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• Tractor-Trailer Carrying Multiple Cars In Rosedale Catches Fire

  09-11-2017 23:39
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A tractor-trailer carrying multiple cars was on fire in the median of I-95 Thurday.
  The fire had spread to other cars and caused traffic to be backed up from 895 to beltway.The fire has since been put out.
  The northbound express lane is still blocked, all other lanes are open.
  This is a developing story.
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• Maryland Medical Marijuana Panel Director Resigning

  09-11-2017 23:30
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The executive director of Maryland’s medical marijuana commission is resigning.
  The panel announced Thursday that Patrick Jameson will resign, effective Nov. 30.
  Jameson says it’s been an honor to help sick people and launch a new lucrative industry in Maryland. He says the time has come for him to pursue other interests.
  The commission is beginning a search for a new executive director. Jameson will assist with a transition plan. The commission says daily oper
  
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• Crime-Infested Baltimore Park Revitalized By Recovery Drug Addicts Gives Sense Of Purpose

  09-11-2017 23:08
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Victims of opioid addiction are cleaning up Baltimore neighborhoods to heal the community.
  26ers Park in the Harwood Community was once infested with crime, but now it’s giving recovery drug addicts a sense of  purpose.
  The grand reopening of the park comes after a year-long project to clean up the run-down spot known for illegal activity.
  “Was known as the park from hell, so no one wanted to visit it,” said Concerted Care Foundation director Ronald
  
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• Fantasy Football Week 10 Starts And Sits

  09-11-2017 22:37
  By Matt Citak
  We are in crunch time of the fantasy football season with the playoffs just a few weeks away. Let’s not waste any time and jump right into it.
  Here are CBS Local Sports’ Week 10 Fantasy Football Starts and Sits.
  Starts
  QB: Jared Goff, Los Angeles Rams
  Goff is riding high after putting together the best performance of his NFL career against the Giants in Week 9. The second-year QB threw for a career-best 311 yards and four touchdowns while helping the Rams rout the Giant
  
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• Suspect Arrested In Wednesday’s Double Shooting In Dundalk

  09-11-2017 22:19
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A suspect has been arrested for the shooting in Dundalk that took place Wednesday afternoon, police say.
  On Wednesday, around 1:15 p.m., police were called to the 7500 block of Lange Street for a shooting. According to police, the suspect shot two people inside the residence.
  The suspect met with someone inside the residence, but once inside showed the handgun in an attempted robbery. The people inside the home began to fight the suspect who then fired the gun, strik
  
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• Report: 5 Women Accuse Louis C.K. Of Sexual Misconduct

  09-11-2017 22:03
  NEW YORK (AP) — Comedian Louis C.K. has been accused of sexual misconduct toward several women, including masturbating in front of them to their horror and embarrassment, according to a report in The New York Times.
  Five women — including comedians Dana Min Goodman, Abby Schachner, Julia Wolov, Rebecca Corry — allege the Emmy-winning star of FX’s “Louie” either pleasured himself in front of them, asked to do it or did so over the phone.
  A publicist for C.K. di
  
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• Ring Of Honor Plans Streaming Service, Possible Tour Expansion

  09-11-2017 22:00
  By Chuck Carroll
  Ring of Honor is undeniably WWE‘s chief competitor. Company officials deny that is the case, but it is true nonetheless. Top officials will say the promotion is just playing to a niche market, one that doesn’t intersect with pro wrestling’s Goliath. That may have been the case in the recent past, but now pro wrestling is in the midst of a seismic shift. Bullet Club t-shirts are commonplace in the front row of Monday Night Raw. Then there’s “one&hell
  
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• Single-Vehicle Crash At Naval Academy Leaves 1 Dead, Several Cars Damaged

  09-11-2017 21:57
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ)– One man has been pronounced dead after the Naval Academy Fire and Police Departments responded to a single vehicle accident Thursday where it appears the driver crashed into multiple cars in a parking lot at the Naval base.
  Authorities say the accident occurred on Greenbury Point Road on the Naval Support Activity side of the base.
  Naval officials say the man driving the vehicle appears not to be affiliated with the Naval Academy.
  The man was transported to the h
  
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• Man Carjacked Outside NW Baltimore Synagogue After Dropping Child Off

  09-11-2017 21:00
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —Police say a man was chased, beat up and carjacked outside a northwest Baltimore synagogue after dropping his child off at school Thursday morning.
  According to Police Commissioner Kevin Davis, a car pinned the victim against his own vehicle and when he ran, suspects ran after him and took his keys.
  The local civilian security group Shomrim has confirmed that the synagogue was Mercaz Torah U’Tefilla on Baythorne Road.
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• Lansdowne House Fire Leaves 1 Dead, 1 Critically Injured

  09-11-2017 20:54
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —Two people, a man and a woman, were critically injured in a house fire in Lansdowne Thursday morning.
  The woman, 67-year-old Susan Jeanne Fox Shipley, has died, WJZ’s Devin Bartolotta reports. Her husband is still critical.
  Fire crews were dispatched at 7:49 a.m. to the 3200 block of Ryerson Circle, where first responders saw smoke showing from a bedroom window. Unsure if victims were trapped, commanders called for a rescue box and forced entry into the home.
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• This Week In College Basketball: Blue Devils Start The Year On Top

  09-11-2017 20:26
  By Steve Silverman
  The Blue Devils will start off as the No. 1 team in the nation, and is there any doubt that Mike Krzyzewski knows how to handle high expectations? There may be a lull or two around mid-season, but Duke will get off to an excellent start and get up to a peak level at tournament time.
  Grayson Allen, Marvin Bagley III and Marques Bolden will lead the way, while Trevon Duval, Gary Trent Jr. and Wendell Carter will quickly take on key roles.
  It’s difficult not to love Arizona
  
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• Humans Have Evolved To Naturally Fear Spiders And Snakes, Study Says

  09-11-2017 20:03
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Even though Halloween has come and gone in 2017, the human revulsion for creepy crawlers is apparently here to stay.
  A new report says a study of babies has found that humans don’t just learn to be scared of spiders and snakes, they are actually born with the fear of those creatures already in their brains. The report, published in Frontiers in Psychology, tracked the responses of a group of six-month-olds when they were shown images of the frightening animals compa
  
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• ‘The Lighter Moments Separate Our Show’: Lina Esco On CBS’s S.W.A.T.

  09-11-2017 19:45
  Actress Lina Esco only takes roles that she respects. Esco has a great deal of respect for Christina “Chris” Alonso, the character she plays on CBS’s “S.W.A.T.” While the Miami native has worked in movies alongside Miley Cyrus and Chris Evans and television shows with Jimmy Smits and Will Arnett, her role as Chris Alonso is an important one given the state of our country and her life as an activist.
  Esco recently stopped by the CBS Local Studio in New York to discus
  
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• 4 Teens Arrested For Fed Hill Halloween Assault, Police Have Growing Concerns About Juvenile Crime

  09-11-2017 19:43
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — As Baltimore Police announced that four 15-year-olds — two girls and two boys — have been arrested in connection with a Federal Hill assault on Halloween night, they also expressed frustration with the fact that repeat juvenile offenders are on the streets.
  “It’s a broken juvenile criminal justice system,” Commissioner Kevin Davis said.
  There has been a spike of violent acts in the city that police believe have been committed by teenagers.
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• 4 Teens Arrested For Fed Hill Halloween Assault, Police Express Frustration With Juvenile Justice System

  09-11-2017 19:43
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — As Baltimore Police announced that four 15-year-olds — two girls and two boys — have been arrested in connection with a Federal Hill assault on Halloween night, they also expressed frustration with the fact that repeat juvenile offenders are on the streets.
  “It’s a broken juvenile criminal justice system,” Commissioner Kevin Davis said.
  There has been a spike of violent acts in the city that police believe have been committed by teenagers.
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• Target Refuses To Pull Fidget Spinners With High Lead Levels

  09-11-2017 19:23
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —  Kids find fidget spinners fun and somewhat addictive. New research shows they can also be dangerous.
  The popular little toys are already the subject of Consumer Product Safety Commission choking hazard warnings. Now, new research shows that some of the popular spinners sold at Target contain dangerously high levels of lead.
  The US Public Interest Research Group (US PIRG) found that the Fidget Wild Premium Spinner Brass tested at 33,000 parts per million for lead, wh
  
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• ‘I think my judgement was clouded:’ Survivor Castoff Jessica Q&A

  09-11-2017 19:00
  CBS Local – We made it to the merge! The game of  ‘Survivor: Heroes v. Healers v. Hustlers’  has really begun now that individual immunity is on the table. But for one castoff, the euphoria of dropping her buff was quickly snuffed. We had the chance to interview the latest castoff, Jessica Johnston. Here’s his unique perspective (as told to CBS Local’s Adam Bloom and Samantha Bennet) on her game, her ‘romance’ with Cole and the moment
  
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• 12-Year-Old Evacuates Family From Burning Home

  09-11-2017 18:44
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — On Thursday at around 7 a.m., a 12-year-old helped get their family safely out of their burning Elkridge home, authorities say.
  More than 50 firefighters and paramedics were called to the 6600 block of Washington Boulevard. The fire was knocked down within minutes.
  Later, crews learned that the reason all the occupants had already escaped from the house when they arrived was that the child heard the alarm and was able to alert and evacuate the rest of the family.
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• “I Had Stupidity On My Side’: Comedian Gilbert Gottfried On Career And New Documentary

  09-11-2017 18:08
  Comedian Gilbert Gottfried’s first break in show business came completely by accident. The Brooklyn native was performing at Catch A Rising Star Comedy Club in New York one night and a television executive happened to be in the audience. That exec asked Gilbert to audition at MTV and the network cut up his audition tape and played it on air. Gottfried’s career exploded from that moment and features appearances on shows such as “Saturday Night Live” and “The Cosby Sh
  
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• April The Giraffe May Be Pregnant Again

  09-11-2017 18:02
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)— Are you ready for another giraffe cam? Word is that April the giraffe may be pregnant again.
  The owner of the Animal Adventure Park in New York where April lives appeared on network TV Thursday morning and said that he cannot confirm nor deny the possibility of another pregnancy.
  “April was cleared for pregnancy about a month ago and we’ve been letting nature take it’s course,” said Kerry Gallagher from Animal Adventure Park.
  She also said, &ld
  
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• Congress Honors Officers Who Responded To Baseball Practice Attack

  09-11-2017 18:00
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress on Thursday honored five officers who “ran toward the threat and stopped it” when a gunman opened fire on a congressional baseball practice in June, gravely injuring House Majority Whip Steve Scalise.
  Gathering in the U.S. Capitol, leaders of the House and Senate paid tribute to the five officers who initially responded to the attack, presenting them with the U.S. Capitol Police Medal of Honor, the agency’s highest honor. The medal is awarded to
  
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• Alcohol Use Is A Major Risk Factor For Cancer, But 70% Of Americans Don’t Think So

  09-11-2017 17:03
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —Even light drinkers may raise their risk of getting several types of cancer, but 70 percent of Americans don’t recognize alcohol as a risk factor for the disease, according to a new statement from the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
  “People typically don’t associate drinking beer, wine, and hard liquor with increasing their risk of developing cancer in their lifetimes,” said ASCO President Bruce Johnson. “However, the link between incre
  
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• Lansdowne House Fire Leaves 2 People Critically Injured

  09-11-2017 17:00
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —Two people, a man and a woman, were critically injured in a one-alarm house fire in Lansdowne Thursday morning.
  Fire crews were dispatched at 7:49 a.m. to the 3200 block of Ryerson Circle, where first responders saw smoke showing from a bedroom window. Unsure if victims were trapped, commanders called for a rescue box and forced entry into the home.
  Firefighters physically removed the two victims from the home; both were unconscious and in critical condition. No one else w
  
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• College Football Week 11 Games To Watch: Three Top 10 Match-ups With Playoff Implications

  09-11-2017 17:00
  Ryan Mayer
  The first week of November very well may have eliminated the Big Ten from the playoff after both Penn State and Ohio State lost. This is what happens this time of the year as we start to see more and more games within the conferences featuring highly ranked teams that essentially have playoff stakes attached to them. Last week we gave you six games to watch. This week, we’ll go back to five but you better believe we’ve got a couple of bonuses you should keep your eye on th
  
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• Transgender Service Members, ACLU Of Maryland File Suit Against Trump’s Ban

  09-11-2017 16:42
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —A lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender military service has been filed by the ACLU of Maryland on behalf of six transgender service members.
  The first person named in the suit is Petty Officer First Class Brock Stone, of Anne Arundel County.
  The others listed are Staff Sergeant Kate Cole, Senior Airman John Doe, Airman First Class Seven Ero George, Petty Officer First Class Teagan Gilbert and Technical Sergeant Tommie Parker.
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• Maryland AG Won’t Immediately Weigh In On Cross Dispute

  09-11-2017 16:16
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland’s attorney general has infuriated Gov. Larry Hogan by declining, for the moment, to join a legal fight against a ruling that a prominent cross-shaped war monument on public violates the U.S. Constitution.
  Democratic Attorney General Brian E. Frosh sent a letter to the Republican governor on Wednesday, declining his directive to file an amicus brief in support of the parties challenging the ruling. In October, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
  
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• 8 Children, Teens Among Dead In Texas Church Shooting

  09-11-2017 16:08
  LA VERNIA, Texas (AP) — By the time Paul Brunner rolled up in his ambulance to the worst mass shooting in Texas history, the First Baptist Church was a chaotic triage scene. Parents cried and kids screamed, and nearly all the victims appeared to have been hit more than once.
  Two of the first four patients the burly volunteer medic loaded into ambulances were children.
  “Our inclination is to protect children. The thing is, that wasn’t his inclination,” Brunner said, referr
  
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• Police Advising An Important New Reason To Wipe Your Shopping Cart

  09-11-2017 15:20
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Wiping your cart of germs is something that’s highly recommended when you go shopping. But police in one city are telling people to wipe their carts down for a very important reason.
  The reason is the danger of fentanyl getting on your hands. If you touch a handle with fentanyl, it can get into your system. It’s a warning sent down by the Leachville Police Department in Arkansas.They say it’s a situation that can turn deadly.
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• Annapolis Mayor-Elect Gavin Buckley Heads To Australia After Death In His Family

  09-11-2017 14:33
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Just days after Gavin Buckley won the mayoral election in Annapolis, he will be boarding a plane Thursday morning to make a 36-hour trip to Australia. That’s according to our media partners at The Baltimore Sun.
  The trip comes after his uncle, John Butler died of liver cancer on Sunday. Buckley considered leaving the moment he heard the news.
  “My family in Australia were like, ‘Don’t do it. Your uncle would not want that to happen. The whole family
  
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• House Fire In Baltimore County Leaves 2 People Critically Injured

  09-11-2017 14:21
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —Crews are on the scene of a major house fire that took place Thursday morning in Baltimore County.
  The fire is on the 3200 block of Ryerson Circle in Lansdowne. Two rescues were made with both in critical condition. The condition of the other person is unknown.
   
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• Family: Boy, 3, With Dairy Allergy Died From Grilled Cheese

  09-11-2017 14:00
  NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities have closed a New York City pre-school after a 3-year-old boy died from what his family says was an allergic reaction after being fed a grilled cheese sandwich. A GoFundMe page set up by the family of 3-year-old Elijah Silvera says he went into anaphylactic shock Nov. 3 at the Seventh Avenue Center for Family Services in Manhattan. The family says the toddler had a severe allergy to dairy but was given a grilled cheese sandwich by an adult at the pre-K.
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• Weather Blog: Record Lows Coming Tomorrow

  09-11-2017 13:49
  Hi Everyone!
  So here comes the cold. No surprise, it has been discussed for the past couple of days. Notice of a hammer getting ready to hit your thumb does not make the event feel any better, and such is the case now.
  It’s all in the numbers. And here they are;
  Tonight’s low is 35°, winds of 25-30 mph, wind chill the upper teens.
  Tomorrow the high is 43°, the winds still gusting to near 30 mph at times, the wind chill 22-25°
  Tomorrow night the winds will subside, but the
  
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• Chinese Authorities Say 3 Americans Are Under Investigation

  09-11-2017 12:56
  BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities are investigating three Americans following media reports that three UCLA freshmen were arrested for shoplifting ahead of their basketball game against Georgia Tech in Shanghai.
  Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Thursday that the case was in the hands of local police.
  “Three American men are being investigated in Hangzhou by Chinese law enforcement agencies for alleged theft,” Hua said during a regularly scheduled news bri
  
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• Baltimore’s Mayor Wants Civilians On Police Trial Boards

  09-11-2017 12:40
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore’s mayor said Wednesday she will renew a push to add two civilians to police trial boards after a board of three officers ruled that a police van driver violated no policies when a black man was fatally injured inside his van.
  The death of Freddie Gray in 2015 a week after he was injured during a police van ride sparked riots and reform efforts in the state capital, but police union opposition has kept civilians off such panels in Baltimore, even as civilian
  
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• University of Maryland Libraries To Help Digitize Rare Audio

  09-11-2017 12:23
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The University of Maryland Libraries will use a grant worth almost $21,400 to fund a project aimed at digitizing and preserving rare audio recordings from community radio stations. That’s according to our media partners at The Baltimore Sun.
  The school will now be able to convert almost 600 recordings that are part of a National Federation of Community Broadcasting Archives.
  The archive has collections of underrepresented voices from documentaries, interviews,
  
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• Late Broadcasting Great Jim McKay Honored With Exhibit At Hays-Heighe House

  09-11-2017 12:05
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —Late-broadcasting legend Jim McKay will be honored on Friday with an exhibit at the Hays-Heighe House at Harford Community College.
  The exhibit will open on Friday. During the opening of the exhibit, McKay will be presented with the Robert and Anne Heighe Award for Excellence in Equestrian Journalism. The award will be accepted by his daughter, Mary Guba, his son Sean McManus who is also the chairman of CBS Sports, and his grandson James Fontelieu.
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• Crash On Inner Loop Off Ramp To I-795

  09-11-2017 11:29
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A vehicle in Baltimore County has crashed over a guardrail Thursday morning on the inner loop off ramp to Interstate 795.The crash has caused the right lane to be closed.Emergency vehicles are on the scene and blocking lanes.
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• Lights Out Baltimore works to curb fowl deaths in Birdland - Baltimore Sun

  09-11-2017 11:01 via baltimoresun.com
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  Lights Out Baltimore works to curb fowl deaths in Birdland
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  Volunteers with Lights Out Baltimore walk through the city every morning in search of birds that have collided with windows. Christina TkacikContact ReporterThe Baltimore Sun. Early mornings in the spring and fall, while the city sleeps, 17-year-old ...
  
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• Baltimore's mayor wants civilians on police trial boards - WTOP

  09-11-2017 09:06 via wtop.com
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  Baltimore's mayor wants civilians on police trial boards
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  Baltimore Police Officer Caesar Goodson leaves the University of Baltimore Learning Commons Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017, after being found not guilty on all administrative charges related to his transportation of Freddie Gray, the... BALTIMORE (AP) ...and more »
  
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• Non-Profit Organizations Team Up In Wake Of Baltimore Inner Harbor Assaults

  09-11-2017 05:30
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Two of Baltimore City’s top non-profit organizations teamed up to help end a streak of brutal attacks, reportedly being carried out by packs of teens around the City.
  Concerns of wild and out-of-control teens roaming around Baltimore City have been on the rise. It follows a series of brutal attacks on people in and around the Inner Harbor.
  To alleviate some of the fears, a group of teens are walking the Inner Harbor in easily identifiable blue shirts.
  It’s call
  
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• Pickup truck crashes into rowhome in East Baltimore - Fox Baltimore

  09-11-2017 05:18 via foxbaltimore.com
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  Pickup truck crashes into rowhome in East Baltimore
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  BALTIMORE, Md. (WBFF) -- On Wednesday afternoon, at 5:30 p.m., a pickup truck ran into a home at Jefferson Street and Linwood Avenue, according to Baltimore Police Department. Officers are on the scene investigating the incident and attempting to ...and more »
  
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• Charles Village Woman Robbed Of Car Less Than A Week In Neighborhood

  09-11-2017 04:57
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A woman said she moved to the Charles Village neighborhood less than a week ago because she thought it was safe, but she says shes’s now watching her back after a violent encounter.
  May Chung said two suspects, possibly teens, jumped her and then took her Honda.
  “I thought my life was in danger,” said Chung, who is a PhD student at UMBC. “I felt just so helpless in that moment. This car came and these two men like jumped out of the car, so
  
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• 13 Baltimore City High Schools, Zero Students Proficient in Math - Fox Baltimore

  09-11-2017 04:33 via foxbaltimore.com
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  13 Baltimore City High Schools, Zero Students Proficient in Math
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  BALTIMORE (WBFF) - An alarming discovery coming out of City Schools. Project Baltimore analyzed 2017 state testing data and found one-third of High Schools in Baltimore, last year, had zero students proficient in math. But that's not all we found. In ...
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• Amazon to be build third Baltimore-area distribution center - Herald-Mail Media

  09-11-2017 02:32 via heraldmailmedia.com
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  Amazon to be build third Baltimore-area distribution center
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  Thanks for visiting HeraldMailMedia.com. You're entitled to limited access of articles every 30 days. If you enjoy our site and want full access, we ask you to purchase an affordable subscription. DUNDALK, Md. (AP) — Amazon has announced plans to ...
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• National Signing Day: McDonogh's Dalton Hengst, Maddie Jenner have big dreams - Baltimore Sun

  09-11-2017 01:56 via baltimoresun.com
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  National Signing Day: McDonogh's Dalton Hengst, Maddie Jenner have big dreams
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  McDonogh's Maddie Jenner, last spring's All-Metro Girls Lacrosse Player of the Year, discusses her decision to sign with Duke. Katherine DunnContact ReporterThe Baltimore Sun. Privacy Policy. Dalton Hengst is already “the greatest runner to run at ...
  
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• Juvenile crime in Baltimore 'out of control;' leaders want action - Baltimore Sun

  09-11-2017 01:05 via baltimoresun.com
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  Juvenile crime in Baltimore 'out of control;' leaders want action
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  As overall crime increases in Baltimore, so have violent crimes by juveniles. (Ulysses Muñoz / Baltimore Sun). Jessica AndersonContact ReporterThe Baltimore Sun. As Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis met with residents in South Baltimore this ...
  
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• Business Owner, Democrat Gavin Buckley Elected As Annapolis’ Next Mayor

  09-11-2017 00:21
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ)– Four years ago Republican Mike Pantelides became Annapolis’ mayor by just 59 votes. Tuesday, he lost his reelection bid to Democrat Gavin Buckley who won about 5,400 votes to Pantiledes’ 3,300 votes.
  “We couldn’t be happier,” Buckley said. “I think Annapolis sent a clear message, you know. It wants some new ideas and vision for the future.”
  Buckley was born in Australia and opened the first coffee bar in Annapolis. He later ga
  
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• Truck Crashes Into East Baltimore Home

  09-11-2017 00:18
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A pickup truck has crashed into an East Baltimore home.
  The crash happened on Linwood Ave., at the corner of Jefferson St.
  Chopper 13 was above the scene Wednesday evening, just before 6 p.m.
  Both fire and police crews are on scene. It is unclear if there are any injuries at this time.
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• University of Maryland Libraries receives grant to help digitize rare audio - Baltimore Sun

  09-11-2017 00:12 via baltimoresun.com
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  University of Maryland Libraries receives grant to help digitize rare audio
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  The University of Maryland Libraries will use a nearly $21,400 grant to fund a pilot project aimed at digitizing and preserving rare audio recordings from community radio stations. The grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources will ...
  
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• Fells Point Restaurant Selected As Best Place In Maryland For A Sandwich

  09-11-2017 00:12
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A Fells Point restaurant has the honor of having the best sandwich in Maryland according to the Travel and Leisure magazine.
  Millennial-ran Ekiben in Baltimore has been selected as the best place in the state to grab a sandwich.
  It’s the happy customers that put Ekiben on top. Travel and Leisure used a Yelp algorithm that ranked sandwich shops by reviews and ratings.
  “Yeah, I love it. It’s very good,” one customer said.
  Ekiben was started by three U
  
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