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• Local Students Share What They Learned On Civil Rights Trip Through The South

  01-02-2018 23:43
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A meaningful trip for a group of high school students in our area, as they just completed a week long civil rights trip through the South.
  During the seven-day trip, the high school students made 17 different stops to see historic sites and museums, and also met with activists.
  A life-changing trip for 32 students.
  “Be able to learn about my history as a black woman in the United States, in a way that was more in depth than what I learned in my history classes,&rdqu
  
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• Courts Docs: Md. Women Beat Kids Until They Bled, Locked In Closet

  01-02-2018 22:32
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– An Eastern Shore mother is locked up after authorities say she and her girlfriend tased, starved beat her kids.
  A 24-page court document outlines months of abuse inside the Mardela Springs home.
  RELATED: 2 Women Arrested On Child Abuse Charges; Accused Of Making Kids Eat Dog Feces
  Mother Amanda Wright, 29, and her girlfriend, Besline Joseph, 25, have been charged with various degrees of abuse and assault after a cousin of the three young children reported the situatio
  
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• Able To Afford Doctor Visit After Winning $1M Scratch-Off, Man Dies 23 Days Later

  01-02-2018 22:26
  BINGHAMTON, New York (WJZ) —On January 4, Donald Savastano claimed a $661,800 lump sum after winning a $1 million New York lottery scratch-off ticket.
  “This is gonna change our lives, to tell you the truth,” he told local media at the time. He said he wanted to put some money away for retirement, buy a new truck and maybe take a vacation.
  But less than three weeks later, on Jan. 26, he died of cancer.
  WBNG-TV, a CBS station in Binghamton, reports that Savastano also used some o
  
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• Maryland Man Charged With Distributing Child Pornography

  01-02-2018 22:11
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A 31-year-old Allegany County man was arrested Thursday after being charged with distributing and possessing child porn.
  Allen Ray Lease faces six counts of possession of child pornography and three counts of distribution of child pornography. He is currently being held without bail at the Allegany County Detention Center.
  The investigation into Lease began in September 2017, when investigators received multiple images of child pornography from a computer traced
  
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• Topless Beachgoers: Ban Is Unconstitutional, Discriminatory

  01-02-2018 21:53
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A city law in New Hampshire that bans women from showing their nipples is unconstitutional and discriminatory, a lawyer for three women accused of violating it told the state’s highest court Thursday.
  Heidi Lilley, Kia Sinclair and Ginger Pierro were arrested in 2016 after taking off their tops at a beach in Laconia and refusing to put them back on when beachgoers complained. Pierro was doing yoga, while the other two were sunbathing.
  The Laconia law on indecent
  
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• Make Sure You Have America’s Favorite Super Bowl Food At Your Party This Sunday

  01-02-2018 21:39
  By Joel Balsam, AskMen
  Super Bowl LII is just days away and you can be sure the New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles are getting into that game winning frame of mind — are you?
  A new AskMen and Offers.com 1,000-person survey found that 27.2% of Americans have a Super Bowl ritual to get themselves primed on gameday. Three in ten watch the game with the same friends every year, while 24% wear a lucky jersey (hopefully washed). Playoff beards aren’t just for hockey, as 15%
  
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• Police Charge Additional Suspects In Perry Hall Fight Video

  01-02-2018 21:00
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police have charged additional suspects in connection with an incident at Perry Hall High School where one person appeared to have a gun. The weapon seen in the video turned out to be an airsoft gun.
  22-year-old K-Jahnie Peets and 18-year-old K-Lan Peets have been charged with second-degree assault and disrupting school activities. Two juveniles have also been charged with assault in connection with the fight.
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• WWE’s Natalya And Lana: Ronda Rousey Will Make Us Better

  01-02-2018 20:55
  By Chuck Carroll
  History continues to be made in WWE, where the women’s division remains a priority. Nay. The priority. For the first time ever, a women’s match was the main event at the Royal Rumble. It had to be. Even without the debut of Ronda Rousey, the 30-woman over-the-top-rope battle royal had been built up to an epic level. In a world known for outrageous storylines, it’s clear that there’s no scripting the emotions felt by the female superstars who are finally g
  
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• Gov. Hogan Having Skin Cancer Removed This Weekend

  01-02-2018 20:50
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Governor Larry Hogan is having skin cancers removed from his face this week, according to a letter released by his doctor.
  “During Governor Hogan’s recent annual skin examination, I biopsied several lesions on his forehead which were determined to be a superficial basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma,” writes Dr. Beth Diamond.
  “These skin cancers are extremely common and are most often induced by a history of sun exposure. Both of the G
  
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• 2 Entangled Bald Eagles Rescued From Fence In Howard County

  01-02-2018 20:36
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —A pair of bald eagles entangled in a fence were rescued by Howard County Animal Control Officers Thursday.
  ACO Carlson and ACO Bendl were able to “safely untangle and release the birds without harm to either the animals or the officers,” according to the county’s animal control and adoption center.
  It happened around 12:30 p.m. in Clarksville, in a field in the 12100 block of Clarksville Pike.Follow @CBSBaltimore on Twitter and like WJZ-TV | CBS Baltimore
  
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• Trump’s Offshore Drilling Plan Could Hurt Md. Crabs, Maine Lobsters

  01-02-2018 20:27
  Nathaniel Meyersohn (CNN Money) — Maine lobsters. Maryland crabs. Washington tribal land. South Carolina tourism.
  All are vulnerable to the Trump administration’s plan to expand offshore drilling.
  “It doesn’t make any sense,” said David Cousens, president of the 1,200-member Maine Lobstermen’s Association. “We would lose all the lobsters up here.”
  Maine lobster catches were worth more than $500 million in 2016, according to the National Oceanic and
  
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• Police: Pregnant Woman Robs Boyfriend, His Lover At Gunpoint To Get ‘Revenge’

  01-02-2018 20:25
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — After learning her boyfriend was cheating on her, one pregnant Maryland woman robbed them at gunpoint for “revenge.”
  WJLA reports that Montgomery County Circuit Court documents show the incident happened at 5:15 p.m. on October 2, when Darrell Brunner and Karessa McRae were sitting on the swing set at Travis Park in Gaithersburg.
  The two told police that a masked woman approached them from behind, and said, “If you don’t put your stuff on
  
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• Do Women Need Bigger Parking Spaces? One Mother Says Yes

  01-02-2018 20:24
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Are mothers really so distracted behind the wheel that they need their own row of super-sized parking spots? The stereotype is already a reality in one nation and now a mother in Great Britain wants her country to adopt the idea.
  China’s women-only car parking spaces – branded with a high-heel show on a bright pink background – have drawn heavy criticism for being sexist and fueling the narrative that women are poor drivers. “The women’s parki
  
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• Police Investigate Threat Made Against Aberdeen High School

  01-02-2018 20:07
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —Police are investigating after the principal at Aberdeen High School said a threat was made against the school Thursday morning.
  Police presence has been increased at the school as a precaution while authorities look into the threat, which was made on a Twitter account.
  A threat was just made against the school earlier this week.
  On Tuesday, Harford County Public Schools official said there was a threat written on a stall door in a girl’s bathroom. Once it was discov
  
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• This Week In College Basketball: Purdue Climbing The AP Rankings

  01-02-2018 19:40
  By Steve Silverman
  Purdue unexpectedly climbs the ladder
  In a season in which many of the usual suspects are playing solid but unspectacular basketball, there is a good chance that one or two teams could emerge from the pack and challenge college basketball’s power structure.
  Villanova remains at the top of the heap, and Virginia, Duke, Kansas and Michigan State – despite being under fire from the school’s sexual abuse crisis – are all in striking distance.
  But, the Purdu
  
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• Baltimore Offering 2-Day Amnesty For Penalties From Unpaid Parking Citations

  01-02-2018 19:14
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The City of Baltimore is offering a two day amnesty for those with penalties from unpaid parking citations.
  On February 1 and 2, if the original fine amount is paid, all extra monthly penalty charges and the $25 flag fee from the city will be waived.
  Fees for bad checks, towing, booting, and storage of impounded vehicles, State flag fees, and court costs will not be waived.
  Motorists can pay online, by phone, by mail, or in-person at the Abel Wolman Building, located at 2
  
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• LA school Shooting Was Accidental, 12-Year-Old In Custody

  01-02-2018 18:55
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A shooting at a Los Angeles middle school classroom Thursday that left one boy in critical condition, injured four others and had panicked parents in tears was an accident, police said.
  The shooting was reported just before 9 a.m. and within minutes a 12-year-old girl was taken into custody without incident. Police interviewed her and by evening they announced that they would book her on a charge of negligent discharge of a firearm on school grounds.
  The determinati
  
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• 2 Students Shot Inside LA School, Student Suspect Arrested

  01-02-2018 18:55
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two students were shot inside a Los Angeles middle school classroom Thursday morning and police arrested a female student suspect, authorities said.
  Gunfire erupted shortly before 9 a.m. at Salvador B. Castro Middle School just west of the city’s downtown, police said.
  The conditions of the victims were not immediately known, said Sgt. Edward Bernal of the Los Angeles Unified School District Police Department.
  TV footage showed a girl with dark hair and wearing a s
  
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• Dr. Phil Talks Career, Relationships And Influences

  01-02-2018 18:24
  Dr. Phil McGraw has been an institution in American society for almost two decades. Through the platform of his nationally syndicated program “The Dr. Phil Show,” McGraw takes the topics that are toughest to talk about and gives them light. This idea can be seen in today’s show as a 21-year-old woman named Bailey believes she is in love with a woman she met through the Internet and has never met in person.
  Dr. Phil talked with CBS Local’s DJ Sixsmith about his career, tod
  
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• Testimony Continues In Korryn Gaines Wrongful Death Trial

  01-02-2018 18:15
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Testimony will continue Thursday in the trial for a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of Korryn Gaines, who was fatally shot in a standoff with police.
  The all-female jury was seated Tuesday in the civil trial.
  Gaines was killed during an hourslong standoff in 2016 at her Randallstown apartment after pointing a shotgun at officers trying to serve an arrest warrant stemming from a traffic stop that included disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
  Attorneys for
  
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• Tall Husbands And Short Wives Make For Great Marriages, Study Finds

  01-02-2018 17:54
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The secret to a happy marriage may be in your height, according to a study.
  Women tend to prefer taller men and that might be a good thing if they want to have a great marriage. The study found that women who have tall husbands tend to be happier. In the study, researchers surveyed 8,000 participants, and found a correlation between the husband’s height and the wife’s happiness.
  Researchers say the more inches separating you height-wise, th
  
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• 70 Mammal, Dinosaur Footprints Found On Fossilized Slab Discovered At Goddard Flight Center

  01-02-2018 17:38
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A new report shows that at least 70 mammal and dinosaur tracks from more than 100 million years ago were found on a fossilized slab found at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
  The specimen found at Goddard, which is about 8 feet by 3 feet in size, is imprinted with about 70 tracks from eight species, according to a new paper published in the journal Scientific Reports
  The slab is said to  include a wide array of prints, including squirrel-sized mamma
  
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• #MeToo Movement Drops Office Romances To 10-Year Low, Survey Finds

  01-02-2018 17:36
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — With the rise of the #MeToo movement and national crackdown on harassment in the workplace, a survey on office romance says love is not in the air when it comes to co-workers dating.
  CareerBuilder’s annual Valentine’s Day poll found that office romances have fallen to a 10-year low with only 36 percent of workers admitting to dating a co-worker. Just last year, the same survey reported that 41 percent of co-workers had dated.
  “Office romance is experienc
  
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• Investigator Calls Robert Wagner ‘Person Of Interest’ In Natalie Wood Drowning Death

  01-02-2018 16:48
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Nearly four decades after the drowning death of Hollywood star Natalie Wood, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s investigators tell 48 Hours that her then-husband, actor Robert Wagner, is now a person of interest in her death.
  Investigators want to speak with Wagner about the circumstances surrounding her death in 1981.
  48 Hours will air a special investigation into Wood’s death. 48 Hours: “Natalie Wood: Death in Dark Water” to air Friday. February 3, at
  
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• Witness: Baltimore Officer Brought Bags Of Drugs Amid Riot

  01-02-2018 16:29
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Testimony continues Thursday in the trial for two Baltimore police officers accused of taking part in a litany of illegal activities while on the job as part of an elite gun task force.
  Detectives Daniel Hersl and Marcus Taylor were part of the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force.
  Federal prosecutors allege officers in the specialized unit went rogue — robbing people, dealing drugs, then trying to cover it all up.
  Hersl and Taylor have plea
  
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• Trump Falsely Claims Ratings For His State Of The Union Were The Highest Ever

  01-02-2018 16:14
  (CNN Money) — Is this typical President Trump hyperbole, exaggerating his ratings power to impress people? Or is it a straight-up lie?
  On Thursday morning the president said the 45.6 million people who watched Tuesday’s State of the Union was “the highest number in history.”
  That’s not true. And it left observers wondering where he came up with such a claim.
  The presidential misstatement immediately called to mind the inauguration crowd size controversy of 2017. Th
  
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• UAE Gives Johns Hopkins $50M For New Stroke Care Institute

  01-02-2018 16:00
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The United Arab Emirates says it’s making a $50 million gift to Johns Hopkins University for a new institute for stroke research in Baltimore and in Abu Dhabi.
  The UAE ambassador to the U.S., Yousef Al Otaiba, released a statement in partnership with Johns Hopkins on Thursday ahead of a planned announcement in New York. The statement says the Sheikh Khalifa Stroke Institute in Baltimore and Abu Dhabi will focus efforts by Johns Hopkins’ to develop new tools for
  
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• Man Hospitalized After Being Pulled From Inner Harbor During Water Rescue

  01-02-2018 16:00
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) – A dive team was requested Thursday morning for a water rescue from the Inner Harbor between S. Gay and Market Place.
  An adult male was pulled from the water in cardiac arrest. He has been taken to the hospital.
  There is no word yet on his condition.
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• Ian Baker-Finch On Phoenix Open: ‘Ideal Conditions For Scoring’

  01-02-2018 16:00
  By Dave Shedloski
  The seating capacity at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, site of Super Bowl LII, is 65,400. Attendance for last year’s Waste Management Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale was roughly 10 times that number, over the span of four days. The two events share the stage again this Sunday on the sporting landscape.
  There’s almost no question the loudest fans will be attending the popular PGA TOUR event near Phoenix, Arizona.
  The Greatest Show on Grass returns this weekend on C
  
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• Super Bowl Picks: Will The Eagles Upset The Patriots?

  01-02-2018 15:56
  CBS Local Sports talent from across the country looks at the Eagles-Patriots Super Bowl match-up. Who are our NFL experts picking?
  
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• Wawa Offering Free Coffee On Super Bowl Sunday

  01-02-2018 15:51
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —To celebrate the Super Bowl appearance of its hometown team, the Philadelphia Eagles, Wawa is offering free coffee at its Mid-Atlantic stores on Sunday.
  Any time before kickoff at 6:30 p.m., customers in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia can get any size coffee for free.
  “We talk about having Goose Pride here at Wawa, but this week, we’ll be cheering for a different bird on Sunday and hope they bring our city a long-awaited championship,
  
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• $1.7M To Injured Little League Player Hit By Foul Ball

  01-02-2018 15:45
  SEWICKLEY, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania jury has awarded $1.7 million to a Little League player who was hit in the head by a foul ball in the dugout on the day before his 12th birthday.
  His lawyer says Zachary Hoffman sustained a traumatic brain injury when he was struck at Chadwick Field in Sewickley in 2015. Alan Perer argued the dugout was not properly protected by a fence.
  A jury on Tuesday found the Pittsburgh suburb and the Avonworth and Quaker Valley Athletic Associations responsible f
  
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• 4 Tons Of Stolen Oranges Found In Spain

  01-02-2018 15:31
  By Julia Jones, CNN (CNN) — Police in Seville, Spain, came across the bizarre scene when they pulled over two cars after a short chase.
  According to Europa Press, officers suspected something wasn’t quite right when they saw the cars driving very close together.
  When they tried to pull the cars over, they took off. A short chase through a dirt road followed, the news agency reported.
  Inside the vehicles, police found the oranges.
  Later, they found a truck, also packed with oranges.
  A
  
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• Two Arrested For Guns And Drugs In Eastern District

  01-02-2018 15:12
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — According to police, two men are charged with narcotics and handgun violations after a search and seizure warrant was served at a home in the 700 block of E. 20th Street.
  According to authorities the search was executed on January 31 at about 11 a.m.
  Police say Adrian Giddens, 20, and Derron Thomas, 24, were found with heroin, cocaine, marijuana, narcotic packaging material and two guns, a loaded 9mm semi-automatic handgun and a loaded .38 caliber revolver.
  Police sa
  
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• Eagles Team Headlines: Is This Finally The Year?

  01-02-2018 15:02
  By Kevin McGuire
  The New England Patriots may have Bill Belichick and Tom Brady, but even the combo of an all-time great head coach and all-time great quarterback has proven to not be invincible in the Super Bowl. Come Sunday, the Philadelphia Eagles will look to hand Belichick and Brady their third Super Bowl loss. Brace yourselves, Philadelphia, because these Eagles have the tools needed to do what few are expecting to see in Super Bowl LII in Minnesota.
  Eagles are Underdogs Despite Havin
  
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• Uptick In Guns Caught By TSA At BWI, Nationwide

  01-02-2018 14:45
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — TSA agents stopped 26 guns at BWI Airport checkpoints in 2017, an increase from the 24 caught in 2016.
  27 handguns were found by TSA agents throughout all Maryland airports in 2017. 26 from BWI and 1 at Sailsbury Regional Airport on the Eastern Shore. No guns were found at the Hagerstown Regional Airport in Washington County.
  The increase also reflected in the nationwide report. 3,957 firearms were discovered in carry-on bags across the nation. That is a 17% increase from
  
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• Patriots Team Headlines: Tom Brady Has An Open-Ended Contract And Gronk Still Not Out Of Concussion Protocol

  01-02-2018 14:14
  By Danny Cox
  As if the media week leading up to the Super Bowl wasn’t enough stress, Tom Brady walked out of a radio interview earlier this week after confronting one of the hosts. The confrontation was in regards to an earlier comment in which WEEI host Alex Reimer called Brady’s five-year-old daughter an annoying “pissant” in her appearance in Brady’s “Tom vs. Time” documentary. While obviously protective of his daughter and justified in his
  
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• Doritos Super Bowl Ad Released

  01-02-2018 14:09
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — With just a few more days until Super Bowl 52, Super Bowl commercials are starting to be released.
  “Doritos Blaze vs. and MTN Dew Ice” is the theme of the new Doritos ad.
  Actors Peter Dinklage and Morgan Freeman have what appears to be a lip-singing battle, with Dinklage being team Doritos and Freeman taking team MTN Dew.
  Busta Rhymes and Missy Elliott also make appearances.
  While most companies try to show their most eye catching work, Doritos is known f
  
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• Weather Blog: Cloudy But Mild

  01-02-2018 13:38
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Here comes another ‘low impact” Winter event. Just picture Tuesday morning and you will have the picture of what is coming our way tonight.
  It’s a cold front dragging some light moisture our way. A trace to an inch at the highest end  will be the predicted totals. But we are not done with the seasons nuisance events yet, not by a long shot. And I am talking just this week.
  On Sunday afternoon/evening/night we will see another front dive across
  
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• Olympic Doping Ban Overturned For 28 Russian Athletes

  01-02-2018 12:42
  (CNN) — Doping bans on 28 Russian athletes were overturned on Thursday, throwing the International Olympic Committee’s policy on Russian doping into chaos just over a week before the start of the Winter Olympics in South Korea.
  The Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) upheld the appeals of athletes given lifetime Olympic bans for doping violations during the 2014 Sochi Winter Games, saying there was insufficient evidence to show they had broken the rules.
  The ruling means
  
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• Maryland Democrats Unveil Gun-Safety Package

  01-02-2018 12:15
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Democrats will be announcing some gun-safety measures.
  House and Senate Democrats have scheduled a noon news conference to talk about the package.
  One measure would ban bump stocks. Those are devices that enable rapid-fire shooting similar to fully automatic weapons.
  They were used in the mass shooting in Las Vegas last year that killed 58 people and wounded more than 800.
  House Speaker Michael Busch and Sen. Robert Zirkin, who chairs the Senate Judicial Proc
  
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• Maryland Democrats To Unveil Gun-Safety Package

  01-02-2018 12:15
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Democrats will be announcing some gun-safety measures.
  House and Senate Democrats have scheduled a noon news conference to talk about the package.
  One measure would ban bump stocks. Those are devices that enable rapid-fire shooting similar to fully automatic weapons.
  They were used in the mass shooting in Las Vegas last year that killed 58 people and wounded more than 800.
  House Speaker Michael Busch and Sen. Robert Zirkin, who chairs the Senate Judicial Proc
  
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• Underground Fire: Avoid Area

  01-02-2018 12:14
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — There was a fire in an underground city owned condo, the fire department says that some BGE cables were on fire.
  Carbon monoxide was being reported in the area as well. When they checked in the basement of the buildings it was at 400 parts per million, the safe level is 9.
  They opened up some manhole covers, and they started venting the area. The carbon monoxide level is down to 35.
  Officials moved everyone back a block while they continue with the operations. BGE is on t
  
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• Water Rescue At The Harbor

  01-02-2018 12:03
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) – A dive team has been requested for a water rescue from the Inner Harbor between S. Gay and Market Place.
  Barnes and Nobles reported seeing someone in the water.
  An adult male was pulled from the water in cardiac arrest. He has been taken to the hospital.
  Fire crews are on the scene.
  Avoid the area.
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• No. 3 Purdue Gets Past Maryland For 18th Consecutive Win

  01-02-2018 05:26
  WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Isaac Haas had 20 points and nine rebounds, Carsen Edwards scored 17 points and No. 3 Purdue pulled away from Maryland 75-67 on Wednesday night to extend the nation’s longest active winning streak to 18.
  The Boilermakers (22-2, 11-0 Big Ten) also continued their best conference start in school history, broke another school record with their 13th consecutive win over a league foe and still won their 21st straight home game. Only Cincinnati (38) has a longer
  
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• Weather Blog: Brief Snow Possible Friday

  01-02-2018 04:36
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A chilly, but less windy afternoon as we end this January on a dry note. We had a high of only 35 after a morning low of only 16.
  Tomorrow a southwest breeze will boost our temperatures to around a mild 50! Some light rain may move in later in the day, as a cold front approach from the west. As the temperatures begin to fall by Friday morning, we may see a brief changeover to some snow before the precipitation ends.
  As it gets colder early Friday, some slick spots may deve
  
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• Start Your Engines: Mario Kart Is Coming To Your Phone

  01-02-2018 04:00
  Ben Geier (CNN Money) — Get ready to race.
  Nintendo has announced that its popular Mario Kart series is coming to mobile phones.
  The iconic video game company made the announcement on Twitter:
  “The checkered flag has been raised and the finish line is near,” Nintendo tweeted. “A new mobile application is now in development: Mario Kart Tour! #MarioKartTour Releasing in the fiscal year ending in March 2019.”
  Nintendo’s first mobile game was “Miitomo,&rdquo
  
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• Iowa County Pays $285,000 To Man Wrongly Jailed For 68 Days

  01-02-2018 03:29
  CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa county agreed Wednesday to pay $285,000 to an Arizona man who was arrested, transported across the country and jailed for 68 days for a crime that he did not commit.
  The payment will resolve a federal lawsuit that 23-year-old Joseph McBride filed in early January against Linn County and its longtime top prosecutor, County Attorney Jerry Vander Sanden.
  McBride was wrongly accused of participating in a Jan. 1, 2017, home invasion in Cedar Rapids in which a 2
  
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• Police Searching For Missing Teen Girl With Medical Conditions

  01-02-2018 02:06
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Authorities are searching for a 14-year-old girl who was last seen Wednesday.
  Baltimore County police say Karisma Viada Johnson last spoke to her mother at 2:30 p.m.Johnson lives in the 8100 block of Glen Gary Road and has medical conditions according to detectives.
  Johnson is described as a 5-feet-6-inch black female that weighs around 250 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. She was reportedly last seen wearing a plaid shirt, dark-colored blue jeans and brown Ugg boots
  
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• 2 Teens Arrested, Charged For Alleged Armed Robbery At Baltimore High School

  01-02-2018 00:38
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Authorities announced Wednesday that two teens have been arrested for allegedly robbing a teen of his car and money at a Baltimore high school on January 23.
  The Baltimore Police Department say on Tuesday, they arrested Kevin Flythe, 19, and Kevin McConnell Jr. 17, for reportedly robbing a 17-year-old of his car and money while in the parking lot of Baltimore City College.
  Detectives say around 3 p.m. on the day of the incident, Flythe and McConnell, one of which who was a
  
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