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• Death Of Chicago Woman Found In Hotel Freezer Found To Be An Accident

  07-10-2017 23:51
  CHICAGO (WJZ/AP) — A medical examiner has determined that a 19-year-old woman whose body was found inside a suburban Chicago hotel freezer died by accident.
  The autopsy found that Kenneka Jenkins died of hypothermia from exposure to cold conditions.
  Investigators say her body was found Sept. 10 in a walk-in freezer at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare Hotel in Rosemont.
  Jenkins had left her Chicago home to attend a party at the hotel. She was found about 24 hours after r
  
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• North Baltimore communities celebrate opening of footbridge a decade in the works - Baltimore Sun

  07-10-2017 23:00 via baltimoresun.com
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  North Baltimore communities celebrate opening of footbridge a decade in the works
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  Wielding a giant pair of scissors, community leaders in North Baltimore snipped a green ribbon Saturday, officially opening a footbridge over Stony Run. The bridge can be strolled across in about a minute, but this was a moment almost 10 years in the ...
  
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• Haunted attraction Bennett's Curse is back after missing last Halloween - Baltimore Sun

  07-10-2017 21:57 via baltimoresun.com
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  Haunted attraction Bennett's Curse is back after missing last Halloween
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  Bennett's Curse, a longtime Baltimore-area haunted house, has recovered from business setbacks that caused it to miss Halloween last year and has found a new home in Baltimore County. The popular walk-through attraction has moved into the former DSW ...
  
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• Baltimore Klansman tried to rebrand the KKK. Now he awaits trial in Charlottesville shooting - Baltimore Sun

  07-10-2017 21:36 via baltimoresun.com
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  Baltimore Klansman tried to rebrand the KKK. Now he awaits trial in Charlottesville shooting
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  Several African-Americans were surprised to learn that their neighbor Richard Wilson Preston Jr. is the imperial wizard of a Baltimore-area chapter of the Ku Klux Klan. (Baltimore Sun video). Catherine RentzContact ReporterThe Baltimore Sun. For seven ...and more »
  
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• FBI Begins Removing Belongings Left After Las Vegas Shooting

  07-10-2017 21:32
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nearly a week after the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, federal agents on Saturday started hauling away the piles of backpacks, purses, baby strollers and lawn chairs left behind when frantic concert-goers scrambled to escape raining bullets from a gunman who was shooting from his high-rise hotel suite.
  FBI agents fanned out across the crime scene near the Las Vegas Strip throughout the week stacking the belongings left from last Sunday’s shooting int
  
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• Minnesota Man Lived With Bodies Of Mom, Brother For Year

  07-10-2017 20:52
  A Minnesota man who lived in a house with the decomposing bodies of his mother and twin brother for about a year said he could not bring himself to report their deaths to authorities.
  “I was traumatized,” Robert James Kuefler told The Associated Press on Saturday. “What would you do?”
  White Bear Police Capt. Dale Hager said Kuefler, 60, was charged this week with interference with a dead body or scene of death because Kuefler moved his brother’s body. Hager said bot
  
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• Rodricks: Reducing firepower, reducing risk in Baltimore - Baltimore Sun (blog)

  07-10-2017 19:20 via baltimoresun.com
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  A pistol apprehended by Baltimore police officers from suspect Ryan Hazel, who was involved in a fatal car crash that took the life of 66-year-old Margaret Hall. The pistol came with an extended magazine that was shown to the press at the Baltimore ...
  
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• Rapper Nelly Arrested On Rape Accusation

  07-10-2017 19:20
  AUBURN, Wash. (AP) — Police have arrested rapper Nelly after a woman said he raped her in a town outside Seattle, an accusation the Grammy winner’s attorney staunchly denies.
  Auburn police spokesman Commander Steve Stocker said officers arrested Nelly, whose real name is Cornell Iral Haynes Jr., early Saturday morning in his tour bus at a Walmart.
  Nelly is scheduled to perform in Ridgefield, Washington, on Saturday night.
  Nelly’s attorney, Scott Rosenblum, said the allegation w
  
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• Weather Blog: Rain Approaching

  07-10-2017 18:02
  Normal high & low: 70° & 49°
   
  Hurricane Nate is now a Category 1 hurricane. We’ll be seeing the rain Sunday night into Monday evening. Link to National Hurricane Center updates:
  http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
   
  Today
  Mostly sunny, with a high near 83.
  South wind 7 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
   
  Tonight
  A chance of showers after 2 a.m.
  Increasing clouds, with a low around 70.
  South wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
   
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• US Gulf Coast Braces For Fast-Approaching Hurricane Nate

  07-10-2017 17:33
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Coastal residents from southeast Louisiana to the Florida panhandle braced for the effects of fast-moving Hurricane Nate, expected to hit sometime time Saturday night – possibly with Category 2 strength.
  The National Hurricane Center in Miami projected that Nate would brush by the southeast tip of Louisiana, near the mouth of the Mississippi River, around 7 p.m. Saturday. A late Saturday landfall was projected for the Mississippi Gulf Coast – posing threats o
  
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• It’s Academic: October 7, 2017

  07-10-2017 17:33
  River Hill 615
  Archbishop Spalding 465
  Annapolis 410
  
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• Car Hits Pedestrians Outside London Museum; Some Injured

  07-10-2017 17:09
  LONDON (AP) — British emergency services raced to London’s Natural History Museum after a car struck pedestrians Saturday outside the building. Police said a number of people were injured and one person was detained at the scene.
  The crash happened at 2:20 p.m. on a day when the central London museum is usually teeming with pedestrians, including international tourists.
  Photographs showed a dented silver car and a man being pinned to the ground outside the museum. It was not immediat
  
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• Police name man and woman found in burning car near Baltimore - Washington Post

  07-10-2017 17:05 via washingtonpost.com
  Police name man and woman found in burning car near Baltimore
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  Police have identified a man and a woman found dead in a burning car this week in the Baltimore area. Darrell Antonio Blowe, 34, of Dundalk, Md., and Kesa Kibibi Baker, 44, of Baltimore, were both shot multiple times, Anne Arundel County police said.and more »
  
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• Man Fatally Struck By State Trooper In Ocean City

  07-10-2017 16:57
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)–  A man was fatally struck by a state trooper’s vehicle Friday night when he crossed a highway in Ocean City, according to the Maryland State Police.
  Troopers say shortly before 11:30 p.m., Master Trooper Price was traveling northbound on Coastal Highway at 76th Street in lane two, the middle lane of the three lane highway, and for reasons unknown, a pedestrian reportedly darted into the street into oncoming traffic and was struck by the trooper.
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• Is Alex Collins worth the risk? - Baltimore Beatdown

  07-10-2017 16:20 via baltimorebeatdown.com
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  Is Alex Collins worth the risk?
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  The Baltimore Ravens, of all teams, don't have a running game. Whether it's because of the running backs, the offensive line, the quarterback, the coaching or anything else, the team has simply lacked a rushing attack over the last two weeks, and the ...and more »
  
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• Police Searching For Elderly Man Suffering From Cognitive Disorder

  07-10-2017 16:06
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Baltimore County police are searching for a missing elderly man who was last seen after midnight Saturday.
  Officers say Wayne Chiveral, 72, was last seen at his home in the 7000 block of Sollers Point Road in Dundalk and suffers from a cognitive disorder and may be confused when located.
  Credit: Baltimore County Police.
  Chiveral was last seen wearing a hat with the words “NASA” on it, blue jeans and a jacket with the words “NASA” and
  
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• Police ID 2 Homicide Victims Found In Burning Car Crash In Brooklyn Park

  07-10-2017 15:23
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Anne Arundel County police have identified two homicide victims who were found in a burning car that crashed into a garage Wednesday.
  Around 4:44 p.m., officers responded to the 5100 block of Patrick Henry Drive in Brooklyn for a car crash and found a silver vehicle on fire that crashed through a fence and then into a garage.
  RELATED: Police: 2 Killed In Brooklyn Park
  After extinguishing the fire, authorities found an unresponsive man in the driver’s seat and an
  
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• Saturday, October 7, 2017

  07-10-2017 14:48
  The third annual Craft Beer Festival in Canton and check out the October events at the Maryland Zoo.
  
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• Nate Now A Category 1 Hurricane

  07-10-2017 07:30
  BALTIMORE (WJZ/AP) — The National Hurricane Center reports that Nathan has been identified as a Category 1 Hurricane.
  “An Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft just penetrated the center of the storm and reported hurricane-force winds,” says the National Hurricane Center in a statement.
  The storm is estimated to have winds at 75 miles per hour, with higher gusts.
  Hurricane Nathan is moving north-northwest at 22 miles per hour. It is 95 miles north-northwest of the we
  
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• New Traffic Study Finds Uptick In Driving-Related Deaths Across US

  07-10-2017 05:40
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — New national data shows a sizable increase in the number of driving-related deaths across the country.
  George Solis breaks down the numbers and where Maryland falls on the list.
  2016 proved to be a deadly year across our nation’s roadways. New data released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration showed more than 37,0000 lives were lost on U.S. roads last year — an increase of 5.6 percent from 2015.
  According to the Maryland Motor Vehicle Ad
  
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• Las Vegas Shooting Brings Up Gun Regulation Conversation For Maryland Lawmakers

  07-10-2017 05:25
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — As investigators reveal key details about the weapons used in the attack, lawmakers are taking action.
  There are already two bills are in the works on Capitol Hill to ban “bump stocks.” They’re a kind of attachment that allowed the Vegas shooter to make his rifle fire at the speed of a machine gun.
  Horrifying video captures the rapid-fire sound of lethal bullets raining down on Las Vegas concertgoers. The investigation has since revealed shooter Stephen
  
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• VA Atty Report Calls Alexandria Baseball Shooting ‘Act Of Terrorism’

  07-10-2017 05:15
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Months after a gunman ambushed members of Congress on a baseball field, a new report called it an “act of terrorism.”
  Ava-joye Burnett has more details on the horrific moments that pushed officers to shoot and kill the suspect.
  A clear morning back in June became a horrifying moment for members of Congress, as a gunman ambushed lawmakers and staff on an Alexandria baseball field and started unloading rounds from his rifle.
  According to the detailed report
  
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• 1 Killed, 6 Others Hurt In Thursday Night Shootings

  07-10-2017 05:09
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A bloody night in Baltimore, as seven people are shot and one person is killed in gunfire throughout the city.
  Homicides are at a record high and non-fatal shootings are in the hundreds.
  “Too much killing each other going on, there’s too much hate for one another,” says a Baltimore City resident.
  Police say just after 9 p.m. Thursday night, police found two 19-year-old men suffering from gunshot wounds at Pennsylvania Avenue and Pitcher Street. Both
  
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• UMD Police Charge Man For Painting Swastika On Campus Property

  07-10-2017 05:00
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A man has been charged for spray-painting a Swastika on a trash cart at the University of Maryland, College Park in September, campus police say.
  University of Maryland Police say 52-year-old Ronald Alford, Sr. from Hyattsville is suspected of spray painting a swastika on a campus trash cart found near Hagerstown Hall on September 27.
  They say Alford was issued a criminal summons for one count of malicious destruction of property and for disturbing school operations.
  He w
  
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• Weather Blog: Nice Weekend Ahead, Rain Coming By Sunday

  07-10-2017 04:50
  Warm temperatures will continue this weekend, and then we look for rain, much-needed rain, to begin by Sunday.
  Our normal high this weekend is only 69 degrees, and we will reach the low to mid-80’s! Rain from a front and the moisture train from tropical storm Nate, will move in on Sunday and end by Monday.
  A general 1 to perhaps 2 or 3 inches of rain is possible across the state, with the highest amounts likely across Western Maryland.
  Since we have a current 30-day dry spell of about 3 in
  
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• City Councilman Holding Survey On Christopher Columbus Statue Removal

  07-10-2017 04:17
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — City Councilman Ryan Dorsey is conducting a survey of residents who live near the vandalized Christopher Columbus monument.
  Our media partner, The Baltimore Sun reports Councilman Dorsey, who represents northeast Baltimore, says the 225-year-old monument to Columbus in Herring Run Park should be replaced with something that better represents “modern day” values.
  In August, a video posted to social media shows a man striking the base of the monument near herrin
  
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• Wounded Congressman Throws Out First Pitch For Playoff Game

  07-10-2017 04:13
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Majority Whip Steve Scalise threw out the ceremonial first pitch before Game 1 of the NL Division Series between the Washington Nationals and Chicago Cubs.
  What a memorable birthday! I threw the first pitch at tonight's @Nationals vs. @Cubs #NLDS game! pic.twitter.com/1F7XrRGwiP
  — Rep. Steve Scalise (@SteveScalise) October 7, 2017The Louisiana Republican made a triumphant return to the House last week — more than three months after he was wounded while p
  
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• Harvey Weinstein On Indefinite Leave’ During Harassment Investigation

  07-10-2017 04:03
  NEW YORK (AP) — Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is on indefinite leave from the company he co-founded while an internal investigation into numerous sexual harassment allegations against him is completed, The Weinstein Co.’s board of directors announced Friday.
  “We strongly endorse Harvey Weinstein’s already announced decision to take an indefinite leave of absence from the Company, commencing today,” the board said in a statement. “As Harvey has said, it is impor
  
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• Md. Family Reeling As Daughter Recovers From Shooting In Vegas Hospital

  07-10-2017 03:59
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —  In the aftermath of the mass-shooting in Las Vegas, a Maryland woman remains in a medically-induced coma and on a ventilator. Her family says she was able to breathe for a little bit on her own and a CAT scan showed positive results.
  In the chaotic moments after the Las Vegas shooting, Anne Arundel County native, Tina Frost’s boyfriend Austin Hughes carried her limp body almost a quarter mile to a pickup truck serving as a makeshift ambulance.
  He had
  
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• Stallion Struck On Assateague Island

  07-10-2017 03:43
  ASSATEAGUE ISLAND, Md. (AP) — A wild stallion has been struck and killed by a car on the Maryland side of Assateague Island.
  The National Park Service said in a statement Friday that the horse was hit on a causeway near a bridge. Park law enforcement officials are investigating and will determine if charges should be filed against the driver.
  The 18-year-old stallion was named Jester. He was often seen around the causeway. More than 30 horses have been killed on seashore roads since 1982.
  
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• Comedian Ralphie May Dead At 45

  07-10-2017 01:58
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Stand up comedian Ralphie May has died at the age of 45.
  According to TMZ, May passed away at a private residence on Friday morning after a six week battle with pneumonia.
  The comedian died of cardiac arrest and according to his rep., someone in the residence discovered his body.
  The comedian performed just Thursday night in Las Vegas and was in Baltimore at Magooby’s Joke House on September 14.
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• New Drug Gives ALS Patients Hope

  07-10-2017 01:48
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Patients with ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, go through what is often known as a death sentence. There is no yet a cure for the disease and for some time, there was only one drug that relieved symptoms.
  There is a new drug called Radicava available that offers some hope. However, it is not an easy one to access.
  Fang and Richard Yang, have been married for over a decade. In 2015, neurologists diagnosed Richard with ALS. Even though the disease is often looked at as a
  
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• Police ID Suspect In Murder Of State Delegate’s Grandson

  07-10-2017 01:32
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore City Police have identified a suspect in the murder of the grandson of Maryland State delegate Talmadge Branch.
  Police say they are looking for 19-year-old Raekwon Thornton. They say he killed 22-year-old Tyrone Ray on Nicholas Avenue on September 4.
  Ray was found with gunshot wounds to his body, but later died at the hospital.
  Branch told our media partner, the Baltimore Sun, that “too many young people are dying, and we must find a way to stop it.&r
  
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• TSA Issues Alert For Man Found Of Suspicious Activity, Posed As Pilot

  07-10-2017 01:25
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — TSA has issued a “Be On the Lookout For” Suspicious Activity after a man was found trying to gain access to restricted areas and aircraft at multiple airports, including in the Maryland and DC area.
  They say Ahmed Olasunkahmi Salau, who also has gone by Ahmed Saluh, Ahmed Salan, and Martinez Davon Wells.
  The TSA says earlier this month, Salau tried to gain access onto airport property to board a charter flight at College Park Airport.  He also report
  
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• BBQ activism without the BBQ? Thieves steal the grill of the Baltimore pitmaster - Baltimore Sun

  07-10-2017 00:20 via baltimoresun.com
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  BBQ activism without the BBQ? Thieves steal the grill of the Baltimore pitmaster
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  Shorty Davis is shown with his barbecue grill, which he pulls around town to provide food for city residents at events and gatherings. The grill was stolen this week. (Handout). Tim PrudenteContact ReporterThe Baltimore Sun. It was never just about the ...
  
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• Maryland Woman Inspires Others In Battle With Multiple Sclerosis

  07-10-2017 00:19
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — It is a disease that affects over 400,000 people in the U.S. and more than 18,000 in the Maryland-D.C. area.
  Multiple Sclerosis attacks the central nervous system and can be debilitating.
  Ron Matz has more on a woman living with M.S. who’s become an inspiration to many.
  Shelley Comittino was diagnosed with MS in 1989, shortly after giving birth to her daughter.
  “Your arm raised up in the air,” says Shelley’s best friend, Jim Breakwell.
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