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• Hogan directs Frosh to sue FAA over BWI noise - Baltimore Sun

  12-09-2017 23:49
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  Hogan directs Frosh to sue FAA over BWI noise
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  An arriving Southwest Airlines airplane approaches Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport to land on Tuesday afternoon. (Paul W. Gillespie / Baltimore Sun Media Group). Michael DresserContact ReporterThe Baltimore Sun. Gov.and more »
  
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• Anne Arundel Co. Announces Initiatives To Unite Citizens Following Racially Motivated Incidents

  12-09-2017 23:24
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– After several high-profile racial cases in recent years, Anne Arundel County leaders are moving forward on a new initiative that focuses on united citizens and cities.
  Plagued by a series of racially motivated incidents, including two men charged with hate crimes for hanging a noose at Crofton Middle School, county leaders took a huge step Tuesday to find a solution to race relations in the County.
  County leaders say ideas behind the program have been in the works for
  
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• Jabali Coffee Shop Owner Attacked, Stabbed In Fells Point

  12-09-2017 22:54
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — People living in one picturesque corner of Fells Point are shaken by news of an attack on one of their own.
  Alex Dominguez is often called ‘The Mayor of Fells Point.’
  For 22 years, he’s lived – without incident – above his coffee shop, until Sunday night, when everything changed.
  Dominguez’s phone won’t stop ringing, with friends and neighbors constantly calling and coming into his Jabali coffee shop once they hear what happe
  
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• New Tool Takes On Early Detection Of Brain Injuries

  12-09-2017 22:50
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — When it comes to looking for the first signs of concussion or other brain injuries, a new tool is available from a Maryland company — and it’s being backed by the NFL and the Department of Defense.
  The device, called BrainScope, comes in two parts. It includes a disposable electrode headset, and a military-grade smartphone with specialized software.
  The tool is designed to give an objective appraisal of possible brain injury as early as possible after an
  
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• Maryland Woman’s Cupcake Business Wins National TV Show Competition

  12-09-2017 22:49
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A former kindergarten teacher from Howard County with a knack for baking is getting national attention.
  Michelle Kupiec is a self-taught baker, who with the help of her staff, makes edible magic.
  “These cupcakes are amazing,” said Kupiec, who is the owner of Kupcake & Co. “It’s exciting and we absolutely love what we do and our team islike a family.”
  A cake made by the Kupckae & Co. staff won the top spot on Cake Hunters, a n
  
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• Maryland Volunteers Continue Heading Down To Help After Irma

  12-09-2017 22:31
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Red Cross continues to send volunteers from our region to help the millions who are dealing with damage and darkness left by Hurricane Irma.
  Authorities say it’s going to take some people months just to recover.
  From South Carolina to Florida, the damage is evident and frustrations are high following Irma.
  Lines for gas stretch for miles, as millions of residents begin to grapple with Irma’s aftermath.
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• Baltimore’s Rising Violence Getting Rising State Attention

  12-09-2017 22:21
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Baltimore’s rising violence has reached such a high level of concern that a Maryland Senate panel brought together local officials and experts to focus on how to reduce to bloodshed.
  State Sen. Nathaniel McFadden told lawmakers Tuesday that when “all hell breaks loose” as it has Maryland’s largest city, “the whole state has a problem.” The Baltimore Democrat called on his colleagues to work together, because the problems Baltimore i
  
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• Maryland Governor Offers $500M To DC Area Transit System

  12-09-2017 22:10
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland’s governor has offered to give an extra $500 million to help fund the D.C. region’s public transportation system if Virginia, Washington and the federal government do the same.
  Larry Hogan, a Republican, made the proposal in a letter sent Monday to Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser.
  The Washington Post reports Hogan’s plan reverses his position last month, when he said Maryland wouldn’t give Metro mor
  
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• iPhone X Has $999 Price Tag And Richer Display

  12-09-2017 21:58
  CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple is releasing a super-premium iPhone with a super-premium price tag, starting at $999.
  While Apple is continuing to update its existing, cheaper models, the new iPhone X — pronounced like the number 10 — will have a screen with higher resolution and “OLED” technology for richer colors.
  It will also lose a distinct home button to make more room for the 5.8-inch display, which is slightly more than the Plus model’s 5.5 inches.
  
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• Baltimore Bike Share temporarily shutting down amid thefts, maintenance backups - Baltimore Sun

  12-09-2017 21:54
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  Baltimore Bike Share temporarily shutting down amid thefts, maintenance backups
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  Baltimore, Md. -- Some of the Baltimore Bike Share bikes waiting for repairs. Baltimore is suspending the program temporarily as it repairs broken bikes and retrofits the docking stations to reduce theft. (Kim Hairston / Baltimore Sun). Colin ...
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• Orioles on deck: What to watch Tuesday at Blue Jays - Baltimore Sun (blog)

  12-09-2017 21:41
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  Orioles on deck: What to watch Tuesday at Blue Jays
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  1. 18 to go. Time is running out on the Orioles. With just 18 games to go, they have lost five straight, are two games under .500 and 3½ games out of a playoff spot. Their elimination number is down to 16, and there's still three teams between ...and more »
  
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• Baltimore needs real solutions for crime - Baltimore Sun

  12-09-2017 21:40
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  Baltimore needs real solutions for crime
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  Baltimore Police is asking the community for help in locating two suspects in the Labor Day murder of Tyrone Ray that occurred in the 4200 block of Nicholas Avenue. (Kevin Richardson / Baltimore Sun video). Open your newspaper, turn your TV news on ...
  
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• Man Admits Killing Cats For Defecating On Sidewalk

  12-09-2017 21:39
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Pittsburgh man has pleaded guilty to killing three homeless cats by leaving poisonous mothballs in his yard for them to eat because they defecated on his sidewalk.
  44-year-old Daniel T. Smith pleaded guilty Tuesday to animal cruelty counts.
  Police say two women who had been feeding a colony of 11 homeless cats reported in July 2015 seeing Smith put two dead cats in a trash can and seeing another cat vomiting. That cat was later euthanized.
  The humane group Animal Friend
  
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• Charm City Vermin: The Rodents of Baltimore as Metaphor in “Rat Film” - Village Voice

  12-09-2017 21:34
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  Charm City Vermin: The Rodents of Baltimore as Metaphor in “Rat Film”
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  “It ain't never been a rat problem in Baltimore,” says Harold Edmond, a garrulous veteran exterminator working for the Baltimore City Rat RemovalProgram. “It's always been a people problem.” Edmond, who emerges as one of the more engaging interviewees ...
  
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• Sheriff: Man Accused Of Killing Ex-Wife Confessed

  12-09-2017 21:13
  BAYTOWN, Texas (AP) — A sheriff says a southeast Texas man accused of killing his ex-wife on the eve of Hurricane Harvey gave a tearful confession under questioning.
  RELATED: Texas Man Arrested In Ex-Wife’s Disappearance Day Of Harvey
  Chambers County Sheriff Brian Hawthorne told the Houston Chronicle though that they don’t yet know the motive in the slaying of Crystal McDowell, a 37-year-old mother of two. He tells the Baytown Sun that early indications show she was strang
  
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• Sheriff: Man Accused Of Killing Ex-Wife Before Hurricane Harvey Confessed

  12-09-2017 21:13
  BAYTOWN, Texas (AP) — A sheriff says a southeast Texas man accused of killing his ex-wife on the eve of Hurricane Harvey gave a tearful confession under questioning.
  RELATED: Texas Man Arrested In Ex-Wife’s Disappearance Day Of Harvey
  Chambers County Sheriff Brian Hawthorne told the Houston Chronicle though that they don’t yet know the motive in the slaying of Crystal McDowell, a 37-year-old mother of two. He tells the Baytown Sun that early indications show she was strang
  
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• After string of setbacks, Baltimore Rock Opera Society ready to reclaim spotlight - Baltimore Sun

  12-09-2017 21:10
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  After string of setbacks, Baltimore Rock Opera Society ready to reclaim spotlight
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  A scene from rehearsals for "The Terrible Secret of Lunastus," a Baltimore Rock Opera Society production opening September 2017 at Zion Church. (Tommy McConlogue). Tim SmithContact ReporterThe Baltimore Sun. Founded on beer and bravura, the ...
  
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• Judge Dismisses Charges Against Amtrak Engineer In Fatal Derailment

  12-09-2017 20:48
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A judge has dismissed criminal charges against the engineer in an Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia that killed eight people.
  The decision came Tuesday after a preliminary hearing for 34-year-old Brandon Bostian.
  Judge Thomas Gehret says that based on the evidence offered by prosecutors, he feels it is “more likely an accident than criminal negligence.”
  The 34-year-old engineer was arrested in May after the family of one of the victims filed a private c
  
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• Governor Hogan Asks For Legal Action Against FAA

  12-09-2017 20:32
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ/AP) — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is asking the state’s attorney general to sue the Federal Aviation Administration to abandon new flight routes that have “caused a significant increase in noise pollution for many of our citizens.”
  The governor made the request to Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh in a letter on Tuesday:
  “The changes at these two airports have caused a significant increase in noise pollution for many community leaders and elect
  
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• CBS names new general manager for WJZ-TV - Baltimore Sun (blog)

  12-09-2017 20:13
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  CBS names new general manager for WJZ-TV
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  Audra Swain was named vice president and general manager at WJZ-TV, the CBS owned station in Baltimore. David ZurawikContact ReporterThe Baltimore Sun. CBS named Audra Swain vice president and general manager of Baltimore affiliate WJZ-TV on ...and more »
  
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• DOJ Won’t Bring Charges Against Officers In Freddie Gray Case

  12-09-2017 19:48
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Department of Justice will not bring charges against the officers involved in the Freddie Gray case.
  Gray died a week after his neck was broken while he was handcuffed and shackled but left unrestrained in the back of a police transport wagon in April 2015.
  The DOJ first launched a probe into whether Gray’s civil rights were violated on the day of his funeral, which was followed by a visit from then Attorney General Loretta Lynch just days later.
  But politi
  
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• John J. Royo Jr, retired spacecraft designer - Baltimore Sun

  12-09-2017 19:37
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  John J. Royo Jr, retired spacecraft designer
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  John J. Royo Jr., a retired spacecraft design engineer who worked on the Apollo space program and the Hubble Space Telescope, died Monday of multiple myeloma at his Columbia home. He was 82. The son of John J. Royo Sr., a Spanish immigrant who ...
  
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• American Household Income Finally Topped 1999 Peak Last Year

  12-09-2017 19:22
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a stark reminder of the damage done by the Great Recession and of the modest recovery that followed, the median American household last year finally earned more than it did in 1999.
  Incomes for a typical U.S. household, adjusted for inflation, rose 3.2 percent from 2015 to 2016 to $59,039, the Census Bureau said. The median is the point at which half the households fall below and half are above.
  Last year’s figure is slightly above the previous peak of $58,665, r
  
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• Ted Cruz Says Aide Inadvertently Caused His Porn Twitter Post

  12-09-2017 19:14
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Ted Cruz says an aide was responsible for the “like” that caused a pornographic post to briefly appear on Cruz’s Twitter feed overnight.
  The Texas Republican and 2016 presidential candidate said Tuesday that several aides have access to the account and that one inadvertently posted the pornography.
  Cruz told reporters that “it was a staffing issue and it was inadvertent. It was a mistake. It was not a deliberate action.”
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• Investigation into shootings of protected birds near Baltimore has stalled - Washington Post

  12-09-2017 19:09
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  Investigation into shootings of protected birds near Baltimore has stalled
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  Prosecutors lack evidence to pursue criminal charges against a Maryland police officer and two companions implicated in the shootings of federally protected birds outside Baltimore this summer, authorities said Tuesday. “At this point, the ...
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• Ravens' first Super Bowl-winning team will have reunion Saturday in Baltimore - Baltimore Sun

  12-09-2017 19:08
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  Ravens' first Super Bowl-winning team will have reunion Saturday in Baltimore
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  The Ravens' Super Bowl XXXV-winning team will have a reunion Saturday as a prelude to the 2017 team starting its home schedule, and the public is invited to purchase tickets. Coach Brian Billick and at least 25 members of the organization's first Super ...
  
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• Maryland Universities Included In List Of Best Colleges In U.S.

  12-09-2017 18:50
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — U.S. News has released their list of best universities in the Unites States, and several Maryland colleges have made the list.
  Johns Hopkins University was ranked 11th best nationally, while the University of Maryland at College Park was number 61 on the list.
  Loyola University was ranked fourth among universities in the north region.
  The list factors in everything from SAT scores, to graduation and acceptance rates, along with the views of college presidents and administ
  
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• Orioles Release 2018 Schedule

  12-09-2017 18:23
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore Orioles released their 2018 season schedule on Tuesday, and will be opening the season at home, against the Minnesota Twins on March 29.
  The team’s 2018 Interleague schedule has the Philadelphia Phillies (May 15-16), Washington Nationals (May 28-30), New York Mets (August 14-15), and Miami Marlins (June 15-17) visiting Baltimore.
   Orioles announce 2018 schedule: Opening Day at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Thursday, March 29 v Minnesota. https://
  
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• Baltimore Orioles release 2018 schedule - WBAL Baltimore

  12-09-2017 18:12
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  Baltimore Orioles release 2018 schedule
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  The Baltimore Orioles announced Tuesday that the team will open the 2018 season at Oriole Park against the Minnesota Twins as part of a three-game homestand beginning with Opening Day on Thursday, March 29. The 2018 season opener marks the first ...
  Orioles release 2018 schedule, will open season at home March 29Baltimore Sun (blog)
  Twins to begin 2018 season in Baltimore; April 5 home openerMinneapolis Star Tribun
  
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• J.J. Abrams To Write And Direct ‘Star Wars: Episode IX’

  12-09-2017 17:38
  NEW YORK (AP) — J.J. Abrams is returning to “Star Wars,” and will replace Colin Trevorrow as writer and director of “Episode IX.”
  Disney announced Abrams return on Tuesday. After several high-profile exits by previous “Star Wars” directors, Lucasfilm is turning to the filmmaker who helped resurrect the franchise in the first place. Abrams will co-write the film with screenwriter Chris Terrio, who won an Oscar for adapting “Argo.”
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• Top Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups Week 2

  12-09-2017 17:26
  By Rahul Lal
  Ah, fantasy players rejoice! Our biggest unnecessary stress is back and our spouses hate us again! But it’s all okay because fantasy football has transformed itself into a seven day process and fantasy will love us no matter what. No matter if you’re in the shallowest of leagues or a 14-team death league, the waiver wire is what will make or break your team. We just finished week one and have already seen early signs of breakout players. Each week, I’ll pick a few
  
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• Eye on Fantasy: Week 1 Waiver Wire Pick-Ups

  12-09-2017 17:26
  By Rahul Lal
  Ah, fantasy players rejoice! Our biggest unnecessary stress is back and our spouses hate us again! But it’s all okay because fantasy football has transformed itself into a seven day process and fantasy will love us no matter what. No matter if you’re in the shallowest of leagues or a 14-team death league, the waiver wire is what will make or break your team. We just finished week one and have already seen early signs of breakout players. Each week, I’ll pick a few
  
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• Eisenberg: Boring Is Beautiful in Baltimore - BaltimoreRavens.com

  12-09-2017 17:20
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  Eisenberg: Boring Is Beautiful in Baltimore
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  Quarterback Joe Flacco joked that he 'wasn't having fun' in the win against the Cincinnati Bengals because he threw so few passes, but the Ravens seem to have found their winning formula. For the record, Joe Flacco was being lighthearted Sunday when he ...
  Report: Danny Woodhead expected to be out “roughly” 4-6 weeksBaltimore Beatdown
  2017 Baltimore Ravens defense could be historically goodThe E
  
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• Gold Star Father Bikes Across Country To Honor Heroes

  12-09-2017 17:19
  ALIQUIPPA, Pa. (AP) — Michael J. Perich of Center Township has been on an arduous journey the past 13 weeks, but called it a breeze compared to what his late son and other fallen heroes who lost lives in combat endured.
  Since June 11, departing from San Diego, Calif., he’s ridden more than 2,600 miles by bicycle across the country to honor Michael R. Perich and all service personnel killed since 9/11.
  After laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Washington, D.C., he ho
  
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• Week 1 NFL Injuries With Fantasy Football Implications

  12-09-2017 16:47
  Ryan Mayer
  While football is back and has the nation excited for its return, the unfortunate truth of the game is that it takes a huge toll on the body and there are often a number of injuries in the early weeks of the season. Aside from the obvious hope that all of these men recover well from their injuries, fantasy football team owners are concerned about how these injuries will affect their team. In case you missed any of the weekend’s big injuries, or are looking for replacements on th
  
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• Baltimore Named Maryland’s Worst City To Live In

  12-09-2017 16:43
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A financial website has identified the worst city to live in for each state, and they found that Baltimore was Maryland’s worst city to live in.
  The website 24/7 Wall St. cites Baltimore being the “most dangerous large city in Maryland and one of the most dangerous in the United States” in the explanation of why it was named the worst city to live in for Maryland.
  The ranking was based on a number of different items, including: “crime rate, em
  
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• Lawmakers, public, meeting to focus on crime solutions in Baltimore - ABC2 News

  12-09-2017 16:33
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  Lawmakers, public, meeting to focus on crime solutions in Baltimore
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• Ravens Add Josh Woodrum To Their Practice Squad

  12-09-2017 16:25
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — After releasing him just weeks ago, the Baltimore Ravens have signed Josh Woodrum to their practice squad.
  Woodrum had been released when the Ravens had to set their 53-man roster.
  He was then claimed by the Cleveland Browns, but then released days later, before being signed to the Ravens’ practice squad.
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• Baltimore Students Protest Planned Betsy DeVos Speech

  12-09-2017 16:16
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Some University of Baltimore students are speaking out against their scheduled fall commencement speaker: Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.
  On Monday, a crowd of students filed into a courtyard near the school, holding protest signs that read “support public schools #neverDeVos” and “We are DeVos-stated.”
  Senior Benita Vargas-Brown, 27, said DeVos, a champion of charter schools at the elementary and secondary school level, has no place
  
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• Baltimore-area home sales and prices rose in August amid falling inventory - Baltimore Sun

  12-09-2017 16:00
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  Baltimore-area home sales and prices rose in August amid falling inventory
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  Home sales and prices in the Baltimore region rose again in August amid a tight housing market in which the inventory of homes for sale has shrunk for 24 consecutive months. The sales of just over 3,800 homes closed in August, up 1.5 percent from the ...
  
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• Suspect Pleads Guilty In 1975 Killing Of Lyon Sisters

  12-09-2017 15:51
  BEDFORD, Va. (AP) — A man charged in the killing of two young sisters from Maryland pleaded guilty Tuesday, more than four decades after the girls vanished during a trip to a local shopping mall.
  Lloyd Lee Welch Jr., 60, entered his plea in a Virginia court Tuesday. Welch is accused of snatching 12-year-old Sheila Lyon and 10-year-old Katherine Lyon in March 1975. Authorities believe he burned the girls’ bodies on a remote mountain in Bedford County, Virginia, where his family owned
  
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• SEC Football Report: Georgia Win, Auburn Loss Highlight Week 2

  12-09-2017 15:19
  By Andrew Kahn
  This is the CBS Local SEC Football Report. Every Tuesday, this space will recap the results and top performances from the Southeastern Conference and look ahead to key match-ups the following week.
  Georgia invasion
  The Georgia Bulldogs don’t often venture far from home, and their fans took advantage of the rare opportunity this past weekend. Several people at Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday night estimate at least 40 percent of the fans wore red. It was a bucket list weekend
  
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• Access Restored To Displaced Residents Of Upper Florida Keys

  12-09-2017 14:57
  MIAMI (AP) — Residents were allowed to return Tuesday to some islands in the hurricane-hit Florida Keys as officials pieced together the scope of Irma’s destruction and aid rushed into the drenched and debris-strewn state.
  It has been difficult to get detailed information on the condition of island chain where Irma first came ashore over the weekend because communication and access were cut off by the storm’s arrival as a Category 4 hurricane. But displaced residents and busine
  
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• WEATHER BLOG: Remnants Of Irma Could Come Our Way

  12-09-2017 14:39
  Hi Everyone!
  It is time to now bring Irma into our local discussion. She, right now, is just a Low to be honest, and one that is not as strong as we will see pass by our shores in the Winter. (Read Nor’easter). The problem here is going to be the chance of passing showers in the outlook now through the end of the weekend. Friday appears to be the wettest day, and still we are not calling for a lot of rain. But Irma, losing her identity over the West Tennessee Valley still has a lot of ener
  
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• Female Broadcaster Makes Monday Night Football History

  12-09-2017 14:20
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) – A history making performance was made during Monday Night Football, and it had nothing to do with the players on the field.
  Play-by-play analyst Beth Mowins became the first female announcer to call an NFL game in 30 years. She also became the first woman ever to call a nationally televised NFL game. She was joined in the Monday Night Football booth by former Ravens defensive coordinator and Jets/Bills head coach Rex Ryan to call the Broncos-Chargers game.History is made.
  
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• A Language Haven in Baltimore - Foreign Policy (blog)

  12-09-2017 14:01
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  A Language Haven in Baltimore
  Foreign Policy (blog)
  BALTIMORE — On June 29, 1987, Jermin Laviera attended her first English-language lesson still wearing her wedding dress. Though she had just arrived in Baltimore from Venezuela eight days earlier, acquiring the ability to communicate in her new home ...
  
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• Battered Florida Tries To Assess Scope Of Irma’s Destruction

  12-09-2017 13:24
  MIAMI (AP) — Aid rushed in to hurricane-scarred Florida early Tuesday as officials pieced together the scope of Irma’s destructive path and displaced residents awaited word on hard-hit areas including the Florida Keys.
  It was difficult to get detailed information on the condition of island chain where Irma first came ashore over the weekend because communication and access were all but cut off by the storm’s arrival as a Category 4 hurricane.
  But after flying over the Keys Mond
  
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• Family: Biracial Boy Pushed Off Table With Rope Around Neck

  12-09-2017 13:06
  CLAREMONT, N.H. (AP) — Teenagers in New Hampshire taunted an 8-year-old biracial boy with racial slurs and then pushed him off of a picnic table with a rope around his neck, injuring him, the boy’s family said.
  The child was treated at a hospital for cuts to his neck following the near-hanging Aug. 28 in Claremont, the boy’s grandmother, Lorrie Slattery, told the Valley News (http://bit.ly/2wkX70X ). He has since been released and has returned to school in Claremont.
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• ‘Pinocchio,’ ‘Fantasia’ Animator ‘X’ Atencio Dead At 98

  12-09-2017 12:52
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Xavier “X″ Atencio, an animator behind early Disney movies including “Pinocchio” and “Fantasia” and “imagineer” behind beloved Disneyland rides like “Pirates of the Caribbean” and “The Haunted Mansion,” has died at age 98.
  Disneyland spokeswoman Suzi Brown confirmed a company statement saying Atencio died Sunday. No cause or place of death were given, but Atencio lived and worked in the Los Angeles a
  
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• With LA Bid Sealed, US Cities Look At Possible Winter Games

  12-09-2017 12:41
  LIMA, Peru (AP) — There’s an outside shot the United States won’t have to wait 11 years to host its next Olympics.
  It’s a longshot, but there’s talk in Salt Lake City, and even some in Denver, of a bid for the 2026 Winter Games, which take place two years before the Summer Olympics return to Los Angeles.
  The same country hosting back-to-back Olympics hasn’t happened since before World War II, but as this round of bidding has shown, rules are made to be changed
  
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