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• Baltimore County Public Schools May Remove Jewish Holidays From Calendar

  02-10-2017 23:29
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Students, parents, and teachers in Baltimore County could see two holidays wiped off the school calendar for the first time in 20 years. The school board is considering keeping doors open for the Jewish High Holidays.
  Kimberly Eiten has more on what it could mean for students.
  Schools are feeling the crunch of later start dates in Maryland and in order to do so, they’re considering removing holidays that have been on the calendar for decades. Jewish High Holidays, i
  
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• Summer Farms Offers Fall Fun For The Whole Family

  02-10-2017 23:12
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Monday was a beautiful day with perfect weather to enjoy the outdoors, and in Frederick, one farm is promising fun for the whole family this fall.
  If you’re looking for fall fun, Summers Farm has a lot of it with more than 45 attractions dedicated to celebrating the season.
  Sliding down the steep hill. Bouncing on the jumping pillow. There’s tons to do for little and big kids.
  “We did the hay ride and we just finished the slide, which was kind
  
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• With $250000 salary, new Baltimore IT director earns more than mayor, police chief, health commissioner - Baltimore Sun

  02-10-2017 23:09 via baltimoresun.com
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  With $250000 salary, new Baltimore IT director earns more than mayor, police chief, health commissioner
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  Baltimore's new information technology boss is being paid $250,000 a year — a bigger salary than the mayor, the police chief or the health commissioner — as he leads the city's efforts to update its aging computer systems. Frank Johnson, who holds ...
  
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• Tom Petty Dies, Taken Off Life Support After Cardiac Arrest

  02-10-2017 22:30
  UPDATE: Rocker Tom Petty passed away Monday night at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles after he suffered cardiac arrest at his home in Malibu, California, spokeswoman Carla Sacks said. He was 66.
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Tom Petty was taken off life support after being rushed to the hospital Sunday night after he was found unconscious and in full cardiac arrest, according to TMZ.
  CBS News had been reporting that Petty had died, but Los Angeles Police denies this information a
  
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• Police: Suspect Leaves Behind Birth Certificate, Social Security Card After Armed Robbery

  02-10-2017 22:14
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police are working to locate an armed robbery suspect after they say he left behind his birth certificate and social security card after getting into an altercation with a security guard.
  23-year-old Belmont Johnson is wanted in connection with an armed robbery in Baltimore on September 30, at a business in the 600 block of E. 33rd St.
  Police say store security confronted Johnson after he was seen trying to leave the store on surveillance video after putting items into a
  
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• Las Vegas Shooter’s Father Was On FBI Most Wanted List

  02-10-2017 21:40
  Las Vegas (CBS) — In an odd twist, the father of the accused Las Vegas shooter, Stephen Paddock, was a convicted bank robber who was once on the FBI’s Most Wanted list after escaping prison in the 1960’s.
  The revelation came in an interview with Paddock’s brother, Eric, earlier Monday. According to the Orlando Sentinel, Benjamin Hoskins Paddock, who also went by Patrick Benjamin Paddock, robbed the the Valley National Bank in Phoenix in 1960. He was ar
  
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• At Least 58 Dead, 500 Injured After Shooting In Las Vegas

  02-10-2017 21:38
  LAS VEGAS (AP) – A gunman perched on the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas casino unleashed a hail of bullets on an outdoor country music festival below, killing at least 58 people as tens of thousands of concertgoers screamed and ran for their lives, officials said Monday.
  It was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. More than 500 other victims were injured, authorities said.
  SWAT teams using explosives stormed 64-year-old Stephen Paddock’s hotel room and found he had kil
  
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• Las Vegas Shooter Was 64-Year-Old Nevada Retiree With No Criminal Record

  02-10-2017 21:37
  LAS VEGAS (AP) —  MESQUITE, Nev. (AP) — Stephen Paddock lived in a tidy Nevada retirement community where the amenities include golf, tennis and bocce. He owned rental properties, held a private pilot’s license and liked to travel to Las Vegas to play high-stakes video poker.
  But nothing in his background suggests why he would have been on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino with at least 10 guns on Sunday night, raining an unparalleled slaughter upon an ou
  
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• Firefighter Hospitalized While Working To Put Out Flames At Vacant House

  02-10-2017 21:19
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Baltimore Fire Department firefighter was taken to a local hospital after being injured while trying to put out flames at a Curtis Bay house.
  Fire officials say the fire started just after 12 p.m., at a home in the 4000 block of Fairhaven Ave.
  The house is reportedly vacant, and fire crews were able to get the blaze under control just before 2 p.m.
  A firefighter and another person were taken to local hospitals as a result of the fire.
  The cause is still under inves
  
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• Keidel: Rams, Cowboys Not The Teams We Expected

  02-10-2017 21:10
  By Jason Keidel
  There may not be season-ending games in Week 4 — unless you’re the New York Giants — but there surely are statement games.
  When we thumbed through the NFL schedule this summer, there were games you circled, and games you dismissed as routs over runts. One seemingly obvious rout had to be yesterday’s battle between the Dallas Cowboys and Los Angeles Rams, which, back before we knew any better, clearly looked like it would be a Cowboys’ runaway win. It
  
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• If Addiction Is A Disease, Should Relapse Mean Jail Time?

  02-10-2017 21:03
  BOSTON (AP) — Less than two weeks after a court ordered Julie Eldred to not use drugs while on probation, she tested positive for the powerful opioid fentanyl. The woman, who has severe substance use disorder, spent the next 10 days behind bars in Massachusetts until her lawyer could find a bed for her at a treatment facility.
  In a unique case that could have big implications, Eldred is now challenging the practice of requiring people with addiction to remain drug free as a condition of pr
  
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• University Of Maryland Student Killed In Pedestrian Accident

  02-10-2017 20:56
  COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — An 18-year-old student at the University of Maryland has been struck and killed by a sport-utility vehicle just off campus in College Park.
  The student was identified by Prince George’s County police as Maria Fisher, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She was struck Sunday morning as she tried to cross Route 1 and died later at a hospital.
  Authorities said they were trying to determine the circumstances of the incident, including whether Fisher was in a crosswalk.
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• Police Tentatively Identify Naked Man Who Doesn’t Know Who He Is

  02-10-2017 20:22
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police say they have tentatively identified the man found walking with no clothes on Monday morning in Baltimore County.
  The man found this morning has been identified. Thank you to those who shared his info. More details to follow.^sv https://t.co/ulmkUOTOTl
  — BACO Public Safety (@BACOPoliceFire) October 2, 2017—————————————————————&mda
  
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• Crowds Line Up To Donate Blood After Las Vegas Mass Shooting

  02-10-2017 19:38
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Las Vegas residents are answering the call to help the hundreds of victims in Sunday night’s mass shooting. Crowds of people have been lining up at local hospitals and clinics to donate blood since emergency workers put out pleas for help in the wake of the worst shooting in U.S. history.
  If you would like to donate blood for the injured victims of the Strip shooting visit the Labor Health & Welfare Clinic, 7135 W. Sahara.
  — LVMPD (@LVMPD) October 2, 2017A
  
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• Final 2017 grades for every Orioles player - Baltimore Sun

  02-10-2017 19:30 via baltimoresun.com
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  Final 2017 grades for every Orioles player
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  It's time again to dispense with all the sophisticated analytical tools that millennial baseball fans love so much and evaluate each of the 2017 Orioles with a pure, simple, unadulterated, unscientific, paleolithic, totally subjective letter grade. So ...
  
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• 5 Hospitalized, Including Officer, After Wreck In Baltimore Co.

  02-10-2017 19:01
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore County Police Department is investigating an officer-involved wreck that resulted in at least five people being taken to local hospitals.
  The wreck happened near I-70 and N. Rolling Rd., and involved four cars in total, including a police vehicle.
  Police say five people were taken to local hospital, including the officer, but the extent of their injuries are unknown at this time.
  #BCoPD handling officer involved accident at Balto Nat Pk and N. Rolling Rd. 5
  
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• MTA Spends $81.3 Million On 140 New BaltimoreLink Buses

  02-10-2017 18:24
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland transportation officials have reached an $81.3 million agreement to buy 140 clean-diesel buses to improve service on the BaltimoreLink transit system.
  The buses will be purchased from New Flyer of America, based in St. Cloud, Minnesota.
  The 40-foot long transit coaches will roll out on Baltimore-area streets beginning in 2018 to support CityLink and LocalLink bus routes.
  New Flyer is the largest transit bus and motor coach manufacturer in North America. The compan
  
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• Linda Lavin Discusses Her New Role On ‘9JKL’

  02-10-2017 18:18
  9JKL makes its series premiere October 2nd at 8:30 PM ET on CBS. This brand new comedy revolves around the life of Josh Roberts (Mark Feuerstein), a recently divorced actor forced to move into an apartment located on the same floor as his immediate family. Josh struggles to find his personal space amidst the chaos of finding work, dating and of course – living next door to his parents.
  CBS Local’s Matt Weiss spoke to Linda Lavin who plays Judy Roberts, Josh’s mother, about
  
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• Police Investigate Baby Found In Trash Bag

  02-10-2017 18:15
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia police say they’re investigating after a baby that was reportedly stillborn was found in a trash bag in a home.
  Police say someone called about 4:30 p.m. Sunday to report the baby had been stillborn in the city’s Rhawnhurst section.
  But investigators say they concluded the baby might have been birthed as early as Wednesday.
  Nobody has been criminally charged and police were still investigating Monday.
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• MTA spending $81.3 million to buy 140 new buses - Baltimore Sun

  02-10-2017 18:13 via baltimoresun.com
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  MTA spending $81.3 million to buy 140 new buses
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  The Maryland Transit Administration will spend $81.3 million on a fleet of new 40-foot “clean-diesel” buses that will hit the street next year, the agency said. New Flyer of America, Inc., of St. Cloud, Minn., was awarded the contract and will supply ...and more »
  
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• At Least 58 Dead, 400 Hospitalized After Shooting In Las Vegas

  02-10-2017 17:47
  LAS VEGAS (AP) – A gunman perched on the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas casino unleashed a hail of bullets on an outdoor country music festival below, killing at least 58 people as tens of thousands of concertgoers screamed and ran for their lives, officials said Monday.
  It was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. More than 500 other victims were injured, authorities said.
  SWAT teams using explosives stormed 64-year-old Stephen Paddock’s hotel room and found he had kil
  
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• Police: Las Vegas Shooter, 64-Year-Old Nevada Man, Was Retiree

  02-10-2017 17:46
  LAS VEGAS (AP) —  The man who killed at least 58 people and injured more than 500 at a Las Vegas concert was a retiree with no criminal history in the Nevada county where he lived, police said Monday.
  The brother of Stephen Paddock, 64, said he’s “completely dumbfounded” by the shooting at a country music concert Sunday night, the deadliest in modern U.S. history. Eric Paddock told the Orlando Sentinel newspaper that he can’t understand what happened.
  The Islam
  
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• How Nike Is Honoring Baltimore for Saving the Air Force 1 Sneaker Three Decades Ago - Adweek

  02-10-2017 17:13 via adweek.com
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  How Nike Is Honoring Baltimore for Saving the Air Force 1 Sneaker Three Decades Ago
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  Nike's exclusive, limited-edition Special Field Air Force 1 Mid “For Baltimore” sneaker commemorates a unique piece of athletic-shoe history for which Baltimore is responsible. You see, thousands of years ago, in 1982, Nike's Air Force 1 shoe ...and more »
  
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• Trump: Las Vegas Mass Shooting Was ‘Act Of Pure Evil’

  02-10-2017 17:07
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Donald Trump is calling the mass shooting attack in Las Vegas “an act of pure evil.”
  Trump says the nation is joined together today in sadness, shock and grief. He also says he will travel to Las Vegas on Wednesday.
  Trump is addressing the attack on a country music festival Sunday night that left at least 50 people dead and more than 400 injured.
  Trump tweeted his “warmest condolences and sympathies” earlier Monday morning.
  The gunman open
  
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• FBI Says ‘No Connection’ To ISIS In Vegas Shooting, Suspect’s Brother Speaks Out

  02-10-2017 17:00
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — U.S. officials are pushing back against ISIS’s claims the Las Vegas mass shooting was related to their organization. According to multiple reports, there is no connection between Islamic State terrorists — or any international terrorist group — and the man who killed at least 58 people and injured more than 500 during a music festival Sunday night.
  UPDATE: Senior U.S. officials say no evidence Vegas shooter was connected to international militant group a
  
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• MLB Playoffs 2017: Wild Card/Division Series Schedule, How To Watch

  02-10-2017 16:50
  Ryan Mayer
  The marathon of the Major League Baseball regular season is behind us. 162 games over the course of six months has narrowed the field down to 10 teams vying for the Commissioner’s Trophy. With the calendar now changed to October, the teams and players are ready to make some memories and legends are set to be born. With October baseball comes the return of afternoon matinees, which means you may have to work your schedule around watching your favorite team’s run. In order t
  
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• Report: 32 US States, including Maryland, Could Offer Sports Betting In 5 Years

  02-10-2017 16:46
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Legal sports betting could be offered in 32 states within five years if the U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of New Jersey’s quest to offer such gambling, according to a new report.
  Eilers & Krejcik Gaming, LLC, which tracks state-by-state gambling legislation, says a new market would be worth more than $6 billion. If all 50 states got on board, legal sports betting could be worth $7.1 to $15.8 billion, they estimate.
  Americans are already betting up t
  
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• 'Saturday Night Live' pokes fun at Baltimore's 'fatberg' - Baltimore Sun (blog)

  02-10-2017 15:56 via baltimoresun.com
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  'Saturday Night Live' pokes fun at Baltimore's 'fatberg'
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  “Weekend Update” had a lot of news to recap during the “Saturday Night Live” season premiere. But between jokes about Trump's response to Puerto Rico and athletes kneeling for the national anthem, hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che managed to squeeze ...and more »
  
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• At Least 50 Dead, 200 Wounded After Shooting In Las Vegas

  02-10-2017 14:42
  LAS VEGAS (AP) –  A gunman perched high on the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas Strip casino unleashed a shower of bullets down on an outdoor country music festival below, killing at least 50 people and wounding more than 200 as tens of thousands of frantic concert-goers screamed and ran for their lives, officials said Monday. It was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
  Country music star Jason Aldean was performing Sunday night at the end of the three-day Route 91 Harves
  
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• Brown’s Toyota and Honda of Glen Burnie Gameday Uncensored Pre-Game Show 2017 Laurel Park

  02-10-2017 14:40
  Every away football game join 105.7 The Fan and Baltimore Gameday Uncensored in the Sports Bar on the second floor Clubhouse at Laurel Park for the Brown’s Toyota & Honda of Glen Burnie Baltimore Gameday Uncensored Pre-Game Show live!
  105.7 The Fan’s Jerry Coleman and Vinny Cerrato along with former Baltimore Colt Bruce Laird will broadcast live beginning 3 hours prior to kick off.
  Click here for more information.
  
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• Black Eyed Suzie’s Post Game Show

  02-10-2017 14:35
  After every Baltimore football game, join Baltimore Gameday Uncensored’s Ken Weinman and Terry Ford at Black Eyed Suzie’s in Bel Air for our post game show, sponsored by Jose Cuervo Tequila.  Enjoy Cuervo Margarita specials before, during and after the game.  Must be 21 or older.  Please drink responsibly.  Black Eyed Suzie’s is located at 119 S Main St, Bel Air, MD 21014.
  
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• Laurel’s House of Horror – 10/13/17

  02-10-2017 14:30
  Join 105.7 The Fan on Friday, October 13th from 8pm to 10pm at Laurel’s House of Horror, located inside an abandoned movie theatre in the old Laurel Shopping Center.  Click here for more details.
  
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• Country Music Stars React To Las Vegas Shooting

  02-10-2017 13:46
  Country Music stars are reacting to Sunday night’s shooting in Las Vegas.
  More than 50 people are dead and more than 200 people are injured.
  Praying for everyone at #HarvestFestival. There are no words right now that suffice.
  — Brad Paisley (@BradPaisley) October 2, 2017Praying for everyone here in Vegas. I witnessed the most unimaginable event tonight. We are okay. Others arent. Please pray.
  — Jake Owen (@jakeowen) October 2, 2017I'm not gonna say anything else other than I'm
  
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• Deadliest Shooting In US History, At Least 50 Dead in Las Vegas Shooting

  02-10-2017 13:02
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A shooting at a festival on the Las Vegas Strip now leaves more than 50 dead and more than 200 hurt on Sunday according to police.
  Authorities say Stephen Paddock is the lone gunman of the shooting. Police say he was a white man in his 60s and had been living in a retirement community. Police say he hadn’t had any run-ins with law enforcement.
   
  My warmest condolences and sympathies to the victims and families of the terrible Las Vegas shooting. God bless you!
  
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• Deadliest Shooting In Modern U.S. History Leaves At Least 50 Dead In Las Vegas

  02-10-2017 13:02
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A shooting at a festival on the Las Vegas strip now leaves more than 50 dead and more than 200 hurt on Sunday according to police.
  Authorities say Stephen Paddock is the lone gunman of the shooting. Police say he was a white man in his 60s and had been living in a retirement community. Police say he hadn’t had any run-ins with law enforcement.
   
  My warmest condolences and sympathies to the victims and families of the terrible Las Vegas shooting. God bless you!
  
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• 1 of 200 Results Americans Win Nobel Medicine Prize For Circadian Rhythm Work

  02-10-2017 12:20
  STOCKHOLM (AP)— The Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded to three Americans on Monday for discoveries about the body’s daily rhythms.The laureates are Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michal W. Young. Rosbash is on the faculty at Brandeis University, Young at Rockefeller University and Hall is at the University of Maine.The citation for the 9-million-kronor ($1.1 million) prize says the researchers isolated a gene that controls the normal daily biological rhythm. They “were
  
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• New Plan For Hurricane Evacuations In Maryland

  02-10-2017 11:59
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — With the most active hurricane season in more than a decade,  the U-S Army Corps of Engineers is making a plan to help officials in Maryland know when and were to order evacuations ahead of tropical storms.
  According to our media partners at the Baltimore Sun, officials will work with local officials to map out evacuation zones and then analyze transportation systems to determine how long it would take for residents to clear out.
  While the evaluation is a regular exe
  
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• More Than 20 Dead, 100 Wounded After Shooting In Las Vegas

  02-10-2017 10:45
  LAS VEGAS (AP) –  More than 20 people are dead and 100 people are wounded after a mass shooting Thursday night.
  The shooting took place on the final day of the Route 91 Harvest Festival when someone shot into a crowd of 30 thousand people. Witnesses helped those who were shot, some putting them into their vehicles and driving them to the hospital. Some officers took cover behind their vehicles while others carrying assault rifles ran into the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino.
  Police say
  
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• At Least 2 Dead, Multiple Victims Hospitalized After Shooting In Las Vegas

  02-10-2017 09:15
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police say one suspect is ‘down’ after shooting at a country music festival that has left two people dead and dozens wounded.
  University Medical Center spokeswoman Danita Cohen said 26 people were admitted to the hospital.
  Dozens of patrol vehicles descended on the Strip after authorities received reports of an active shooter near the Route 91 Harvest Festival. Some officers took cover behind their vehicles while others carrying assault rifles ra
  
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• Fans Boo As Ravens Kneel Before, Stand During National Anthem

  02-10-2017 05:28
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Some tense moments at Sunday’s Ravens versus Steelers matchup, before the actual game began.
  The country continues to grapple with whether NFL players should protest during the national anthem — and if the president should have a say in it.
  After more than a week of tension among President Trump, the NFL, and fans, many who came here were paying close attention to what would happen on the field before the first play.
  Along with purple, some fans came to Sunday
  
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• Baltimore Holds First 9/11 Heroes Run

  02-10-2017 05:28
  BALTIMORE (WJZ/AP) — Many people remember a young Maryland man who died earlier this year while serving his country. His father was also present as many came out to remember his sacrifice.
  This is the inaugural event for the Baltimore 9/11 Heroes Run. The focus was on service members who’ve paid the ultimate sacrifice.
  Runners at the Inner Harbor pushed toward the finish line in a race that to honor fallen heroes, including Petty Officer 1st Class Xavier Martin from Halethorpe,
  
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• IS Claims Fatal Stabbings Of 2 Women At French Train Station

  02-10-2017 05:27
  MARSEILLE, France (AP) — A man with a knife stabbed two women to death Sunday at the main train station in the southern French city of Marseille as he reportedly shouted “Allahu akbar!” — an attack the Islamic State group claimed was the work of one its “soldiers.”
  French soldiers shot the man to death after the attacks and authorities were working to determine if he had links to Islamic extremism.
  Interior Minister Gerard Collomb, who went to Marseille to mee
  
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• OJ Simpson Freed; Parole Official Says He’ll Live In Vegas

  02-10-2017 05:20
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Officials at a remote Nevada prison where O.J. Simpson was set free early Sunday after nine years for armed robbery arranged the former football and Hollywood star’s dead-of-night departure to avoid public scrutiny.
  It worked. Simpson signed release paperwork just before midnight and disappeared into the darkness minutes into the first day he was eligible for release. Through efforts by prison officials to keep the time and place secret, there were no journalists out
  
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• Four Injured, Two Critical After Using A Washing Machine As A Fire Pit

  02-10-2017 05:18
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Two people are in critical condition after an explosion from a homemade fire pit in Monkton Sunday night.
  Investigators tell WJZ the victims were reportedly using a washing machine as a fire pit.
  Baltimore County Police and Fire say it happened at the 16500 block of JM Pearce Road, just after 9 p.m.
  Update: poss. explosion in #Monkton. #BCoPD fire investigators & #BCoFD HAZMAT team requested. No immediate threats to safety. DT 2058 ^TBR
  — BACO Public Safety (@BA
  
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• Crews Investigating Possible Explosion In Monkton

  02-10-2017 04:22
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Two people are in critical condition after a possible fire pit explosion in Monkton, Baltimore County Police and Fire say.
  Police say it happened at the 16500 block of JM Pearce Road, just after 9 p.m. Sunday night.
  Update: poss. explosion in #Monkton. #BCoPD fire investigators & #BCoFD HAZMAT team requested. No immediate threats to safety. DT 2058 ^TBR
  — BACO Public Safety (@BACOPoliceFire) October 2, 2017They say four people were taken to the hospital, two of
  
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• Marilyn Manson, Hurt Onstage in NY, Cancels Oct. Tour Shows

  02-10-2017 04:00
  NEW YORK (AP) — Marilyn Manson is canceling several upcoming tour dates after the singer was injured in a mishap onstage during a New York City performance and taken to a hospital.
  “The Dope Show” singer issued a statement Sunday that said his Oct. 2-14 shows will be rescheduled. That means dates in Boston; Huntington, New York; Toronto; Camden, New Jersey; Columbus, Ohio; Chicago; Milwaukee; Kansas City, Missouri; and Houston are affected.
  Manson, whose 10th album “Heave
  
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• New Laws Take Effect In Maryland Starting October 1

  02-10-2017 03:37
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A first-in-the-nation law enabling Maryland’s attorney general to take action against pharmaceutical price gouging is scheduled to go into effect this week, along with a number of other laws approved in the state’s last legislative session. Here’s a look at some of the laws that are set to take effect Sunday:
  GENERIC DRUGS-PRICE GOUGING
  A law empowering the attorney general to bring civil actions against manufacturers of off-patent generic drugs that
  
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• Two Killed In Shootings Sunday, Police Investigating

  02-10-2017 03:33
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police are looking for suspects after two people died from shootings on Sunday.
  Police say the first shooting happened just after 2:30 a.m., in the 5100 block of Goodnow Rd. Officers on the scene found a 34-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the head.
  The victim was taken to an area hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
  Later, just after 2:00 p.m. an 18-year-old man was found shot at the 3800 block of Norfolk Road. Someone told officers that they were takin
  
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• Trump Scoffs At ‘Politically Motivated Ingrates’ After Maria

  02-10-2017 03:12
  JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday scoffed at “politically motivated ingrates” who had questioned his administration’s commitment to rebuilding Puerto Rico after a pulverizing hurricane and said the federal government had done “a great job with the almost impossible situation.”
  Trump’s latest tweets sought to defend Washington’s attentiveness to recovery efforts on a U.S. territory in dire straits almost two weeks after Hurri
  
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• Snell Strikes Out Career-High 13, Rays Blank Orioles 6-0

  02-10-2017 01:57
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Blake Snell struck out a career-high 13 in seven innings Sunday and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-0 in a season wrap-up.
  The Rays won their last four games to finish at 80-82, a 12-game improvement over last season.
  Baltimore went 75-87, a 14-game drop from 2016. The Orioles lost 19 of their last 23, getting shut out five times.
  The game drew a crowd of 16,018, bringing Tampa Bay’s season attendance to 1,253,619, the lowest in the majors.
  
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