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• ‘It Scares The Hell Out Of Me’; Another Person Attacked By Group Of Teens In Baltimore

  01-11-2017 23:58
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Another brazen assault, and another mother left in awe. It’s a story that is only being shared with WJZ.
  “These attacks, these assaults, someone is going to get killed,” said Kia Martin, whose daughter was attacked at the Inner Harbor on Halloween.
  For the third time in just days, a group of teens strike yet again at the Inner Harbor.
  This time, Kia Martin’s daughter is one of the victims.
  “The group of teens surrounded my daughter and h
  
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• Fresh Start Program Gives At-Risk City Youth Shot At Graduation, Employment

  01-11-2017 23:54
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A program designed to take at-risk Baltimore teens and teach them academic skills to obtain a high school diploma of GED is yielding positive results.
  The Fresh Start program takes teens who have run-in’s with the law and teaches them academic skills to graduate high school. About two dozen students can join at a time.
  High school graduate Kevin Brown, 17, was determined to never go back to the Baltimore Juvenile Justice Center after being released last year.
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• Baltimore Announces Campaign To Eliminate Pests Linked To Health Problems

  01-11-2017 23:46
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– The Baltimore City mayor announced a campaign Wednesday that is intended to eliminate pests such as rats, mice and roaches in the City.
  Mayor Catherine Pugh announced the launch of Campaign Heal, which plans to safely eliminate pests in the City that causes serious health concerns for families in public housing.
  “Its aim is to get rid of rats, mice, roaches and other pests,” said Mayor Pugh.
  “We at the health department, through our community asthma progr
  
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• Three people taken to hospital after Baltimore County house fire - Baltimore Sun

  01-11-2017 23:37 via baltimoresun.com
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  Three people taken to hospital after Baltimore County house fire
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  Two people and one firefighter were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries after a house fire Wednesday in Pikesville, fire officials said. The Baltimore County Fire Department responded to reports of a fire just after 5 p.m., said ...
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• One Person Seriously Injured In Baltimore Co. House Fire

  01-11-2017 22:56
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — One person was taken to a local hospital in serious condition after a Wednesday afternoon house fire in Baltimore County.
  The Baltimore County Police Department reports crews were called to the 6600 block of Dallton Dr. in Pikesville.
  Responding units saw flames and smoke showing from the home.
  Fire units were able to get the flames under control, but one person was taken to a hospital in serious condition.
  #BCoFD units o/s of a dwelling fire #pikesville 6600 blk Dal
  
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• CSX decides not to seek expansion of Howard Street Tunnel - Baltimore Sun

  01-11-2017 22:50 via baltimoresun.com
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  CSX decides not to seek expansion of Howard Street Tunnel
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  CSX Transportation withdrew its support for a long-awaited expansion of the aging Howard Street Tunnel under downtown, causing state officials to cancel a request for $155 million in federal money for a project they hoped would be a boon for the port ...
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• CSX Drops Out Of Howard Street Tunnel Project

  01-11-2017 22:47
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Maryland will not be submitting an INFRA grant application for the Howard County Street Tunnel Project after CSX let it be known they were dropping out of the project.
  Maryland Secretary of Transportation Pete K. Rahn made the announcement Wednesday, and says CSX told the Maryland Department of Transportation it was a “business decision.”
  In a letter to U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao, Rahn said CSX’s decision wa
  
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• Prosecutors Say Attacker Was ‘Consumed By Hate’

  01-11-2017 22:31
  NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a man who drove a truck down a bike path near the World Trade Center and killed eight people was “consumed by hate and a twisted ideology.”
  Uzbek immigrant Sayfullo Saipov was charged Wednesday with providing material support to the Islamic State terrorist group and violence and destruction of motor vehicles. His attorneys haven’t responded to calls seeking comment.
  Prosecutors say he was stopped a “brave” police officer
  
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• FBI Seeking 2nd Person Wanted For Questioning In NYC Terror Attack

  01-11-2017 22:31
  BALTIMORE (AP/WJZ) — The FBI is searching for a second person wanted for questioning in connection with the New York City terror attack, in which eight people were killed when a man drove onto a bike lane.
  The FBI is seeking information about Mukhammadzoir Kadirov in relation to Tuesday’s attack.
  Suspect Sayfullo Saipov was charged Wednesday in a criminal complaint that accused him of killing eight people near the World Trade Center.
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• Flooding May Become Everyday Occurrence In Low Sea Level Areas Of Md.

  01-11-2017 22:05
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ)– Maryland is prone to substantial flooding at the end of the century due to predictions that the sea level will rise six to eight feet.
  In 2003, Hurricane Isabel flooded the lowest parts of Annapolis, but every year the same areas flood dozens of times without storms, as tides are pushed higher by rising sea levels. It could eventually happen everyday.
  “Sea level rise predictions for the end of the century are really quite high,” said Adam Markham of the Un
  
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• Notre Dame University Hosts Festival For Empowering Young Woman

  01-11-2017 21:52
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Nearly 300 girls from 33 area high schools converged on Notre Dame University to be inspired to become their very best selves.
  Girl power was the theme at Wednesday’s WOW (Women of the World) school day, the high school version of the April festival dedicated to empowering women.
  Teachers, counselors, and female students came by the bus load from schools all over, for a day of seminars, lectures, and performances.
  The girls came with real-life goals.
  “I’
  
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• Baltimore Officer Says It’s Dangerous To Seatbelt Prisoners

  01-11-2017 21:52
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore officer that arrested a black man who later suffered fatal injuries in a police van testified at the van driver’s disciplinary hearing Wednesday that he still considers it dangerous to put a seatbelt on an uncooperative prisoner in the confines of a police van, even though current police policy now requires it.
  Until a few days before Freddie Gray’s 2015 arrest, the department’s policy had allowed for police discretion for safety reasons whe
  
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• Maglev High Speed Train Gets New Support From Unions

  01-11-2017 21:35
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Billed as the world’s fastest train, on Wednesday, leaders behind the eagerly anticipated Maglev high speed train got new support in their plans to make the train a reality.
  The Maryland portion of the project is expected to create 74,000 jobs, and we learned members of the North America’s Building Trade Unions will play a big role in construction.
  Inside a place that celebrate’s America’s rail past, leaders moved forward in the next steps on
  
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• Encourage police officers to call Baltimore home - Baltimore Sun

  01-11-2017 21:14 via baltimoresun.com
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  Encourage police officers to call Baltimore home
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  Baltimore plans to offer $2,500 a year property tax discount for police and firefighters. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun video). At a time when Baltimore is struggling to mend the fraught relationship between its police and the communities they ...and more »
  
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• Lanes Back Open On Severn River Bridge Following Afternoon Wreck

  01-11-2017 20:41
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A wreck had closed down eastbound lanes going across the Severn River Bridge for a time Wednesday afternoon, but all lanes have been reopened.
  Chopper 13 was above the scene just after 3:15 p.m., and reports the accident involved one motorcycle, two cars, and a tour bus with students on board.
  Several students reportedly had minor injuries, along with two adults.
  The eastbound lanes going across the Severn River Bridge were closed as authorities clear the scene, but
  
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• Baltimore City - CBS Baltimore / WJZ

  01-11-2017 20:29 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
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  'It Scares The Hell Out Of Me'; Another Person Attacked By Group Of Teens In BaltimoreAnother brazen assault, and another mother left in awe. It's a story that is only being shared with WJZ. Baltimore Announces Campaign To Eliminate Pests Linked To ...and more »
  
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• Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco a full participant at Wednesday's practice - Baltimore Sun

  01-11-2017 20:28 via baltimoresun.com
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  Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco a full participant at Wednesday's practice
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  Ravens coach John Harbaugh said Monday that Joe Flacco had exhibited “zero” symptoms stemming from the concussion he suffered in Thursday's win over the Miami Dolphins, and the quarterback proved him right by participating fully in Wednesday ...
  Joe Flacco set to play vs. Titans after last week's concussionESPN
  Ravens QB Joe Flacco fully cleared from NFL's concussion protocolBal
  
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• Police: Mom Tied Son To Minivan’s Roof To Hold Down Plastic Pool

  01-11-2017 20:27
  SAUKVILLE, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin woman is facing charges after her 9-year-old son was tied to the roof of their minivan to help hold down a plastic pool.
  Prosecutors allege 28-year-old Amber Schmunk had her son hold down the molded pool they’d just purchased because it wouldn’t fit inside the van. WISN-TV reports a witness called police after seeing the incident on Sept. 9 in Saukville, about 20 miles north of Milwaukee.
  Police documents allege Schmunk told an offic
  
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• House committee releases Russian-linked ad depicting Freddie Gray - Baltimore Sun (blog)

  01-11-2017 20:24 via baltimoresun.com
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  House committee releases Russian-linked ad depicting Freddie Gray
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  A Facebook ad paid for in rubles was targeted at Maryland and other states months after the Baltimore riots of 2015. ((John Fritze, Baltimore Sun)). John FritzeContact ReporterThe Baltimore Sun. A Russian-linked Facebook ad that ran in Maryland in the ...and more »
  
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• Psychiatrist: Bergdahl Mental Disorder Factored In Desertion

  01-11-2017 19:59
  FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s difficult childhood and washout from Coast Guard boot camp stoked serious psychiatric disorders that helped spur him to walk off his remote post in Afghanistan in 2009, a psychiatrist testified Wednesday.
  Dr. Charles Morgan, called as a defense witness at Bergdahl’s sentencing hearing, said the soldier was already suffering from a schizophrenia-like disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder when he disappeared in Afghanistan.
  
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• Carson's Baltimore visit is confusing - Baltimore Sun

  01-11-2017 19:48 via baltimoresun.com
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  Carson's Baltimore visit is confusing
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  Dr. Ben Carson, secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, visits Baltimore Friday for tour of an addiction recovery facility as part of President Trump's efforts to combat the opioid epidemic. (Algerina Perna / Baltimore Sun video).and more »
  
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• Police: Teens Stole Candy From Trick-Or-Treaters, Assaulted People With Bats

  01-11-2017 19:35
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police say groups of teens terrorized trick-or-treaters and used bats and boards to attack people in Baltimore on Halloween night.
  The Baltimore Police Department got several reports of teens robbing people of their Halloween candy, and police say teens in Federal Hill used a bat and board to assault people.
  Recently, there have been several reports of people being randomly attacked by groups of teens at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.
  In Homewood, a large group of j
  
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• Maglev project gains support of Building Trades Unions, Legislative Black Caucus - Baltimore Sun

  01-11-2017 19:13 via baltimoresun.com
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  Maglev project gains support of Building Trades Unions, Legislative Black Caucus
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  Sean McGarvey, President of North America's Building Trade Unions along with Jeff Hirschberg, Vice Chairman, Baltimore-Washington Rapid Rail announced job training for building the infrastructure and maintaining the world's fastest train.
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• Missing Howard Co. Man Found Dead; No Foul Play Suspected

  01-11-2017 19:12
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police say a missing Howard County man has been found dead in Anne Arundel County.
  Michael Dooley was reported missing after last being seen on October 27.
  On Wednesday, he was found dead in a wooded area in Annapolis.
  There were no signs of foul play, according to police.
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• Week 9 NFL Picks: Saints & Panthers Start To Separate In NFC South

  01-11-2017 19:00
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  Now things are starting to click. The past two weeks, we’ve gone 23-4 straight up and 15-12-1 against the spread. As teams are starting to show who they really are this season, the picks have started to make more sense each week.  The trade deadline was the most active that we’ve seen in a long time and several playoff hopefuls seemed to get stronger.
  We’ll see how those moves work out in the long run, but for now, let’s get straight into the picks and try
  
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• Report: TripAdvisor Removed Assault, Rape Claims By Mexico Resort Visitors

  01-11-2017 18:25
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The investigation into an alleged rape of an American tourist at a Mexican resort in 2010 has uncovered shocking practices by one of the largest hotel review websites around.
  According to an investigative report by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, review website TripAdvisor is being accused of removing numerous comments by tourists who claim they were drugged, assaulted, robbed, or even raped at high-end resorts in Mexico. The report says the website has removed
  
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• City rests case in administrative trial of Baltimore Police Officer Caesar Goodson Jr. - Baltimore Sun

  01-11-2017 18:15 via baltimoresun.com
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  City rests case in administrative trial of Baltimore Police Officer Caesar Goodson Jr.
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  Officer Caesar Goodson enters the University of Baltimore Learning Commons at the start of his administrative trial. (Kevin Richardson / Baltimore Sun). Kevin RectorContact ReporterThe Baltimore Sun. Attorneys for Baltimore rested their case Wednesday ...
  Baltimore officer says it's dangerous to seatbelt prisonersFox News
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• Trump Calls New York City Attacker An ‘Animal’

  01-11-2017 17:58
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump is calling the suspect in the New York City truck attack an “animal.”
  Trump says he will ask Congress to “immediately” begin work to terminate the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program, which he says was used by the alleged attacker to enter the United States. Officials have not yet said that was the case.
  Trump says “we will take all necessary steps to protect our people.”
  Speaking before a Cabinet meeting at the White
  
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• Breckenridge: I found my voice, but Baltimore is losing one - Baltimore City Paper

  01-11-2017 17:51 via citypaper.com
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  Breckenridge: I found my voice, but Baltimore is losing one
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  “Do you have a favorite writer on the staff?” Rebekah Kirkman, the City Paper visual arts editor and intern coordinator, asked on the other end of the phone as I paced nervously around my living room. Truth is, I hadn't read the paper enough to know.and more »
  
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• Police Search For Missing 13-Year-Old

  01-11-2017 17:11
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police are seeking help from the public to find a missing 13-year-old boy.
  Cameron Kells was last seen at 6:15 p.m. on Halloween, in the 1600 block of Cypress St.
  He was wearing a burgundy hoodie, black jogger pants, and black boots.
  Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Cameron Kells is asked to call Baltimore PD’s Missing Person Unit at (443) 984-7384 or call 911.
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• Taco Bell Giving Out Free Tacos Today After World Series Stolen Base

  01-11-2017 17:03
  CBS Local — What’s better than a taco? How about a free taco?
  Fast food chain Taco Bell is offering its customers a free Doritos Locos taco for a short time today starting at 2 p.m. local time. The restaurant chain is giving every American a chance to “steal” a taco as part of their annual promotion during the World Series.
  Taco Bell has been pledging “all of America” would get a free taco if a player on either team steals a base during the fall clas
  
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• Baltimore launches new program to eliminate rats in public housing - Baltimore Sun

  01-11-2017 17:01 via baltimoresun.com
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  Baltimore launches new program to eliminate rats in public housing
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  Housing workers are performing pest control operations outside and inside units at Douglass Homes in an effort to eliminate rats, mice, and roaches at the housing complex. (Lloyd Fox, Baltimore Sun video). Ian Duncan and Yvonne WengerContact ...and more »
  
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• States Crack Down On Fake Service Animals

  01-11-2017 17:00
  By Brianna Owczarzak & Rachel McCrary
  Flint, Michigan (WNEM) — You see a dog enter a restaurant with a vest that says “service dog.”
  How do you, or the restaurant, know if the dog is actually a trained service dog?
  It’s a problem that has prompted more than a dozen states to crack down on people trying to pass off their pet as a service animal.
  “They make me angry, they really do,” said Colleen Belanger.
  Belanger has a service dog and she is upset people a
  
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• 1 In 10 Grooms Now Take Their Wife’s Name, Study Says

  01-11-2017 17:00
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A British study has found that more grooms in today’s society are taking their new wife’s surname than in past generations.
  The survey, carried out by the London Mint Office, says one in 10 men choose to take the last name of their bride. According to The Telegraph, 72 percent of married couples said they had adopted the husband’s last name. That number is down from the 97 percent of couples over 55 years old, who likely married a generation ago. Th
  
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• Argentine School Mourns 5 Alumni Killed In Bike Path Attack

  01-11-2017 16:55
  ROSARIO, Argentina (AP) — Argentina on Wednesday mourned five victims of the bike path attack near the World Trade Center who were part of a group of friends celebrating the 30th anniversary of their high school graduation with a trip to New York City.
  The victims were among eight friends celebrating marking their 1987 graduation from the Polytechnic School of Rosario, Argentina, with a U.S. trip to New York and Boston, near where one of their classmates lives.
  In Rosario, a minute of sile
  
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• Trump Nominates Justice Official As Maryland’s U.S. Attorney

  01-11-2017 16:47
  BALTIMORE (AP) — President Donald Trump has nominated a Justice Department official as Maryland’s new U.S. attorney.
  Robert Hur is among seven U.S. attorney nominations the White House announced Wednesday.
  Hur is currently principal associate deputy attorney general and a top aide to U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, whom Hur would replace as Maryland’s federal prosecutor.
  A White House statement says Hur was formerly a partner with King & Spalding in Washington,
  
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• State To Work With Baltimore On Transportation Funding

  01-11-2017 16:31
  BALTIMORE (AP) — State officials say they will work with Baltimore officials on the city’s transportation priorities despite the city’s failure to submit a letter asking for funding for capital projects.
  A spokeswoman for the Baltimore Department of Transportation blamed the failure to submit this year’s funding priority letter on a staff transition.
  The Baltimore Sun reports that transportation director Michelle Pourciau and Mayor Catherine Pugh have spoken wit
  
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• Heroin Found Among Halloween Candy In West Virginia

  01-11-2017 16:25
  OAK HILL, W.Va. (AP) — Police say heroin was found in a child’s trick-or-treat bag in West Virginia.
  Oak Hill Police Chief Mike Whisman told news outlets that the 3-year-old girl’s mother found a dark substance wrapped in a glove, and called police. Preliminary results from a field test revealed it was heroin.
  No one was hurt. The mother, Stacey Norris, told WOAY-TV she initially thought the glove was the result of someone playing a joke.
  Police say they will send the
  
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• Frankenstein Baby Born At Florida Hospital On Halloween

  01-11-2017 16:24
  WINTER PARK, Fla. (AP) — A Florida couple got an extra treat on Halloween — a baby Frankenstein.
  Make that Oskar Gary Frankenstein, who made his entrance into the world four days late and after 14 hours of labor on Tuesday at Winter Park Memorial Hospital.
  Parents Kyle and Jessica Frankenstein tell news outlets that Baby Frankenstein weighed in at 6 pounds (3 kilograms), 9 ounces (255 grams) and is 20 inches (50 centimeters) long.
  The baby’s grandmother Jennifer Frankenstein te
  
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• Dodgers Beat Astros 3-1, Force World Series To Game 7

  01-11-2017 16:10
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Joc Pederson sliced a drive over the left-field wall, pounded his chest and danced around the bases , taking as many twists and turns as this World Series itself.
  Of course, the Los Angeles Dodgers forced the Houston Astros to Game 7.
  Chris Taylor hit a tying double off Justin Verlander during a two-run rally in the sixth inning , Corey Seager followed with a go-ahead sacrifice fly and the Dodgers beat the Astros 3-1 on Tuesday night to
  
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• Starbucks Releases A Color-It-In-Yourself Holiday Cup

  01-11-2017 15:20
  NEW YORK (AP) — It’ll be a (mostly) white Christmas cup for Starbucks this year. The coffee chain’s latest holiday design lets customers color it in themselves.
  The company says the cups — which are typically red-themed — will be in stores Wednesday. A cup sleeve to go with the cup will be red.
  Starbucks 2017 holiday cups photographed on Monday, October 23, 2017. (Joshua Trujillo, Starbucks)
  A plainer red cup from 2015 spurred an outcry from critics upset that it la
  
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• Japanese Company Gives Non-Smokers 6 Extra Vacation Days To Compensate For Cigarette Breaks

  01-11-2017 14:55
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  (CNN Money) — Smoking at work will cost you more than a week of precious vacation time at one Japanese company.
  Piala, a Tokyo-based marketing firm, has started giving non-smoking employees six additional paid days off a year.
  The company says the idea came from an employee who complained that colleagues who smoked often worked less because of the cigarette breaks they took throughout the day. That led the agency to come up with what it’s calling a “win-win”
  
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• Man shot in West Baltimore while fighting off robbers - Baltimore Sun

  01-11-2017 14:54 via baltimoresun.com
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  A 42-year-old man was hospitalized Tuesday night with a gunshot wound he suffered while fighting off three robbers in West Baltimore, police said. The man was shot in his lower back during the attempted robbery Monday evening, but he checked himself ...
  
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• NAACP To Host Baltimore Town Hall On Police Reform

  01-11-2017 14:12
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The NAACP will be co-hosting a town hall in Baltimore as a partner organization of the Civil Rights Coalition for Police Reform.
  The town hall will include panelists from the NAACP as well as advocates of local police reform. Panelists will talk about the state of policing in the city including consent decrees, accountability for the death of Freddie Gray, and the upcoming state legislative session.
  The town hall comes in the midst of the police disciplinary hearings
  
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• Police Disciplinary Trial Enters Its Third Day

  01-11-2017 13:52
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The police disciplinary trial for Baltimore Police Officer Caesar Goodson is entering its third day on Wednesday.
  Goodson is accused of violating police policy and procedure while driving the van Freddie Gray was riding in in April of 2015.
  Inside the van, Gray suffered deadly neck injuries.
  Goodson’s defense is putting the blame on a failure of the department to train officers.
  During Tuesday’s hearing, two officers were called as witnesses.
  Officer Edwa
  
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• New Criminal Probe For Weinstein As Harassment Scandal Grows

  01-11-2017 13:34
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood’s widening sexual harassment crisis saw new allegations leveled against Kevin Spacey and Jeremy Piven, while police in Beverly Hills announced they have launched criminal investigations over complaints received about Harvey Weinstein and writer-director James Toback.
  The Beverly Hills Police Department did not specify the nature of the assault complaints, but Tuesday’s announcement comes less than a month after numerous women accused Weinstein of se
  
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• ‘This Is Us’ Kevin Spacey Name-Check Goes To Christian Bale

  01-11-2017 13:25
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Christian Bale won what embattled Kevin Spacey lost: the privilege of being name-checked on “This Is Us.”
  Tuesday’s episode of the NBC drama included a 2008 flashback scene in which a struggling actor learns his roommate has gotten a role in a major movie.
  In the scene filmed before Spacey was accused of sexual misconduct, the thrilled roommate refers to a Kevin Spacey film.
  But “This Is Us” producer 20th Century Fox Television said it decid
  
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• Trump Faults Schumer, ‘Diversity’ Immigration In NYC Attack

  01-11-2017 13:17
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is calling for “Merit Based immigration” following the deadly truck attack in New York City that killed eight people and injured 11.
  Trump says on Twitter Wednesday that the driver in Tuesday’s attack “came into our country through what is called the ‘Diversity Visa Lottery Program,’ a Chuck Schumer beauty.”
  The terrorist came into our country through what is called the "Diversity Visa Lottery Program," a Ch
  
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• Power Outage Causes Three Schools In Our Area To Close

  01-11-2017 12:51
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A damaged BGE utility pole that’s cut power to part of the Pasadena Peninsula has caused three schools to close for today.
  The schools closed include Bodkin Elementary School, Chesapeake Bay Middle School, and Chesapeake High School.
  All other schools will be on normal schedules.
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• Weather Blog: Warm Front To Take Us Back To The 70s

  01-11-2017 12:44
  Hi Everyone!
  A gray start to this day. The cause, well there are two. Initially an easterly flow. Air coming in off of the Bay, and ocean. An easterly flow usually means clouds. Then out to the West a big warm front is moving our way. That milder air is over-running, it is lifting up over the cool air in place, and that means clouds in the area. It is the warm front that will win out and begin to control our  forecast. The mid 70’s the next two days. Yeah that works, and so will the f
  
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