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• Dylan Bundy To Start Baltimore Orioles’ Opener

  22-03-2018 23:56
  SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Dylan Bundy has been picked to start the Baltimore Orioles’ opener against Minnesota on March 29.
  The 24-year-old right-hander led the Orioles in wins last season, when he was 13-9 with a 4.24 ERA.
  Bundy beat out Kevin Gausman, who started last year’s opener, and Chris Tillman, the starter of the previous three. Last year was Bundy’s first season in the rotation.
  “I wasn’t even expecting it or thinking it,” Bundy said Thursday. &ldq
  
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• Baltimore Native John Bolton To Replace H.R. McMaster As National Security Adviser

  22-03-2018 23:53
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is replacing national security adviser H.R. McMaster with John Bolton, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
  Trump tweets that McMaster has done “an outstanding job & will always remain my friend.” He says Bolton will take over April 9.
  Trump has repeatedly clashed with McMaster, a respected three-star general, and talk that McMaster would soon leave the administration had picked up in recent weeks.
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• Brian Roberts Elected To Orioles Hall Of Fame

  22-03-2018 23:41
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — We are just one week away from MLB Opening Day, and on Thursday, the Orioles announced some special honors for some Birdland staples.
  Former second baseman Brian Roberts was elected to the Orioles Hall Of Fame.
  Roberts was drafted by Baltimore in the first round of the 1999 draft, and played 13 seasons with the O’s.
  Also, long-time Orioles radio broadcaster Fred Manfra will be inducted as this year’s Herb Armstrong Award Winner.
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• ‘Morrell Park Projected’ Shows Off Filmmaking Skills Of Baltimore Students

  22-03-2018 23:12
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A talented group of young Baltimore filmmakers will debut their first film Thursday night.
  Rolling out the red carpet for Baltimore’s future filmmakers, as a group of 8th graders from Morrell Park Elementary and Middle School will premiere their project.
  The two-part series of autobiographical films, called ‘Morrell Park Projected’, were created by young Baltimore filmmakers.
  Introducing the next generation of filmmakers.
  Their project is a unique c
  
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• Maryland House OKs Budget After School Safety Debate

  22-03-2018 21:40
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland House of Delegates approved the state’s $44.5 billion budget on Thursday after some debate over how the state will pay to improve school safety in the aftermath of this week’s school shooting in St. Mary’s County.
  The House voted 125-12 for the budget, which will now go to a panel of negotiators to work out differences in the legislation passed by the House and Senate.
  What to do about school safety and how to pay for it has become a mai
  
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• Stock Market Plunges Amid Trade Worries

  22-03-2018 21:33
  Stocks plunged, sending the Dow Jones industrials down more than 700 points, as investors feared that trade tensions will spike between the U.S. and China.
  The Trump administration announced trade sanctions against China Thursday, and Beijing has said it will defend itself.
  Industrial and technology companies, which depend heavily on foreign trade, took some of the worst losses.
  Boeing, Caterpillar and Microsoft all fell sharply.
  Bond prices surged as investors sought cover, sending yields lower
  
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• Census: Baltimore Had 2nd Largest Population Decline In U.S. Last Year

  22-03-2018 20:48
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore had the second largest decline in population in the United States last year.
  According to new estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, Baltimore lost 5,310 residents in 2017. Baltimore’s population now stands at 611,648.
  Maryland’s population grew by more than 25,000 during that same time period, with the state having an estimated population of 6,052,177.
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• Viral Video Of Smoking Baby Leads To Mom’s Arrest

  22-03-2018 20:18
  CBS Local —  A video of an infant smoking a small cigar set off outrage on social media that helped North Carolina authorities identify and arrest the mother. Police say the Raleigh mom had her baby smoke “a marijuana blunt,” according to arrest warrants obtained by CBS affiliate WNCN.
  A version of the video that’s received 1.5 million views was posted by a user who urged the mother’s arrest. The 10-second clip shows the hand of an adult off-screen holding what
  
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• Florida High School Requiring Clear Backpacks After Shooting

  22-03-2018 20:12
  PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — When Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students return from spring break, they’ll be required by the local school district to use clear backpacks and wear identification badges at all times.
  Broward Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie told parents in a two-page letter about the security changes. It said the backpacks will be given to students at no cost when they return to school on April 2. He also noted that metal detectors may soon be installed at the sch
  
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• Lindsay Lohan Becomes Ironic New Spokesperson For Lawyer.com

  22-03-2018 20:01
  CBS Local — Lindsay Lohan has a long history of getting into trouble with the law. The actress’s latest gig is therefore catching some people by surprise: spokesperson for Lawyers.com.
  Lohan, who has been arrested multiple times for driving under the influence as well as theft from a Venice jewelry store, spent eight years on probation starting in 2007. The 31-year-old was also sentenced to 90 days in jail in 2010 and has been in and out of rehab during her tumultuous career.
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• ‘That’s Just Extremely Odd’: Cougar Found In Empty Motel Room

  22-03-2018 19:09
  CBS Local — An Oregon motel had to call local wildlife officials after a cougar decided to “check in” to one of their rooms.
  According to KVAL, the cougar wandered into the Oregon Motor Motel on March 20 after being seen walking around the inn two days earlier. “A cougar coming this far into downtown, into the business district and deep into a hotel complex, and not showing fear of people or wariness of urban environments? That’s just extremely odd,”
  
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• Man Loses Thumb In Accident, Doctors Replace It With Big Toe

  22-03-2018 18:48
  CBS Local — An Illinois mechanic who lost his thumb in an accident has the use of his hand again after having doctors attach his toe as a replacement.
  Melo Hairapetian accidentally severed his left thumb and pinky while using a circular saw in 2016. The damage to the man’s hand was so severe that doctors could not save the 45-year-old’s thumb. “I can’t live without my thumb,” Hairapetian said in a Loyola Medicine press release. “I use
  
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• Alan Cumming On Instinct, Whoopi Goldberg & Macbeth

  22-03-2018 18:44
  Alan Cumming has played a lot of different characters in his career, but he has never played a character quite like Detective Dylan Reinhart. Cumming, who was nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards while on the “Good Wife” on CBS, loves the challenge of playing Reinhart because he is multilayered. Reinhart is a professor, a former CIA spy and an author. He’s also the first openly gay leading male character ever on network television, but Cumming believes that’s the leas
  
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• Has Road To WrestleMania Already Topped Main Event?

  22-03-2018 18:20
  By Chuck Carroll
  For WWE, this year’s road to WrestleMania has been unlike any other in the event’s 34-year history. Traditionally, the fireworks are saved for the actual show, but bombshells have already been going off for more than a month, and there is still more than two weeks before tens of thousands pack the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. The biggest bang came earlier this week, when WWE shocked the wrestling world by announcing Daniel Bryan had been medically cleared
  
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• Police Seek Camo-Clad Suspect In South Baltimore Grocery Store Shooting

  22-03-2018 18:12
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —Police are looking for a suspect who was captured on surveillance video during a shooting in the 300 block of South Calhoun Street.
  The video shows a man dressed in camouflage-print clothing exiting a dark-colored pickup truck and carrying a shotgun into a small grocery store just before 11 p.m. Tuesday.
  The gunman “appears to make a demand,” according to Baltimore Police Spokesman T.J. Smith, before firing at a 34-year-old employee behind the glass barrier.
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• Kidde Issues Smoke Detector Recall For Over 450,000 Units

  22-03-2018 17:43
  CBS Local — Kidde has recalled nearly half a million smoke detectors after a flaw was found that could keep the devices from alerting owners about a fire in their homes.
  According to a release from the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), about 452,000 Kidde dual-sensor smoke alarms have been recalled in the United States. 40,000 more were sold in Canada and are also being recalled.
  “A yellow cap left on during the manufacturing process can cover one of the two smoke senso
  
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• Sense Of Urgency Surrounds Orioles, Pending Free Agents

  22-03-2018 17:35
  BALTIMORE (AP) — There is a sense of urgency surrounding the Baltimore Orioles as they enter the 2018 season.
  For several years now, the Orioles have operated under manager Buck Showalter with a core group of players led by Manny Machado, Adam Jones and Zach Britton.
  All three of those stars, in addition to Showalter and executive vice president Dan Duquette, are in the final year of their contract.
  Knowing that significant change is coming for a team with three playoff appearances in the
  
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• Man Barricades Himself In Home At Aberdeen Proving Ground

  22-03-2018 17:31
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —A man has barricaded himself in a home in the Bayside Housing area of Aberdeen Proving Ground, Army officials say.
  Residents of surrounding homes have been notified and locals have been told to avoid the area.
  “The safety and security of Aberdeen Proving Ground residents and personnel is paramount,” an Army release states. “We will continue to monitor the situation and will release information as it becomes available.”
  Aberdeen Proving Ground is an
  
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• Survivor Castoff Stephanie Johnson Speaks Out

  22-03-2018 17:16
  Stephanie Johnson spent 24 hours on Ghost Island and she believes that ended up being the reason she is no longer on “Survivor: Ghost Island.” Johnson is the latest castoff on a Survivor season that keeps on surprising viewers.
  Johnson spoke with CBS Local about why she got voted off, the biggest challenges of the game and who she wants to win now that she’s gone.
  Why do you think you were voted off?
  Stephanie Johnson: I think that they thought I was a player. I was a trip
  
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• Dowd Resigns As Trump’s Lawyer

  22-03-2018 17:15
  By Jeremy Diamond and Gloria Borger, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s lead lawyer, John Dowd, has resigned from the President’s personal legal team handling the response to the Russia investigation.
  “I love the President and wish him well,” Dowd said in a statement to CNN.
  Dowd’s resignation comes as Trump has stepped up his attacks on special counsel Robert Mueller and days after Dowd said in a statement the investigation should end, initially claiming he
  
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• NCAA Tournament 2018 TV schedule: Each March Madness Sweet 16 games ranked 1-8

  22-03-2018 16:30
  By Matt Norlander, CBS Sports
  (CBS Sports) Fewer games, bigger drama.
  With the wacky first and second rounds in the rearview mirror, the NCAA Tournament turns to an octet of regional semifinals that offer an interesting variety of match-ups. The left side of the bracket has gone sideways, while the right side has maintained a lot of stability with the exception of Syracuse sneaking out of the bottom right corner.
  For the 31st time in the 33 years of the 64/68-team era, at least one double digit
  
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• Trump: ‘Crazy Joe Biden… Would Go Down Fast And Hard’ If He Attacked Me

  22-03-2018 15:24
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are in a rhetorical smackdown over who could clean the other’s clock in a brawl.
  Trump, reacting to comments Biden made about him earlier in the week at an anti-sexual assault rally, tweeted Thursday: “Crazy Joe Biden is trying to act like a tough guy. Actually, he is weak, both mentally and physically, and yet he threatens me, for the second time, with physical assault. He doesn’t know me, but h
  
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• Fan Essentials: Most Trusted Coach

  22-03-2018 15:16
  Ryan Mayer
  After the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament, there are always a few surprise teams that make it to the Sweet 16. This year’s group of party crashers includes: Loyola-Chicago, Nevada, Texas Tech, Kansas State and Texas A&M. But, along with the surprises, there are the stalwarts — Villanova, Syracuse, Duke, Kentucky, etc. These teams are led by some of the best coaches in the nation, and routinely find themselves in the second weekend (and further) of the Big Dance.
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• Police: Md. School Shooter Was Lovesick Teen, Used Father’s Gun

  22-03-2018 15:14
  GREAT MILLS, Md. (AP) — Tuesday’s school shooting in southern Maryland that left the shooter dead and two students wounded increasingly appears to be the action of a lovesick teenager.
  Authorities on Wednesday released a few additional details into the shooting at Great Mills High School in St. Mary’s County.
  Austin Rollins, 17, was killed after shooting a schoolmate, 16-year-old Jaelynn Willey. A school resource officer got there within a minute and fired a shot at Willey, but
  
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• Carroll County K9 To Get Body Armor

  22-03-2018 14:12
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Carroll County Sheriff’s Office K9 Jake will receive a bullet and stab protective vest thanks to a charitable donation.
  According to the sheriff’s office, non-profit organization Vested Interest in K9s, Inc. donated the armor that’s expected to arrive within eight to ten weeks. Police say the vest is also sponsored by Downs Family of Anne Arundel County, MD and will be embroidered with the sentiment “In memory of beloved Amaroq&rdquo
  
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• Lyft To Offer Free Rides For March For Our Lives Attendees

  22-03-2018 13:54
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Ride-share company Lyft is offering free rides for people going to March For Our Lives demonstrations across the country.
  There are 50 cities in which an attendee can get a fee ride, including Washington D.C. The statement says they will offer up to $1.5 million in free rides.
  In a statement the company says co-founders John Zimmer and Logan Green support the “civic engagement” shown by student leaders and organizers from Marjory Stoneman Dougla
  
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• Conditions Improving After Spring Snow Storm

  22-03-2018 12:52
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Areas north and west of Baltimore city were hardest hit by Wednesday’s snow storm.
  Temperatures in Carroll County were around 28 degrees as of 6 a.m. Thursday with wind gusts around 13 miles per hour. Many of the roads seem to be clear.
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  Crews are hard at work. One crew told WJZ they worked from 3:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Wednesday working to clear parking lots and were back to work again when we met them at 5 a.m. Thursday.
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• Only Female Candidate For Md. Governor Is Breastfeeding Daughter In Ad

  22-03-2018 12:40
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — In her first campaign ad, Democrat Krishanti Vignarajah is breastfeeding her infant daughter. The ad emphasizes a need for more mothers and women in state leadership.
  Vignarajah is the only woman running for governor in Maryland. In the video she points out all of Maryland’s 14 statewide and federal offices are held by men. She claims women in government help improve schools and health care, and lower incarceration rates.RELATED: Krishanti Vignarajah, Former Mi
  
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• University Of Maryland Professor Tapped For Treasury Post

  22-03-2018 12:24
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has nominated a University of Maryland professor to a Treasury department post.
  The White House released a statement Tuesday announcing the intent to nominate Michael Faulkender to be assistant secretary of the Treasury for economic policy.
  Faulkender holds a doctorate in finance from Northwestern University and is currently the associate dean of masters programs and a professor of finance at the Smith School of Business. He’s previously held
  
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• Weather Blog: Temperatures On The Rise After Spring Snow

  22-03-2018 12:22
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Okay, so Mother Nature had a brain burp yesterday. Snow at the beginning of SPRING. Now the storm is gone, the sun has returned, temperatures are still on the cool side but well above freezing, and the new season has now arrived. Kinda sorta.
  We are going to remain cool as that Low, the “Four’easter”, will continue to fling cool air our way from Eastern Canada. Day and night side we will average 10° below normal. By Tuesday we get to within arm&rsquo
  
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• Gender-Neutral Baby Names Becoming More Popular

  22-03-2018 12:21
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — When picking out names, more parents than ever are choosing gender-neutral options.
  Names such as Riley, Justice, Charlie, and Avery have spiked in popularity recently.
  Some parents say they’re more willing to embrace the possibility their children might not identify with the gender they were born with. The idea is to make the transition a little easier for a child if they identify with a different gender later on. Others say they chose the unisex name in an effort
  
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• 3-Alarm Apartment Fire In Harford County

  22-03-2018 10:41
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Firefighters were on the scene of an apartment fire in the 1200 block of Raven Wood Ct. in Harford County.
  Civilians were inside but no injuries have been reported at this time. The Maryland Office of the State Fire Marshal is investigating what caused the fire.
  Multiple #jmvfc8 units are assisting @AbingdonFire at a 3 Alarm Fire, 1200 blk Raven Wood Ct #Belcamp. First arriving units had fire from the roof of a 3-story apartment building. Civilian rescues underway.ok
  
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• Weather Blog: Spring Snowstorm

  22-03-2018 03:34
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A snowy spring day all across the Mid-Atlantic region!
  Snow amounts ranged from about 2 inches outside D.C., to as much as 14 in the Hereford zone! With some melting late this afternoon, any slush will freeze on any untreated surfaces. So walk and drive with care!
  Sunshine will return tomorrow and it will get to the low 40’s, so a lot of this snow will melt rather quickly.
  More below normal conditions will last into next week, so spring this year will have a cool sta
  
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• Dead Infant Found In Cat Litter At Pa. Home, Parents Charged

  22-03-2018 03:00
  SINKING SPRING, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania couple is facing criminal charges after police found the body of an infant believed to be their 6-month-old daughter in a crawl space at their apartment.
  Police went to their apartment complex in Springfield Township late Monday on a tip from a relative who had heard stories from the father about the couple’s child having died.
  Authorities say the body was found in a trash bag in a plastic container filled with cat litter, in a crawl space un
  
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