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• Power Outage Cripples Atlanta Airport, Some BWI Flights Impacted

  17-12-2017 23:53
  BALTIMORE (WJZ/CNN) — A power outage at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport has halted incoming and outgoing flights at the world’s busiest airport.
  The Federal Aviation Administration issued a nationwide ground stop for flights to Atlanta at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, meaning that planes are being held at their departure airports, the airport said on its verified Twitter account. Many inbound flights to Atlanta are being diverted, including international fligh
  
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• East Baltimore community center recovers from fire: 'We ain't going to miss a beat' - Baltimore Sun

  17-12-2017 22:32
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  East Baltimore community center recovers from fire: 'We ain't going to miss a beat'
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  The Rose Street Community Center suffered extensive water damage and damage to the roof, doors and windows from a fire at the vacant building next to the center. It will take months of work before the building can be used, but Clayton Guyton founder of ...
  
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• Ravens Stay In Playoff Picture, Down Winless Browns 27-10

  17-12-2017 22:26
  CLEVELAND (AP) —
  Joe Flacco threw a touchdown pass, ran for a score and beat Cleveland again as the Baltimore Ravens stayed on track for the AFC playoffs with a 27-10 win Sunday over the Browns, now two losses from becoming the NFL’s second 0-16 team.
  Flacco scored on a 2-yard run and threw a 33-yard TD pass to Benjamin Watson as the Ravens (8-6) took control with two touchdowns in the final 3:01 of the first half.
  Defensive tackle Brandon Williams recovered a fumble and rolled in fo
  
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• Police: 3 shot in Baltimore on Saturday, Sunday - Baltimore Sun

  17-12-2017 22:20
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  Police: 3 shot in Baltimore on Saturday, Sunday
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  On Sunday at about 6:12 a.m., officers were called to the 2100 block of Tucker Lane in the Wakefield neighborhood to investigate a reported shooting, police said. When officers arrived, they found a 28-year-old woman suffering from a gunshot wound ...
  
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• Baltimore Orioles: Michael Kelly joins the 40-man roster - Birds Watcher

  17-12-2017 21:30
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  Baltimore Orioles: Michael Kelly joins the 40-man roster
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  The only move that the Baltimore Orioles made in during the Winter Meetings was a measly minor league signing. In what has become a constant of this off-season, Baltimore Orioles Dan Duquette signed another minor leaguer, this time Michael Kelly. The ...
  
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• ‘The Last Jedi’ Opens With $220M, 2nd Best Weekend All-Time

  17-12-2017 20:41
  NEW YORK (AP) — “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” rocketed to a debut of $220 million at the North American box office, landing the second-best opening ever and slotting in behind only its predecessor, “The Force Awakens,” according to studio estimates Sunday.
  The Disney blockbuster became just the fourth film to open above $200 million domestically. Aside from “The Force Awakens” ($248.8 million), the others are “The Avengers” ($207.4 million) and
  
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• Roca, Anti-Violence Youth Program On Its Way to Baltimore - Afro American

  17-12-2017 20:25
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  Roca, Anti-Violence Youth Program On Its Way to Baltimore
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  Mayor Catherine Pugh has worked overtime to find $17 million in funding to bring Roca, a Massachusetts-based anti-violence youth intervention program, to Baltimore. This past week, she decided it was time to move forward with an official announcement ...and more »
  
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• Disgraced Baltimore Officer Investigated Internally In 2009

  17-12-2017 18:23
  BALTIMORE (AP) — A disgraced Baltimore Police detective who pleaded guilty earlier this year to robbing residents was the subject of an internal affairs investigation into similar allegations in 2009.
  The Baltimore Sun reports that Jemell Rayam was charged internally with making a false statement involving the theft of $11,000 from a man during a traffic stop. Rayam was cleared by a police trial board and later promoted to an elite gun squad.
  Rayam pleaded guilty to federal racke
  
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• 1 Dead, 3 Injured In Single-Vehicle Crash In Pasadena

  17-12-2017 17:55
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– One person is dead and three others are injured after a man lost control of his vehicle early Sunday morning.
  Anne Arundel County police say the 20-year-old driver was traveling north at a high rate of speed on Ft. Smallwood Road near Devere Drive in Pasadena around 4:47 a.m., when he lost control of his Ford Focus driving along a curve.
  Investigators say the vehicle struck a group of trees causing the vehicle to roll, throwing the 18-year-old front seat passenger from the
  
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• New Year's Eve bash to cap New Baltimore's sesquicentennial - New Baltimore Voice Newspapers

  17-12-2017 17:31
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  New Year's Eve bash to cap New Baltimore's sesquicentennial
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  A New Year's Eve party hosted by the New Baltimore Civic Club will cap the city's year-long sesquicentennial celebration. The Voice. New Year's bash to cap sesquicentennial. The New Baltimore Civic Club will host a New Year's Eve party on Dec. 31 ...
  
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• Plane Headed To Maryland Crashes Killing 3 People, 1 Dog

  17-12-2017 16:15
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A small plane headed to Maryland crashed Saturday night in Indiana, killing three people and a dog.
  WKRC-TV reports the plane crashed around 9 p.m. in a wooded area in Oldenburg, Indiana.
  Video from scene of Small plane crash in Franklin County Indiana. At least one dead. @Local12 pic.twitter.com/Ln3O2mmZav
  — Brad Underwood (@BUnderwoodWKRC) December 17, 2017The plane, a single-engine Cessna, was in route from Kansas City, Missouri to Frederick, Maryland, according t
  
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• A CDC Ban On ‘Fetus’ And ‘Transgender?’ Experts Alarmed

  17-12-2017 14:30
  NEW YORK (AP) — Health leaders say they are alarmed about a report that officials at the nation’s top public health agency are being told not to use certain words or phrases in official budget documents, including “fetus,” ”transgender” and “science-based.”
  The health community was reacting to a story in The Washington Post published late Friday citing an anonymous source who said the prohibition was made at a recent meeting of senior budget offici
  
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• The Death of a Baltimore Detective - The National Interest Online

  17-12-2017 05:33
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  The Death of a Baltimore Detective
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  The death of a homicide detective investigating a triple murder in Baltimore has sent a shockwave through a city gripped by violence. Maggie Ybarra. December 16, 2017. TweetShareShare · Printer-friendly version. A cluster of American flags fluttering ...and more »
  
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• Police Looking For Additional Victims In Baltimore Veterinarian Animal Abuse Case

  17-12-2017 05:22
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Investigators are looking for additional victims after a Baltimore veterinarian was charged with viciously attacking the very same animals he was supposed to be treating.
  “He was actually inflicting pain on animals that were brought into the hospital,” says Baltimore Police Capt. Jaron Jackson.
  During a month-long investigation from October November, authorities say Gregory Burbelo physically attacked the four-legged patients.
  “This is a person we truste
  
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• Fire Damages Vacant Baltimore Building By Community Center

  17-12-2017 05:13
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A fire damaged a vacant East Baltimore building next to a community center, officials say.
  The fire broke out inside the building in the 800 block of N. Rose St. around 9 p.m. Saturday.
  No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
  Mayor Catherine Pugh tweeted about the fire Saturday night.
  The vacant building next to Rose Street Community Center caught on fire tonight. All community center staff & nearby residents are safe. The
  
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• Weather Blog: Warmer Weekend After Frigid Temperatures

  17-12-2017 04:58
  After starting off our day with a bone-chilling 18 degrees, we rebounded into the mid 40’s by Saturday afternoon.
  Sunday will begin on a less-frigid note, with temperatures in the mid 20’s to low 30’s. If you’re in the mood for some sunshine, plan to get out of the house before lunchtime.
  A disturbance will track through, causing clouds to move in during the afternoon. Afternoon temps will top out around 45 degrees.
  Despite the winter weather we’ve already seen, the
  
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• Police Find Missing 14-Year-Old Boy

  17-12-2017 04:44
  UPDATE: Dec. 16, 2017, 10:44 p.m. — Police say Malachi Mitchell has been found and is safe.BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Baltimore County police are searching for a 14-year-old boy who was last seen Friday.
  Detectives say Malachi Mitchell left his home in the 100 block of Anjeu Reuss Court in Dundalk when his mother fell asleep around 4 p.m.
  Authorities say it’s unusual for Mitchell to leave, He is 5-feet, 7-inches tall and weighs about 189 pounds. Mitchell has short black hair and brown ey
  
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• Baltimore Police Looking For Man Missing Since Early December

  17-12-2017 03:46
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —  A 66-year-old man who Baltimore Police say has impaired vision has been missing for more than a week.
  Allen Clem Jones was last seen Dec. 6 in the 900 block of East 30th Street wearing a grey leather jacket, dark colored hoodie sweatshirt and blue jeans.
  Police say because of Jones’ impaired vision, he may have difficulties finding his way home.Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Jones is urged to contact the Baltimore Police Department&r
  
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• Baltimore police ID man who allegedly fired shots during high-speed chase - CBS News

  17-12-2017 03:06
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  Baltimore police ID man who allegedly fired shots during high-speed chase
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  BALTIMORE -- Authorities have identified the man they said led police on a wild chase through the streets of Baltimore before being arrested on Friday. Several were injured during the chase, including a police officer. The Baltimore Sun reports that ...
  Victim wounded in Northwest Baltimore shooting has died, police sayBaltimore Sun
  Gunman fires wildly during car chase through BaltimoreThe Star Democrat
  
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• Planning Board OKs Marriott’s $600M Maryland Headquarters

  17-12-2017 02:49
  BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — Marriott International’s plans to open a new $600 million headquarters in suburban Maryland has been approved by a local planning board.
  WTOP-FM reports that the Montgomery County Planning Board had approved the world’s largest hotel company’s plans to build near the Bethesda Metro station.
  Marriott announced last year it would be staying in Montgomery after the county and Maryland offered the company a $60 million incentive package. The com
  
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• Police Warning Baltimore Co. Residents After Uptick In Car Thefts

  17-12-2017 02:31
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A string of stolen cars has many people on edge in Dundalk, Maryland, where nearly 15 vehicle thefts have been reported since the beginning of December.
  Baltimore County Police are unsure whether it’s one individual or a group committing the crimes. The worst part: Authorities say most of the cases were easily avoidable as nearly all involved people who left their keys in the car while warming it up.
  “All these thieves need is a good 10-15 seconds and the
  
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• Kansas Police Department Employs State’s First Pit Bull K9 Officer

  17-12-2017 01:58
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Kansas police department is welcoming a new member to its K9 unit: a full-blooded, red nose pit bull named Kano.
  The dog is the state’s first pit bull K9 officer, according to The Wichita Eagle.
  The Stafford Police Department says Kano — named after a “Mortal Combat” character because of his “unique” eye color and patches — went through an 8-week training program with Universal K9. The Texas-based o
  
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• Baltimore County cemetery hosts emotional Wreaths Across America event - Baltimore Sun

  17-12-2017 00:50
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  Baltimore County cemetery hosts emotional Wreaths Across America event
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  Hundreds of people volunteered Saturday to place wreaths on the graves of 3,500 veterans at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens in Timonium, part of the national Wreaths Across America effort. (Steve Ruark / Baltimore Sun Media Group). Jeff BarkerContact ...
  Volunteers Place Wreaths At Md. And Va. CemeteriesCBS Baltimore / WJZall 563 news articles »
  
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• Virginia Woman Mauled To Death By Her Dogs

  17-12-2017 00:40
  GOOCHLAND, Va. (CNN) — Bethany Stephens’ father went looking for her Thursday night. When he found his daughter, investigators said the 22-year-old’s two pit bulls Tonka and Pac-Man were standing guard over her body.
  Police say Stephens was found dead in the woods after being mauled to death by the dogs.
  “It was an absolutely grisly mauling,” Goochland County Sheriff Jim Agnew said. “In my 40 years of law enforcement, I’ve never seen anything like it. I
  
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• Police: Virginia Woman Mauled To Death By Her Dogs

  17-12-2017 00:40
  GOOCHLAND, Va. (CNN) — Bethany Stephens’ father went looking for her Thursday night. When he found his daughter, investigators said the 22-year-old’s two pit bulls Tonka and Pac-Man were standing guard over her body.
  Police say Stephens was found dead in the woods after being mauled to death by the dogs.
  “It was an absolutely grisly mauling,” Goochland County Sheriff Jim Agnew said. “In my 40 years of law enforcement, I’ve never seen anything like it. I
  
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