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• Maryland Senate OKs $167M In Dedicated Metro Funding

  30-03-2018 23:55
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland Senate has approved an annual $167 million grant to support the Metro.
  The Senate passed the bill Friday. A similar bill has cleared the House of Delegates. The measure also requires the annual grant to increase by 3 percent annually.
  A 2017 study by former U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood recommended Maryland, Virginia and the District provide annual dedicated funding of $500 million for capital costs.
  Virginia is contributing $154 million and th
  
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• Md. Attorney General Has Less Than 1 Month To Appeal ‘Serial’ Subject’s New Trial Ruling

  30-03-2018 23:31
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Maryland’s attorney general has less than a month to decide whether to appeal the ruling by the state’s second highest court in Adnan Syed’s favor, the subject of the popular podcast Serial.
  It was almost 20 years ago when a passerby found Syed’s ex-girlfriend’s body dumped in the woods, and a new trial in the case is now closer to reality.
  The family of murdered Woodlawn High student Hae Min Lee still believes the original verdict was the rig
  
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• Maryland Senate Committee Approves Medical Marijuana Bill

  30-03-2018 23:00
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland Senate committee has passed a measure to increase the number of licenses for medical marijuana growers from 15 to as many as 22.
  The Maryland Senate Committee Approves Medical Marijuana Bill, Senate Finance Committee approved a bill Friday that was previously passed by the House. It now goes to the full Senate.
  The measure was introduced to increase minority-business ownership, but not all new licenses would go to minority businesses.
  It would grant a growe
  
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• Arnold Schwarzenegger Is Stable After Heart Surgery

  30-03-2018 22:52
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Arnold Schwarzenegger is recovering in a Los Angeles hospital after undergoing heart surgery.
  The 70-year-old former California governor had a scheduled procedure to replace a pulmonic valve on Thursday, according to Schwarzenegger’s spokesman, Daniel Ketchell. He was in stable condition on Friday.
  “His first words were actually ‘I’m back,” so he is in good spirits,” Ketchell tweeted.
  The operation was necessary to replace a valve that
  
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• Md. Medical Officials Want Bleeding Training As Common As CPR Training

  30-03-2018 22:47
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Whether it’s a traffic accident or a shooting, doctors at Shock Trauma want the public to learn how to slow the bleeding of trauma victims.
  Friday’s tourniquet training day was taught to many by those who head up the University of Maryland’s schools and departments.
  According to University of Maryland Baltimore President Dr. Jay Perman, “All of us, not just the medical professionals, need to be prepared to help, on the spot.”
  “If yo
  
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• 75-Year-Old Power Lifter Breaking Records In Maryland

  30-03-2018 22:33
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Studies show that only six percent of people over age 75 are getting enough exercise. But one 75-year-old woman in Baltimore County is not only is getting enough exercise, she’s also breaking records.
  Pam, Michelle and Pauline Horn are collectively known as “The Golden Girls” because they’re in their 60’s and 70’s.
  Working with weights have made them strong, really strong — especially Horn.
  “When she first sta
  
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• Maryland Lawmakers Tackle Health Care Proposals

  30-03-2018 21:58
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland Legislature is working to enact a number of crucial bills that would counteract healthcare policy changes at the federal level.
  The measures generally fall into three categories: applying for a federal-funds waiver; creating a reinsurance pool based on approval of the waiver; and implementing an individual insurance mandate.
  At a healthcare rally Feb. 21, lawmakers, advocates and healthcare consumers gathered to push for this legislative package to progre
  
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• Maryland Bill Would Put An Armed Officer In Every School

  30-03-2018 21:46
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Determined to pass meaningful legislation in the wake of the Parkland and Great Mills high school shootings, Maryland lawmakers are considering a measure to put an armed school resource officer in every public school. The bill comes as part of a four-bill package being rushed through the General Assembly as session nears end.
  Advocates label this the “deterrence” stage of the package, which also includes prevention, anticipation and protection stages. Push
  
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• Michael Johnson Acquitted In 3rd Phylicia Barnes Murder Trial

  30-03-2018 21:27
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Michael Johnson has been acquitted in the third Phylicia Barnes murder trial.
  Judge acquitted him after motion by the defense. #WJZ
  — Kimberly Eiten (@WJZKimberly) March 30, 2018Johnson was on trial for the murder of 16-year-old Phylicia Barnes, an honor student from North Carolina who vanished in 2010 while visiting family in Baltimore. Her body was found months later.
  RELATED: Sister Of Murdered Girl: Suspect Said He Was The Last Person To See Her
  Barnes was visiti
  
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• Man Hit By Car While Fleeing From Baltimore Police Dies

  30-03-2018 21:08
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– City police say a man who was fleeing from them has died after being hit by a car.
  The Baltimore Police Department says 21-year-old Larry Whitfield has died from injuries he sustained while eluding police during a narcotics investigation.
  Officers say around 8:35 p.m. Thursday, they were investigating in the 2700 block of Greenmount Avenue when they attempted to make contact with Whitfield, who immediately fled.
  Whitefield was then struck by a Kia Optima while running acro
  
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• Wanted Man Eludes Police By Jumping In Water, Swims Away

  30-03-2018 20:31
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Authorities are searching for a man who escaped from officers by jumping into the water and swimming away.
  The Baltimore Police Department says 33-year-old Gokhan Donald Oztas managed to escape them by swimming away towards a dock in Fells Point early Friday morning.Officers say around 1:30 a.m., they responded to the 700 block of South Broadway because someone reported a man, identified as Oztas, was behaving aggressively towards patrons and employees at one of the tavern
  
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• Plane Bound For Baltimore Returns to Phoenix After Several Passengers Become Ill

  30-03-2018 19:40
  PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix fire officials say a flight has returned to Sky Harbor International Airport after several people on board began feeling ill.
  Fire Capt. Larry Subervi says firefighters and a hazardous materials team were at the scene Friday morning to treat at least eight people on an American Airlines flight bound for Baltimore, Maryland.
  Subervi says some people began complaining of nausea and dizziness from an odor on the plane.
  The pilot turned the plane around as several people
  
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• Plane Bound For Baltimore Returns to Phoenix After Flight Attendants Felt Ill

  30-03-2018 19:40
  PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix fire officials say a flight returned to Sky Harbor International Airport after two flight attendants complained of feeling ill, and that initial reports of several passengers feeling sick were inaccurate.
  Fire Capt. Larry Subervi says the two flight attendants described feeling nausea, dizziness and a sore throat shortly after the American Airlines flight bound for Baltimore took off Friday morning.
  They also described a strong odor of burning rubber that later dissi
  
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• Elton John: I’m Still Standing — A GRAMMY Salute To Air On Tuesday, Apr. 10 On CBS

  30-03-2018 18:40
  Elton John: I’m Still Standing—A GRAMMY® Salute, will be broadcast on Tuesday, Apr. 10 at 9/8c on CBS and CBS All Access, and features a collection of all-star performers from across the musical map, who will all gather together to celebrate the illustrious career of this true music legend.
  Not only will the bill include Elton John himself, performing a medley of his timeless hits—including “Bennie And The Jets” and “Philadelphia Freedom”—
  
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• Maryland Craft Brewers Hope For Revamped Laws Next Year

  30-03-2018 18:21
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The state’s craft brewing community and its allies failed to convince the legislature this year to ease restrictions on the production and distribution of craft beer, but the industry expects to try again next session.
  “The battle has really just begun,” said Alan Brody, spokesman for Comptroller Peter Franchot, who championed the brewers’ efforts to overhaul state laws this year. “This is an issue that is extraordinarily important, not j
  
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• Mega Millions Jackpot Up To $521 Million As Drawing Nears

  30-03-2018 18:18
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A giant lottery jackpot has grown a bit bigger.
  The Mega Millions jackpot climbed from $502 million to $521 million ahead of Friday night’s drawing as more players bought tickets.
  It’s the nation’s 10th largest lottery jackpot. No one has matched all six numbers drawn since January.
  It costs $2 to play the game and a willingness to ignore the fact that you’ll almost certainly lose. The odds of winning the jackpot are one in 302 million, thoug
  
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• 16-Year-Old Girl Gunned Down In Md. High School Shooting Is Laid To Rest

  30-03-2018 17:58
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– It was an emotional scene in St. Mary’s County Friday as hundreds said goodbye to a 16-year-old girl who was gunned at a Maryland high school.
  The public service for Jaelynn Willey was held at the Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department in Hollywood, Maryland.
  Authorities say Jaelynn was shot last Tuesday by 17-year-old Austin Rollins at Great Mills High School in St. Mary’s County. Jaelynn reportedly has a prior relationship with Rollins.
  RELATED: M
  
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• Police: Ex-Boyfriend Assaults Ex-Girlfriend, Stabs Boyfriend

  30-03-2018 17:39
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Authorities say that an ex-boyfriend assaulted his ex-girlfriend before stabbing her current boyfriend in Hanover Thursday morning.
  The Anne Arundel County Police Department says that Bryan Angelo Wright, 25, assaulted his ex-girlfriend and stabbed her boyfriend at her apartment in the 3700 block of Windstream Circle.Detectives say around 8 a.m., Wright approach his ex-girlfriend as she was exiting her apartment and brandished a knife, forcing her back inside. He then assa
  
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• Parkland Shooter Nikolas Cruz Getting Flood Of Fan Mail

  30-03-2018 16:28
  By Rosa Flores and Hollie Silverman, CNN (CNN) — It’s an eerie pile of messages to a killer.
  Postmarked from all over the United States and Europe, they are from women, girls and grown men. Some are handwritten, others are typed. They are written on college-ruled notebook paper and in fancy greeting cards with cartoons. Some are stuffed with sexually suggestive photos of women and teens in lingerie.
  There’s even a handwritten note from a Girl Scout troop in New Jersey, signed b
  
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• Senate Building In Annapolis Evacuated Due To Gas Leak

  30-03-2018 16:10
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The James Senate Office Building in Annapolis was evacuated Friday morning due to a gas leak.
  The leak was isolated to one portion of the building, and it’s being investigated.
  This is a developing story.
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• Suspect Wanted For 5 Burglaries In South Baltimore

  30-03-2018 15:26
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore Police are searching for a suspect they say is responsible for at least five commercial burglaries.
  All five occurred in South Baltimore throughout the months of February and March.
  Courtesy : Baltimore Police
  Police say four of the burglaries occurred at businesses in the 700 block of Washington Boulevard on March 22, February 27, February 17, and Febuary 2. They say they fifth incident happened on March 25 at a buisness in the 1000 block of S. C
  
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• BarkBuddy: It’s Like Tinder, But For Dogs

  30-03-2018 14:59
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The app makes it possible for users to locate and match with adoptable dogs in their area. It’s called BarkBuddy.
  BARK & Co. created the app. The company says it’s “dedicated to building products that foster the health and happiness of dogs everywhere.”
  BarkBuddy is designed similarly to popular dating apps like Tinder and Bumble. People are able to browse through different dog profiles to get more information about each dog, can share the
  
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• SportsLine’s Top Weekend Picks: Final Four

  30-03-2018 14:49
  Chicago Bulls vs. Orlando MagicFriday, March 30, 2018, 7:00 pm ET
  Chicago +6.5
  My numbers see the Bulls hanging around with the Magic on Friday, as I’m projecting a one-score game that makes the underdog a solid position. Chicago is covering the number in 60 percent of simulations, and it should pay dividends to grab the points in a battle of moribund clubs.
  SportsLine Expert: Stephen Oh (10-3 in last 13 NBA O/U picks)
  Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Dallas MavericksFriday, March 30, 2018, 8:30
  
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• All Lanes Reopened On I-95 Southbound At Chesapeake House

  30-03-2018 14:39
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — All lanes have been reopened on southbound I-95 at Chesapeake House after a two vehicle crash.
  Authorities say traffic was being diverted onto Chesapeake House access road and then back onto I-95. They say there was an approximate two mile traffic backup.
  UPDATE Cecil Co: All lanes REOPENED SB I-95 at Chesapeake House from crash. Expect delays as traffic clears. #mdtraffic pic.twitter.com/3BmST99tDL
  — MDTA (@TheMDTA) March 30, 2018Fire and EMS crews were on sce
  
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• Retired Blue Moon Creator Launching Marijuana-Infused Beverages

  30-03-2018 14:25
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The inventor of Blue Moon Brewing Company is infusing marijuana into his newest beverage line.
  Creator Keith Villa is the co-founder and brewmaster of company Ceria Beverages. According to their website, the company’s goal is to be the first to introduce the line of non-alcoholic craft beverages containing THC. THC is the key psychoactive chemical that gives marijuana users the “high” feeling.
  The other co-founder is his wife Jodi Villa who will serve as
  
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• Weather Blog: 68 Degrees At 5 A.M.

  30-03-2018 14:23
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — T.G.I.F.!!
  And how ’bout them O’s!! How about Adam Jones and Dr. Longball!! And how about that game time weather. Beautiful area wide. And now this morning still beautiful with a taste of things to come. At 5 A.M. the temperature was 68°, that would be 30° above normal. Clearly this is more May like weather but we’ll take this look of the future temperatures and enjoy it.
  A cold front passing by today will drop temperatures down to 35° tomorr
  
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• Howard University Fires 6 After Financial Aid Investigation

  30-03-2018 13:47
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Howard University in Washington, D.C., has confirmed that six employees have been fired for “gross misconduct and neglect of duties” after school officials discovered financial aid money had been misappropriated.
  News outlets reported Wednesday that an investigation from 2007 to 2016 found that some employees at the historically black university received tuition remission and university grants.
  That double dipping exceeded the actual cost of attendance, though
  
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• New Gun Charges For Clarksburg High School Student

  30-03-2018 13:28
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A new trial date has been set for the Clarksburg High School student accused of bringing a loaded, hand-made handgun to school.
  Alwin Chen, 18, is accused of bringing a loaded, hand-made handgun to the high school on multiple occasions between December 2017 and February 2018.
  RELATED: Police: Montgomery Co. Student Arrested For Bringing Loaded Handgun To School
  Chen’s trial was originally supposed to begin Thursday but has been rescheduled for April 6th.
  He als
  
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• Under Armour Data Breach

  30-03-2018 12:45
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A February data breach at Under Armour affected over 150 million users of its MyFitnessPal diet and fitness app.
  The company says user-names, e-mail addresses, and passwords were compromised for users. Payment card data were not compromised, it said, because that information is collected and processed separately. Government-issued identifiers, such as Social Security numbers and driver’s license numbers, were also not compromised because the company does not co
  
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• Widow Of Pulse Nightclub Gunman Who Killed 49 Acquitted

  30-03-2018 12:23
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The widow of the gunman who slaughtered 49 people at a gay Orlando nightclub was acquitted Friday of helping her husband plot the attack and lying to the FBI afterward, ending the government’s two-year effort to hold someone accountable.
  Noor Salman, 31, sobbed upon hearing the jury’s verdict of not guilty of obstruction and providing material support to a terrorist organization, charges that could have brought life in prison. Her family gasped each
  
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• Federal Jury Indicts 6 Alleged MS-13 Members In Maryland

  30-03-2018 12:11
  BALTIMORE (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted six alleged MS-13 gang members in Maryland’s capital on charges of murder, conspiracy and racketeering.
  Six defendants have been charged in a nine-count indictment. Prosecutors say their initial court appearances have not yet taken place.
  These latest indictments come shortly after a MS-13 member from another Maryland community was convicted in a federal racketeering conspiracy. After that conviction, Attorney General Jeff Sessions s
  
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• Can Coffee Cause Cancer?

  30-03-2018 12:08
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A judge in California rules coffee companies must carry a new warning label for cancer.
  The ruling will require coffee roasters, distributors, and retailers include a label on their products that coffee can cause cancer.
  California has a state law that requires warnings on a range of chemicals linked to causing cancer. One of those chemicals is acrylamide. Acrylamide is produced in the coffee bean roasting process and can be found in coffee.
  The National Coffee Associatio
  
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• Police Believe Dispute Over Restaurant Bill Ended In Gunfire

  30-03-2018 11:56
  OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Police believe a dispute over a restaurant bill ended in gunfire that wounded two security guards in Maryland.
  Prince George’s County police said in a news release Thursday that 21-year-old Montana Artis and 19-year-old Tony Irene Marie Smith were customers at the restaurant.
  News outlets report that police believe the pair got into a dispute with employees over their bill. They were escorted out of the restaurant by the security guards and, at some point Artis
  
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• 3-Car Crash Leaves 1 Dead, 4 Injured In Prince George’s Co.

  30-03-2018 04:23
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Authorities say that a three-car crash in Prince George’s County left one man dead and four others injured.
  Maryland State police say shortly after 5:30 p.m. Thursday, a man driving a GMC pickup truck crossed the center line on Route 202, Largo Road, at Wood Branch Court, killing himself and injuring four others.
  Police say the GMC collided head on with a Dodge Ram, causing a USPS mail truck behind the Ram to collide with the two vehicles.
  All lanes of Route 202 betw
  
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• 55-Year-Old Woman In Wheelchair Struck By Vehicle

  30-03-2018 03:59
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Authorities say a woman in a wheelchair was struck by a vehicle Thursday night in Glen Burnie.
  Anne Arundel County fire officials say the 55-year-old woman was struck near 7223 Baltimore Annapolis Blvd. in the Ferndale area shortly before 9 p.m.
  First responders say the woman was taken to the hospital with life threatening injuries.
  Officials have not said whether the driver remained at the scene.
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• Bill Cosby Judge Won’t Step Aside As Lawyers Target Accuser

  30-03-2018 03:19
  NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The judge in Bill Cosby’s retrial rejected demands from the comedian’s defense lawyers to step aside during a Thursday hearing in which they made clear they plan to attack his accuser as a greedy liar who falsely accused him of sexually assaulting her to collect a payoff.
  Judge Steven O’Neill shot down what amounted to a last-ditch effort to postpone the trial by defense lawyers who lost their bid to overturn his ruling allowing up to five additiona
  
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• Emotions Run High At Funeral For Man Shot By Police

  30-03-2018 02:38
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A standing-room-only crowd packed into a church Thursday to celebrate the life of a 22-year-old black man who was shot to death by Sacramento police, prompting angry protests in California’s capital city and a resolve to force changes in police departments around the country.
  The musical and scriptural celebration of Stephon Clark’s life was interrupted by his emotional brother Stevante, who hugged and kissed the casket, led the crowd in chanting his b
  
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• Jones HR Off Rodney In 11th Gives Orioles 3-2 Win Over Twins

  30-03-2018 01:06
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Adam Jones homered on Fernando Rodney’s first pitch starting the bottom of the 11th inning, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Minnesota Twins 3-2 Thursday for their eighth consecutive opening day victory.
  After working out of trouble in the 10th, Rodney’s debut with the Twins came to an abrupt end when Jones went deep to left.
  Richard Bleier (1-0) worked one inning for the Orioles, who made the most of five hits.
  Minnesota has lost nine of its last 10 openers,
  
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• Attorneys: State Failed To Prove Phylicia Barnes Was Murdered

  30-03-2018 01:01
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Halfway through Michael Johnson’s third murder trial, his attorneys are trying to force a final ruling.
  Johnson is on trial for the murder of 16-year-old Phylicia Barnes, an honor student from North Carolina who vanished in 2010 while visiting family in Baltimore. Her body was found months later.
  RELATED: Sister Of Murdered Girl: Suspect Said He Was The Last Person To See Her
  Barnes was visiting her half-sisters in Baltimore when she disappeared just after Christmas.
  
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• AAA: Motorists Are Most Fearful Of Distracted Driving

  30-03-2018 00:35
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– An AAA study found that motorist are most fearful of distracted driving. Even more than aggressive, drunk and or drugged drivers.
  While 90 percent of motorist surveyed believe distracted driving is a growing problem, many admitted it was behavior they engaged in as well.
  “It just seems distracted driving is growing,” said Christine Delise of AAA Mid-Atlantic. “We are seeing a proliferation of cell phones, now we have smart phones with their apps, their ea
  
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• Maryland Senate Approves School Construction Funding Changes

  30-03-2018 00:20
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland Senate has approved a measure to change how school-construction funding decisions are made.
  The Senate voted 29-14 Thursday for the bill, which Gov. Larry Hogan has pledged to veto. The House passed the bill earlier this week 92-48.
  The measure carried both chambers with enough votes to override a veto.
  The bill takes the power of approving school construction money away from the Board of Public Works, a three-member panel that includes the governor, comp
  
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• Unique ‘Emergency Room’ For Addicts To Open In Baltimore

  30-03-2018 00:11
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore is trying a new way to treat people who are under the influence of drugs or alcohol, opening up a unique facility that will offer a safe, short-term place for them to recover and connect with other services.
  Officials call it a stabilization center, and they secured $6.2 million for it. The center will be the first of its kind in Maryland. Patients who meet the criteria will be taken to the 24/7 center instead of an emergency room.
  “According to the recent
  
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