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• Police Find Runaway Baltimore Girl

  08-12-2017 22:48
  UPDATE: Dec. 9, 2017, 9:49 a.m. — Police say Emonee Collins has been found and is safe.BALTIMORE (WJZ) —  The Baltimore Police Department is searching for an 11-year-old girl who ran away from home after an argument with her father.
  Emonee Collins was last seen Thursday in the 4600 block of Reisterstown Road wearing a khaki jacket over a blueish gray and white hoodie, a pink shirt and khaki pants. 
  Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Collins is ur
  
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• Baltimore Police Searching For Runaway Girl

  08-12-2017 22:48
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —  The Baltimore Police Department is searching for an 11-year-old girl who ran away from home after an argument with her father.
  Emonee Collins was last seen Thursday in the 4600 block of Reisterstown Road wearing a khaki jacket over a blueish gray and white hoodie, a pink shirt and khaki pants. 
  Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Collins is urged to contact the Baltimore Police Department’s Missing Person Unit at 443-984-7385 or
  
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• MGM National Harbor Leads Pack In Anniversary Of Grand Opening

  08-12-2017 22:46
  OXON HILL, Md. (WJZ)– Opening a new business is always a gamble, but for MGM National Harbor, it’s paid off very well.
  Back on December 8, 2016, people who had waited in line in freezing weather, got their first look at MGM.
  “Lots of lights. Lots of glamour, lots of fun,” one woman said.
  The Glasgows were married that day and came to celebrate. They returned Friday for their first Anniversary.
  “It was so crowded last time, we really didn’t get to enj
  
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• Media Fight Kushners For Names Of Partners In Md. Buildings

  08-12-2017 22:27
  NEW YORK (AP) — News outlets including The Associated Press filed a motion in federal court Friday arguing that a document containing the names of investors in some Kushner Cos. apartment buildings in Maryland should be unsealed and available to the media.
  The Kushner Cos. has argued that the privacy rights of its partners in its Maryland buildings outweigh the public interest in the disclosure, saying the media’s “politically-motivated” coverage of the case puts those ri
  
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• Season’s First Snow Expected In Md., Storm Warnings And Weather Advisories Issued

  08-12-2017 22:23
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) – The first snow of the season is upon us.
  The National Weather Service says parts of southern Maryland will be under a Winter Storm Warning tonight through Saturday afternoon/evening, and the rest of the state will be under a Winter Weather Advisory.
  The storm warning affects Dorchester, Wicomico, Somerset, Calvert, Charles and St. Mary’s counties and starts at 7 p.m. Friday. The Weather Advisory starts at midnight.
  The same system has already coated many states in t
  
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• Justices To Hear Maryland Partisan Gerrymander Dispute

  08-12-2017 22:20
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is adding a dispute over Maryland’s congressional map to its consideration of partisan gerrymandering.
  The justices on Friday agreed to hear an appeal from Republican voters who complained that majority Democrats unfairly drew one of the state’s eight congressional districts to favor their party. The high court already is weighing a statewide challenge to legislative districts in Wisconsin.
  A lower court had put the Maryland case on hold pend
  
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• Pop-Up Museum Created By Md. Students Opens In Bethesda

  08-12-2017 22:09
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A brand new museum looks to offer a snapshot of the modern American teenager.
  A pop-up museum has been built in an old storefront in Bethesda. It’s called the Museum of Contemporary American Teenagers.
  All the exhibits were created by Maryland students.
  Meg Gray created a closet.
  “A lot of modern teenagers try to find something that will make them stand out,” Gray said. “So instead of going to shops like Nordstrom or Urban Outfitters, you find
  
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• The Bittersweet Life For One Syrian Refugee In Maryland

  08-12-2017 21:58
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — In the chaos of war, one thing doesn’t change: People need food.
  And during the turmoil of the ongoing Syrian Civil War, making desserts represented stability for Mohamad Nour.
  “All other fields can be destroyed…other fields can be ruined, except when it comes to food,” he said. “A lot of people enjoy eating food so this won’t change.”
  Nour, 32, used to make desserts in his hometown of Damascus, Syria. But he and his family f
  
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• Elf On The Shelf Rushed To Hospital After Family Dog Attack

  08-12-2017 21:46
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A disaster turned into a Christmas miracle for one Florida family after some quick work by emergency room staff saved the life of an Elf on the Shelf.
  Aubrie Thelen, 7, woke one early December morning to find Sam the Elf on the Shelf torn apart by the family’s German Shepard, Zoey.
  Luckily for Sam, Aubrie’s mother, Jenn, is a nurse manager for the emergency department at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children in Orlando, Fla. Sam and his severed arm were rushed t
  
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• First Snow Expected In Md., Storm Warnings And Weather Advisories Issued

  08-12-2017 21:07
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) – The National Weather Service says parts of southern Maryland will be under a Winter Storm Warning tonight through Saturday afternoon/evening, and the rest of the state will be under a Winter Weather Advisory.
  The storm warning affects Dorchester, Wicomico, Somerset, Calvert, Charles and St. Mary’s counties and starts at 7 p.m. Friday. The Weather Advisory starts at midnight.
  WJZ Meteorologist Tim Williams says some in central Maryland could see up to four inches of
  
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• Gas Station Hopes Blue Lights In Bathroom Can Deter Drug Use

  08-12-2017 20:43
  NEW KENSINGTON, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania gas station is testing whether blue lights in bathrooms can discourage drug use by making it difficult for people to see their veins.
  The Sheetz gas station chain has installed the lights at its New Kensington location as a pilot project.
  Sheetz says it’s working with local police on the initiative. Spokesman Nick Ruffner says the lighting is designed to help customers and employees “avoid dangerous situations.” He says it’s
  
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• New Photos Show Crescent-Shaped Eye Damage In Woman Who Viewed Eclipse

  08-12-2017 20:38
  By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — On August 21, 26-year-old Nia Payne was hoping to view the solar eclipse in Staten Island, New York. What she didn’t expect was to end up in the emergency room with a crescent shape blocking the center of her vision.
  The eye damage she sustained while viewing the total solar eclipse in August is detailed in a case report published Thursday in the journal JAMA Ophthalmology.
  JAMA Ophthalmology reports one woman damaged her eye from looking at this sum
  
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• Man Charged With Sending Taunting Texts To Officer

  08-12-2017 20:06
  BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — A man is accused of sending a barrage of obscene and harassing text messages to an officer who gave him a citation in Maryland.
  The Washington Post reports a Montgomery County officer started receiving text messages from 34-year-old Eugene Matusevitch after a seven-minute traffic court trial on Nov.14.
  He’s accused of writing, “You there fatboy? On a donut break?” One message contained the officer’s Social Security number.
  Matusevitch
  
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• SportsLine’s Top Weekend Picks: Can Eli Help The Giants Enough?

  08-12-2017 19:09
  St. John’s Red Storm vs. Arizona State Sun DevilsFriday, December 8, 2017, 8:00 ET
  ARIZONA STATE -5
  St. John’s is off to a fast start at 8-1, but they haven’t played anyone to really give them a test. In their last five games, they’re only shooting 40 percent from the field. That’s not going to get it done against ASU (7-0 SU, 6-1 ATS), which shoots 53 percent and average 93 ppg. The Sun Devils’ three-guard offense hasn’t been stopped yet this season, an
  
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• U.S. Flu Season Off To Early Start, Widespread In 7 States

  08-12-2017 19:05
  NEW YORK (AP) — This year’s flu season is off to a quick start and so far it seems to be dominated by a nasty bug.
  Health officials say the flu vaccine seems well matched to the viruses making people sick, but it’s too early to tell how bad this season will be. The main flu bug this season tends to cause more deaths and hospitalizations and vaccines tend not to work as well against this type.
  Flu began picking up last month. By the end of last week, seven states reported widesp
  
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• College Basketball Games To Watch: Kansas, Arizona State Clash At Phog Allen

  08-12-2017 18:05
  By Steve Silverman
  The college basketball season is starting to take shape, and the sport owes something of a debt to elite-level teams that have scheduled games against top-level opponents from outside their conferences.
  Teams like Oklahoma that are not afraid to go on the road and play a strong Pac-12 team like USC even though they will be playing teams like Kansas, West Virginia, TCU and Texas during the Big 12 regular season.
  That’s what happens when a team has a courageous coach like
  
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• 25 Race Horses Killed By Southern California Wildfire

  08-12-2017 17:47
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Approximately 25 race horses were killed when a wildfire engulfed about eight barns at a training center in northeast San Diego County, the California Horse Racing Board said. Other horses that were in surrounding pastures remained unaccounted for.
  Nearly 500 horses were stabled at the San Luis Rey Downs training center in Bonsall when the fire erupted amid strong Santa Ana winds Thursday, and workers risked their lives to free horses from stalls and herd them into safer a
  
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• Keidel: Ravens, Steelers Have Healthy Respect For Each Other

  08-12-2017 17:45
  By Jason Keidel
  That bone-crunching, eerily violent game between the Bengals and Steelers on Monday night still echoes across the week. It represented the glory and gory of pro football, with players knocked down, knocked out, and even a player paralyzed below the waist. Of course, our prayers go to Ryan Shazier (and his family), the Steelers linebacker who went limp after a rather routine tackle in the first half.
  While that game might suggest that Bengals-Steelers is the most toxic rivalry in
  
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• Candidate For Md. Governor To Use Public Campaign Financing

  08-12-2017 17:31
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — State Sen. Richard Madaleno says he will use public campaign financing in his bid for the Democratic nomination in the Maryland governor’s race.
  In making the announcement Friday, Madaleno said Democrats should no longer accept unlimited money pouring into elections from undisclosed donors. He says he’ll fight for everyday families and not the interests of the big-donor class.
  The state elections board implements the state’s public campaign financing
  
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• Carroll County Restoring Field Trips To Baltimore City

  08-12-2017 17:08
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —A Maryland school district has reversed its decision to stop taking students on field trips to Baltimore.
  Last month, Carroll County Public Schools canceled field trips to Baltimore on the recommendation from the county’s sheriff department, citing “escalating violence” in the city.
  The district had a planned field trip for Westminster Elementary School third graders to the Maryland Science Center in the Inner Harbor, and the Francis Scott Key High School
  
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• Vehicle Shot Multiple Times On I-70, Police Investigating

  08-12-2017 16:00
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —  Maryland State Police are investigating after a car traveling Interstate 70 east Thursday evening in Carroll County was shot at.
  At approximately 9 p.m., troopers were requested to respond to the call, in the Mount Airy area near exit 68.
  The woman, who was not injured, was driving a white Kia, which troopers say was shot numerous times.
  Investigators say they aren’t sure if the woman’s vehicle was specifically targeted.Anyone with information about this
  
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• Justice Dept. Investigating Planned Parenthood’s Use Of Fetal Tissue

  08-12-2017 15:51
  By Laura Jarrett, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department is looking into Planned Parenthood’s practices related to human fetal tissue, according to a letter obtained by CNN.
  The letter — from the Justice Department’s head of its Office of Legislative Affairs — does not mention Planned Parenthood by name but asks the Senate Judiciary Committee to turn over unredacted documentation supporting a December 2016 report titled “Human Fetal Tissue Research,” which p
  
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• After Mistakenly Declaring Newborn Dead, Hospital Loses License

  08-12-2017 15:34
  By Sugam Pokharel, Huizhong Wu and Naira Oberoi, CNN
  (CNN) — The Delhi government has canceled the license of a private hospital where a newborn baby was mistakenly declared dead.
  The baby boy was born at the Max Super Specialty Hospital in Shalimar Bagh, New Delhi on November 30 and mistakenly pronounced dead two hours after birth, the boy’s grandfather, Praveen Malik, told CNN.
  The newborn was then moved to the Delhi New Born Center, but unfortunately passed away on Wednesday morni
  
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• CBS Sports’ Steve Tasker On Week 14 Colts-Bills Matchup, More

  08-12-2017 15:30
  By Matt Citak
  The Indianapolis Colts entered the 2017 NFL season expecting their franchise quarterback, Andrew Luck, to be under center at some point during the season. That is not the case. Luck was unable to recover from offseason shoulder surgery and was placed on IR last month. Knowing they may be without their star quarterback for a while, Indianapolis traded for Jacoby Brissett right before the regular season. Brissett has appeared in all 12 games this year, starting in 11 of them, and has
  
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• Fat Squirrel Steals Pricey Goods Left Out For Delivery Folks

  08-12-2017 14:48
  MAPLEWOOD, N.J. (AP) — An obese squirrel was caught on video stealing gourmet chocolate and lip balm that a family leaves outside as a holiday treat for delivery people.
  Michele Boudreaux, of Maplewood, New Jersey, said on her blog she provides candy, snacks, tissues, hand warmers and other goodies on her doorstep every year. She’s never had any issues before, but this year, her basket was raided within hours of being set outside her home.
  The thief seemed to be t
  
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• Winter Weather Advisory In Effect For Parts Of Md., Snow Expected

  08-12-2017 14:13
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) – The National Weather Service issued a Winter Weather Advisory for most of Maryland overnight Friday into Saturday afternoon.
  The advisory is in effect from midnight Friday to 4 p.m. Saturday.
  #Winter Weather Advisory in effect from Midnight to 4PM. Could see 2-4" of snow in parts of area. Updates on #WJZ #FIRSTWARNINGWX. pic.twitter.com/MTx30J3rV1
  — Tim Williams WJZ (@TimWilliamsWJZ) December 8, 2017The advisory states that snow is expected, which could cause slippe
  
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• Police: Charles Village Store Used As ‘Front’ To Sell/Buy ‘Substantial Amount’ Of Opioids

  08-12-2017 05:14
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Police swarmed a North Baltimore corner store at North Charles Street and East 22nd Street Tuesday and arrested two people after a tip about illegal drug activity.
  Police say they found thousands of grams of drugs and the two suspects were just using Charles Village Discount as a front.
  Officers say they also found containers that could have hidden drugs in plain sight.
  Detectives say they found 7,500 grams of fentanyl and 6,000 grams of morphine, enough to kill thous
  
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• Streep Calls Out Harvey Weinstein At Women’s Conference

  08-12-2017 04:05
  BOSTON (AP) — Meryl Streep says she and other actresses are planning to make a series of “non-negotiable” demands in the wake of the sexual misconduct allegations that have rocked Hollywood, media and politics.
  Streep on Thursday also called the allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein “the most gargantuan example of disrespect” permeating every industry.
  She said women still don’t have enough representation in leadership positions and that impacts how de
  
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• Weather Blog: Chillier Temps

  08-12-2017 03:52
  BALTIMORE(WJZ)– A cooler air mass was around the region compared to recent days, but it was absolutely average as well!
  Tomorrow, more clouds should hold our temperatures from rising much above the low 40’s. Our normal is now 47.
  A fast moving clipper, or an area of clouds and light snow, will move into the region on Saturday into early Sunday. At this point it appears much of Central Maryland could see about one inch or less of snow, with more expected to the south and east of the B
  
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• Orioles Pitcher Gausman Changes Number To Honor Halladay

  08-12-2017 02:45
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Orioles pitcher Kevin Gausman will wear No. 34 next season as a tribute to Roy Halladay, who was killed in a plane crash last month.
  Gausman announced the switch Thursday on his Twitter account. The right-hander wore No. 39 last year.
  Gausman and Halladay are both from Colorado, and the Orioles pitcher said he followed Halladay’s career closely and idolized him.
  In a post next a photo of his new jersey, Gausman wrote: “Roy gave me the inspiration that I co
  
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• This May Be The Perfect Time For Everyman Theatre’s ‘The Revolutionists’

  08-12-2017 02:39
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Chances are, you don’t know who Lauren Gunderson is, but she’s the most produced playwright in America this year, next to William Shakespeare.
  Gunderson’s play, “The Revolutionists,” is a fantasy/comedy about four historical women and this may be the exact right time for it to be produced.
  Perhaps because woman are starting to speak up on so many issues from sexual abuse to equal rights.
  The comedy takes on Marie Antoinette, Charlotte Corday,
  
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• This May Be The Perfect Time For Everyman Theatre’s ‘The Revolutionist’

  08-12-2017 02:39
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Chances are, you don’t know who Lauren Gunderson is, but she’s the most produced playwright in America this year, next to William Shakespeare.
  Gunderson’s play, “The Revolutionist,” is a fantasy/comedy about four historical women and this may be the exact right time for it to be produced.
  Perhaps because woman are starting to speak up on so many issues from sexual abuse to equal rights.
  The comedy takes on Marie Antoinette, Charlotte Corday, M
  
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• Police: Baltimore Woman Steals Designer Clothes, Jewelry To Sell Online

  08-12-2017 01:39
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A local woman has been accused of stealing from a small Baltimore business to supply her own online store.
  Cameras inside the Hampden store recorded the woman stealing a thousand-dollars-worth of designer clothes and jewelry late last month.
  “I have, like, 13 girls working for me, and we work really hard. This is our whole life,” owner Christie Griffiths said.
  Griffiths and her employees didn’t forget the face of the sticky-fingered customer.
  She cam
  
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• Johns Hopkins Hospital Holds Training In Light Of Recent Mass Shootings

  08-12-2017 00:30
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —  Mass shootings are becoming more common and deadlier than ever, which is why Johns Hopkins Hospital is making sure its staff is ready.
  More than 50 concertgoers were gunned down and hundreds injured in Las Vegas during a shooting rampage in October, the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
  The deadliest shooting in Texas came a few weeks later. The massacre at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, left 26 dead,including children
  
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