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• Longtime Raven Matt Stover Hosting Cornhole Tournament To Benefit Philanthropy Organizations

  23-10-2017 23:27
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Two time Super Bowl champ and Ring of Honor Inductee Matt Stover has been helping athletes and public figures run their charities since retiring from the NFL in 2011.
  After 13 seasons with the Baltimore Ravens, Stover is now getting local celebrities together for a tough corn hole competition.
  Stover runs the Player Philanthropy Fund, a charity that helps athletes and entertainers create their own organizations for giving back.
  “Their dollars are stretched further an
  
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• Civil Rights Groups Ask Charges To Be Dropped Against Pregnant, Muslim MICA Teacher Removed From SW Flight

  23-10-2017 22:35
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Thirty-one civil rights groups have signed and released a coalition letter Monday morning asking charges to be dropped against a pregnant, Maryland Muslim professor who was removed from a Southwest Airlines flight last month.
  The statement, which was sent to Southwest Airlines and the Maryland Transportation Authority Police, ask that all criminal charges be dropped against Anila Daulatzai, who’s a professor at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA).
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• Dogs Test Positive For Drugs In Iditarod Race For 1st Time

  23-10-2017 22:34
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — For the first time in the history of the world’s most famous sled dog race, several of the high-performance animals have tested positive for a prohibited drug. But race officials have refused to name the musher involved.
  Several dogs tested positive for the opioid pain reliever Tramadol, the governing board of the nearly 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race said in a statement. The team was tested six hours after finishing the nearly 1,000-mile race in Nom
  
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• VIDEO: Deaf Baby Emotional Hearing Mom’s Voice For First Time

  23-10-2017 22:27
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —A baby born without the ability to hear finally heard her mother’s voice for the first time. The emotional moment between mother and child was shared on social media and has quickly captured the hearts of millions of people around the world.
  Two-month-old Charly Keane was reportedly born with congenital hearing loss and her parents did not know if she would ever hear in her life.“The reason we found out is because Virginia has a great early screening progr
  
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• Gov. Hogan Sends National Guard To US Virgin Islands

  23-10-2017 22:06
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Gov. Larry Hogan is sending 100 soldiers from the Maryland National Guard to the U.S. Virgin Islands.
  Hogan said Monday they will help with ongoing recovery efforts from Hurricane Irma at the request of Gov. Kenneth Mapp, who is governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
  Members of the 200th Military Police Company from Catonsville will be deployed for up to 30 days to help with local law enforcement and to guard infrastructure.
  Hogan also has authorized members of the 729t
  
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• Police: Howard County’s 2017 Overdose Tally Surpasses 2016’s Total

  23-10-2017 22:04
  BALTIMORE (WJZ/AP) — This past weekend, three opioid overdoses that Howard County police responded to pushed the total tally for the year above 2016’s total.
  One of the three was fatal, authorities say.
  In 2016, Howard County police say they responded to 133 non-fatal opioid overdoses and 29 opioid overdose deaths.So far in 2017, there have already been 138 non-fatal opioid overdoses and 43 opioid overdose deaths, though a small number of the cases are still classified as “susp
  
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• Bank Robbery In Baltimore County Leads To Crash, Arrest In The City

  23-10-2017 21:47
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Baltimore County police have arrested two suspects in the City after allegedly robbing a bank in the County Monday morning.
  Officers say just before noon, they responded to a bank robbery at a Sun Trust Bank located in the 8700 block of Belair Road. Police saw the suspect’s truck on Belair Road and attempted to stop the truck.
  The truck refused to pull over and continued to flee south on Belair Road. Once in the City, the truck crashed into another car on Belair Road
  
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• LOOK: Patient Sweats Blood, Diagnosed With Rare Condition

  23-10-2017 21:19
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —A young woman in Italy has been diagnosed with a rare condition that causes her to sweat out her own blood. The bizarre symptoms have plagued the woman for the last three years and regularly leave her hands and face in a gory state.
  According to the CBC, the terrifying case was reported to the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) by dermatologists in Italy who studied the 21-year-old’s bleeding episodes. “I can say with clarity that I’ve never
  
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• Keidel: New York Giants Are Just Plain Bad

  23-10-2017 21:13
  By Jason Keidel
  The area around the Meadowlands have a certain, native smell. It’s a cocktail of swamp and smoke and the shards of industry. But if you drove by yesterday afternoon, the area was particularly pungent around MetLife Stadium, where the Giants were a kind host to the Seattle Seahawks.
  It was a strange, 24-7 affair that was competitive in the first half, until the Seahawks (4-2) finally realized the Giants (1-6) had no talent on offense and salted the game away late. At one poi
  
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• Need A Hug? Study Says Soothing Touch Eases Pain Of Rejection

  23-10-2017 20:42
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Can a hug cure the negative effects associated with being rejected on social media? Researchers say the power of touch can not only heal physical wounds but mend a person’s hurt feelings too.
  Psychologists at University College London have released a study that describes how the body’s skin and hair plays a role in being buffered against social rejection. “Sometimes a touch can speak a thousand words,” researcher Katerina Fotopoulou said.
  
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• Off-duty Baltimore officer fatally shoots burglar in his city home ... - Baltimore Sun

  23-10-2017 20:25 via baltimoresun.com
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  An off-duty Baltimore police officer shot a suspect inside his Northeast Baltimore home Monday morning, police said.
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• Police: Suspect Shot, Killed While Trying To Rob Off-Duty Officer’s Home

  23-10-2017 20:18
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —A man has died after police say he tried to burglarize an off-duty Baltimore police officer’s home and was shot by the officer.
  It happened in the 4400 block of Furley Avenue in northeast Baltimore this morning.
  According to Captain Jarron Jackson, 911 dispatch got a call from the officer around 11:30 a.m., reporting that he had been involved in a shooting inside his home.
  Investigators say the suspect was trying to commit a burglary, and entered the house while the
  
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• Governor Hogan Signs Order To Block Boycotts Of Israel

  23-10-2017 20:00
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has signed an executive order banning the state from doing business with companies that support boycotts of Israel.
  Hogan signed the executive order Monday.
  The Republican governor says requests for future bids on state contracts will include language certifying that a company has not engaged in a boycott of Israel. Hogan also says he is asking the state pension system to divest itself of companies who have participated in the movement known
  
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• Police: Fight On Bus Turns Into Assault On Officer, 6 Teens Arrested

  23-10-2017 19:53
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —Six teenagers between the ages of 13 and 16 have been arrested after a fight on an MTA bus ended with a Baltimore police officer being assaulted, authorities say.
  It all started near the intersection of Charles Street and North Avenue, according to police, when one of the teens got into an altercation with an adult female on the bus and the others started assaulting the woman.
  The bus driver allegedly kicked the teens off the bus, and they tried to force their way back on.
  
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• AACo. Police Ask For Help Locating Missing Teen

  23-10-2017 19:19
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Anne Arundel County Police are asking for the public’s help with locating a missing teen, Rebecca Karlowitz.
  The 16-year-old girl is described as 5-foot-1 and 140 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair.Karlowitz was last seen on October 20 around 10:40 p.m. in the 7000 block of Chesnut Brook Court in Curtis Bay. Police believe she may possibly be in the Parkville/Towson area.
  If you have any information on Rebecca’s whereabouts, please contact the Missing Perso
  
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• Radee Prince To Be Tried In Delaware Before Being Brought Back To Maryland

  23-10-2017 18:30
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —Radee Prince, the man charged with shooting and killing three of his coworkers last week in an Edgewood granite business, will be tried in Delaware before being brought back to Maryland.
  Prince, 37, was apprehended in Delaware after an hours-long manhunt on Oct. 18. But he faces more serious charges, including first and second degree murder, in Maryland.
  He also faces assault and firearms charges, the Harford County Sheriff’s Office says.
  This is a developing story.
  
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• Harford Co. Senator To Introduce Legislation To Reinstate Death Penalty In Md.

  23-10-2017 18:20
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —A state senator from the county where three granite business employees were shot and killed last week, allegedly by a coworker, wants to reinstate the death penalty in Maryland.
  Senator Robert G. Cassilly, of Harford County, wants lethal injection to be a possible punishment for certain crimes — including the murder of two or more people as part of a single incident, serial murders, murders of law enforcement officials, the murder of a witness to certain kinds of cri
  
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• SEC Football Report: LSU Winning Streak Continues, Tide Roll Tennessee

  23-10-2017 18:12
  Ryan Mayer
  This is the CBS Local SEC Football Report. Every week, this space will recap the results and top performances from the Southeastern Conference and look ahead to key match-ups the following week.
  LSU Keeps on Winning
  It was just three weeks ago that the Tigers were coming off a loss to Troy that had folks around the program grumbling about whether or not Ed Orgeron was the right fit for the program. Since then, LSU won a hard-fought 17-16 game on the road against Florida, roared back f
  
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• Couple Orders Storage Bins On Amazon, Finds 65 Lbs Of Marijuana Inside

  23-10-2017 18:04
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Florida couple got much more than they bargained for, or ordered, when their package from Amazon arrived with 65 pounds of marijuana smuggled inside.
  The shipment of drugs was reportedly delivered to the couple’s Orlando home this summer after they had ordered four large storage bins through the online shopping giant.“They were extremely heavy, heavier than you would think from ordering four empty bins,” one of the residents said, via the Palm Beach Po
  
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• Police: Bus Driver Was Speeding Before Route 29 Crash That Injured 5

  23-10-2017 17:56
  ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (WJZ)— Police say the driver of a school bus who lost control of the vehicle and tipped it on Route 29 this morning is at fault for the crash.
  Authorities say 50-year-old Tyra India Wilcox was speeding when she pulled onto northbound U.S. 29 from westbound Route 100 just before 7 a.m. and flipped on the bus on its side. The bus was then hit by a car.
  Wilcox has been issued a citation for negligent driving.
  Two 15-year-old Mt. Hebron High School students on the bus w
  
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• Baltimore County Hunter Fined For Shooting Robo-Deer Decoy

  23-10-2017 17:41
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —A man has been fined hundreds of dollars after Maryland Department of Natural Resources Police say he shot one of their robo-deer decoys.
  On the evening of Oct. 7, officers say they spotted 45-year-old Thomas Ervin Minton of Sparrows Point patrolling the field where the robotic decoy had been placed.He fired a crossbow at the faux deer and sped away when officers tried to stop him, according to authorities.
  As officers searched the area, Minton allegedly approached one of
  
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• Perryville Teenager Charged With Possession, Distribution Of Child Porn

  23-10-2017 17:28
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —A 19-year-old from Perryville has been charged with five counts of possession of child pornography and two counts of distribution of child pornography.
  Earlier this year, a member of the Maryland State Police Computer Crimes Unit was conducting an on-line investigation involving the distribution and possession of child pornography after receiving multiple tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.The tips revealed child pornography was being uploaded
  
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• It’s Not Just Md.: New Flight Paths Lead To Noise Complaints Across U.S.

  23-10-2017 16:16
  PHOENIX (AP) — Airliners began flying over Twila Lake’s bungalow-style house in a historic district three years ago, taking off every one to two minutes from the Phoenix airport and roaring over her neighborhood. It was a sudden change after rarely hearing jets in her previous 13 years in the downtown neighborhood.
  Now, “it’s all day and night long,” complained the 71-year-old retiree, who said she sleeps with the television on to drown out aircraft noise. Some neig
  
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• Vinny’s Boombox

  23-10-2017 15:49
  Tune into Bob and Vinny this week to play Vinny’s Boombox, sponsored by Greenspring Rug Care, visit them at www.Greenspringrugcare.com.
  
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• Time Bomb Window Nation

  23-10-2017 15:46
  Tune into Bob & Vinny everyday this week to play Time Bomb sponsored by Window Nation.
  
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• On Twitter, Trump Defends Call To Fallen Soldier’s Widow

  23-10-2017 15:42
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is defending his call to a fallen soldier’s widow, saying he was “respectful” and did not forget the slain soldier’s name. The widow says Trump’s tone in the phone call angered her and that the president “couldn’t remember my husband’s name.”
  Monday’s exchange was the latest in an ongoing dispute over how Trump responded to news that four service members were killed in the African nation of
  
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• Inventor Creates Pill Bottle To Battle Opioid Crisis

  23-10-2017 15:00
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Virginia inventor has created a hi-tech pill bottle he hopes will be a game-changer in the nation’s current opioid crisis. Joseph Hamilton says his invention will prevent patients from abusing their prescriptions and send information to police if the bottles are broken into.
  The Amherst, Virginia man says he was personally affected by opioid epidemic after he lost his girlfriend to a fatal overdose of prescription drugs. “I told her one day I said,
  
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• Baltimore City Council To Have Hearing On Reviving “Dollar House” Program

  23-10-2017 14:38
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore City Council members are expected to hold a hearing this week in the hopes of reviving the city’s “Dollar House Program.” That’s according to our media partners at The Baltimore Sun. 
  The program is a way to revitalize some of the city’s struggling neighborhoods. In the 1980s, city official sold houses for one dollar and helped finance rehabilitation of the properties through low-interest loans if homeowners agreed to live
  
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• U.S. 29 In Howard County Closed After School Bus Crash, 5 People Injured

  23-10-2017 14:18
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A school bus crash in Howard County has closed all lanes of U.S. 29 Monday morning. That’s according to our media partners at The Baltimore Sun.
  The crash happened just north of MD 100 on the northbound travel lanes.
  Howard County emergency officials say at least five people suffered minor injuries.
  Motorists are being urged to seek other routes.
   
  
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• Weather Blog: Cooler Temperatures On The Way For This Week

  23-10-2017 13:52
  Hi Everyone!
  Here is a Fall foliage report. Last Thursday we drove down to Charlottesville, VA., for a wedding. Right down Route 15, to Route 29 to C-Ville. Right through the Shenandoah Valley, and just to the East of the Skyline Drive.
  In other words I had a big view all the way. And not one speck of Fall’s colors. Not one.
  Coming back Saturday late afternoon we took Route 17 up through horse country, Louden County VA., and exactly the same. No Fall colors.
  Clearly this will change. And t
  
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• Maryland and 16 Other States Call On Congress To Abandon Concealed Carry Gun Legislation

  23-10-2017 13:23
  NEW YORK (AP) — Democratic attorneys general from 17 states are calling on Congress to abandon legislation backed by the National Rifle Association that would allow concealed-carry gun permits issued in one state to be valid in all states.
  The top prosecutors from states including New York, Pennsylvania, Iowa and California sent a letter to congressional leaders in both parties on Sunday warning that federal reciprocity proposals being debated on Capitol Hill “will lead to the death
  
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• Maryland, 16 Other States Call On Congress To Abandon Concealed Carry Gun Legislation

  23-10-2017 13:23
  NEW YORK (AP) — Democratic attorneys general from 17 states are calling on Congress to abandon legislation backed by the National Rifle Association that would allow concealed-carry gun permits issued in one state to be valid in all states.
  The top prosecutors from states including New York, Pennsylvania, Iowa and California sent a letter to congressional leaders in both parties on Sunday warning that federal reciprocity proposals being debated on Capitol Hill “will lead to the death
  
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• Senate Presses Ahead On $36.5B Disaster Relief Package

  23-10-2017 12:58
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is pushing ahead on a $36.5 billion hurricane relief package that would give Puerto Rico a much-needed infusion of cash.
  The measure also would replenish rapidly dwindling emergency disaster accounts and provide $16 billion to permit the financially troubled federal flood insurance program to pay an influx of Harvey-related claims. But it rejects requests from the powerful Texas and Florida congressional delegations for additional money to rebuild after hurrica
  
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• 38 Accuse Writer/Director James Toback Of Sexual Harassment

  23-10-2017 12:39
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Writer and director James Toback, who received an Oscar nomination for writing “Bugsy,” has been accused of sexual harassment by 38 women in a report published Sunday in The Los Angeles Times.
  In the report, many of the women allege that Toback approached them on the streets of New York City and promised stardom. His meetings would often end with sexual questions and Toback masturbating in front of them or simulating sexual intercourse with them, ac
  
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• Maryland And 18 Other States To Ask Judge To Keep Health Subsidies Cut By Trump

  23-10-2017 12:32
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The top lawyers for 19 states will urge a federal judge Monday to force President Donald Trump’s administration to pay health care subsidies he abruptly cut off earlier this month.
  State attorneys general, led by California Democrat Xavier Becerra, argue the monthly payments are required under former President Barack Obama’s health care law, and cutting them off will harm consumers.
  Trump’s Health and Human Services Department announced earlier this m
  
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• Justin Timberlake Invited Back to Super Bowl Halftime Show

  23-10-2017 12:17
  ASSOCIATED PRESS — Justin Timberlake has finally been invited back to the Super Bowl halftime show, 14 years after the “wardrobe malfunction” with Janet Jackson caused a national controversy.
  The NFL announced Sunday night that Timberlake will headline the Super Bowl halftime show Feb. 4 in Minnesota.
  This will be Timberlake’s third Super Bowl halftime performance, the most for any entertainer. Timberlake performed at the 2001 Super Bowl with N’Sync, and he san
  
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• DE, MD Officials Working To Develop Prosecution Against Edgewood Office Shooter

  23-10-2017 06:18
  BALTIMORE (WJZ/AP) — Officials are still working out the timeline for how they’ll prosecute a man who they shot six people last week in Maryland and Delaware.
  The News Journal of Wilmington reported Friday that Radee L. Prince remains in custody in Delaware.
  A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Oct. 31 to review charges alleging he shot and wounded a man Wednesday at a Wilmington used car lot.
  Meanwhile, Maryland authorities are awaiting word about when Prince will be extradi
  
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• Student Continues Advocacy For Frederick Co. Schools Trans Student Protections

  23-10-2017 05:30
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A transgender teen joins a lawsuit protecting the rights of students in Frederick County public schools.
  Frederick County Public Schools are getting help in their fight to protect the rights of transgender students, from one of the students who could be impacted by a federal lawsuit.
  Back in June, the Frederick County School board gave the green light on new policies protecting transgendered students.
  Among the changes, transgender students are allowed to use the bathroom
  
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• Warmer Fall Months Leading To Increase In Stink Bug Population

  23-10-2017 05:21
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Scientists are reporting a record number of  stink bugs in the U.S.
  Tracey Leong explains what this means now that the seasons are changing.
  Well after feasting all spring and summer on plants and fruit, stink bugs are getting ready to hibernate making their way into your home for the winter.
  These invasive bugs are swarming across the U.S., becoming an annoying pest whose population is booming.
  “Literally trillions and billions of stinkbugs nationwide,&rd
  
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• School Rape Case Quietly Ends With Dropped Child Porn Charge

  23-10-2017 04:17
  ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — The prosecution of two Hispanic teens who entered the country illegally and were later charged with raping a 14-year-old girl has ended.
  The Washington Post reported Saturday that Maryland prosecutors dropped child pornography charges against Henry Sanchez Milian. He no longer faces any counts filed after the girl said she was raped at Rockville High School.
  Prosecutors initially charged Sanchez Milian and a 17-year-old boy with rape, drawing national attention to th
  
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• McDaniel Unveils New ‘Green Terror’ Mascot

  23-10-2017 02:43
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — McDaniel College in Westminster has unveiled their update to their mascot, the Green Terror.
  RELATED: McDaniel To Celebrate 150th Anniversary With Unveiling Of New Mascot At Homecoming Game
  The change was made in honor of the college’s 150th Anniversary and unveiled this weekend at their Homecoming game against Muhlenberg College.
  The Green Terror went from looking like this:To This:The college says that with the mascot costume clearly in need of replaceme
  
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• Dramatic Sentencing Hearing Expected In Bergdahl Case

  23-10-2017 02:11
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The fate of Bowe Bergdahl — the Army sergeant who pleaded guilty to endangering his comrades by leaving his post in 2009 in Afghanistan — now rests in the hands of a judge.
  A sentencing hearing for Bergdahl starts Monday at Fort Bragg and is expected to feature dramatic testimony about soldiers and a Navy SEAL badly hurt while they searched for the missing Bergdahl, who was held captive for five years by Taliban allies after leaving his post. Bergdahl faces
  
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• Md. Fails To Get Fed. Funding For Untested Rape Kits

  23-10-2017 01:57
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — There area reportedly 3,700 untested kits across the state, according to a state audit of police departments last year.
  For the third year in a row, despite an application from one police department, no agency in the state will take part in a federal funding program to process untested rape kits, according to our media partner, The Baltimore Sun.
  Baltimore County Police did apply all three years but their application was denied.
  The Sun reports the department applied
  
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• 69-Year-Old Woman Dies In Early Morning Fire

  23-10-2017 01:00
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– The Baltimore City Fire Department confirmed that a 69-year-old woman died from injuries sustained from an early morning fire Sunday.Fire officials say the incident occurred at 2:30 a.m. in the 4400 block of Clydesdale Avenue.
  Photo/ Baltimore Fire Dept.
  When crews arrived to the the scene, they witnessed smoke coming from the home.
  Firefighters then found the elderly woman on the second floor not breathing.
  After performing CPR, medics rushed the woman to the hospital, wh
  
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• Unforgiving Wildfires Affect Vineyard Workers And Owners

  23-10-2017 00:32
  SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — When the wildfires ignited, vineyard workers stopped picking grapes and fled for their lives. Some vineyard owners decided to stay and fight back, spending days digging firebreaks and sleeping among their vines for safety.
  As the danger drew closer, grape pickers spread word of the threat and helped neighbors pack their homes. The owner of an elite golf resort abandoned his home to try to save his golf course.
  The deadliest and most destructive wildfires in California
  
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