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• Amtrak Giving 450 Cars A Makeover, Including New Seats And Restrooms

  13-11-2017 23:54
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —You know that old living room chair that’s seen better days? Amtrak has 450 train cars full of them.
  But that will change soon. The passenger rail service is getting rid of thousands of existing seats. For cities on the northeast corridor, like Baltimore, it’s going to mean a ride makeover.
  The 450 cars that travel the East Coast and Midwest are the backbone of Amtrak’s passenger service.
  “These cars were the first cars that Amtrak bought,” sa
  
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• Stolen car found with 1-year-old girl inside, Baltimore police say - Baltimore Sun

  13-11-2017 23:38 via baltimoresun.com
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  Stolen car found with 1-year-old girl inside, Baltimore police say
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  Baltimore Police say a baby girl is OK after her mother's car was stolen with her inside of it late Monday morning. Talia RichmanContact ReporterThe Baltimore Sun. A stolen car was recovered Monday with a 1-year-old girl inside, according to Baltimore ...
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• Report: Man Gets 11th Drunk Driving Arrest 10 Hours After His 10th

  13-11-2017 23:31
  CBS Local — A habitual drunk driver apparently didn’t learn his lesson after being arrested for the 10th time in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The repeat offender was caught for his 11th DWI, just hours after being released from prison.
  Henry Gonzales was pulled over 10 hours after serving an 18-month prison sentence for his 10th drunk driving arrest on November 4. The 43-year-old is accused of weaving in and out of traffic at over 75 miles per hour and was reportedly found with an empt
  
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• 'He Left A Friend, A Loved One To Die'; Driver Flees Crash Scene, Passenger Left To Die - CBS Baltimore / WJZ

  13-11-2017 23:29 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
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  'He Left A Friend, A Loved One To Die'; Driver Flees Crash Scene, Passenger Left To Die
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  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — WJZ has obtained never before seen video of a vehicle involved in a fatal crash, in which the driver fled and left a passenger to die. It's been more than 48 hours since La'Quisha Anderson was killed in a crash in northeast Baltimore.
  
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• ‘He Left A Friend, A Loved One To Die’; Driver Flees Crash Scene, Passenger Left To Die

  13-11-2017 23:28
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — WJZ has obtained never before seen video of a vehicle involved in a fatal crash, in which the driver fled and left a passenger to die.
  It’s been more than 48 hours since La’Quisha Anderson was killed in a crash in northeast Baltimore.
  The driver of the car she was in fled the scene, and police have been looking for him ever since.
  The newly released video shows the Kia Sorento involved traveling on Belair Rd. right before the crash, and these images are a
  
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• Nature Center Animals Paint Masterpieces For Generous Donators

  13-11-2017 23:09
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —Art comes in all shapes and sizes, and so do artists at the Irvine Nature Center in Owings Mills.
  “We have over 60 different animals,” says Jenna Krebs. “Everything from frogs, turtles, snakes, opossum, hedgehog and then birds of prey.”
  But living at the nature center is not like living in the wild. It’s both easier, because they get plenty of food and don’t have to worry about predators, and harder, for the same reasons. Existing isn&rs
  
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• Family feud over estate of bakery magnate, Harbor East developer Paterakis - Baltimore Sun

  13-11-2017 22:55 via baltimoresun.com
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  Family feud over estate of bakery magnate, Harbor East developer Paterakis
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  John Paterakis' widow, Roula Paterakis, is suing the children of the bakery magnate and developer, alleging they concealed millions of his estimated $1 billion fortune to deny her what she's entitled to. Jean MarbellaContact ReporterThe Baltimore Sun.
  
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• Highest-Ranking Officer Faces Disciplinary Board Over Freddie Gray’s Death

  13-11-2017 22:48
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —The ranking officer who gave the orders on the day of Freddie Gray’s arrest now has to defend his actions.
  It’s up to a panel of officers to decide of Lt. Brian Rice broke police rules back in April 2015. He is the second officer to face the possibility of firing.
  Day 1 of his administrative trial was largely a re-run of the last trial, WJZ’s Kimberly Eiten reports.
  Rice, who’s been on the force 20 years, could have to give up his badge depending on
  
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• FBI: Man suspected of Towson area bank robberies dies in fire - Baltimore Sun

  13-11-2017 22:44 via baltimoresun.com
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  FBI: Man suspected of Towson area bank robberies dies in fire
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  The FBI is looking for a man they suspect robbed four banks recently. (Courtesy of the FBI). Andrea K. McDaniels and Talia RichmanContact ReportersThe Baltimore Sun. A man suspected of robbing four Baltimore County banks died in a fire during a ...and more »
  
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• Inmate Will Get Pillow To Help Him Breathe During Execution

  13-11-2017 22:40
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio will provide a wedge-shaped pillow to help a condemned inmate breathe as he’s being executed this week, among other accommodations the state is considering.
  Death row prisoner Alva Campbell, who has said he is too ill for lethal injection, became mildly agitated when officials tried lowering him to a normal execution position, according to a medical review by a physician contractor for the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.
  Dr. James McWeeney note
  
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• Baltimore councilman calls on Trump administration to extend protections for displaced Haitians - Baltimore Sun

  13-11-2017 22:40 via baltimoresun.com
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  Baltimore councilman calls on Trump administration to extend protections for displaced Haitians
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  After an earthquake struck Haiti in 2010, Baltimore Councilman Kristerfer Burnett took in some of his wife's family who fled the devastated Caribbean country. The relatives came to the United States under a program called Temporary Protected Status or TPS.and more »
  
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• Baltimore May Sell Homes for $1 to Revive Neglected Neighborhoods - Black Enterprise

  13-11-2017 22:30 via blackenterprise.com
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  Baltimore May Sell Homes for $1 to Revive Neglected Neighborhoods
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  In order to revitalize distressed neighborhoods in Maryland, councilmembers and local community advocates are pushing for a government program that would sell thousands of vacant buildings in Baltimore for $1 each. In turn, buyers would have to promise ...
  
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• 2018 Event Will Reconnect Accomplished Natives to Baltimore - U.S. News & World Report

  13-11-2017 22:22 via usnews.com
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  2018 Event Will Reconnect Accomplished Natives to Baltimore
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  A nonprofit is organizing a three-day October 2018 event to reconnect the talents and resources of accomplished Baltimore natives to their hometown. Nov. 13, 2017, at 4:17 p.m.. 2018 Event Will Reconnect Accomplished Natives to Baltimore ...
  'Baltimore Homecoming' Hopes To Reconnect Charm City's Finest With Those Still In BaltimoreCBS Baltimore / WJZall 2 news articles »
  
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• Police: 2 Arrested For Carjacking Parents Of Infant, Which Led To Air Pursuit

  13-11-2017 22:06
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —Two men have been arrested after Baltimore County police say they carjacked a couple in the 1200 block of Handsworth Place Sunday night.
  After a man and a woman parked their car in front of their apartment complex on Handsworth Place they say two suspects, and possibly a third, came up to their car and threatened them with handguns.
  The victims say the suspects told them to get out of the car, at which point they begged to be able to remove their infant son from the vehicl
  
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• Keidel: Vikings Good And Getting Better

  13-11-2017 21:55
  By Jason Keidel
  While we fawn over football’s midseason chalk, the clear favorite for Team of the Year is the Philadelphia Eagles, who own the NFL’s best record (8-1), and are enjoying a breakout season from QB Carson Wentz. Surprise Team of the Year would clearly go to the Los Angeles Rams (7-2), who are in first place while hurdling the twin burdens of bad coaching from the fired Jeff Fisher, and the bad blood from fleeing a loyal and rabid fan base in St. Louis.
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• Police Name Stray Cat A ‘Prime Suspect’ In Attempted Murder Case

  13-11-2017 20:43
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police in Japan are saying that a stray cat may have used one of its nine lives to turn to a life of crime. Investigators believe the furry fiend is the prime suspect in the attempted murder of an 82-year-old woman.
  The bedridden woman was reportedly found by her daughter bleeding badly from about 20 cuts to her face on Nov. 6.
  “When we found her, blood covered everything above her chin. Her face was soaked in blood. I didn’t know what had happened,&rdquo
  
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• Mushrooms May Be The ‘Fountain Of Youth’ Food, Study Says

  13-11-2017 20:34
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —Thinking about what side dishes to serve along with your holiday meals this year? A new study says that no dinner table should be without a healthy amount of mushrooms.
  Researchers at Penn State say they’ve found that a wide variety of mushrooms are packed with two important anti-aging chemicals, ergothioneine and glutathione. “What we found is that, without a doubt, mushrooms are the highest dietary source of these two antioxidants taken together, and tha
  
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• She Recognized Her Own Photo, But Can’t Account For 42 Years

  13-11-2017 20:21
  MONTICELLO, N.Y. (AP) — The 78-year-old woman’s mind was clouded by dementia. But she recognized the brunette with a slight smile in the faded picture from the 1970s detectives showed her.
  “Me,” the woman uttered in a voice barely above a whisper.
  The picture helped investigators visiting an assisted-living facility near Boston last month verify they had finally found Flora Stevens. She had been a $2.25-an-hour chambermaid at the grandest hotel in upstate New York’s
  
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• National Fund Starting To Help Bail Defendants Out Of Jail

  13-11-2017 20:17
  NEW YORK (AP) — A national effort is launching that aims to help low-income defendants get out of jail by bailing them out as their criminal cases progress through the courts.
  The Bail Project grew out of a successful 10-year campaign in the Bronx to pay bail for needy cases, led by attorney Robin Steinberg of the Bronx Defenders, a legal assistance nonprofit. She said the decade of data from that effort showed that 95 percent of the people who were bailed out using donated money returned
  
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• ‘It Doesn’t Feel Like A New Show’: Matt LeBlanc and Liza Snyder Talk Man With A Plan

  13-11-2017 19:56
  Parenting in 2017 requires a new set of rules. That is one of the many issues Matt LeBlanc and Liza Snyder dive into on their CBS sitcom “Man With A Plan.” LeBlanc plays Adam, an old-school guy dealing with the modern challenges of parenting, family and marriage. Snyder meanwhile is LeBlanc’s co-star Andi, who is Adam’s wife and deals with the struggles of balancing work life and family life.
  Season Two of “Man With A Plan” premieres tonight and LeBlanc and Sn
  
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• Baltimore's Davon Fleming seeks to one-up competition on 'The Voice' - WBAL Baltimore

  13-11-2017 19:56 via wbaltv.com
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  Baltimore's Davon Fleming seeks to one-up competition on 'The Voice'
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  NBC's "The Voice" moves into the knockout round Monday night, determining the top 12 acts getting a shot at the live episodes, which begin next week. Among the competitors bidding for one of the three spots on Jennifer Hudson's team, is a singer from ...
  
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• Baltimore Baby OK After Car Was Stolen With Her Inside

  13-11-2017 19:42
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —Baltimore Police say a baby girl is OK after her mother’s car was stolen with her inside of it late Monday morning.
  The mother started the car and left the keys in the ignition while she ran back into her northeast Baltimore home to get something.
  While she was gone, someone jumped in the car and took it.
  The car was later recovered in the 4800 block of Hamilton Avenue and the baby was OK.
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• Gas prices jump in Baltimore, statewide - Maryland Daily Record

  13-11-2017 19:39 via thedailyrecord.com
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  Gas prices jump in Baltimore, statewide
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  The increase in the price for a gallon of gas in Baltimore in the past week mirrored that of the jump statewide in Maryland and outpaced the national average, according to figures released Monday by AAA. Gas prices jumped 6 cents to $2.51 a gallon for ...
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• Can the Ravens get their first win at Lambeau Field? - Baltimore Beatdown

  13-11-2017 19:32 via baltimorebeatdown.com
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  Can the Ravens get their first win at Lambeau Field?
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  The Baltimore Ravens, since coming into existence, have faced the Green Bay Packers five times in the regular season. In those five matchups, Baltimore is 1-4. Three of their four losses were at Lambeau field. The Ravens lone win in this series was on ...and more »
  
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• Slumping Terps soccer to play Albany in NCAA tournament opener Thursday - Baltimore Sun

  13-11-2017 19:19 via baltimoresun.com
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  Slumping Terps soccer to play Albany in NCAA tournament opener Thursday
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  Maryland men's soccer coach Sasho Cirovski during the Terps' 3-0 victory over the Louisville Cardinals at Ludwig Field in College Park on August 26, 2012. (Charlie DeBoyace / Baltimore Sun). Jonas ShafferContact ReporterThe Baltimore Sun. One of the ...and more »
  
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• Baltimore police investigating body found in Park Heights area - Baltimore Sun

  13-11-2017 19:07 via baltimoresun.com
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  Baltimore police investigating body found in Park Heights area
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  Baltimore homicide detectives are investigating the discovery of a woman's body in an alley in an abandoned area of Park Heights. Detectives and the chief medical examiner's office could be seen looking into an overgrown lot in the rear of the 3100 ...
  
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• SEC Football Report: Auburn Knocks Off Georgia, Bama Barely Escapes Mississippi State

  13-11-2017 19:06
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  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.
  Auburn Makes Statement Against Georgia
  Gus Malzahn’s Auburn team entered Saturday afternoon as 2.5 point underdogs at home with the #1 ranked Georgia Bulldogs coming to town. Auburn proceeded to prove Vegas wrong and announce their candidacy for a playoff spot with a 40-17 beatdown of th
  
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• Freddie Gray case: Administrative trial begins for Baltimore Police Lt. Brian Rice - Baltimore Sun

  13-11-2017 18:49 via baltimoresun.com
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  Freddie Gray case: Administrative trial begins for Baltimore Police Lt. Brian Rice
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  Lt. Brian Rice, the highest-ranking officer in the Freddie Gray case, faces about 10 administrative charges and could be fired if a three-member panel of police officers finds him guilty. (Kevin Richardson / Baltimore Sun). Kevin RectorContact ...and more »
  
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• Nutritionists Denounce One Of The Internet’s Most Popular Diets

  13-11-2017 18:45
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The internet’s hottest dieting fad is getting some serious backlash from nutritionists who call it bad science.
  The CICO diet, which stands for “calories in, calories out,” has become one of the trendy weight loss programs being shared on forums like Reddit. The diet follows the thinking that to lose weight, you just need to take in fewer calories than you work off each day through physical activity. Supporters of the CICO diet say it doesn’t
  
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• Baltimore Council expected to pass $2500 property tax credit for police officers and firefighters - Baltimore Sun

  13-11-2017 18:23 via baltimoresun.com
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  Baltimore Council expected to pass $2500 property tax credit for police officers and firefighters
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  The Baltimore City Council is expected to pass a measure Monday creating a $2,500 property tax credit for police officers and firefighters who choose to live in the city. The measure has the support of 14 of the council's 15 members and the backing of ...and more »
  
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• Baltimore Ranks Among Top 10 Cities In Nation For Good Drinking Water

  13-11-2017 18:17
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —  Baltimore has landed among the top ten American cities with the best drinking water, according to Best Life Magazine.
  The magazine says Baltimore has a clean water score of 90.85, ranking higher than that of cities like Philadelphia, Orlando, and New Orleans.
  From the 200 biggest American cities, the magazine researched to find the top 25 with the best drinking water. In order to make the list, cities had to have water that tastes good with low levels of contam
  
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• FBI: Suspected Bank Robber Dies After House He’s Barricaded In Catches Fire

  13-11-2017 17:19
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —On Sunday, a bank robbery suspect died after the Cecil County house he was barricaded in caught fire, according to the FBI.
  It was around 9:30 p.m. when the FBI Baltimore Violent Crimes Task Force attempted to execute an arrest warrant for the man, who was wanted for four robberies in the Towson area the last two weeks.When they attempted to make contact with the subject, who they tracked down at a home on McGrady Road in Rising Sun, he was allegedly non-compliant with off
  
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• Biden Leaves 2020 Question Open As Book Tour Commences

  13-11-2017 16:40
  (CNN) — Former Vice President Joe Biden continues to say in interviews that he isn’t actively planning a presidential run in 2020, but he’s notably avoiding ruling it out.
  “I’m not closing the door. I’ve been around too long,” Biden said on NBC’s “Today” Monday morning as part of a publicity tour for his new book, “Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose.”
  “I’m a great respecter of fate … bu
  
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• GQ Magazine Names Colin Kaepernick ‘Citizen of the Year’

  13-11-2017 16:33
  BALTIMORE (WJZ/AP) —GQ magazine has named Colin Kaepernick “Citizen of the Year.”
  “Much has changed in the four years since Colin Kaepernick was last on the cover of GQ,” the magazine writes. “Back then he was a rippling superhero of a quarterback on the rise. But a simple act—kneeling during the national anthem—changed everything. It cost him his job. It also transformed Colin Kaepernick into a lightning rod and a powerful symbol of activism and r
  
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• Americans Are Putting Snail Slime On Their Faces

  13-11-2017 16:14
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  (CNN Money) — Americans are choosing to smear snail slime on their faces.
  Snail mucin — that’s the slimy excretion produced by the shelled creatures — has been a popular ingredient in international cosmetics products for decades.
  Now the trend has arrived in the United States.
  Market research firm Euromonitor International says that South Korean skin care brands that manufacture snail cream have rapidly expanded their presence in the U.S. since 2011.
  Now their
  
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• Baltimore private schools must address culture of racism - Baltimore Sun

  13-11-2017 16:05 via baltimoresun.com
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  Baltimore private schools must address culture of racism
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  Several young people affiliated with Baltimore private schools wore Halloween costumes this year that were considered racially offensive. (Facebook photo). Julie D. Hackett. Immediately after students from Baltimore's most elite private schools paraded ...
  
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• Baltimore Police: 2 wounded in morning shootings check themselves into hospitals - Baltimore Sun

  13-11-2017 16:03 via baltimoresun.com
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  Baltimore Police: 2 wounded in morning shootings check themselves into hospitals
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  A 26-year-old man checked himself into a hospital with a gunshot wound to his torso. He was immediately taken into surgery, police said. He had been shot 2:14 a.m. at Custom House Avenue and Water Street downtown. Less than an hour earlier, around ...
  Baltimore Police Investigate Shooting by Masked SuspectU.S. News & World Report
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• Gubernatorial Candidate Jim Shea Proposes Multi-billion-Dollar Education Plan

  13-11-2017 14:57
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Jim Shea has released a 21-page proposal to change Maryland’s education system, starting with expanded prenatal care to on-the-job training. That’s according to our media partners at The Baltimore Sun.
  The proposal emphasizing funding for poor areas, universal preschool, child care subsidies, after-school care and summer programs. It also includes tuition-free community college, higher pay for teachers, and a new K-12 cur
  
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• Two-story home catches fire in Southwest Baltimore - Baltimore Sun - Baltimore Sun

  13-11-2017 14:56 via baltimoresun.com
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  A two-story home in Southwest Baltimore was showing "heavy fire" from the second floor when firefighters arrived early Monday, fire officials said.
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• Kings of mediocre, Ravens considered front-runner for final AFC playoff spot - ESPN (blog)

  13-11-2017 14:35 via espn.com
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  Kings of mediocre, Ravens considered front-runner for final AFC playoff spot
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  Joe Flacco and the Ravens have a favorable schedule down the stretch. Michael Reaves/Getty Images. Facebook · Twitter · Facebook Messenger · Email; comment. 9:03 AM PT. Jamison HensleyESPN Staff Writer. Close. University of Maryland graduate ...
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• U.S. Conference Of Catholic Bishops Comes To Baltimore

  13-11-2017 14:15
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops will meet in Baltimore Monday evening for a two-day meeting.
  The meeting is for their fall general assembly. During the meeting, bishops will elect a new secretary for the conference as well as five committee chairs.
  Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo will also give his first address to the body of bishops as President of the U.S Conference of Catholic Bishops.
  On the agenda includes a vote for new chairmen-elect of six different commit
  
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• Win A $50 Visa Gift Card

  13-11-2017 14:07
  105.7 The Fan and Fox 45 want to give you the chance to take home some free cash.  Watch Jeopardy weeknights at 7 on Fox 45 and write down the final Jeopardy Category.  Then tune into Scott and Jeremy the next day, when they ask, be the first person to call in and tell them the previous nights Final Jeopardy Category and you’ll win a $50 visa gift card.  Watch Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune weeknights beginning at 7pm on Fox 45.
  
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• Ed Reed Foundation Food Boxes Campaign

  13-11-2017 14:03
  This Friday, November 17, the Fan’s Big Bad Morning Show is teaming up with the Ed Reed Foundation to help raise donations for the Ed Reed Foundation Food Boxes Campaign by broadcasting live from the Up Close Studio, sponsored by Pizza Bolis.  For over a decade the Ed Reed Foundation has given families in Baltimore, via their Foundation Food Boxes, food for a proper Thanksgiving. Children from Booker T. Washington Middle School, The Seed School of MD, Loving Arms Youth Shelter and mor
  
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• Congressman Cummings To Talk About ACA Enrollment

  13-11-2017 13:44
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Democratic Congressman Elijah Cummings will be paying a visit to Baltimore to encourage people to enroll in the Affordable Care Act.
  During Monday afternoon’s press conference, Cummings will be joined by Baltimore City Health Commissioner Leanna Wen and Andrew Ratner of the Maryland Health Exchange.
  Cummings’ visit comes as there is just over a month left to get health insurance through ObamaCare. The enrollment period ends on December 15.
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• Pickels Pub Post Game Show

  13-11-2017 13:40
  After every Baltimore football game, join Baltimore Gameday Uncensored’s Ken Weinman and Terry Ford at Pickles Pub in Baltimore for our post game show, sponsored by Jose Cuervo Tequila. Enjoy Cuervo Margarita specials before, during and after the game. Must be 21 or older. Please drink responsibly. Pickles Pub is located at 520 Washington Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21230.
   
  
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• Weather Blog: Cold Temperatures In the Rear View Mirror, For Now

  13-11-2017 13:28
  Hi Everyone!
  OK that cold nonsense is not, for the time being, in our rear view mirror. And you can have it. But we know there is more on the way, it’s the circle of, weather, life. This week there is nothing really out of the ordinary coming our way. Temps just slightly below normal dayside, and at night normal or slightly above.
  Rain appears at the end of the five day forecast, and of course, wouldn’t you know, that would be Saturday.
  Short and sweet today. If only all of Winter wo
  
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• Colleges Draw Fewer Foreign Students But Avoid Crisis So Far

  13-11-2017 13:21
  BOSTON (AP) — International enrollments at U.S. colleges have fared better than expected this year, but many schools still fear the country’s political climate, according to a national survey.
  The Institute of International Education reported Monday that the number of new students coming from abroad fell by an average of 7 percent at nearly 500 colleges and universities surveyed this fall, but said the results from school to school are more mixed than many had feared.
  Many schools ne
  
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• Moore Threatens Lawsuit Over Story That Threatens Campaign

  13-11-2017 13:02
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Alabama Republican Roy Moore says a lawsuit will be filed over the newspaper report carrying allegations that he had sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl four decades ago and that neither Democrats nor Republicans want to see him win a special Senate election.
  While pressure to quit the race four weeks before Election Day intensified from within the Republican Party, Moore assured supporters Sunday night at a Huntsville, Alabama, gym that the Washington Post story was &
  
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• City Council President Proposes Associated Black Charities Take Control of $12 Million Fund

  13-11-2017 12:51
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Baltimore City Council President Bernard C. “Jack” Young is expected to introduce legislation on Monday that would give Associated Black Charities control of the city’s voter-mandated $12-million youth fund. That’s according to our media partners at The Baltimore Sun.
  It comes with the plan of giving out grants to small community organizations that work with young people. Young says these groups could be those who hold winter coat giveaways and
  
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• Varsity football: How the Top 15 fared in Week 11 - Baltimore Sun

  13-11-2017 12:00 via baltimoresun.com
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  Varsity football: How the Top 15 fared in Week 11
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  After the first week of the playoffs, six of The Baltimore Sun's Top 15 move on. Overall, the teams still playing in this weekend's Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference or state regional semifinals finished 6-5, with three losing ...
  
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