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• 4 Displaced After Howard County Blaze Rips Through Home

  26-11-2017 23:40
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Four residents have been displaced after a Howard County fire ripped through their home Sunday afternoon.
  Howard County fire officials said shortly before 3:30 p.m., they responded to a fire in the 5500 block of High Tor Hill in Columbia after neighbors reported seeing flames and smoke.
  Credit: Marc Fischer of HCDFRS.
  Crews were able to extinguish the fire after about an hour.
  The Red Cross has been requested to assist with finding the occupants of the home with housing.
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• Pixar’s ‘Coco’ Feasts On ‘Justice League’ At Box Office

  26-11-2017 23:14
  NEW YORK (AP) — Pixar’s “Coco” sang its way to the fourth best Thanksgiving weekend ever with an estimated $71.2 million over the five-day weekend, a total that easily toppled Warner Bros.’ “Justice League.”
  “Coco” rode strong reviews and an A-plus CinemaScore from audiences to the top spot at the domestic box office. According to studio estimates Sunday, it grossed $49 million from Friday to Sunday. Centered on the Mexican holiday Dia de Los
  
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• Franken Ashamed Amid Groping Claims, Will Return To Work

  26-11-2017 22:51
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Sen. Al Franken said he feels “embarrassed and ashamed” amid allegations that he groped several women, but said he looks forward to returning to work on Monday and gradually regaining voters’ trust.
  The Democrat spoke to a handful of Minnesota media outlets on Sunday in the first interviews he’s granted since being swept into a nationwide tide of sexual misconduct allegations. Franken’s staff didn’t respond to repeated interv
  
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• Jane D. Diefenbach, Baltimore County guidance counselor, dies - Baltimore Sun

  26-11-2017 22:22 via baltimoresun.com
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  Jane D. Diefenbach, Baltimore County guidance counselor, dies
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  Jane D. Diefenbach, a retired Baltimore County guidance counselor who took an innovative approach to dealing with a schoolyard bully, died of complications from liver cancer Nov. 17 in Mays Chapel. The longtime Catonsville resident was 90. “I used to ...
  
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• Govans Presybterian Church launches storm water project - Baltimore Sun

  26-11-2017 22:22 via baltimoresun.com
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  Govans Presybterian Church launches storm water project
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  Members of Govans Presybterian Church participate in a groundbreaking. The tree will come down, but will be replaced with a garden. (Justin Fenton). Justin FentonContact ReporterThe Baltimore Sun. Members of the Govans Presybterian Church followed a ...
  
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• Thirty critically endangered turtles flown from Boston to Baltimore - My Fox Boston

  26-11-2017 22:17 via fox25boston.com
  Thirty critically endangered turtles flown from Boston to Baltimore
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  MARSHFIELD, Mass. - Thirty of the more than one hundred hypothermic sea turtles rescued on Cape Cod shores were flown down to Baltimore on Sunday morning on a journey to warmer waters and wellness. After more than one hundred sea turtles were ...
  
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• Veteran Sack-Master Suggs Makes Case To Join Ravens Elite - CBS Baltimore / WJZ

  26-11-2017 22:10 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
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  Veteran Sack-Master Suggs Makes Case To Join Ravens Elite
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  BALTIMORE (AP) — The short list of the Baltimore Ravens' greatest defensive players begins with Ray Lewis and ends with Ed Reed. That's it. Perhaps it's time to add another name to that elite club. Terrell Suggs has been harassing quarterbacks for 15 ...
  Baltimore Ravens: How is the roster set up for the future?The Ebony Birdall 13 news articles »
  
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• Veteran Sack-Master Suggs Makes Case To Join Ravens Elite

  26-11-2017 22:10
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The short list of the Baltimore Ravens’ greatest defensive players begins with Ray Lewis and ends with Ed Reed.
  That’s it.
  Perhaps it’s time to add another name to that elite club. Terrell Suggs has been harassing quarterbacks for 15 years now, and at age 35 is still going strong.
  He has 7½ sacks this season and will be looking to enhance that number Monday night when Baltimore (5-5) hosts Houston (4-6).
  Suggs’ statistics, as well as the lead
  
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• Police Searching For Missing 10-Year-Old

  26-11-2017 21:26
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police are asking for the public’s help to find a 10-year old who ran away from home.
  Detectives are searching for Terrance Reaves, who was last seen Sunday morning in the 600 block of McCabe Ave.
  He was last seen wearing a blue sweatshirt and black pants.
  Anyone with information on Reaves’ whereabouts is asked to call 911.
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• Mom Who Killed Disabled Child Found Dead In Apparent Suicide

  26-11-2017 21:00
  SCHAUMBURG, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a suburban Chicago mother who was scheduled to return to prison for killing her severely disabled daughter in 2015 has been found dead of an apparent suicide.
  The Cook County medical examiner’s office says Bonnie Liltz was pronounced dead Saturday. A county judge had ordered the 57-year-old to return to prison Monday.
  Schaumburg Police Sgt. Christy Lindhurst says authorities haven’t found any evidence of foul play and believe it’s a
  
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• Police: Off-Duty Deputy Fatally Shot Intruder At Her Home

  26-11-2017 19:57
  DETROIT (AP) — Police say an off-duty sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a man who had broken into her home in southwest Detroit.
  The Wayne County deputy was inside the home when she heard a door being kicked in about 1:30 a.m. Saturday. The deputy told investigators she grabbed her weapon and fired shots at the intruder, who was armed with a pistol and wearing a black ski mask.
  The man was struck in the chest and pronounced dead at the scene.
  Authorities didn’t immediately relea
  
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• Tobacco Companies Running Ads On Dangers Of Cigarettes

  26-11-2017 18:36
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Normally, when you see an anti-smoking ad, it is from agencies that are trying to get people to stop smoking, but you will now see ads about the dangers of smoking from tobacco companies.
  This comes after tobacco companies were court-ordered to run advertisements telling the truth about the dangers of cigarettes and secondhand smoke.
  These advertisements began running Friday, and will continues for the next year.
  Here are some of the messages of the ads:
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• Varsity football: How the Top 15 fared in Week 13 - Baltimore Sun

  26-11-2017 18:00 via baltimoresun.com
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  Varsity football: How the Top 15 fared in Week 13
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  Only two of The Baltimore Sun's Top 15 football teams have made it to the final weekend of the season as No. 7 Dunbar and No. 9 Milford Mill will play for state championships at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. St. Frances, the area's only remaining ...
  
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• Navy Wants Small Warships That Pack A Bigger Punch

  26-11-2017 18:00
  BATH, Maine (AP) — The Navy’s fast-and-maneuverable littoral combat ship was criticized for lacking enough firepower and armor to survive a maritime battle. The Navy is addressing those concerns with a new class of small-but-powerful frigates that will pack a bigger punch.
  The Navy asked this month for concept proposals for multi-mission warships that would be bigger and more heavily armed — and slower — than the littoral combat ships. They would be capable of shooting do
  
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• Cashier’s Inspirational Response Reaches People

  26-11-2017 16:59
  CLARKSDALE, Miss. (AP) — A cashier at a Walmart in Mississippi couldn’t have possibly known her kindness to one man could reach so many people.
  In a post shared by thousands, Spring Herbison Bowlin tells of waiting in line behind a man who was embarrassed when he had to pay for his groceries in change.
  “He miscounts and starts to get flustered. Gives me a muttered, ‘I’m so sorry.’ His hands and voice are shaking,” Bowlin writes.
  She said that her first i
  
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• Veterans Are Key As Surge Of States OK Medical Pot For PTSD

  26-11-2017 15:59
  NEW YORK (AP) — When New York decided to let post-traumatic stress disorder patients use medical marijuana, it joined a fast-rising tide of states.
  28 states plus the District of Columbia now cover PTSD as part of their medical marijuana programs. The tally has more than doubled in the last two years.
  It’s happened amid increasingly visible advocacy from veterans’ groups, including the 2.2-million-member American Legion. It’s pressing the federal government to let Departm
  
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• Ravens Draft: Auburn's offensive talent - Baltimore Beatdown

  26-11-2017 15:20 via baltimorebeatdown.com
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  Ravens Draft: Auburn's offensive talent
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  There were a few Auburn players that Baltimore should have been scouting during the Iron Bowl. by Kyle J Andrews Nov 26, 2017, 9:20am EST. tweet · share · pin · Rec. John Reed-USA TODAY Sports. The Iron Bowl is the largest football game in the state of ...and more »
  
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• Poll: Which Ravens thanksgiving game was more memorable? - Baltimore Beatdown

  26-11-2017 15:19 via baltimorebeatdown.com
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  Poll: Which Ravens thanksgiving game was more memorable?
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  Let first me say that I hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving with their loved ones. Thanksgiving and football go very well each and every last Thursday of November, and the Baltimore Ravens have been a part of this tradition in recent memory. Two ...and more »
  
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• The Ravens should continue to scratch Breshad Perriman - Baltimore Beatdown

  26-11-2017 15:11 via baltimorebeatdown.com
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  The Ravens should continue to scratch Breshad Perriman
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  With the Baltimore Ravens' first pick in the 2015 NFL Draft, the team took wide receiver Breshad Perriman. Perriman was seens as a player who had big-play potential thanks to his size and speed. He was supposed to be the next Julio Jones and Calvin ...and more »
  
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• Suspect found in fatal Harford County hit-and-run - Baltimore Sun

  26-11-2017 14:54 via baltimoresun.com
  Suspect found in fatal Harford County hit-and-run
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  Maryland State Police have found a suspect and vehicle involved in a hit-and-run incident in which a Bel Air man was killed Friday night in Harford County. Police said they believe Cristobal Martinez, 31, was hit on northbound Route 24, south of Route ...and more »
  
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• Fantasy sports operators crowd growing Maryland market - Baltimore Sun

  26-11-2017 12:54 via baltimoresun.com
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  Fantasy sports operators crowd growing Maryland market
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  Eaglestrike Fantasy Sports offers terminals in bars to play fantasy sports. (Algerina Perna, Baltimore Sun video). Jeff BarkerContact ReporterThe Baltimore Sun. Nearly a dozen daily fantasy sports operators have registered to do business in Maryland, ...and more »
  
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• Harford County's best restaurants of 2017 - Baltimore Sun

  26-11-2017 12:00 via baltimoresun.com
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  Harford County's best restaurants of 2017
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  One of the dining rooms at Uncle's Hawaiian Grindz, voted best new restaurant in Harford Magazine's Best of Dining readers' poll. (Kenneth K. Lam / Baltimore Sun). Kit Waskom Pollard. “What's for dinner?” It's a question that strikes fear into the ...
  
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• Schmuck: Playing on 'Monday Night Football' still resonates with the Ravens - Baltimore Sun (blog)

  26-11-2017 11:00 via baltimoresun.com
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  Schmuck: Playing on 'Monday Night Football' still resonates with the Ravens
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  We'll have to wait and see how many fans and television viewers will be “ready for some football” on Monday night, but the Ravens seem pretty stoked about their first “Monday Night Football” matchup at M&T Bank Stadium in more than five years. “Growing ...
  Houston Texans vs. Baltimore Ravens: 5 players to watchToro Timesall 18 news articles
  
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• Thousands to mark holiday season in New Baltimore - New Baltimore Voice Newspapers

  26-11-2017 09:51 via voicenews.com
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  Thousands to mark holiday season in New Baltimore
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  Santa makes his way to the tree during last year's New Baltimore Christmas Tree Lighting. Voice file photo. Thousands to mark holiday season in NB. After the tree is lit, Santa will be escorted through the crowd by the New Baltimore Fire Department ...and more »
  
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• Small Business Saturday Has Big Impact On Communities

  26-11-2017 05:16
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The holiday shopping season is upon us.
  Experts predict 164 million Americans will shop this Thanksgiving weekend.
  Many consumers started on Black Friday, and continued Saturday for Small Business Saturday.
  Small Business Saturday was started by American Express in 2010 as a way to encourage customers all over the country to shop local.
  Shopping small makes a big impact on our community.
  “It invests in local jobs, local businesses, as well as supporting your neighbo
  
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• Funeral Held For US Border Agent Whose Death Not Explained

  26-11-2017 05:13
  EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Family, friends and law enforcement officers converged on an adobe Catholic church in El Paso, Texas, Saturday to mourn a Border Patrol agent whose death last weekend in the rugged and remote Big Bend area has not been explained.
  Bagpipes played as Border Patrol pallbearers in green uniforms carried the U.S. flag-draped coffin of Rogelio Martinez, 36, into Our Lady of Guadalupe Church for a private funeral Mass. He died in a hospital Sunday of head and other injuries.
  
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• Man killed in Southwest Baltimore shooting on Sunday night - Fox Baltimore

  26-11-2017 05:11 via foxbaltimore.com
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  Man killed in Southwest Baltimore shooting on Sunday night
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  BALTIMORE, Md. (WBFF) -- Baltimore Police Department are investigating the death of a 35-year-old man who was shot in Southwest Baltimore on Saturday night. At approximately 8:00 p.m., officers were called on S. Catherine Street for a report of a ...
  Mother, toddler dead in murder-suicide in Prince George's CountyBaltimore Sunall 11 news articles »
  
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• Suspect, Vehicle ID’d In Fatal Pedestrian Hit-And-Run; 2nd Family Member Killed In 3 Months

  26-11-2017 04:27
  EDGEWOOD, Md. (WJZ) — Police in Maryland have identified the driver and car that struck and killed a man in Harford County.
  Maryland State Police said in a statement Saturday that 31-year-old Cristobal Martinez was struck sometime between 8:15 p.m. and 8:45 p.m. Friday. The incident occurred on northbound Route 24 and Route 7 in Edgewood, which is about 30 miles northeast of Baltimore.
  “That was a life. That was a man who had a family, children, mom, dad, aunts, uncles, that love him
  
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• 2 killed, 2 wounded in shootings Friday night and Saturday in Baltimore - Baltimore Sun

  26-11-2017 04:25 via baltimoresun.com
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  2 killed, 2 wounded in shootings Friday night and Saturday in Baltimore
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  Baltimore police are investigating separate shootings that left two men dead and two others injured in a 24-hour period starting Friday night. A 35-year-old man was fatally shot about 8 p.m. Saturday in the 200 block of S. Catherine Street, in an area ...
  Multiple shootings in Baltimore City Friday, 2 fatalFox Baltimoreall 3 news articles »
  
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• Olympic champion wrestler Helen Maroulis inspires girls at Baltimore clinic - Baltimore Sun

  26-11-2017 03:56 via baltimoresun.com
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  Olympic champion wrestler Helen Maroulis inspires girls at Baltimore clinic
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  The greatest women's wrestler in the world — winner of 2015 and 2017 world titles, sandwiched around an Olympic gold medal in 2016 — had committed to doing a clinic in Baltimore only days ago and she had quickly drawn a packed room, including about ...
  
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• LL Bean’s Beloved Duck Boots Expecting Record Holiday Season

  26-11-2017 03:40
  FREEPORT, Maine (AP) — L.L. Bean is in the midst of another record-breaking year of sales for its iconic “duck boot,” and the Maine-based retailer says there will be enough boots to meet the holiday crunch.
  The company’s sales of the leather-and-rubber boot have grown for several years in a row as it has undergone a surge in popularity. The company projects to sell about 750,000 of them this year, company spokeswoman Carolyn Beem said.
  That would be 100,000 more than last
  
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• Rance Howard, Actor Dad Of Director Ron Howard, Dies At 89

  26-11-2017 02:40
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Veteran Hollywood actor Rance Howard, the father of director Ron Howard, died Saturday. He was 89.
  Ron Howard announced his father’s death on Twitter Saturday afternoon. He praised his father for the ability to balance ambition with great personal integrity.
  “A depression-era farm boy, his passion for acting changed the course of our family history,” he wrote. “We love & miss U Dad.”
  Rance Howard’s death also was confirmed by Micha
  
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• Pregnant Florida Woman Fatally Stabs Attacking Pit Bull

  26-11-2017 01:37
  SAFETY HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — A pregnant Florida woman fatally stabbed her pit bull when it attacked two other dogs and then turned on her mother and sister.
  Pinellas County Sheriff’s officials said in a news release that the attack happened Friday at the family’s home in Safety Harbor, near St. Petersburg on Florida’s Gulf Coast.
  Sheriff’s spokesman Spencer Gross says Buster, the pit bull, started attacking two other pit bulls at the home. When 45-year-old Heidi Coope
  
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• Consumers shop small on Saturday after Thanksgiving - Baltimore Sun

  26-11-2017 00:40 via baltimoresun.com
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  Consumers shop small on Saturday after Thanksgiving
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  Downtown Bel Air was bustling with holiday shoppers as people took advantage of post-Thanksgiving deals and made an effort to patronize independently-owned businesses on Small Business Saturday. Lorraine MirabellaContact ReporterThe Baltimore ...
  
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• It’s Academic: November 25, 2017

  26-11-2017 00:12
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• Draft Wisconsin Law Would Target Online ‘Catfishing’ Scams

  26-11-2017 00:05
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Using social networks to create fake personas to harass or defraud someone would be illegal under legislation lawmakers are considering in Wisconsin, the latest state to address a scam known as “catfishing.”
  Just this week, retired NBA star Ray Allen told a Florida court he was the victim of catfishing by a man trying to extort money from him. Allen’s attorney said in a court filing Tuesday that a man online “pretended to be a number of attractive w
  
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