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• Edgewood Granite Company Reopens After Fatal Shooting

  26-10-2017 22:57
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Advanced Granite Solutions has reopened since the fatal mass shooting occurred last Wednesday in Edgewood.
  The company closed its doors after Radee Prince, 37, allegedly shot five coworkers, killing three.
  Prince was later captured in Delaware after reportedly shooting someone there after the Edgewood shooting.
  Advanced Granite Solutions released the following statement on it’s website Thursday:
  “Advanced Granite Solutions (AGS) has been serving Maryland, Penns
  
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• 1 Dead, 10 Injured In Crash Between Adult Daycare Bus, Sedan

  26-10-2017 21:56
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A crash involving an adult daycare bus and a sedan on Dulaney Valley Road Thursday morning killed one woman and injured 10 other people.
  The two collided around 9:12 a.m. near the intersection with Ridgely Road.
  Nine passengers were on the bus, one person was in the car.
  The woman who died was a bus passenger, and has been identified as 88-year-old Guixian Shen.
  Crash investigators continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the collision.
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• Five Things You Missed: Kershaw Dominates, Many World Series Records Smashed

  26-10-2017 21:16
  Ryan Mayer
  The long journey that is the Major League Baseball season has landed us with a Fall Classic that features teams with two of the best records in baseball. It seemed sure to provide some classic moments. Little did we know that those moments would come fast and furious in the first two games of the series.
  Clayton Kershaw Joins Elite Dodgers Company
  The Dodgers ace has been the best pitcher in baseball for most of his career, at least during the regular season. But he seemed to carry wi
  
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• Hunter Takes Down Freak-Of-Nature, 36-Point Deer With Crossbow

  26-10-2017 21:14
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —A Mississippi man’s four-year quest to hunt down a rare six-point buck ended with the startling discovery that the deer was even more unique than the hunter believed.
  According to reports, Stan Ethredge of Philadelphia, Mississippi had first spotted the animal as a six-point buck over four years earlier and believed the deer’s antlers would probably stay that size. “He dropped his antlers and grew six points again. After the second year he was a 6-po
  
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• Trump: Time To Liberate Us From Opioid Epidemic

  26-10-2017 21:09
  By Dan Merica, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump declared a nationwide health emergency to combat the opioid crisis Thursday at a White House event, rather than issuing a national disaster declaration.
  Both are forms of national emergency declarations, but the primary difference is the scope and funding for each order.
  “This epidemic is a national health emergency,” he said. “Nobody has seen anything like what is going on now.”
  He added: “As Americans, we can
  
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• Baltimore Police ID Man Killed While Allegedly Trying To Rob Officer’s Home

  26-10-2017 20:52
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore Police have identified the man who they say was shot and killed by an off-duty officer when he tried to rob the officer’s home Monday as 20-year-old Darius Miller, Jr.
  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 Furley Avenue home.
  Investigators say the suspect was trying to commit a burglary, and entered the house while the officer was asleep.
  
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• Baltimore lacked authority to take down Confederate statues, and ... - Baltimore Sun

  26-10-2017 20:45 via baltimoresun.com
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  The Maryland Historical Trust has concluded that Baltimore officials didn't have the legal authority to remove three monuments to the Confederacy and, while ...
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• Md. Historical Trust: Baltimore Officials Didn’t Have Authority To Remove Monuments

  26-10-2017 20:32
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —Baltimore officials did not have the right to hastily remove statues that commemorated Confederate figures in August, according to a Maryland Historical Trust letterobtained by The Baltimore Sun.
  A letter written by trust director Elizabeth Hughes, dated Oct. 20, says the trustees said that the trust “will not concede” that it “lacks the authority … to compel restoration” of the statues, and that “the Trustees believe that the best way
  
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• Baltimore police identify alleged burglar fatally shot by off-duty police officer - Baltimore Sun

  26-10-2017 20:05 via baltimoresun.com
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  Baltimore police identify alleged burglar fatally shot by off-duty police officer
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  A Baltimore off-duty police officer was awakened by an armed intruder who he struggled with and took his weapon shooting the burglar. (Baltimore Sun video). Kevin RectorContact ReporterThe Baltimore Sun. Baltimore police on Thursday identified the ...and more »
  
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• Baltimore police identify alleged burglar fatally shot by off-duty ... - Baltimore Sun

  26-10-2017 20:05 via baltimoresun.com
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  Baltimore police on Thursday identified the armed burglary suspect fatally shot by an off-duty police officer in the officer's home on Monday as 20-year-old Darius ...and more »
  
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• Federal Jury Convicts Baltimore Man Of Fed Hill Carjacking, Crashing NSA Gate

  26-10-2017 19:31
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A federal jury has convicted a 43-year-old Baltimore of conspiracy, carjacking, and destruction of government property, after he rammed a stolen car into a security gate at the National Security Agency in Ft. Meade two years ago.
  On Oct. 7, 2015, Dante Small drove a stolen Acura to Arundel Mills Mall. When police tried to approach him, he took off, leading them on a high speed chase.
  Eventually, he crashed his car into a security gate at the NSA.
  He then fled and hid in a
  
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• Horseshoe Casino Bringing In Another Celebrity Chef, Giada de Laurentiis

  26-10-2017 18:44
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Horseshoe Casino is bringing another celebrity chef restaurant into its ranks, The Baltimore Sun reports.
  Food Network personality Giada de Laurentiis is preparing to open a restaurant there, the casino confirmed to The Sun Thursday.
  De Laurentiis’ restaurant will replace the Johnny Sanchez taqueria.
  de Laurentiis first mentioned opening a Baltimore restaurant in a July Facebook Live video. She took questions from viewers while making lemon ricotta cookies when
  
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• Brian Jones: This Could Be The Week Fromm Gets Tested

  26-10-2017 18:34
  Ryan Mayer
  The Florida-Georgia rivalry is known by one of the more enjoyable monikers in sports: “The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party.” Each year, Gators and ‘Dawgs fans descend upon Jacksonville, Florida (the midway point between the two campuses) for a football game with a carnival feel. This year’s edition of the rivalry features an undefeated Georgia squad that comes in ranked #3 in the country. The Bulldogs will be looking for their first win in three ye
  
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• Video Shows Moment Car Plowed Into Upper Marlboro Restaurant

  26-10-2017 18:20
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —Several people were injured at an Upper Marlboro restaurant Tuesday afternoon when a car plowed into the building.
  Surveillance video from inside the restaurant (watch above) shows the scary moment when it happened, just as about 30 people were sitting down to eat lunch.
  It was around 1 p.m. when officers were called to the scene, Babes Boys Tavern in the 15900 block of Marlboro Pike.
  According to Prince George’s County Police Department, 10 people were hospitalized.
  
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• Baltimore developer War Horse Cities buys marinas, helipad, waterfront businesses - Baltimore Sun

  26-10-2017 17:13 via baltimoresun.com
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  Baltimore developer War Horse Cities buys marinas, helipad, waterfront businesses
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  A Baltimore developer involved in the new Anthem House in Locust Point and the Sagamore Pendry Hotel in Fells Point has acquired a portfolio of properties from Baltimore Marine Centers, including three marinas, a helipad and several waterfront ...and more »
  
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• College Football Week 9 Games To Watch: Four Top Games In One Time Slot

  26-10-2017 17:00
  Ryan Mayer
  Hope you have a favorite local watering hole or a living room with multiple screens because the schedule makers for Week 9 of college football have gifted us a mid-afternoon (early afternoon for those of you on the West Coast) window chock full of big name teams and rivalry games. I’m not going to waste a ton of time trying to sell you on why this week’s schedule is the start of when things get fun. Instead, let’s just dive into these match-ups and get pumped for Sat
  
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• Fisher-Price Recalls Infant Motion Seats Due to Fire Hazard

  26-10-2017 16:52
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Fisher-Price is recalling 63,000 infant seats in the U.S. because they pose a fire hazard, and another 2,000 in Canada.
  They are the “soothing motions” and “smart connect smoothing motions” seats.
  The company says it’s received 36 reports of the product overheating and is offering customers a full refund.
  Fisher Price is urging parents to stop using the seats immediately.
  “This recall involves Fisher-Price Soothing Motions Seats with mo
  
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• Baltimore police identify homicide victims, including man who died from 1990 shooting injuries - Baltimore Sun

  26-10-2017 16:49 via baltimoresun.com
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  Baltimore police identify homicide victims, including man who died from 1990 shooting injuries
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  Baltimore Police on Thursday identified four homicide victims, including two who were shot Tuesday, one who was shot two weeks ago and a fourth who was shot in 1990 and lived as a quadriplegic for nearly three decades before his death in August.and more »
  
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• Kellogg Redoing Corn Pops Boxes After Concern About Art

  26-10-2017 16:46
  BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) — Kellogg is redoing its Corn Pops cereal boxes after a complaint that the art on the back is racially insensitive.
  The box shows cartoon Corn Pops hanging out in a retail mall. Author Saladin Ahmed complained on Twitter that the cereal box is “teaching kids racism” because the only brown Corn Pop depicted is working as a janitor scrubbing the floor.
  Within hours of Ahmed’s tweet Tuesday, the Battle Creek, Michigan-based maker of cereals and Pop T
  
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• 11 Injured In Crash Between Adult Daycare Bus, Sedan

  26-10-2017 16:18
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police say 11 people have non-life-threatening injuries after an adult daycare bus and a sedan collided near the intersection of Dulaney Valley Road and Ridgely Road in Lutherville.
  This is a developing story.
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• Federal jury convicts Baltimore man of carjacking Federal Hill car, crashing NSA gate - Baltimore Sun

  26-10-2017 16:11 via baltimoresun.com
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  Federal jury convicts Baltimore man of carjacking Federal Hill car, crashing NSA gate
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  Dontae Small, 43, of Baltimore, faces up to 30 years in prison for the chase that occurred in 2015 that prompted the brief closure of the NSA's Fort Meade facility. (Courtesy Baltimore Police). Jessica AndersonContact ReporterThe Baltimore Sun. Federal ...and more »
  
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• Federal jury convicts Baltimore man of carjacking Federal Hill car ... - Baltimore Sun

  26-10-2017 16:11 via baltimoresun.com
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  Federal jurors convicted a man who carjacked a vehicle in Federal Hill, led police on a high speed chase in Anne Arundel County before crashing into a security ...and more »
  
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• Family Upset After Animal Shelter Amputates Their Cat’s Leg

  26-10-2017 16:11
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia family is upset after an animal rescue shelter amputated their cat’s crooked leg.
  Kim Schmidt says Stinky the cat was born with the malformed rear leg.
  The cat escaped from their home over the weekend and ended up at ACCT Philly, a rescue shelter.
  Employee Ame Dorminy says the shelter takes in about 15,000 cats annually and the staff there made a decision that the cat could be adopted out more readily if its bad leg was amputated. Dorminy says the s
  
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• Benefit To Be Held For Edgewood Shooting Victim

  26-10-2017 15:32
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — There is a way you can help a victim who is recovering after being shot in the Edgewood workplace massacre.
  There will be a benefit on November 14th, for Enoc “Ed” Sosa. Sosa was shot in the head last week by a co-worker on October 18.
  It’s called Beef & Beer for Ed Sosa & Family. There will be a Chinese auction, door prizes, and more. It will be held in Perryville at the Minker Banquet Hall from 1 to 4 p.m..
  Tickets are 40 dollars per perso
  
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• Maryland Regulators Approve Higher Health Insurance Rates

  26-10-2017 14:47
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland regulators approved higher health insurance premiums on Wednesday for individual silver plans bought through the state’s health care exchange.
  The Maryland Insurance Administration approved the increases that are expected to affect roughly 96,000 people who buy silver plans through the state’s health insurance exchange. Regulators acted in response to President Donald Trump’s decision to halt payments to insurers under the Obama-era health care l
  
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• New Ransomware Attack Is Spreading Around The World, Including In The U.S.

  26-10-2017 13:59
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Be careful when you’re on your computer today. A new ransomware attack has been detected around the world, including here in the U.S..
  The virus is called “bad rabbit” and it poses as an Adobe Flash update. When it’s clicked on, it locks down the computer. Then a screen pops up which tells the user their files are “no longer accessible” and “no one will be able to recover them without our decryption service.”
  It directs
  
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• Weather Blog: Another Sunny Day, But Rain Is On The Way

  26-10-2017 13:49
  Hi Everyone!
  Not a bad day on tap. Very much the same type day as yesterday. Clouds, and sun, at times a lot of sun, and coolish. Normal is 64°. Yesterday, and today 60° as a high. Still looking for a bit of a warm up, then a big slug of rain heads our way. Yesterday we had discussed this rain coming in on Sunday, but this morning new guidance suggest that the “event” will begin on Saturday night and last through Sunday night.
  This is actually some tropical moisture, now in t
  
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• Hogan To Make Announcement On Blighted Properties

  26-10-2017 13:35
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Gov. Larry Hogan is scheduled to make an announcement about an initiative aimed at reducing blight in Baltimore.
  The governor is making the announcement in Baltimore Thursday morning.
  Earlier this month, the administration announced that more than 1,000 blighted, vacant properties have been removed in a partnership with the city.
  Under the partnership, more than 1,154 units have been demolished and 32 have been stabilized for a total of 1,186 units.
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• Springer’s HR In 11th Gives Astros 7-6 Win, Ties Series 1-1

  26-10-2017 12:14
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — George Springer screamed with joy as he circled the bases after hitting a two-run homer in the 11th inning.
  Would it be enough? Was this the final plot twist on one of the wildest nights in postseason history?
  Yes, it was — barely — and the Houston Astros won a World Series game for the first time in their 56 seasons.
  Charlie Culberson hit a two-out homer in the bottom half off Chris Devenski, who then struck out Yasiel Puig in a tense, nine-pi
  
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• Bird Strike Forces Emergency Landing In Carroll County

  26-10-2017 12:01
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A small plane was forced to land after a bird strike Wednesday night.
  The incident happened just after 9 p.m..
  According to our media partners at The Baltimore Sun, the plane was carrying three passengers from Roanoke, Virginia to New Jersey when the bird was sucked into the plane’s motor, causing smoke to get into the cockpit.
  The small aircraft was forced to land at Carroll County Regional Airport.
  Firefighters were able to clean the feathers out of the plane and
  
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• New Bus Route For MTA Between Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and Tradepoint Atlantic

  26-10-2017 11:07
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A new bus route will start next year between Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and Tradepoint Atlantic. That’s according to our media partners at The Baltimore Sun. 
  The route will be started by the Maryland Transit Service in February.
  It will be part of the LocalLink63 line between the Tradepoint campus in Sparrows Point and the hospital in East Baltimore through the Peninsula Expressway, Dunmanway and Dundalk Avenue.
  These buses will run every eight
  
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• Trump Coy On What’s Coming Out On JFK Assassination

  26-10-2017 09:54
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is playing it coy on what people will see from long-secret JFK assassination-era files.
  He’s been caught between students of the killing who want every scrap of information out on that crucible of history and intelligence agencies that are said to be counseling restraint. How that plays out should be known Thursday, the day set in law 25 years ago for the disclosure of remaining hidden documents on Kennedy’s killing on Nov. 22, 1963. Onl
  
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• A Look Inside 1st Guinness Brewery In U.S. Since 1950s

  26-10-2017 05:20
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Beer isn’t the only thing brewing at the new home of Guinness in Baltimore County.
  On Wednesday, WJZ got a look at Guinness’s first U.S. brewing operation since the 50s.
  Ain’t the beer cold! That was sort of the theme of the day as WJZ got a taste of the Guinness test taproom that’s meant to hold patrons over before the new plant opens up in Baltimore County.
  But this is about much more than beer. The economic impact is expected to be huge.
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• Driver Crashes Into House While Trying To Avoid Gunfire

  26-10-2017 04:13
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A driver crashed into a Baltimore home Wednesday afternoon while trying to avoid gunfire, which ended up hitting one of the people inside the car.
  Police were called to the 2800 block of Rosalind Ave., just after 3:15 p.m., for a report of a shooting.
  Responding officers found a vehicle that had jumped the curb and hit a house. There were two people inside the vehicle, and one had a graze wound to the head.
  The victim told police that while driving in the 4800 b
  
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• Police Seek Help Finding Elderly Woman Missing Since Sunday

  26-10-2017 04:00
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore County Police Department is asking for the public’s help to find an 86-year-old woman who has been missing since Sunday.
  Helen Maxine Augustus was last seen at 6 p.m. on Sunday, in the area of Ashbridge Dr. in Essex
  Police say Augustus may be suffering from a cognitive disorder.
  Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call police at (410) 307-2020.
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• Ken Weinman Rants On The Roller Coaster Season Of The Baltimore Ravens

  26-10-2017 02:40
  Ken Weinman shares his thoughts on the Ravens after the team lost to the Minnesota Vikings 24-16 on Sunday and even gives a name for the ride the Ravens are currently on thus far in the 2017 season.
  
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• Students From 2 Unlikely Majors Teaming Up For Life-Changing Project

  26-10-2017 02:14
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Dealing with a terminally ill patient is one of the hardest things a nurse has to do. Now, a new program at Stevenson University teaches students how to handle the tough scenario.
  This unique project allows nursing and acting students to perfect their skills.
  It’s a scene that plays out in hospitals and hospice centers every day. A terminally ill patient dies.
  The nurses have to give the families the sad news.
  But this isn’t a medical setting. It’s a cla
  
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• New Numbers Show Maryland Has High Rate Of Domestic Violence

  26-10-2017 01:23
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The crimes often happen behind closed doors, but new numbers show Maryland is one of the worst states for domestic violence.
  Marylanders are pushing back against domestic abuse during this “Domestic Violence Awareness Month,” as new numbers show our state has one of the highest rates of relationship violence.
  Domestic violence can happen in any city and at any time, but here in Maryland, the number of brutal crimes against partners are staggering.
  The crimes a
  
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• Wife Of Edgewood Workplace Shooting Victim Gives Update On His Recovery

  26-10-2017 00:26
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The wife of a survivor of the Edgewood workplace massacre says her husband is showing encouraging signs of recovery just a week after a co-worker shot him in the head.
  Radee Prince is accused of killing three people at Advanced Granite Solutions in Harford County, and is awaiting trial on murder and attempted murder charges.
  Amy Sosa says her husband has been moving his limbs and he’s about to get his breathing tube out, and she can sense that he wants to go home.
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