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• Parents Of Md. Teacher Killed While Pregnant Support Fetal Homicide Bill

  13-02-2018 23:40
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The family of a slain Howard County teacher who was 14 weeks pregnant when police say her longtime boyfriend shot her in the head supports a bill intended to protect pregnant women and their unborn children.
  Wallen taught at Wilde Lake High School in Columbia, Maryland. She was reported missing Sept. 4 and her body was found Sept. 13. Police believe her boyfriend, Tyler Tessier, shot and buried her on a friend’s property in Montgomery County.
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• Gov. Hogan Announces 2018 Is ‘The Year of Frederick Douglass’

  13-02-2018 23:29
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A yearlong celebration is underway to celebrate the 200th birthday of Frederick Douglass, a Maryland native who shaped American history.
  Douglass’ life and legacy will be honored across the state.
  “We don’t learn enough about Frederick Douglass or Benjamin Bannaker,” said Charlotte Wojick of Ellicott City.
  Douglass’ rise from a Maryland slave is on display at the Bannaker-Douglass Museum in Annapolis.
  “His fight for human rights and equ
  
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• First Medical Marijuana Dispensary In Anne Arundel County Opens

  13-02-2018 23:26
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Anne Arundel County’s first medical marijuana dispensary is stocked and open for business.
  White Widow, War Child, Acapulco Gold. The menu options have changed quite a bit since the building went from a fast-food joint to the first medical marijuana dispensary in the county.
  “We can kind of set the tone for the what the industry is going to look like in Anne Arundel County, and we want to set a high standard,” says Tony Toskov, owner of Green P
  
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• U.S. Picks Up $18M Tab To Refurbish, Donate Coast Guard Ships To Costa Rica

  13-02-2018 22:59
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– The U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica and the Costa Rican ambassador to the U.S. were in South Baltimore Tuesday to celebrate the transfer of two very special patrol ships.
  In their glory days, the 110-foot U.S. Coast Guard Cutters were ships used to rescue fishermen, catch drug runner, smugglers and thieves.
  The ships were designed for 20 years of use, and now at age 26, the two ships are docked at the Coast Guard Creek and were given a much-needed overhaul.
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• Four Alleged MS-13 Members Charged In Deadly Racketeering Conspiracy

  13-02-2018 22:50
  BALTIMORE (WJZ/AP) — Federal prosecutors have indicted four alleged members of the MS-13 street gang on racketeering charges that include murder allegations.
  Willians Ernesto Lovos-Ayala, 25; Vilas Sail Argueta-Bermudez, 31; and Michael Campos-Lemus, 24; and Daniel Flores-Ventura, 24, were indicted in connection with a conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering and murder in aid of racketeering, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maryland announced Tuesday.
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• 2018 Winter Olympics Sets Record For Most Condoms Given Out

  13-02-2018 22:26
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Olympic officials want the thousands of athletes at this year’s winter games to be safe on and off the field. A record 110,000 condoms have been handed out to the nearly 3,000 Olympians in PyeongChang; that’s almost 40 condoms per athlete.
  The Olympics have a reputation for being a hotbed for hook-ups and one night stands between the talented competitors. Organizers say the massive total is 10,000 more than were given to athletes at the Vancouver 201
  
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• Trump’s Budget Plan Would Cut Chesapeake Bay Funding By 90 Percent

  13-02-2018 22:20
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — President Donald Trump’s proposed budget places federal funds for a cleaner Chesapeake Bay back on the chopping block.
  Right now, $73 million in funds directed to the ESP help six bay states, including Maryland, with efforts to clean up waterways flowing into the bay. That’s money Trump’s budget would cut by 90 percent.
  “The cut in funding could not come at a worse time,” says Chesapeake Bay Foundation President Will Baker. “The bay has
  
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• Parents Of GOP Senate Candidate Gives Max Donation To His Opponent

  13-02-2018 22:05
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The parents of a Republican U.S. Senate candidate have made a very generous political donation… to one of their son’s opponents.
  GOP candidate Kevin Nicholson, a Marine Corps veteran running for office in Wisconsin, is challenging fellow Republican Leah Vukmir for the spot in November’s senate race. The GOP’s primary winner will face off against the incumbent Democrat, Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who has been in office since 2013.
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• Police Asking For Public’s Help In Case Of Teen Attacked With Baseball Bat

  13-02-2018 21:53
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police are asking for the public’s help with information about an assault involving a 14-year-old who was attacked with a baseball bat in December.
  Baltimore County detectives haven’t been able to identify a suspect given the vague description of a person wearing all black, about 5’10” and weighing 175 pounds.
  The assault happened in the 4700 block of Stellabrooke Lane on Dec. 20 when the boy was returning home from school with a relative
  
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• Suspicious Envelope Sent To Trump Jr. Contained Cornstarch

  13-02-2018 21:29
  (CNN) — The substance sent in a white envelope addressed to Donald Trump Jr. on Monday was determined to be cornstarch, a law enforcement source tells CNN.
  Another law enforcement source said the letter, postmarked in Boston, was addressed to Trump Jr. but was actually sent to the Manhattan apartment of his mother-in-law, Bonnie Haydon. Vanessa, Trump Jr.’s wife, opened and handled the letter. The NYPD, citing preliminary information, said Monday that the letter had been se
  
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• Man Mistakenly Buys Tickets To ‘Red Hot Chilli Pipers’ Concert

  13-02-2018 20:51
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — One man’s Valentine’s Day fail is reminding people around the world to always read the fine print.
  Thinking he had found the perfect Valentine’s Day present, Duncan Robb bought what he believed to be tickets for his girlfriend Sarah’s favorite band the Red Hot Chili Peppers. “Fast forward a month and we get the actual tickets through the post – brilliant! Up they went on the board – still nobody had noticed my mistake,” Robb
  
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• Baltimore’s Murder-Free Streak Ends At 12 Days

  13-02-2018 20:51
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore’s 12-day streak without a homicide ended Tuesday, with the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old man.
  Police say the shooting happened just before 1:15 p.m., in the 3800 block of Elmley Ave.
  The victim was found with a gunshot wound to the chest.
  He was taken to Johns Hopkins Bayview Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
  Confirmed: This is a homicide. And, Acting Commissioner De Sousa is on scene, as is new east side area Lt. Col. Deron Garrity
  
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• Not Just Trump’s Idea: A Brief History On Famous Walls And Their Impact

  13-02-2018 20:16
  (CNN) — Donald Trump isn’t the first leader to want to put up a border wall.
  Defensive barriers have been around since the beginning of time, and the first walls sprung up 11,500 years ago in Turkey to wall off cities from attack.
  RELATED: Trump’s Budget Plan Would Create Soaring Deficits, Calls For Obamacare Repeal, 65 Miles Of ‘The Wall’
  “Throughout history, walls have had both a symbolic function and much as a mechanical barrier,” said John Linne
  
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• Video: Teen’s Jump Onto ‘Ice’ Trampoline Goes Viral

  13-02-2018 20:15
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — What happens when you jump onto a trampoline that’s been covered by a sheet of ice? You become an instant hit on YouTube.
  A Missouri teen’s leap onto an ice-coated trampoline was captured in slow motion by the boy’s friend and later posted on YouTube by the jumper’s mom, Michelle McNew. “I couldn’t see the whole thing,” 14-year-old Dylan McNew said, via the Springfield News-Leader. “After I jumped, I felt the
  
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• Driver Dies After Rear-Ending Dump Truck On I-83

  13-02-2018 19:59
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A 49-year-old man is dead after police say he rear-ended a dump truck while driving on I-83.
  The Baltimore Police Department reports the crash happened in the early morning hours on northbound I-83 at Kelly Ave.
  Police were called to the scene, and responding officers found that a 2000 Honda Civic had rear ended a DPW Dump Truck.
  The operator and passenger of the dump truck were working to put out smoke from the Civic and help the driver of the vehicle,
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• Olympic Skater Rescued Pup From South Korea Meat Trade, Wins Gold

  13-02-2018 19:33
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — An Olympic figure skater went to South Korea last year to rescue dogs from the country’s controversial meat trade, and now she’s back and taking home a gold medal.
  Canadian pairs skater Meagan Duhamel — a two-time world champion — rescued her mini-dachshund Moo-tae from a South Korean meat farm last February. Working with the non-profit Free Korean Dogs, Duhamel adopted the two-year-old while she was in the country for Olympic trial
  
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• Trump Administration Wants To Replace Food Stamps With Box Of Food

  13-02-2018 18:20
  (CNN Money) — Think of it as Blue Apron for food stamp recipients.
  That’s how Budget Director Mick Mulvaney described the Trump administration’s proposal to replace nearly half of poor Americans’ monthly cash benefits with a box of food. It would affect households that receive at least $90 a month in food stamps, or roughly 38 million people.
  “USDA America’s Harvest Box is a bold, innovative approach to providing nutritious food to people who need assistance f
  
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• Gausman, Orioles Agree To $5.6M Deal, Avoiding Arbitration

  13-02-2018 18:13
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The Orioles avoided an arbitration hearing with pitcher Kevin Gausman, agreeing to a $5.6 million, one-year contract.
  Gausman had asked for $6,225,000 and the Orioles had submitted $5.3 million when proposed salaries were swapped last month, making the settlement $162,500 below the midpoint. He earned $3.45 million last year in his first of four arbitration-eligible seasons.
  His deal includes bonuses of $50,000 each for 25, 30, 33 starts; $50,000 if he makes the All-Star t
  
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• Maryland Ends Parental Rights Of Rapists Who Impregnate

  13-02-2018 18:08
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland women impregnated by rapists have new legal power to end the parental rights of their attacker, under a new law signed by Gov. Larry Hogan.
  Hogan signed it Tuesday, putting the emergency legislation passed unanimously into effect immediately.
  Advocates have been pushing for the bill for about a decade. The woman must provide “clear and convincing” proof that the man raped her. That is lower than the “beyond a reasonable doubt” threshol
  
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• Police: Repeat Offender Arrested After Tossing Loaded Gun During Chase

  13-02-2018 17:28
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Authorities say a 23-year-old man who has previously been arrested was taken into custody after trying to toss a gun during a police chase in Baltimore.
  Baltimore City Police officers were conducting an investigation in the 5300 block of Denmore Avenue on Monday when they arrested Terrell Elliot Jr., who lives on the street.
  Police say officers confiscated a loaded handgun that Elliot allegedly tried to discarded during a brief foot pursuit.
  Elliot was taken to
  
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• LOVE IS IN THE AIRWAVES | The Love Stories Of Mark Viviano, Denise Koch & Mary Bubala

  13-02-2018 17:23
  Jessica Kartalija’s special Valentine’s Day week series gives you a behind-the-scenes look at WJZ love stories.
  This edition features Mark Viviano, Denise Koch and Mary Bubala.
  
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• Ravens To Play The Bears In 2018 Hall Of Fame Game

  13-02-2018 17:20
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore Ravens will play the Chicago Bears in the 2018 Pro Football Hall of Fame Game.
  This is the Ravens’ first time playing in the Hall of Fame Game, which will take place on Thursday, Aug. 2 at 8 pm ET at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium.
  The game will happen just two days before Ray Lewis is enshrined in the NFL Hall Of Fame.
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• Winter Olympics Medal Tracker

  13-02-2018 17:15
  The 2018 Winter Olympics Medal Tracker will follow every country to win a medal.
  
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• Judge Awards Graffiti Artists $6.7M After Works Destroyed

  13-02-2018 16:35
  NEW YORK (AP) — A judge awarded $6.7 million Monday to graffiti artists who sued after dozens of spray paintings were destroyed on the walls of dilapidated warehouse buildings torn down to make room for high-rise luxury residences.
  U.S. District Judge Frederic Block in Brooklyn said 45 of the 49 paintings were recognized works of art “wrongfully and willfully destroyed” by a remorseless landlord.
  Twenty-one aerosol artists had sued the owner of a Long Island City, Queens, site
  
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• Police Commissioner Decides To Not Move Forward With Cassella Appointment

  13-02-2018 16:30
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore Police Commissioner Designate Darryl De Sousa announced Tuesday that the appointment of Tom Cassella to deputy commissioner will no longer move forward.
  This decision comes after leaked documents about complaints against Cassella were  reported on by some local outlets.
  Police spokesman T.J. Smith said during a press conference Friday morning the leak of documents reported on by some local outlets was “illegal.”
  The department did not revea
  
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• John Smoltz: ‘The Success Of The Atlanta Braves Won’t Be Duplicated’

  13-02-2018 16:21
  All these years later, it is still incredible to think that the Atlanta Braves won 14 straight division titles from 1991-2005. The Braves won the World Series in 1995, played in the Fall Classic five times in the 1990s and had a roster that featured four Hall of Fame players and a Hall of Fame manager. Yet this was a dynasty that was supposed to win multiple championships. The Braves lost in extra innings of Game 7 of the 1991 World Series and blew a 2-0 series lead against the New York Yankees
  
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• Police: ‘Obit Bandit’ Targets Homes Of Mourners At Funerals

  13-02-2018 16:18
  BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) — Police have arrested a man they say broke into people’s homes in Massachusetts while they attended wakes or funerals.
  Authorities say they began to suspect 35-year-old Randy Brunelle during an investigation into a series of break-ins on Cape Cod. Brunelle previously had served an 18-month prison sentence on a 2012 conviction for breaking into a police officer’s home as the officer attended his mother’s funeral.
  Barnstable police say they followed
  
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• Rising Stars: Troy Terry

  13-02-2018 16:00
  Ryan MayerWith the 2018 Winter Olympics set to get underway, CBS Local Sports will be profiling five young, up-and-coming, Olympic athletes whose names you will likely hear a lot during the course of the Games. These athletes are our “Rising Stars” for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korea.Team USA hockey looks a little bit different this year. That’s because for the first time since the 1994 Winter Games in Lillehammer, the roster won’t be made up of guys from the
  
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• Omarosa Warns ‘Big Brother’ Housemates: Pence Is Worse Than Trump

  13-02-2018 15:00
  (CNN) — Former White House aide Omarosa Manigault-Newman took aim at Vice President Mike Pence during CBS’ “Celebrity Big Brother” on Monday, telling her housemates that Pence is worse than President Donald Trump.
  “Can I just say this? As bad as y’all think Trump is, you would be worried about Pence,” Manigault-Newman told her housemates seated around her. She continued, “We would be begging for days of Trump back if Pence became President, that&rs
  
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• 14 Worms Pulled From Woman’s Eye After Rare Infection

  13-02-2018 14:37
  NEW YORK (AP) — An Oregon woman who had worms coming out of her eye is being called the first known human case of a parasitic infection spread by flies.
  Fourteen tiny worms were removed from the left eye of the 26-year-old woman in August 2016. Scientists reported the case Monday.
  The woman, Abby Beckley, was diagnosed in August 2016 with Thelazia gulosa. That’s a type of eye worm seen in cattle in the northern United States and southern Canada, but never before in humans.
  They are s
  
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• Police Answered Immigrant’s Call For Help, Then Gave Him To ICE

  13-02-2018 14:02
  (CNN) — Wilson Rodriguez Macarreno and his family heard an intruder so he called police for help. About an hour later, he was in the custody of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
  Rodriguez’s detention Thursday sent shockwaves through the Seattle suburb of Tukwila and is now garnering national attention from immigration advocates, warning that the way authorities handled the case could make immigrants scared to call police to report crimes.
  Early Thursday morning, Rodriguez saw s
  
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• New President Appointed To University Of Maryland Medical Center

  13-02-2018 13:45
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A month after a patient was found left outside an emergency room in about 30-40 degree weather and wearing nothing but a hospital gown; a new president has been appointed to the University of Maryland Medical Center.
  A video of the woman being left outside by hospital staff went viral and sparked a nationwide discussion of the practice known as patient dumping.
  When WJZ spoke with the patient’s mother, she said her 22-year-old daughter Rebecca was left out in t
  
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• Weather Blog: Sunny Today But Warmer Tomorrow

  13-02-2018 13:35
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Today is FAT TUESDAY, the apex of Mardi Gras. Didn’t that sneak up on us? But think about it, Easter is early this year on April 1. Passover is early this year on March 31st. I point this out because those three events are sign posts to Spring.
  Kind of like last weekend was the Pebble Beach Pro-Am golf classic, and this Sunday is the “Great American Race”, the Daytona 500. Both events sign posts leading to Spring. Add in those warm temperatures we d
  
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• Mardi Gras Parade Honors New Orleans’ Tricentennial

  13-02-2018 13:21
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tens of thousands of revelers are expected on New Orleans streets for parades and rowdy fun as Mardi Gras caps the Carnival season in a city with a celebration of its own, its 300th anniversary.
  The anniversary of this Louisiana port city will feature prominently in Fat Tuesday’s festivities.
  Rex, New Orleans’ oldest parading Carnival group, is celebrating the tricentennial with 21 of its 28 floats commemorating its history from those who lived in the area be
  
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• Wedding Cake Worth $1 Million

  13-02-2018 12:53
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A life-sized Arabian bride wedding cake costs $1 million and is considered one of the most expensive cakes in the world.
  It was created by Debbie Wingham and is currently being showcased at the 2018 Dubai Bride Show.
  The cake consisted of dozens of layers of sponge, 55 pounds of chocolate, and around 110 pounds of fondant. It took six people to carry the 260 pound cake.
  The gown was decorated with 5,000 hand-cut fondant flowers and 10,000 edible pearls.
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• Plan To Name Park For Nancy Reagan Faces Headwinds

  13-02-2018 12:18
  ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — In one of Virginia’s most liberal jurisdictions, political leaders are just saying ‘no’ to a proposal in Congress to name a popular park for former first lady Nancy Reagan.
  Legislation passed a House committee last month to rename Gravelly Point Park, which sits on federal land adjacent to Ronald Reagan National Airport. The bill’s sponsor, Georgia Republican Jody Hice, said renaming the park for the former first lady — who is commonly as
  
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• US Attorney Sends Letter To Ethics Panel On Indicted Senator

  13-02-2018 05:04
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland’s acting U.S. attorney says he believes it would be prudent for a Maryland legislative ethics panel to hold off its own investigation into an indicted state senator “until the federal charges are resolved.”
  Acting U.S. Attorney Stephen Schenning’s letter to lawmakers dated Feb. 7 was read by a clerk in the Senate Monday night, a very unusual event for ethics proceedings that largely are kept confidential until recommendations for actio
  
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• Proposal Of High-Speed Trains Between Baltimore, D.C. Stirs Debate

  13-02-2018 04:15
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Proposed plans for high-speed trains that would one day transport people from Baltimore to Washington, D.C. in 15 minutes are cause for serious debate.
  Officials say most of the route would run underground and would likely create nearly 74,000 jobs during it’s construction.
  The idea sounds like something out of science fiction: a high-speed, magnetic levitation train transporting riders from point A to B in record time. The system, known as maglev for shor
  
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• Weather Blog: Sunny, Cooler Monday

  13-02-2018 03:23
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A wet weekend that ended up with sunshine and cooler air Monday has brought the Baltimore area up-to-date with precipitation for the year and ended the current drought.
  Tonight will feature chilly temperatures and clear skies.
  Tuesday will be a cool but mainly sunny day until later on.
  Warmer air will begin to move back in on Wednesday.
  A few showers may develop later in the day with more showers and very mild temperatures on Thursday.
  It will cool down, and dry out
  
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• ATF: Three Fugitives Wanted For Murder, Drug Charges

  13-02-2018 03:15
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Authorities are looking for three men who have been indicted on murder and federal drug charges.
  The Baltimore division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is offering a reward of up to $1,000 each for information leading to the arrest of Travis Eugene Alewine, Deaven Raeshawn Cherry and Terrell Luster.
  Officials say the three were indicted — along with 18 others — in September 2016 for their alleged roles in a violent drug distribu
  
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• Howard Bancorp Given Regulatory Approval To Acquire First Mariner Bank

  13-02-2018 02:55
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Howard Bancorp has been given approval to acquire First Mariner Bank, the Federal Reserve Board announced Monday.
  The Ellicott City-based company is now able to move forward with the $163.4 million deal. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. approved the bank merger on Jan. 31.
  The go-ahead clears the way for Howard to become the biggest Baltimore-based bank since Mercantile Bankshares, according to the Baltimore Business Journal.
  The appr
  
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• Stevenson Univ. Students Swap Holiday Breaks For Natural Disaster Volunteer Work

  13-02-2018 02:18
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — For a team of college students, heading to New Orleans to help those still rebuilding their lives is anything but a typical winter break.
  “These are young students 18, 19, 20 years old. Oftentimes, this is, for them, an opportunity to travel. Secondly, an opportunity to learn about giving back, about service and most of the students will say that their experiences are life changing,” says Romas Laskauskas of the Stevenson School of Business.
  For the past decad
  
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• Md. Man Who Supported ISIS Could Face Additional Terrorist Charge

  13-02-2018 00:41
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Maryland man who pleaded guilty to supporting ISIS is now one step closer to learning his punishment.
  Mohamed Elshinawy pleaded guilty to charges of supporting ISIS and making false statements back in August 2017.
  Federal prosecutors say Elshinawy was also looking to target federal buildings in Baltimore.
  It’s one of several new details revealed in the sentencing phase for Elshinawy.
  On Monday, federal prosecutors focused on seven statements ma
  
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• Plans To Renovate Dulaney High School Scrapped, New School Being Built

  13-02-2018 00:32
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Dulaney High School students are getting a new school.
  Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz reversed his decision to renovate, and will instead build a new school.
  The decision got the approval of Gov. Larry Hogan as he toured the school Monday, where for years students have sweltered with no air conditioning.
  Now, future students heading to the high school in Timonium will have a new building.
  “We’re really pleased about that. Comptroller Franchot and I
  
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