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• Latest Pro Golf Power Rankings

  29-03-2018 23:00
  Justin Thomas, who tops the latest rankings, is still learning to match his game to the course.
  
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• Prince George’s Co. Man Arrested On Child Porn Charges

  29-03-2018 22:58
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A Prince George’s County man has been arrested for allegedly distributing and possessing child porn.
  Maryland State Police says 30-year-old Arturo Rodriquez-Salazar of Hyattsville, Maryland has been charged with two counts of distribution of child porn, five counts of possession of child porn and two counts of possession of fictitious government identification documents.Detectives say Rodriguez-Salazar was arrested at 9:30 a.m. Thursday after an investigation reveale
  
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• Stolen Dog Missing For 3 Years Found During Traffic Stop, Returned To Owner

  29-03-2018 22:47
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —A German shepherd found by a Howard County Police officer Sunday turned out to be a pup that had been missing for three years.
  Officer Sarah Miller says she came across the dog during a traffic stop. The people in the car said they found the dog running in the road in Baltimore.
  When animal control officers game out to get the dog, they scanned his microchip and learned that he had been stolen from a backyard in July 2015.
  His name is Harvey, and the owner also said that h
  
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• Police Investigating Murder-Suicide Of 2 Women In Baltimore Co.

  29-03-2018 22:20
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police are investigating a murder-suicide involving two women in Baltimore County.
  Officers were called out to the 4600 block of Debilen Circle just after 11 p.m. Wednesday for a welfare check.
  Friends of the couple had called police after they were unable to get in contact with them.
  Responding officers found Raechele Seanese Gross, 32, and Danielle Tamara Gross, 31, dead inside a locked bedroom.
  Police are investigating their deaths as a murder-suicide.
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• Former Baltimore Sen. Nathaniel Oaks Pleads Guilty In Federal Corruption Case

  29-03-2018 22:00
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Former Maryland Senator Nathaniel T. Oaks has pleaded guilty to charges in connection with a federal bribery case.
  Oaks pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud, and in return, the remaining eight charges were dropped.
  He will be sentenced in July, and he faces a maximum of 20 years in prison on each count, which will likely be reduced in the plea deal when he is sentenced.
  RELATED: Baltimore Sen. Nathaniel Oaks To Resign From Md. General Assembly
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• Jay Lethal Ready For Supercard Of Honor, Biggest ROH Show In History

  29-03-2018 21:49
  By Chuck Carroll
  Jay Lethal is all in. Not for what Cody Rhodes and Young Bucks have in the works for September. Well, not yet anyway. But he’s pushed all of his chips to the middle of the table and is ready to perform in front of what is expected to be the largest crowd in Ring of Honor history. The Baltimore-based promotion will hold its annual Supercard of Honor pay-per-view on the Friday before WrestleMania, just a short drive from where WWE will hold its massive event less than 48 hou
  
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• Easter Weekend Blue Moon Will Be The Last Until 2020

  29-03-2018 20:51
  CBS Local — The last blue moon of the year is set to light up the sky this weekend. For sky watchers, it’ll be the final opportunity to see the rare lunar spectacle until 2020.
  Blue moons typically occur every 2.7 years but this will be the second blue moon since January. A blue moon is the name given to the second full moon to appear in the same month. Accuweather says the next blue moon won’t be seen until Halloween of 2020.
  “The term ‘blue moon’ actually ha
  
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• Orioles Place Trumbo, Ynoa On DL To Finalize 25-Man Roster

  29-03-2018 20:30
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The Orioles have placed designated hitter Mark Trumbo and pitcher Gabriel Ynoa on the 10-day disabled list.
  Both moves were made Thursday and are retroactive to March 26. Trumbo has a right quadriceps strain and Ynoa has a shin injury.
  The Orioles also selected the contracts of four players from Triple-A Norfolk: infielders Pedro Alvarez ($1 million salary in major leagues) and Danny Valencia ($1.2 million), and outfielders Craig Gentry ($900,000) and Colby Rasmus ($3 mill
  
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• Police Searching For Missing 61-Year-Old Man

  29-03-2018 20:25
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police are asking for the public’s help to find a missing 61-year-old man.
  Pinkney Jones was last seen Thursday, in the 5700 block of Fair Oaks Ave.
  He was last seen wearing a black coat with a fur trimmed hood.
  Anyone with information about Jones’ whereabouts is asked to call the Baltimore Police Department’s Missing Person Unit at (443) 984-7385 or dial 911.
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• Maryland Man Indicted On Charges Of Smuggling Illegals Into The U.S.

  29-03-2018 20:08
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A federal grand jury has indicted a Maryland man accused of smuggling illegal aliens into the United States.
  Martir Jandres was indicted on a charge of conspiracy to commit human smuggling. He faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
  According to the indictment, Jandres worked with others in Central America, Mexico, and the U.S., to smuggle illegal immigrants in the country between October 2016 and February 2017.
  Jandres was caught after Homeland Security
  
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• Adnan Syed, Man At Center Of ‘Serial’ Podcast, Granted New Trial By Appeals Court

  29-03-2018 19:51
  BALTIMORE (WJZ/AP) —The Maryland Court of Special Appeals has upheld a circuit court judgement overturning Adnan Syed’s murder conviction and granting him a new trial.
  Syed’s story is at the center of the first season of the popular podcast “Serial.”
  In 2000, Syed was convicted of killing his high school sweetheart, Hae Min Lee, and burying her body in a shallow grave in a park in northwest Baltimore. He was 17 at the time. Both were students at Woodlawn High School
  
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• Vegans Protest Restaurant, So Chef Carves Deer In Front Of Them

  29-03-2018 19:15
  CBS Local — A Canadian chef who was fed up with vegan protesters outside of his Toronto restaurant gave the activists a shocking demonstration of his own. The chef and co-owner decided to give the vegans close-up look at his craft by carving a fresh deer leg in the shop window.
  “I figured, I’ll show them. I’m going to have my own protest,” Michael Hunter of Antler Kitchen & Bar told The Globe And Mail.
  Angry Chef Butchers Deer in Front of Vegan Protest
  
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• Governor: Md. Judge Who Allowed Trump Lawsuit Is An ‘Imbecile’

  29-03-2018 19:06
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage says a federal judge who allowed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump to proceed is an “imbecile.”
  The Republican governor hurled the insult after learning Judge Peter J. Messitte allowed the lawsuit accusing Trump of receiving unconstitutional gain through the presidency to move forward.
  Maryland and the District of Columbia are suing the Republican president. The case was limited to the president’s involvement with the T
  
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• Survivor: Ghost Island Castoff James Lim Speaks Out

  29-03-2018 19:03
  “Survivor: Ghost Island” is pulling out all the stops this season. Another tribe swap dramatically shifted the game and there are now three tribes with the new Naviti, Malolo and Yanuya. An immunity challenge made for any interesting set of circumstances for Dom, Desiree and Wendell, but all three ended up making it through another week.
  James Lim was the latest to be cast off the show and he talked with CBS Local about why he was voted off, how the tribe swap changed the game and wh
  
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• Former Baltimore Sen. Nathaniel Oaks Pleads Guilty To Federal Corruption Charges

  29-03-2018 17:44
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Former Maryland Senator Nathaniel T. Oaks has pleaded guilty to charges in connection with a federal bribery case.
  Oaks pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud, and in return, the remaining eight charges were dropped.
  He will be sentenced in July, and he faces a maximum of 20 years in prison.
  RELATED: Baltimore Sen. Nathaniel Oaks To Resign From Md. General Assembly
  Federal prosecutors allege the Baltimore Democrat took $15,300 in bribes from an informant posing a
  
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• Lobbying Group Criticizes Bill, Angers Maryland Senators

  29-03-2018 17:19
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Some Maryland senators are criticizing a lobbying group over its opposition to a crime bill backed by Gov. Larry Hogan.
  Progressive Maryland leaders criticized Sen. Bobby Zirkin’s crime bill as “racially biased” and claimed it would perpetuate mass incarceration of black men.
  But Zirkin says his aim is put repeat violent offenders behind bars.
  The bill includes an increase of maximum sentences for repeat gun-related offenses. The Baltimore
  
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• Michigan’s Road To The Final Four

  29-03-2018 16:30
  Ryan Mayer
  John Beilein’s crew rolled through the Big Ten tournament at the beginning of March and many analysts saw that as a harbinger of a potential deep run once the NCAA Tournament came around. While the offense wasn’t nearly as prolific as it was during that three-day run in NYC, the Wolverines made those prognosticators look positively Nostradamus-like by pushing their way to the Final Four.
  Despite how good they look now, the expectations for this season weren’t Final F
  
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• Survivor: Ghost Island Episode Five Recap: Fate is in the Homie

  29-03-2018 15:30
  By Mickie McLeod
  It’s a race to the merge! 15 Castaways were left on Survivor: Ghost Island. Every play is critical, and it was a shock that Jeff Probst played a twist in last night’s episode!
  Fate Is The Homie -Survivor (Credit: Robert Voets/CBS Entertainment)
  “Drop your buffs!” It’s time to switch tribes, once again.
  “Fate is in the Homie,” says Desiree. The switching of the tribes could be the bright light at the end of the tunnel for m
  
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• James Comey, Gloria Steinem Coming To Baltimore Speakers Series

  29-03-2018 15:14
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — James Comey, Gloria Steinem, and Jeb Bush are just a few of the names coming to the 2018-2019 Baltimore Speakers Series.
  Former FBI Director James Comey leads the series’ 13th season on Oct. 2. Neuroscientist amd author Lisa Genova will speak on Oct. 23, and feminist, journalist and political activist Gloria Steinem will end the 2018 year by speaking on Nov. 27.
  The 2019 speakers include Governor of Florida Jeb Bush (Jan. 29,) Global political risk specialist I
  
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• Study: Armed Security Officers Are On The Rise In US Schools

  29-03-2018 14:57
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Armed security officers are becoming more prevalent at America’s schools, according to a federal study released Thursday amid a heated debate over whether teachers and other school officials should carry guns.
  Armed officers were present at least once a week in 43 percent of all public schools during the 2015-16 school year, compared with 31 percent of schools a decade before, according to data from a survey conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics.
  
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• 164 D.C. Metro Buses Pulled After Some Shut Off While In Motion

  29-03-2018 14:22
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Metro removes 164 buses from service following two incidents where the engines shut off while the buses were in motion.
  In a statement Metro said one bus shut off Wednesday and one on March 22. The statement says both buses were traveling at less than 10 mph when the engines cut off “with no apparent warning.”
  According to Metro, two people suffered minor injuries.
  The 164 buses represents approximately 10% of Metro’s bus fleet so riders should expect de
  
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• City On Edge For Funeral Of Man Killed By Sacramento Police

  29-03-2018 13:56
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s capital city is on edge for the funeral of a 22-year-old unarmed black man killed by Sacramento police in his grandparents’ backyard.
  The Rev. Al Sharpton plans to give the eulogy for Stephon Clark at Thursday’s funeral at Bayside of South Sacramento church.
  He previously called it “an atrocity” that shows the urgent need for intervention against police misconduct and a thorough investigation into Clark’s death.
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• New 2018 Food Options At Camden Yards

  29-03-2018 13:31
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Many of the new food options at Oriole Park at Camden Yards are from local Baltimore area staples.
  Oriole Park Chef Nick Argo listed some of the choices early on the morning of Opening Day.
  Pinch Dumplings is one of the new vendors.
  “They’re offering a few different options,” said Argo. “Pork, beef, and a vegetarian option with some sides.”
  Other vendors include Lobster Hut, Attman’s Deli, Boardwalk Fries, Pizza John’s, Pollock Jo
  
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• Boy In Viral Hug Photo Missing After Family’s Car Plunges Off Cliff

  29-03-2018 12:49
   (CNN) — A Washington family was killed after their SUV plunged 100 feet off a coastal highway in California, landing on its roof in the Pacific Ocean, officials said Wednesday.
  The bodies of Jennifer and Sarah Hart, and three of their six children, were found Monday in and around the vehicle, Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman said. Their three other children are missing.
  Among the missing children is 15-year-old Devonte, who made national headlines in 2014 when he appeared in a pho
  
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• How To Get Your Discounted Orioles Opening Day Gear!

  29-03-2018 12:31
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Prices for some adult and youth retail items have been lowered for Opening Day at Camden Yards. Fans will be able to save anywhere between 12% and 30%.
  Ryan Seagers, Orioles Director of Retail, says the Orioles thought it would match the kid friendly environment they are trying to create.
  “We thought it would be a good idea to match the pricing to more of a kid friendly environment and hopefully get some more people in here because when this place is full it’s
  
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• DNC Gives $85K To Maryland Party For Voter Turnout Efforts

  29-03-2018 04:07
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Democratic National Committee is giving the Maryland Democratic Party funds to help stimulate voter turnout this November.
  News outlets reported Wednesday the $85,000 grant is meant to target voters who are young, black or in rural areas as part of the state party’s efforts to unseat Gov. Larry Hogan and other Republicans in Maryland.
  The grant from the national organization’s State Party Innovation Fund is markedly less than the $1.5 million the DNC s
  
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• Baltimore Sen. Nathaniel Oaks To Resign From Md. General Assembly

  29-03-2018 02:46
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A spokesman for Maryland’s Senate president says a state senator facing federal bribery and obstruction of justice charges is resigning.
  Sen. Nathaniel Oaks met Wednesday evening with Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller.
  Jake Weissman, a Miller spokesman, says Oaks gave the Senate president a letter stating he is resigning effective 9 a.m. Thursday.
  Federal prosecutors allege the Baltimore Democrat took $15,300 in bribes from an informant posing as a Texas in
  
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• Police Searching For Missing Elderly Man

  29-03-2018 02:12
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– The Baltimore Police Department is searching for a missing 66-year-old man.
  Authorities say Stephen Jerome Diven was last seen in the 1100 block of Steelton Avenue Wednesday.Detectives say Diven is 5-foot-9 and weighs about 350 pounds. He was last seen wearing a grey t-shirt, black sweatpants and a Baltimore Ravens ball cap.
  Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Diven is urged to contact police at 443-984-7385 or call 911.
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• Officials: Technician Changed Security Settings For Baltimore’s Emergency System

  29-03-2018 01:22
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore City 911 dispatch system was breached Sunday, prompting a temporary shutdown of automated dispatching, according to the mayor’s office.
  A spokesperson for Mayor Catherine Pugh said in a statement Tuesday that the breach at 8:30 a.m. affected messaging functions within the system’s Computer Aided Dispatch Network, which supports 911 and public safety emergency services.
  Officials say a technician changed some of the firewall security settings
  
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• Blind 3-Time Cancer Survivor, 11-Year-Old May Be Biggest Orioles Fan

  29-03-2018 00:45
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– An 11-year-old, three-time cancer survivor has been blind since he was a baby, but he’s also a sports fanatic who regularly shares his opinions on the radio.
  What Mo Gabba lacks in stature, he’s makes up with his big voice, infectious laugh and delightful personality.
  “I’m always like happy all the time and I laugh all the time, and I make people laugh too,” Gabba said.
  RELATED: AACo. Schools Use Robots For Students Who Can’t Physically
  
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• Couple Charged With Animal Cruelty After Dog Had To Be Euthanized

  29-03-2018 00:29
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police say they’ve saved seven dogs from a deadly and illegal dog kennel in Anne Arundel County, but one dog had to be put down.
  The two owners of the fake business are now facing 40 counts of animal cruelty.
  A tip to investigators led to officers raiding the home.
  Neighbors of the home in Glen Burnie took pictures and videos as police moved in to rescue the dogs and arrest the kennel owners.
  Some of the dogs were reduced to skin and bones, starved and tortured.
  One
  
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• Schools, Crime Are Top Issues For Maryland Governor

  29-03-2018 00:05
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ)– There are just days left in the 2018 Maryland General Assembly session with still plenty of work to do.
  Schools and crime are two top issues for Marylanders and Gov. Larry Hogan says the issues remain to be resolved in the final days of the session.
  “It’s unfortunate we’re down to less than two weeks left in the session and outstanding that hasn’t been resolved yet is school safety issues, which I think everybody in America is concerned about,&
  
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