has be
  
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• Cleveland Police Union Refuses To Hold Flag At Browns Game After Protest

  04-09-2017 16:40
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Members of unions representing Cleveland police officers and paramedics have said they won’t hold a large U.S. flag during pregame ceremonies prior to next Sunday’s Cleveland Browns season opener after a group of Browns players knelt during the national anthem before a preseason game last month.
  Steve Loomis, president of the Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association, cited his service in the U.S. Navy when he told WKYC-TV he was astounded that B
  
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• Protesters Rally After Video Of Nurse’s Arrest

  04-09-2017 16:33
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Salt Lake City Police Department has endured growing wave of public criticism after body camera footage was released showing one of its officers arrest a nurse when she refused to allow officers to draw a patient’s blood.
  The criticism continued Saturday night, as about 100 protesters shouted outside in the courtyard of the police department.
  The protesters asked for the firing of Detective Jeff Payne who was shown on the video arresting University Hospital
  
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• College Sued After Rejecting White Nationalist Group

  04-09-2017 16:26
  DETROIT (AP) — A lawsuit has been filed against Michigan State University after it denied a request to rent space on campus for white nationalist Richard Spencer to speak in September.
  Georgia State University student Cameron Padgett, who tried to rent the room, sued Sunday alleging the university is violating Spencer’s free speech.
  The East Lansing school has said in a statement the decision was made “due to significant concerns about public safety” and cited the “
  
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• Congress Returns To Washington With Agenda Upended By Harvey

  04-09-2017 16:20
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Harvey has scrambled the equation for Congress as lawmakers get ready to return to Washington on Tuesday after a five-week summer recess.
  A daunting workload awaits, including funding the government by month’s end and increasing the federal borrowing limit to head off a catastrophic first-ever default.
  But the immediate focus will be on rushing an aid package to storm-ravaged Texas and Louisiana, and that bipartisan imperative has pushed aside talk of a government s
  
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• Mayor Says Houston ‘Open For Business’ Despite Huge Hurdles

  04-09-2017 16:12
  HOUSTON (AP) — Houston’s mayor insists that America’s fourth-largest city is “open for business,” but with areas under water, people not yet in their homes, and billions in damage to repair, major disasters that Harvey created are by no means resolved.
  Mayor Sylvester Turner said much of the city was hoping to get back on track after Labor Day.
  “Anyone who was planning on a conference or a convention or a sporting event or a concert coming to this city, you ca
  
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• Police Investigating Late Night Fatal Shooting In Howard County

  04-09-2017 15:56
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Howard County Police Department is investigating the fatal shooting of a 25-year-old man Sunday night.
  The shooting happened at 10:20 p.m., in the 5500 block of Harpers Farm Rd.
  Responding officers found Meiko Anthony Locksley with a gunshot wound.
  He was taken to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he was later pronounced dead.
  Police are asking anyone who may have been in the area at the time of the shooting to contact police at
  
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• Police Search For Missing Teen In Baltimore County

  04-09-2017 15:18
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) – Baltimore County Police are searching for a missing 14-year-old girl who went missing Sunday.
  Police say Nataiya Garrison left her home on North Symington Avenue around 1 p.m. Sunday to attend a bible study in Bel Air, but then left with her friend, Teasia Porcher in the 2700 block of East Fairmount Avenue. Teasia has now also been reported missing by the Baltimore City Police.Have you seen Nataiya Garrison from Catonsville? Call 410-307-2020 Read more here: https://
  
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• Police Searching For Missing 78-Year-Old Man

  04-09-2017 15:04
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) – Baltimore Police are searching for a missing 78-year-old man.
  Officers say John Edmonds was last seen Saturday morning around 2 a.m. in the 100 block of North Central Avenue wearing a blue hooded jacket and blue sweatpants. Police have labeled him as a vulnerable adult.Missing Vulnerable Adult: https://t.co/E1es2ok7VK pic.twitter.com/1nUqP87u0f
  — Baltimore Police (@BaltimorePolice) September 4, 2017
  Police say he may be seen pushing a cart.
  Anyone with informat
  
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• Man Dies After Rushing Into Burning Man Festival Flames

  04-09-2017 13:30
  NEVADA (AP) – A man rushed past layers of security officers into a massive fire at the Burning Man festival’s signature ceremony, suffering burns that left him dead just hours later.
  Authorities are investigating the death of Aaron Joel Mitchell, 41, who broke through a two-layer security perimeter during the Man Burn event in which a giant, wooden effigy is set ablaze.
  Nevada’s Pershing County Sheriff Jerry Allen estimated that there was a crowd of about 50,000 people who were
  
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• South Korea Simulates Attack On North’s Nuke Site After Test

  04-09-2017 13:11
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Following U.S. warnings to North Korea of a “massive military response,” South Korea on Monday fired missiles into the sea to simulate an attack on the North’s main nuclear test site a day after Pyongyang detonated its largest ever nuclear test explosion.
  South Korea’s Defense Ministry also said Monday that North Korea appeared to be planning a future missile launch, possibly of an ICBM, to show off its claimed ability to target the United
  
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• Man Killed In Overnight Accident On I-83

  04-09-2017 12:28
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)- Maryland State Police are investigating a deadly accident overnight in Baltimore.
  Officials say just before 1 a.m. Monday, officers responded to the area of Southbound I-83 at Pimlico Road for reports of a single car accident. An initial investigation indicates that a red 211 Dodge Challenger left the roadway and hit a tree. The cause of the crash, or why the car left the roadway to begin with is now under investigation.
  Police identified 26-year-old Gregory Dowaye Hill Jr.
  
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• Palace Announces Prince William, Kate Expecting Third Child

  04-09-2017 12:12
  LONDON (AP) — Kensington Palace said Monday that Prince William and his wife, the Duchess of Cambridge, are expecting their third child.
  The announcement comes as a surprise, as there had been little indication that William’s wife, the former Kate Middleton, was pregnant.
  As with her other two pregnancies, the duchess is suffering from Hyperemesis Gravidarum, a form of severe morning sickness, and was forced to cancel her engagements Monday.
  “The queen and members of both famil
  
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• Caribbean Islands Under Hurricane Watch For Irma

  04-09-2017 08:21
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (WJZ/AP) — Hurricane Irma has now expanded, says Bob Turk.
  Irma is now moving off to the west-southwest front at 14 miles per hour, with winds at 115 miles per hour.
  Irma could be a Category 4 storm by the time it gets the Bahamas, possibly by Friday.
  Depending on the path of the Hurricane, it could move northeast toward Florida and the east coast, or back into the Atlantic Ocean.
  Islands at the eastern end of the Caribbean Sea made preparations Sunday for approaching
  
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• Locals Offer Prayers, Donations To Those In Need From Hurricane Harvey

  04-09-2017 05:34
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The list of Maryland organizations and just regular residents pitching in is growing by the day.
  It has been a weekend of giving, and a weekend of prayer across the Baltimore area.
  RELATED: Charm City Pitching In To Help Hurricane Harvey Victims
  For many, the National Day of Prayer giving pause — to reflect on a tragedy more than 1400 miles away.
  “The way communities and Texas have suffered, as a nation, we have to come together. And one of the ways we ca
  
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• One Person Killed, 2 Others Injured In Howard County Crash

  04-09-2017 05:18
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — One person has died, and two other people have been injured in a crash Sunday evening in Columbia, Howard County Police say.
  Investigators say at around 5:30 p.m. a Honda Civic was traveling eastbound on Route 175 at the intersection at Dobbin Road when it struck a 1995 Toyota Camry which was traveling southbound on Dobbin Road.
  Howard County Police say the two people in the Honda, an adult male, who was the driver, and an adult female passenger were taken to Maryland Sho
  
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• Weekend Of Record Heat, Wildfires Eases For Some In US West

  04-09-2017 05:00
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A sudden gusty series of rainstorms allowed Los Angeles to cancel evacuation orders for a wildfire that the mayor called the largest in the city’s history and sent beach umbrellas and toy shovels bouncing down Southern California beaches late Sunday.
  The rainstorms were another part of a sweltering, smoke-shrouded holiday weekend of record heat and of wildfires that had forced thousands to flee homes across the U.S. West.
  Other wildfires Sunday forced evacuations i
  
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• AP: Trump Expected To Announce End To DACA Program, With 6-Month Delay

  04-09-2017 04:43
  WASHINGTON (WJZ/AP) — President Donald Trump is expected to announce that he will end protections for young immigrants who were brought into the country illegally as children — but with a six-month delay.
  RELATED: President Trump To Decide On Fate Of DACA Immigrants
  That’s according to two people familiar with the decision. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they aren’t authorized to discuss the decision ahead of a planned Tuesday announcement.
  Trump could
  
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• New Healthy Options Coming To Howard Co. Elementary Schools

  04-09-2017 04:31
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — While students don’t head back to class until Tuesday, some Howard County students are already hard at work on a special project that leaders are hoping will get a passing grade.
  “For us, the real goal is to encourage young eaters to eat healthy food and develop good habits,” says Dr. Michael Martirano, Howard County Public Schools Interim Superintendent.
  With forks in hand, and plates packed high, students from Bellows Spring Elementary are using their
  
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• First Legal Crop Of Medical Marijuana Growing In Md.

  04-09-2017 04:30
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Maryland now has its first legal crop of medical marijuana.
  According to the Washington Post, at least two licensed companies: ForwardGro in Anne Arundel County and Curio Wellness in Baltimore County have marijuana plants growing.
  Nearly 20 companies have been cleared to grow, process and sell the plant.
  The cannabis crops will reportedly be harvested and taken to an independent laboratory for quality testing.
  Industry officials say products should be available in medical
  
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• Weather Blog: Tracking Irma In The Atlantic

  04-09-2017 04:26
  The big story this week will be the track and movement of Hurricane Irma, now some 750 miles east of the Windward Islands.
  Winds are currently at around 115 mph, making it a cat 3 storm. It is tracking west at around 12 to 15 mph.
  Hurricane watches will be in effect across the Windward Islands by Tuesday.
  The storm is expected to get stronger and be a cat 4 by the time it may approach the Eastern Bahamas, sometime later this week, or the start of the weekend. It is still unclear as the final pat
  
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• Man shot at gas station; another wounded in car - Baltimore Sun

  04-09-2017 04:25
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  Man shot at gas station; another wounded in car
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  A man was shot while pumping gas Sunday evening at a station in the 400 block of Mulberry Street, Baltimore police said. At around 5:30 p.m. Sunday police found the 28-year-old victim “suffering from gunshot wounds to the body,” police said in a statement.
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• Hurricane Irma Threatens Caribbean Islands, Now Category 3 Storm

  04-09-2017 04:19
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (WJZ/AP) — Islands at the eastern end of the Caribbean Sea made preparations Sunday for approaching Hurricane Irma, a Category 3 storm that could threaten that area beginning Tuesday.
  Irma is a Category 3 Storm, now at 750 miles east of the Antilles Islands. Bob Turk says Irma has winds of 115 miles per hour, moving westward at about 14 miles per hour.
  Hurricane watches were posted for Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, Monserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Martin, Guadelou
  
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• Police Chase Results In Crash In Front Of DC Trump Hotel

  04-09-2017 04:04
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — There were tense moments outside the Trump Hotel in Washington, D.C. when police arrested an assault suspect following a car chase that ended in a crash.
  It happened at around 3:15 p.m. Sunday afternoon at 12th and Pennsylvania Avenue. Investigators say the suspect had to be pulled from the car after crashing into another car, right outside of the hotel. He was wanted for assault with deadly weapon, said to be a knife.UPDATE: Avoid Penn & 12th NW for #MPD investi
  
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• Archdiocese, La Food Marketa Among Local Businesses, Orgs Supporting Harvey Relief

  04-09-2017 02:34
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The list of Maryland organizations and just regular residents pitching in is growing by the day.
  It has been a weekend of giving, and a weekend of prayer across the Baltimore area.
  RELATED: Charm City Pitching In To Help Hurricane Harvey Victims
  For many, the National Day of Prayer giving pause — to reflect on a tragedy more than 1400 miles away.
  “The way communities and Texas have suffered, as a nation, we have to come together. And one of the ways we ca
  
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• End Of Summer Is Just The Beginning Of Events In Ocean City

  04-09-2017 02:19
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — While the seasons may be changing, Ocean City is not closing up shop when summer is over, and you can enjoy the destination all year.
  While the summer is Ocean City’s busy season, the tourist town doesn’t shut down after Labor Day, in fact they have a whole calendar full of fall events.
  More than a 250,000 visitors flock to Ocean City every summer, and as the seasons change, so do the number of guests.
  “Empty nesters here enjoying a stroll on the be
  
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• Katharine Hepburn’s Connecticut Home Sells For $11.5 Million

  04-09-2017 01:23
  OLD SAYBROOK, Conn. (AP) — The late actress Katharine Hepburn’s home along the Connecticut shore has sold for $11.5 million after several years on the market.
  William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty agent Colette Harron says the 8,400-square-foot (781-sqare-meter) home in Old Saybrook sold Aug. 25. She says the home has six bedrooms and sits on 1.5 acres overlooking Long Island Sound.
  The buyer’s name has not been disclosed.
  The seller was New York developer Frank Sci
  
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• Police: Huge WWII-era Bomb Successfully Defused In Frankfurt

  04-09-2017 00:37
  FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Bomb disposal experts defused a huge unexploded World War II-era bomb in the German financial capital Frankfurt that forced the evacuation of more than 60,000 residents, police said Sunday.
  Hospital patients and the elderly were among those affected in what was Germany’s biggest evacuation in recent history.
  Construction workers found the 1.8-ton (4,000-pound) British bomb Tuesday. Officials ordered residents to evacuate homes within a 1.5-kilometer (nearly
  
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• Castillo Rallies Orioles Past Blue Jays 5-4 In 12 Innings

  04-09-2017 00:35
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Welington Castillo hit two home runs, including a game-tying shot in the ninth inning, and Mark Trumbo won it in the 12th with an RBI single as the Baltimore Orioles rallied past the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 on Sunday.
  The Orioles never led until Trumbo hit a liner into the left-field corner off Danny Barnes (2-6) to score Jonathan Schoop in the 12th.
  Prior to Trumbo’s’ hit, Baltimore was 0 for 16 with runners in scoring position.
  The victory pulled the Orioles wi
  
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