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• Baltimore Mayor Develops ‘Workgroup’ To Combat Homelessness

  11-10-2017 23:50
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Baltimore City Mayor Catherine Pugh has developed a “workgroup” to help house thousands of homeless people in the area.
  Mayor Pugh’s Workgroup on Homelessness recommends a multi-pronged strategy for permanent housing that includes public and private funding.
  Wednesday, Pugh said the cost of ending homelessness in the City will cost hundreds of millions of dollars but it’s doable.
  In August, many homeless people had set up tents in front of City Hall
  
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• ‘Superior Donuts’ Goes On Tour In Late October

  11-10-2017 23:28
  The cast of the CBS comedy series Superior Donuts—which kicks off its second season on Monday, Oct. 30 at 9:30/8:30c on CBS and CBS All Access—has something fun up their sleeves…The Superior Donuts Comedy Tour!
  WATCH: Preview Season 2 Of Superior Donuts
  Beginning on Thursday, Oct. 26, series star and executive producer Jermaine Fowler will be joined by comedian co-stars David Koechner, Maz Jobrani, and Rell Battle for
  
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• Baltimore officials agree to pay $135K to unarmed man shot by police - Baltimore Sun

  11-10-2017 23:17 via baltimoresun.com
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  Baltimore officials agree to pay $135K to unarmed man shot by police
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  Surveillance video showing Baltimore Police Commander Maj. Byron Conaway stopping his unmarked SUV and confronting John Rau. Rau refused to take his hands out of his pockets at at the 2400 block of Washington and Conaway fired, hitting Rau in the ...
  
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• Police Searching For Teen Girl Missing For Nearly 2 Weeks

  11-10-2017 22:57
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– The Harford County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a teenage girl who has been missing for nearly two weeks.
  Detectives say 16-year-old Myla M. Cooper was last seen on September 28 in the Forest Hill area.
  PLEASE RETWEET | Do you know where Myla Cooper is?Then please call Detective Sergent. pic.twitter.com/dap2a4Z33e
  — Harford Sheriff (@Harford_Sheriff) October 11, 2017Police say Cooper is missing from the 2400 block of Rocks Road.
  She is described as a black
  
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• Second Chance, Inc. Provides Just That For Home Wares… And People

  11-10-2017 22:50
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Everything and everyone deserves a second chance. That’s the philosophy behind a local non-profit.
  Re-train, reclaim and renew. That’s the philosophy at Second Chance, Inc.
  The warehouse on Ridgely Street, and is 250,000 feet of stuff — furniture, lamps, sconces, book cases, art work — much of it taken from homes around the country that are being demolished. The idea is simple. Second Chance reclaims it, you come buy it and find a way to reuse it.
  
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• Ravens LB Mosley Living Up To Standard Set By Ray Lewis

  11-10-2017 22:44
  OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — The man in the middle of the Baltimore Ravens defense is a former first round draft pick who leads the team in tackles and has a knack for creating turnovers.
  Those qualities used to be associated with the great Ray Lewis. These days, they apply to C.J. Mosley.
  Now in his fourth NFL season, the 25-year-old Mosley has already made the Pro Bowl twice. Like Lewis, he’s the centerpiece of a defense that carries a rugged reputation.
  “Growing up, my two favor
  
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• ‘Kid From Highlandtown’ Makes It Big, Back In Baltimore For New Creative Alliance Exhibit

  11-10-2017 22:32
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — He says he’s just a kid from Highlandtown, but his talent has taken him around the world. Ron Matz has more on a young man from East Baltimore who’s become a superstar in the music and fashion industry.
  Aaron LaCrate was just 8 years old when he opened the first skateboard shop in Highlandtown. Soon there was much more.
  “Then I quickly started making t-shirts, mixtapes and had a DJ set-up, so all this stuff was happening at once around the corner he
  
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• Trial Begins To Shed Light On Woman’s Gruesome Burning Death

  11-10-2017 22:23
  BATESVILLE, Miss. (AP) — The night a 19-year-old Mississippi woman was burned to death, she and her killer had sex in her car and he thought he had suffocated her before he torched her vehicle with her inside, a prosecutor said Tuesday in an opening statement, presenting his theory of what led to the gruesome slaying.
  But a defense attorney said Jessica Chambers told firefighters who found her near her burning car that a man named Eric set her on fire — not the person charged with he
  
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• Experts Say U.S. Should Expect A Brutal Winter This Year

  11-10-2017 21:35
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Meteorologists are channeling their inner Game of Thrones characters with their latest predictions for the end of the year. According to their newest forecasts, winter is coming, and it’s going to be a brutal one for several parts of the country.
  Forecasters at AccuWeather say that the Northeast and mid-Atlantic states are in store for a very chilly winter, with January 2018 possibly seeing the coldest temperatures of the season. The worldwide forecasting service al
  
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• At 278, Baltimore has more homicides so far this year than New York and more per-capita than Chicago - Baltimore Sun

  11-10-2017 21:32 via baltimoresun.com
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  At 278, Baltimore has more homicides so far this year than New York and more per-capita than Chicago
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  Baltimore Police on Wednesday announced the deaths of three men shot in two separate incidents on Tuesday and one last month — pushing the city's homicide count to 278 so far this year. Police said that Dandre McLaughlin, shot in the 900 block of N.and more »
  
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• 10 People Arrested In LSU Fraternity Pledge’s Death

  11-10-2017 21:18
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Ten people were arrested Wednesday on hazing charges in the death of a Louisiana State University fraternity pledge after a night of drinking, LSU officials said.
  One of the 10 suspects — Matthew Alexander Naquin, 19, of Boerne, Texas — also faces a negligent homicide charge in the death last month of 18-year-old Maxwell Gruver, a freshman from Roswell, Georgia, LSU said in a statement.
  An autopsy showed Gruver’s blood-alcohol content level at the
  
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• 8 Alleged MS-13 Members Indicted On Violent Gang Conspiracy Charge

  11-10-2017 20:58
  GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — Eight young men have been charged for their alleged roles in a MS-13 gang racketeering conspiracy that operated in Maryland.
  The U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a news release Wednesday that the men were named in a superseding indictment that a federal grand jury returned last month.
  The men, who range in age from 18 through 22, are alleged to be members of MS-13. The indictment says they were members and associates of MS-13 who planned and committed homicides, d
  
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• Nationals And Yankees On The Brink Of Elimination

  11-10-2017 20:55
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– The Washington Nationals will be starting Stephen Strasburg for Game 4 of the NLDS against the Chicago Cubs in what could be the final game of their season.
  Jon Paul Morosi of MLB.com reported Wednesday afternoon that the star pitcher would be taking the mound after conflicting reports emerged following Manager Dusty Baker initially stating on Tuesday that it would be Tanner Roark getting the start.
  According to Morosi, Strasburg was scheduled to meet with the media for th
  
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• Cowboys Fan Sets Himself On Fire After Losing Bet On NFL Game

  11-10-2017 20:35
  CBS Local — A man in Florida is recovering in a hospital after taking a bet with his wife way too far during the Dallas Cowboy’s loss to the Green Bay Packers.
  The Cowboy jersey-wearing fan reportedly set himself on fire after wagering with his wife, who was in a Green Bay jersey, that the losing team’s shirt would have to be set ablaze. What the wife didn’t see coming was that her husband would try to put the flaming jersey back on while it was still on fire.
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• NFL Picks Week 6: Newton, Panthers Move To 5-1

  11-10-2017 20:30
  Ryan Mayer
  The up-and-down season continues in the NFL and it still feels like we don’t quite have a grasp on the teams. For instance, Pittsburgh with a running game that felt like it was starting to emerge, faced a Jaguars team that had given up 256 yards on the ground to the Jets….and they got blown out 30-9.
  Six weeks in, the Jets, Bills and Patriots are 3-2, the Jaguars lead the AFC South with three 2-3 teams behind them, and there are just four teams with 4-1 records or better.
  
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• Teen Detained After Crossing Border Fights To Have Abortion

  11-10-2017 20:19
  HOUSTON (AP) — Advocates for a pregnant 17-year-old girl held in a Texas facility for immigrant children who have crossed the border alone are asking a federal judge to allow her to get an abortion, over the opposition of U.S. and state officials.
  A federal magistrate judge in San Francisco has scheduled a hearing Wednesday on a request filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, which accuses the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services of refusing to let the g
  
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• CBS Sports’ Bill Cowher On Week 6 Eagles-Panthers TNF Matchup, More

  11-10-2017 19:45
  By Matt Citak
  The Eagles (4-1) entered the 2017 season as somewhat of an afterthought in the race for the NFC East title. But five games into the year, Philadelphia finds itself sitting atop the division with a 1 1/2-game lead over the Washington Redskins and two-game lead over the Cowboys. The Eagles have been led by the strong play of second-year quarterback Carson Wentz, who is currently sixth in the NFL in passing yards (1,362) and passing touchdowns (10). The Eagles’ offense has been
  
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• Drexel Professor Put On Leave After Las Vegas Tweets

  11-10-2017 19:37
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Drexel University professor whose tweets suggested a link between white supremacy and the shooting massacre at a Las Vegas country music festival has been put on leave.
  Associate professor George Ciccariello-Maher writes in an op-ed piece published Tuesday by The Washington Post that the Philadelphia university placed him on leave following a series of tweets about the shooting prompted death threats.
  Last week, the political science and global studies professor poste
  
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• Baltimore Murder Count At 278; More Than NY, More Per Capita Than Chicago

  11-10-2017 19:35
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — With the Baltimore Police Department announcing Wednesday the homicides of three more people, the number of murders in the city has reached 278 so far this year.
  Our media partner The Baltimore Sun reports Baltimore is on pace for its deadliest year per capita, and 2017 could also be close to Baltimore’s record homicide total of 353 in 1993.
  Baltimore has more homicides per capita than Chicago. It also has more homicides than New York City so far
  
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• In Historic Change, Boy Scouts To Let Girls In Some Programs

  11-10-2017 19:22
  NEW YORK (AP) — Embracing a historic change, the Boy Scouts of America announced Wednesday plans to admit girls into the Cub Scouts starting next year and to establish a new program for older girls using the same curriculum as the Boy Scouts.
  Under the plan, Cub Scout dens — the smallest unit — will be single-gender, either all-boys or all-girls. The larger Cub Scout packs will have the option to remain single gender or welcome both genders. The program for older girls is expec
  
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• Police Offering Help To Those Being Targeted By Local Gangs

  11-10-2017 18:58
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — With the MS-13 gang being linked to recent violent crimes in the Annapolis area, including the murder of a woman in June, the Annapolis Police Department is offering help to those being targeted by a gang.
  The Annapolis and Arundel County Police Departments are working together to “address the problem of gangs in Annapolis and surrounding area.”
  Anyone who feels they or their family is being targeted by a gang should contact police immediately so they can
  
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• ‘Supervolcano’ Under Yellowstone May Have Planet-Killing Potential

  11-10-2017 18:56
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — With so much talk lately about asteroids and biblical doomsday predictions, scientists are saying that people worried about the end of the world shouldn’t be looking to the sky: they should be looking down at the ground.
  According to reports, a “supervolcano” sleeping underneath Yellowstone National Park has the destructive capability to send the entire planet into a volcanic winter. Even more unnerving, researchers believe that the Yellowstone volcano c
  
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• Maryland AG Urges Supreme Court To Uphold Weapons Ban

  11-10-2017 18:11
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm a decision upholding the constitutionality of the state’s ban on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.
  Frosh argued in court papers filed with the high court Tuesday that the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was correct when it ruled in February that the 2013 Maryland Firearm Safety Act does not violate the Second Amendment’s right to keep and bear arms. He a
  
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• Facebook Users All Over The World Experience Outage

  11-10-2017 18:08
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —Users of the social media giant Facebook are reporting a widespread outage.
  Services such as Down Detector and Outage Report are seeing high numbers of reports. Some users can’t load the site at all, while others are experiencing different issues.
  Facebook is having issues since 11:11 AM ESThttps://t.co/YbrNS7dpo9
  RT if you're also affected #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/b5q3KqwkKs
  — Outage Report (@ReportOutage) October 11, 2017Apparently, the outage is affecti
  
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• Coach No More; Accessory Company Now Wants To Be Called Tapestry

  11-10-2017 17:39
  NEW YORK (AP) — To better incorporate all of the brands it owns, the storied Coach company of New York is changing its name to Tapestry.
  The change for the company that makes the namesake luxury bag, but also owns Stuart Weitzman and Kate Spade & Co., will take place at the end of the month.
  CEO Victor Luis said Wednesday that the company has been working for the past three years to expand beyond the Coach brand and that the name Tapestry, “speaks to creativity, craftsmanship, au
  
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• Thursday Night Football Breakdown: Panthers And Eagles In Battle Of 4-1 Teams

  11-10-2017 17:25
  By Kevin McGuire
  It is much too early to start calling any game in the regular season a possible NFC playoff preview, but when you have two 4-1 division leaders squaring off, it is impossible to ignore the possibility. The Carolina Panthers look to keep their hot streak from the past two weeks rolling against one of the more surprising teams in the early going of the 2017 season, the Philadelphia Eagles.
  Division leaders collide
  The Eagles have a nice early lead in the NFC East just five weeks i
  
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• Crews Find Pipe That Was Causing Sewage Leak In Baltimore Had Been Sawed Off

  11-10-2017 17:19
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — While investigating a sewage leak in the Clipper Mill area, Baltimore Department of Public Works crews discovered that the problem was caused by a 100-year-old sewer main that had been sawed off.
  Crews found the severed 8-inch, cast iron sewer main inside of a storm drain tunnel in the 3500 block of Parkdale Ave.
  DPW crews are not sure when and how the sewer main was sawed off, but believe it was around the time a modern PVC-pipe sewer connection was tied i
  
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• Five Things You Missed: Astros, Dodgers Await Opponents

  11-10-2017 17:15
  By Andrew Kahn
  Two teams have moved to within one step of the World Series, while two more could join them as early as today. Here is what you need to know.
  1. Strasburg Playoff Controversy, Part II
  The Washington Nationals, and not Stephen Strasburg, received the bulk of the criticism when the pitcher was shut down before the 2012 playoffs. He may not be as fortunate this time around. Tuesday’s rain-out in Chicago, which pushed Game 4 to this afternoon, figured to be a boon for the Nation
  
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• NFL May Change Policy That Players ‘Should’ Stand For Anthem

  11-10-2017 17:05
  NFL owners will meet next week to consider changes to a game manual that says players “should” stand during the national anthem, a guideline the league has left to the discretion of players who kneeled in large numbers after criticism from President Donald Trump.
  Commissioner Roger Goodell told club executives Tuesday in a memo obtained by The Associated Press that the anthem issue is dividing the league from its fans. He said the NFL needs “to move past this controversy.&rdquo
  
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• Red Sox Fire Manager Farrell After 2nd Straight ALDS Defeat

  11-10-2017 16:49
  BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox fired manager John Farrell on Wednesday after the team’s second straight loss in the AL Division Series.
  The Red Sox announced the move less than 48 hours after they were eliminated from the playoffs with a 5-4 loss to the Houston Astros. Farrell’s contract had been scheduled to run through the 2018 season.
  Boston won back-to-back American League East titles for the first time in franchise history this season despite losing the bat of retired sl
  
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• Md. Man Charged In Va. Teen’s Murder Wants Incriminating Statements Tossed

  11-10-2017 16:31
  CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) — Lawyers for a man charged with murder in the death of a 13-year-old Virginia girl have asked a judge to throw out incriminating statements he allegedly made to investigators.
  David Eisenhauer, of Columbia, Maryland, is accused of taking Nicole Lovell to a wooded area and stabbing her to death.
  Eisenhauer is scheduled to go on trial Nov. 2. In court documents, his lawyers say his statements should be tossed out because investigators violated his rights.
  His argume
  
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• Stem Cell Therapy Helping NBA Athletes With Joint Inflammation, Irritation

  11-10-2017 16:30
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  “The first thing I think we need to do is be clear what we’re talking about when we’re saying stem cells, because people can get a little crazy when they hear the phrase ‘stem cell.'”
  That’s how Dr. Riley Williams, orthopedic surgeon at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York and Medical Director for both the Brooklyn Nets (NBA) and New York Red Bulls (MLS), begins our phone conversation about the treatment that he has provided to p
  
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• Dietz & Watson’s Hometown Hero: Commander Kim LeBel

  11-10-2017 15:59
  (Sponsored Content) – Kim LeBel originally joined the Navy in 1975 and then went to nursing school. She returned in 1986 and stayed for 30 wonderful years. LeBel calls it, “the most glorious career anybody could ever have.”
  LeBel took a bullet for her country when she was walking the perimiter of Camp Shaheen with Lieutenant Florence Cho, Lieutenant Frank Toner, and Lieutenant Carlos Linda Montez as an Afghan soldier turned his ak37 and fired at them. Cho and Toner did not
  
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• 5 Charged In Death Of Md. Woman Found In Secret Grave

  11-10-2017 15:49
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Five people have been charged in the death of a Maryland woman who was found buried in a secret grave.
  Jenni Rivera Lopez was driven June 24 to a remote spot on or near the grounds of a youth camp on the outskirts of Annapolis. Police said she was beaten to death and buried there. Police found her body on Sept. 20 after an unnamed person provided information about her death.
  Police said the killing was orchestrated by at least five people in varying ways. All five are
  
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• Eminem Looks To ‘Stomp’ Trump With Lyrical Tirade

  11-10-2017 15:23
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  DETROIT (AP) — Eminem has unleashed a lyrical tirade against President Donald Trump, saying he “came to stomp.”
  The rapper took aim at Trump in a 4½-minute freestyle rap video that aired as part of BET’s Hip Hop Awards on Tuesday night. Eminem focused several times on Trump’s ongoing campaign against NFL national anthem protests, rapping: “so we focus on that instead of talking Puerto Rico
  
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• Hotel Questions Revised Timeline Of Las Vegas Massacre

  11-10-2017 14:12
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A day after authorities revised the timeline of events on the night of the Las Vegas mass shooting, the hotel where the gunman was staying is casting doubt on the changes.Police said earlier this week that they believe Stephen Paddock shot a hotel security guard through the door of his high-rise hotel suite six minutes before he unleashed a barrage of bullets into a crowd at a musical performance below. The injured guard ran down a hall using his radio and possibly a
  
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• Twickets Launches Europe-Based Resale Ticket Platform In US

  11-10-2017 13:50
  ATLANTA (AP) — Twickets, a Europe-based face-value ticket platform supported by several popular music artists including Adele and Ed Sheeran, was launched Wednesday in the United States.
  Founder Richard Davies said fans will be able to buy and sell spare tickets at face value or less for concerts and live events at Twickets USA.
  “We’re looking to provide an alternative to genuine fans that want to look out for other fans potentially and not gain a substantial profit,” Dav
  
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• Paltrow and Jolie Accounts May Have Sealed Weinstein’s Fate

  11-10-2017 13:39
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — They waited years to speak, but two of Hollywood’s most powerful women might have helped seal the fate of Harvey Weinstein.
  Both Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie added their first-person accounts of uncomfortable experiences with Weinstein to the ever-growing list of accusations against the movie mogul from women alleging decades of systematic sexual harassment and assault. The accusers have come from everywhere — actresses you’ve heard of, actresses
  
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• Weather Blog: Occasional Rain In The Forecast

  11-10-2017 13:15
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)–  Hi Everyone!
  Gray and damp. Now and through Friday night. Not a ton of rain, but “occasional rain”, or “periods of drizzle” is the wording of the forecast through this time period. It is also going to remain quite warm.
  This morning we averaged 3 to 4 degrees warmer than this time yesterday morning. To be VERY honest the forecast, yesterday, for this morning’s low was for temps to be 10° cooler than Tuesday morning. We never cooled d
  
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• Gubernatorial Candidate Wants Free Public Higher Education

  11-10-2017 12:42
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Maryland Gubernatorial Candidate Ben Jealous says he wants the state to provide public higher education free of charge. That’s according to The Washington Post. 
  The former NAACP president told students and progressive activists on Tuesday night at the University of Maryland that he would help pay for the plan by ending mass incarceration.
  The discussion was held during a virtual town hall hosted by U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders. The Vermont senator endorsed
  
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• Possible Last Meeting For Baltimore’s Criminal Justice Coordinating Council

  11-10-2017 12:28
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore’s Criminal Justice Coordinating Council may be holding their final meeting on Wednesday. That’s according to our media partners at The Baltimore Sun. 
  It’s after Governor Larry Hogan stripped them of its state funding.
  Last month, the Republican governor announced he was taking funding away from the group, arguing members were not taking violent crime seriously. Hogan said he would redirect all of the $219,000 used to fund the panel t
  
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• Possible Return For Sports Betting At Maryland Casinos For 2018 Agenda

  11-10-2017 12:07
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The issue of casino gambling could return to Maryland’s General Assembly in 2018. That’s according to our media partners at The Baltimore Sun. 
  Joe Weinberg, the head of the company that operates Maryland Live Casino & Hotel in Anne Arundel County says he’s “all in” for an effort to legalize sports betting at the state’s casinos.
  Weinberg has urged members of the Joint Committee on Gaming Oversight to take up the issue in 2018.
  
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• Baltimore Co. Public School Board Meets To Discuss Removal Of Jewish Holidays From School Calendar

  11-10-2017 05:45
  TOWSON, Md. (WJZ)– Baltimore County Public Schools are considering whether to remove two Jewish holidays from the school calendar.
  The consideration is stirring up strong opinions from the Jewish community and others who say the calendar should be inclusive for everyone.
  For the last 20 years, Baltimore County Public Schools have closed their doors to observe the Jewish High Holidays, but that may change if the school board votes to remove the first day of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
  
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• Third Baltimore Officer Pleads Guilty In Fraud Case

  11-10-2017 05:40
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A third Baltimore police officer has pleaded guilty in federal court to robbing and illegally detaining residents and billing for overtime hours not worked.
  Former Baltimore Police Detective Jemell Rayam admitted to terrorizing citizens, committing robbery after robbery, and trying to cover it all up.
  The feds say he also falsified overtime reports and even spent a day gambling at a casino, when he was supposed to be on the clock.
  Former Detective Rayam was part of a
  
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• Maryland Teen Publicly Apologizes For Hanging Noose At Middle School

  11-10-2017 05:18
  CROFTON, Md. (WJZ)– The Maryland teen who was convicted for hanging a noose at a middle school has apologized to the public for the first time.
  Connor Prout pleaded guilty to a hate crime after he was caught on surveillance hanging a noose.
  A black leadership group invited Prout to apologize for hanging a noose at Crofton Middle School and he accepted.
  “I did not intend to discriminate against anyone,” Prout said. “I’m not a hateful person, my pa
  
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• Five injured in four separate Baltimore shootings - Baltimore Sun

  11-10-2017 04:55 via baltimoresun.com
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  Five injured in four separate Baltimore shootings
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  Five people were injured in four separate shootings in Baltimore between Tuesday afternoon and evening, police said. Just after noon, police said, officers were called to the 2600 block of Garrison Avenue in the city's Cylburn neighborhood, where they ...
  
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• Baltimore Cop Shoots Large Dog To Break Up Fight With Small Dog

  11-10-2017 04:54
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A Baltimore City police officer shot a dog Tuesday to break up a fight among two large dogs and one smaller dog.
  Shortly before 7 p.m., a BPD K-9 officer was patrolling in the 500 block of Macon Street when he saw two large dogs attacking a smaller dog.
  The officer attempted to pull the dogs apart before he shot one of the larger dogs to stop the attack.
  The dog that was shot was taken to the animal hospital for treatment.
  The smaller dog was taken home by his owner with n
  
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• Baltimore-Based Under Armour Shirt Saves Life Of Las Vegas Shooting Victim

  11-10-2017 04:37
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A doctor credited a Baltimore-based Under Armour shirt with compressing a Minnesota native’s bleeding after he was shot last Sunday in Las Vegas.
  WCCO reports that Philip Aurich was shot in the deadliest mass shooting in recent U.S. history.
  Aurich, who is originally from St. Paul, Minnesota and now lives Vegas, was rushed to the hospital after being shot in the back while attending the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival. Fifty-eight people died that night as well
  
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• Weather Blog: Unseasonable Warmth

  11-10-2017 03:59
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Another very unseasonable warm but less humid day all across the region. Highs were again in the low 80’s but dew points dropped into the 60’s.
  A front and an area of clouds and rain will move our way overnight, and bring more much needed moisture to the state.
  Cooler temperatures will also stick around until the weekend. We will likely get back to the upper 70’s and low 80’s by then.
  Have a nice week!
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• Two Baltimore police officers agree to 'minor disciplinary action' in Freddie Gray case - Los Angeles Times

  11-10-2017 03:36 via latimes.com
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  Two Baltimore police officers agree to 'minor disciplinary action' in Freddie Gray case
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  Two Baltimore police officers have accepted “minor disciplinary action” for their involvement in the 2015 arrest of Freddie Gray rather than argue their cases before departmental trial boards, a police union attorney confirmed Tuesday. The discipline ...
  Baltimore police officers Nero, Miller accept discipline in Freddie Gray caseBaltimore Sun
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