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• Baltimore Leaders, Activist Demand Answers From ICE At City Hall Immigrant Rally

  12-10-2017 23:41
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Following rumors and immigration raids, Baltimore religious leaders are demanding answers. They say city parishioners are living in fear and deserve clarity from Immigration and Customs agents.
  A few dozen people went to rally/march at City Hall Thursday morning and took their message right to Homeland Security’s front doors.
  “There’s a lot of rumors about who’s going to be picked up, when are they going to be picked up. ICE agents following immigra
  
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• New police captain takes the reins at Wilkens Precinct - Baltimore Sun

  12-10-2017 23:30 via baltimoresun.com
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  Capt. Eliot Latchaw, new Wilkens Precinct Commander, talks about how he became interested in a career as a police officer. Libby SolomonContact ReporterCatonsville Times. Capt. Eliot Latchaw is the new commander of the Baltimore County Police ...
  
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• Fantasy Football Week 6 Starts And Sits

  12-10-2017 23:03
  By Matt Citak
  Another week resulted in another slew of injuries. While the New York Giants have disappointed fantasy football owners across the country through the first five weeks of the season, many were left scrambling when wide receivers Odell Beckham Jr., Brandon Marshall, and Sterling Shepard were all lost to injuries, including the first two for the rest of the year.  Other injuries to players such as Charles Clay and DeVante Parker have also left people looking for temporary replace
  
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• Man Tells Police After Car Chase It Was On His Bucket List

  12-10-2017 22:44
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa State Patrol says a man pulled over in Des Moines after a car pursuit told state troopers that he wanted to be chased because it was on his bucket list.
  Des Moines television station KCCI reports that the man refused to halt a little before 7:30 a.m. Thursday when a trooper tried to stop him over a violation on Interstate 80. The 10- to 15-minute chase ended soon after he left the interstate. He was taken into custody.
  That’s when the 46-yea
  
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• Feral Cat Adoptions Up 92% Thanks To Program That Puts Felines To Work

  12-10-2017 22:42
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —A new concept at animal shelters across the nation is helping them get adopted.
  “Inky” is a black cat with green eyes. Not all that long ago, he may have been a permanent resident at the Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter, or BARCS.
  Why? Because he’s feral. Not really suited for house cat life.
  “So we have some cats, like Penelope… who’s friendly but she gets super overstimulated and then wants to bite, swat, hunt,” says BAR
  
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• Maryland School Bus Carrying Students Involved In 3-Vehicle Crash

  12-10-2017 22:30
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– The Anne Arundel County Fire Department confirmed Thursday that a school bus was in a crash involving two other vehicles in Millersville.
  Officials say the accident happened around 3:15 p.m. at the intersection of Crane Highway and Veterans Highway.
  The Fire Department says there were 28 students on the bus and the driver. No one on the bus was injured.
  Of the two other vehicles involved, crews say one person refused treatment at the scene while the 30-year-old in the othe
  
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• Arby’s Launching Venison Sandwich Nationwide

  12-10-2017 22:11
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —Arby’s prides itself on its meat.
  And now, after testing out a venison sandwich in select markets last year, the sandwich is going national this month.
  Arby’s says the venison sandwiches sold out within hours during the trial-run. This time they’ll be available everywhere, but only while supplies last. Arby’s restaurants across the country will start offering it on Oct. 21.
  The sandwich features a “thick-cut venison steak and crispy onions top
  
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• Grand Jury Indicts Boyfriend Of Murdered Howard County Teacher

  12-10-2017 21:47
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A grand jury has indicted Tyler Tessier on a murder charge in the slaying of his pregnant girlfriend, court documents say.
  Laura Wallen, who was four months pregnant when she disappeared, was missing for more than a week before her body was found.Wallen’s sister reported her missing on the evening of Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 4. Wallen did not show up for the first day of school on Sept. 5.
  The 31-year-old lived in Olney and taught at Wilde Lake High School in Howard
  
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• Fourth Baltimore police detective pleads guilty in federal ... - Baltimore Sun

  12-10-2017 21:36 via baltimoresun.com
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• Neville WWE Rumor: Did The Former Cruiserweight Champ Really Quit?

  12-10-2017 21:30
  By Chuck Carroll
  WWE is emphatically denying reports that former Cruiserweight Champion Neville has walked out on the company. Rumors began swirling Tuesday that the English wrestler became frustrated by the creative plan for him on Monday’s RAW and exited the arena before the show went on the air.
  According to The Wrestling Observer, Neville became upset after learning he was scheduled to lose to now former champion Enzo Amore in a Lumberjack Match in that night’s main event. After
  
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• Jailed Mom ‘Devastated’ That Her Son Was Vaccinated While She Was Behind Bars

  12-10-2017 21:25
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Michigan mother who spent five days in jail for refusing to vaccinate her son says she’s outraged and devastated to find out the boy has been fully immunized now.
  Rebecca Bredow of Ferndale was ordered by the Oakland County Circuit Court to vaccinate her 9-year-old son at the request of the boy’s biological father, James Horne. When Bredow did not have the child receive the proper shots as she reportedly agreed to do as part of a November 2016 cour
  
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• Baltimore Children’s Choir Performance Of ‘Rise Up’ Goes Viral

  12-10-2017 21:18
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Baltimore choir’s performance has gone viral with more than 8 million views on social media.
  Last month, choir director Kenyatta Hardison posted a video on Facebook of her students at Cardinal Shehan School singing Andra Day’s song “Rise Up.”
  Hardison and the students say they had no idea the song would affect so many people and it shows how powerful music can be.
  “The children are speaking, the children are giving the message, they’r
  
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• 4th Baltimore Officer Pleads Guilty To Racketeering Charges

  12-10-2017 21:13
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —A fourth Baltimore police officer, 34-year-old Detective Momodu Bondeva Kenton Gondo, plead guilty today in a racketeering conspiracy that six other officers are also charged in.
  Three other officers have already plead guilty to their parts in the crimes.
  Jemell Rayam plead guilty earlier this week for robbing people he detained, billing overtime hours when he wasn’t working, and forging police reports, according to his attorney, Dennis Boyle.
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• Fifty Baltimore Bike Share bicycles to return to streets Sunday ... - Baltimore Sun

  12-10-2017 21:11 via baltimoresun.com
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  About 50 bikes — a quarter of the initial Baltimore Bike Share fleet — will return to the streets Sunday, following a monthlong shutdown sparked by widespread ...
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• 14-Year-Old Charged In Slaying Of Maryland Woman In Virginia

  12-10-2017 21:00
  SALEM, Va. (AP) — A 14-year-old boy has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a Maryland woman whose body was found in a home in Virginia.
  Virginia State Police say the youth was charged as a juvenile Thursday in the death of 76-year-old Ruth Ann Knave of Tall Timbers, Maryland. Knave’s body was found Sept. 17 in a home in Salem, Virginia.
  After Highland County Sheriff’s deputies found Knave’s body, her car was found at the Richmond International
  
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• More Than 6,000 Fentanyl Pills Recovered During Execution Of Search Warrant

  12-10-2017 20:44
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —During the execution of a search warrant Wednesday, the Anne Arundel County Heroin Task Force recovered more than 6,000 Fentanyl pills in a Gambrills home.
  The warrant to search the residence in the 2600 block of Carver Road was issued because of an investigation on drug trafficking, police say.
  The 6,296 Fentanyl pills were apparently disguised as Oxycodone pills, and have a street value of about $62,960.
  Robert Simpson, 23, was arrested in connection to the warrant and n
  
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• Man Charged With Manslaughter After Allegedly Giving Overdose Victim Fentanyl

  12-10-2017 20:33
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A 37-year-old Baltimore man faces manslaughter and drug charges after police say he provided fentanyl to a man who fatally overdosed on the drug early this year.
  In January 2017, officers responded to the 100 block of Homeland Road in Pasadena and found a 27-year-old man dead.
  Over the course of the investigation detectives say they determined that Gabriel DelValle provided fentanyl to the victim, which ultimately caused his death.
  After consulting with the State’s
  
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• College Football Week 7 Games To Watch: Red River Rivalry, Pac-12 Prime Time Showdown

  12-10-2017 20:30
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  The midway point of the college football regular season is upon us. Most teams have played six games, exactly half of their regular season schedule, and the familiar names remain in the top two spots of the rankings in the Alabama Crimson Tide and Clemson Tigers. Those two teams aren’t in our must watch games this week and honestly, won’t be for a little while largely because their schedules don’t offer many high-profile match-ups until later in the season.
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• ‘I’m just slightly disappointed in myself’: ‘Survivor Castoff Patrick: Post Elimination Q&A

  12-10-2017 20:06
  CBS Local – Another episode of ‘Survivor: Heroes v. Healers v. Hustlers’ means another torch has been snuffed. We had the chance to interview the third cast off of the new season, small business owner, Patrick Bolton. Here’s his unique perspective (as told to CBS Local’s Adam Bloom and Samantha Bennet) on being the red head on the island and his initial reaction to being voted off.
  Castoff: Patrick
  AB: It seemed as though in tribal you
  
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• Judge Says He Didn’t Know Father Raped Mother When He Granted Joint Custody

  12-10-2017 20:06
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —A Michigan judge has halted his own order granting joint custody of an 8-year-old boy to the man who raped his then 12-year-old mother. The controversial ruling was revoked after the judge claimed he didn’t know the father in the custody battle was the same man who committed the assault.
  On Sept. 22, Sanilac County Judge Gregory S. Ross ordered that Christopher Mirasolo should have joint custody of the boy after a DNA test revealed him as the father. Nine y
  
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• CBS Sports’ Adam Schein On NFL’s Biggest Storylines In Week 6

  12-10-2017 19:02
  By Matt Citak
  We’re only five games in, and yet the 2017 NFL season has already been full of surprises. The New England Patriots, who some people believed could go 16-0 this year, lost their first game of the season to the Kansas City Chiefs. Once heavy favorites to repeat as Super Bowl Champions, the Patriots are currently tied for first place in the AFC East with both the New York Jets and the Buffalo Bills. Meanwhile, Kansas City heads into Week 6 as the league’s only undefeated t
  
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• CBS Sports’ Adam Schein On NFL’s Biggest Storylines Going Into Week 6

  12-10-2017 19:02
  By Matt Citak
  We’re only five games in, and yet the 2017 NFL season has already been full of surprises. The New England Patriots, who some people believed could go 16-0 this year, lost their first game of the season to the Kansas City Chiefs. Once heavy favorites to repeat as Super Bowl Champions, the Patriots are currently tied for first place in the AFC East with both the New York Jets and the Buffalo Bills. Meanwhile, Kansas City heads into Week 6 as the league’s only undefeated t
  
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• Baltimore Basilica hosting week of continuous prayer for peace, end to violence - Baltimore Sun

  12-10-2017 18:49 via baltimoresun.com
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  The Basilica is open all week for round-the-clock "Eucharistic Adoration" -- praying of the Rosary in honor of the Eucharistic presence of Christ -- in an effort to bring about peace in Baltimore. (Baltimore Sun video). Jonathan M. PittsContact ...
  
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• Police: Suspect Stole Cash, Blank Checks From Lutherville Martial Arts Studio

  12-10-2017 18:44
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore County Police are looking for a suspect responsible for a burglary that took place on September 28 at a Lutherville martial arts studio.The suspect entered the Maryland Martial Arts Studio in the 1800 block of York Road through an adjacent suite that was under construction, police say.The man was captured on surveillance. He is described as a black male, between 20 and 30 years old, with a full beard. He was wearing a baseball cap, a t-shirt and dark pants.
  
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• FDA Advisers Review Gene Therapy To Treat Form Of Blindness

  12-10-2017 18:36
  SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — U.S. health advisers are reviewing a novel treatment for a rare form of inherited blindness, potentially setting the stage for the launch of a groundbreaking new genetic medicine.
  The Food and Drug Administration panel will vote Thursday on whether to recommend approval of Philadelphia-based Spark Therapeutics’ treatment, which aims to improve vision in some patients with hereditary blindness by replacing a defective gene that affects vision.
  The FDA is not
  
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• Speeding vehicles a problem along Bellona Avenue in Towson, residents say - Baltimore Sun

  12-10-2017 18:34 via baltimoresun.com
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  Speeding vehicles a problem along Bellona Avenue in Towson, residents say
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  Traffic moves along Bellona Avenue at Stevenson Lane, in Towson, in July. County officials installed a left turn signal on Bellona Avenue southbound in July after multiple citizen complaints about dangerous traffic at the intersection, but some ...
  
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• CBS Sports Announces 2017-18 College Basketball Coverage Schedule

  12-10-2017 18:30
  Ryan Mayer
  Believe it or not, college basketball season is just under a month away. The chase to cut down the nets at the Final Four in San Antonio begins on November 9th, ending with the national championship game on April 2nd. As the nation gears up for the return of the college game, CBS Sports has announced its plans for coverage of the 2017-18 season, and it’s the company’s most extensive yet.
  Beginning with a Big Ten battle between Indiana and Michigan on Saturday, December 2nd
  
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• Odenton Restaurant Donating All Its Profits Today To Local Las Vegas Victim

  12-10-2017 18:24
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A local restaurant is looking to help a local woman who was injured in last week’s Las Vegas massacre.
  The Hideaway in Odenton announced on Facebook that it will donate all profits made today to the GoFundMe page of 27-year-old Tina Frost.
  Frost is recovering after being shot in the faceat the Route 91 Harvest festival, when Stephen Paddock opened fire on a crowd of thousands from his 32nd story room at the nearby Mandalay Bay hotel.
  The GoFundMe page for Frost has
  
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• Equifax Reportedly Hacked Again, This Time With Fake Pop Ups

  12-10-2017 18:21
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —It’s happened again. According to reports, credit monitoring company Equifax has been the victim of another hack just one month after revealing 143 million Americans may have had their personal information stolen.
  Independent security analyst Randy Abrams claims that the company’s website was compromised for several hours on Oct. 11 and was redirecting customers to a fake Adobe Flash update download. Abrams told tech reporters at Ars Technica that he disco
  
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• Calling It A Beginning, Trump Signs Health Care Order

  12-10-2017 18:10
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Frustrated by health care failures in Congress, President Donald Trump directed his administration Thursday to rewrite some federal insurance rules as a beginning of renewed efforts to undermine “Obamacare,” the program he’s promised to kill.
  “With these actions, we are moving toward lower costs and more options in the health care market,” Trump said before signing his directive in the Oval Office. Trump said he will continue to pressure Cong
  
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• Maya Rockeymoore Cummings Joins Race For Maryland Governor

  12-10-2017 18:08
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Maya Rockeymoore Cummings is jumping into the race for governor.
  The 46-year-old is the wife of Representative Elijah Cummings of Baltimore.
  Rockeymoore Cummings announced her candidacy on Thursday through a web video.
  She says she brings 13 years as a business owner to the race. Rockeymoore Cummings operates the Washington-based public policy consulting company Global Policy Solutions LLC, which employs five people. She has a doctorate in political science and a focu
  
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• Corey Chavous: UCF Is The Team To Watch In The American

  12-10-2017 17:55
  Ryan Mayer
  We’ve hit the midway point of the college football season, and the familiar names of Alabama and Clemson remain atop the rankings. Behind those two teams, however, there has been plenty of drama and movement. Last week saw Oklahoma get upset by Iowa State and Michigan knocked off by rival Michigan State. Georgia continued its dominant play, giving SEC fans hope of potentially putting a pair of teams in the College Football Playoff.
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• 1 Person Dead, SHA Worker Injured In I-695 Collision

  12-10-2017 17:12
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — One person died and one State Highway Administration worker was injured in a two-vehicle collision Wednesday night in Baltimore County.
  The crash was reported at about 9:45 on the inner loop of Interstate 695 just before I-70. Policed arrived to find a silver 2004 Ford Freestar with major damage to the front end, and SHA CHART truck with major damage to the rear.
  The driver of the Ford was the only person in the vehicle, he was transported to Northwest Hospital, where he
  
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• Thursday, October 12, 2017

  12-10-2017 16:27
  People Are Talking about the Disney on Ice Dare To Dream tour at Royal Farms Arena.
  Marty Bass has Coffee With astronaut Terry Virts, who just released his book, “View from Above: An Astronaut Looks at the World.”
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• 30+ Students Stung By Bees Near High School, 3 Hospitalized

  12-10-2017 15:31
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —After about 32 students were stung by bees near Quince Orchard High School in Gaithersburg, three were hospitalized.
  It happened Thursday morning around 8:30 a.m., according to Montgomery County fire officials.
  Spokesman Pete Piringer says there was a bee hive off campus, and all injuries sustained were non-life-threatening.
  Update – Quince Orchard HS, EMS transported 1 person, others evaluated & coordinated by MCPS, bee hive off campus, all injuries NLT pic.twit
  
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• Maryland Among Worst In The Nation in Investigating Nursing Home Complaints On Time

  12-10-2017 15:10
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Maryland is behind most of the nation when it comes to inspecting high-priority nursing home complaints. That’s according to our media partners at The Baltimore Sun. 
  It’s something a federal inspector general has found.
  The state failed to investigate nearly 650 allegations of harm at Maryland nursing homes within a required 10-day window. The federal inspector general for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reported the state missed the fed
  
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• Judge Says Maryland Marijuana Lawsuit Can Go To Trial

  12-10-2017 14:55
  BALTIMORE (AP) — A judge has ruled that a lawsuit that could disrupt Maryland’s fledgling medical marijuana industry can go to trial.
  The Baltimore Sun reports that Circuit Judge Barry Williams ruled Wednesday that a trial should determine whether state regulators acted improperly when they chose certain companies to award lucrative licenses to grow the drug.
  State lawyers had asked the judge to dismiss the case.
  At issue are two of the state’s medical marijuana licen
  
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• Family Held Captive By Taliban-Linked Group Released

  12-10-2017 14:46
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — An American woman, her Canadian husband and their three young children have been released after years held captive by a network with ties to the Taliban, U.S. and Pakistani officials said Thursday.
  U.S. officials say Pakistan secured the release of Caitlan Coleman of Stewartstown, Pennsylvania, and her husband, Canadian Joshua Boyle, who were abducted five years ago while traveling in Afghanistan and had been held by the Haqqani network in Pakistan.
  Coleman was pregnant wh
  
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• Hatchet-Throwing Venue With A Bar Heads To Highlandtown

  12-10-2017 14:20
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — It’s an activity some would find dangerous, while others say it’s something America would love. And it’s coming to Baltimore.
  A Philadelphia-based company is planning to open its third ax-throwing facility in a Highlandtown warehouse next year. That’s according to our media partners at The Baltimore Sun. 
  It’s called Urban Axes and it will be opening at be at 1 N. Haven St. The facility will also have a bar serving beer and wine.
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• UMBC and Johns Hopkins Look to Extend Viability of Organs For Transplant

  12-10-2017 13:44
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Experts from the University of Maryland, Baltimore and Johns Hopkins University are looking to extend the time that it takes for the heart, lungs, and liver to deteriorate outside the body during a transplant. That’s according to our media partners at The Baltimore Sun.
  The effort could transform the science of transplantation.
  Usually, organs last as little as two hours and as long as 36 hours once they are removed from the body. The researchers’ approac
  
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• Weather Blog: A Clowdy Start While Temperatures Are Down

  12-10-2017 13:17
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — 
  Hi Everyone!
  You tend to forget how sunny, and warm, it’s been until you get a day like yesterday where in the middle of the afternoon you need to turn lights on in the homestead. It was dusky, inside, at 3 PM. HUH? Gonna be the same look today and tomorrow before a sunny weekend will get our attention.
  A pretty big Easterly flow is keeping low clouds, and a damp feel around us. Temps are down…but to, only, seasonal. THAT is how warm it has been.
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• Mitchell Trubisky's first road start can't come at worse place than Baltimore - ESPN (blog)

  12-10-2017 13:11 via espn.com
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  OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- Chicago Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky will make his first NFL road start in Baltimore on Sunday. Ravens history says it will be a troublesome one for the No. 2 overall pick in this year's draft. The Ravens have lost only once ...
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• House Set To Pass $36.5B For Hurricane, Wildfire Relief

  12-10-2017 12:50
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is on track to backing President Donald Trump’s request for billions more in disaster aid, $16 billion to pay flood insurance claims and emergency funding to help the cash-strapped government of Puerto Rico stay afloat.
  Thursday’s hurricane aid package totals $36.5 billion and sticks close to a White House request, ignoring — for now — huge demands from the powerful Florida and Texas delegations, who together pressed for some $40 billion
  
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• Maya Rockeymoore Cummings To Join Race For Maryland Governor

  12-10-2017 12:38
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Maya Rockeymoore Cummings is jumping into the race for governor. That’s according to our media partners at The Baltimore Sun.  
  The 46-year-old is the wife of Representative Elijah Cummings of Baltimore.
  Rockeymoore Cummings  is expected to announce her candidacy on Thursday through a web video.
  She says she brings 13 years as a business owner to the race. Rockeymoore Cummings operates the Washington-based public policy consulting company Global P
  
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• Maya Rockeymoore Cummings joins Democratic race for Maryland ... - Baltimore Sun

  12-10-2017 06:02 via baltimoresun.com
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• Puerto Rico Advocates Rally For Federal Funding In Wake Of Hurricane Maria

  12-10-2017 05:29
  WASHINGTON (WJZ)– It’s been nearly three weeks since Hurricane Maria battered Puerto Rico, which is still struggling to recover.
  Those at a rally in D.C. Wednesday say what’s happening in Puerto Rico is devastating and the federal government should do more.
  “This is really not yesterday’s news. This is happening now,” one man at the rally said.
  The crowd of volunteers and politicians want Congress to permanently remove the shipping law, known as the
  
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• Michael Phelps Opens Up About Anxiety In New Doc ‘Angst’

  12-10-2017 05:05
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Baltimore native Michael Phelps speaks out once again about mental health, and his target audience this time around are children who are struggling with anxiety.
  The pressure seems more intense now than it’s ever been.
  His record in the water is untouched. The greatest of all time with 28 Olympic medals.
  But Phelps has fought and conquered another challenge: depression.
  “Then finally I got to a point where it was my tipping point, I just blew up,” Phelps
  
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• Weather Blog: Cooler, Damp Conditions

  12-10-2017 04:06
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Cooler and damp conditions return to the region, as our winds turn to the east and bring that Atlantic air our way.
  Some rain overnight, and some drizzle the next two days will be the rule. Our temperatures will also stay near normal, at least during the afternoon for the next two days.
  By the weekend we will dry out and quickly warm up! We may reach close to 80 on Saturday and in the low 80’s on Sunday! A warm day for football!
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• Maryland College Offers Reward For Help With Recent Hate Bias Incidents

  12-10-2017 03:45
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– The University of Maryland: College Park announced in a release Wednesday that they are offering a reward for information leading to the identification of the individual(s) responsible for recent hate bias incidents on the school’s campus.
  RELATED: UMD Police Charge Man For Painting Swastika On Campus Property
  The following three incidents occurred within the last few weeks:
  On September 28,  around 10 a.m., campus police responded to the Ellicott Dining Ha
  
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• 2 Arrested For Assaulting Staff At Edmondson-Westside High School

  12-10-2017 03:06
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Two suspects were arrested Wednesday for allegedly assaulting staff members inside of Edmondson-Westside High School earlier in the week.
  School officials said that a group of eight students and adults entered the school after dismissal Monday and assaulted two staff members.
  Officials said that one of the students involved was also involved in a fight earlier that Monday inside the school.
  The two individuals arrested have not been identified and the charges aren’t
  
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