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• Can You Find Charlie As The Light City Icon Tours Baltimore Neighborhoods?

  05-04-2018 23:20
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Light City is getting ready to transform Baltimore for the third year in a row, and this year promises to be even bigger and brighter.
  New for the 2018 festival is the Eye on Charlie exhibit, a 13-night interactive experience to engage our city and kick off Light City.
  Baltimore City loves their birds, and now a new one is joining the flock: Charlie the peacock.
  Charlie made his debut at the first Light City Festival in 2016. Back for a third year, this popular kinet
  
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• Maryland Senate approves panel to probe Baltimore police corruption - Baltimore Sun

  05-04-2018 23:01 via baltimoresun.com
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  From left, federal prosecutors Leo Wise, Stephen Schenning (podium) and Derek Hines speak to the media after a guilty verdict in the federal trial of two Baltimore Police detectives with the city's Gun Trace Task Force. (Kevin Richardson / Baltimore ...
  
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• Google Employees Demand Company Stop Work On U.S. Military Project

  05-04-2018 22:45
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Over 3,000 employees at Google have signed an open letter to the company’s leadership urging them to drop out of the Pentagon’s project to equip drones with artificial intelligence.
  The letter, published by the New York Times, asks Google CEO Sundar Pichai to cancel “Project Maven” and adopt a strict policy of refusing to build warfare technology. “We believe that Google should not be in the business of war,” the letter states. &ldq
  
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• Authorities Searching For Missing 11-Year-Old Girl

  05-04-2018 22:36
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Authorities are searching for a missing Silver Spring girl who was last seen Thursday morning.
  Montgomery County police say Maeva Domche-Nono, 11, was last seen at 5 a.m. at her home located in the 9700 block of Mt. Pisgah Road.Officers described her as a 5-feet tall, black girl, who weighs around 100 pounds. She has brown eyes and black hair which she frequently wears in shoulder-length braids.
  Detectives say she was last seen wearing a white t-shirt and gray leggings/pan
  
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• Where In Baltimore Is Light City Charlie?

  05-04-2018 22:13
  Neighborhood Lights is nearly here, and as part of that, Eye on Charlie – a celebration of the luminous peacock – will be part of a 13 night interactive experience to show off Baltimore’s different neighborhoods and kick off Light City.
  Starting on Monday, April 9, Charlie will be stopping at 13 different Baltimore neighborhoods. Each day, WJZ will be giving out clues throughout the day on where you can find Charlie.
  Once you find Charlie, take a selfie, and spread the wor
  
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• Maryland Senate Expands On School Safety Bill

  05-04-2018 22:06
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland Senate has expanded a measure to improve school safety by requiring a school resource officer or otherwise adequate law enforcement coverage at all public schools by the start of next school year.
  The Senate voted 23-22 Thursday for changing a measure aimed at creating consistent standards for school safety statewide.
  The bill initially would have required only public high schools to either have a school resource officer or assurances of adequate law enfo
  
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• Trump Threatens To Slap $100 Billion In Additional Tariffs On China

  05-04-2018 21:30
  (CNN Money) — President Donald Trump ratcheted up the trade war rhetoric with China on Thursday evening, saying he was considering another $100 billion in tariffs on the country.
  “In light of China’s unfair retaliation, I have instructed the [United States Trade Representative] to consider whether $100 billion of additional tariffs would be appropriate,” the president said in a statement.
  Earlier this week, the United States announced new tariffs on $50 billion worth of C
  
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• ‘If You Kill Someone, We Might Kill You Back’: Sheriff’s County Welcome Sign Goes Viral

  05-04-2018 21:19
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A small county in Georgia is making big waves on social media after its sheriff posted a sign warning armed criminals that they may be shot by local residents.
  Harris County Sheriff Mike Jolley has erected a sign touting its resident’s ability to carry concealed weapons and their alleged willingness to use them. The sign reads, “Our citizens have concealed weapons. If you kill someone, we might kill you back. We have ONE jail and 356 cemeteries. Enjoy your
  
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• Trump Says He Didn’t Know About Stormy Daniels Payment

  05-04-2018 21:13
  BALTIMORE (CNN) — President Donald Trump said on Thursday he did not know about a $130,000 payment made to the adult film actress Stormy Daniels for her silence, his first public acknowledgment of the scandal surrounding an alleged sexual affair that has plagued him for months.
  “No,” a terse Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One when questioned about his knowledge of the payment, which was made by his private attorney Michael Cohen in the month before the 2016 election.
  The
  
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• Maryland Among States Suing US Government Over Census Question

  05-04-2018 20:58
  BALTIMORE (WJZ/AP) — Maryland has joined 16 other states, the District of Columbia, and six cities suing the U.S. government, saying the addition of a citizenship question to the census form is unconstitutional.
  The Trump Administration is seeking to include citizenship information in the 2020 decennial Census.
  The states argue that demanding citizenship information would depress Census turnout in states with large immigrant populations, directly threatening those states’ fair r
  
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• Maryland Legislature Overrides Veto On School Funding Policy

  05-04-2018 20:41
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland General Assembly has overridden Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto of a bill to change how the state makes spending decisions about school construction.
  The House voted 90-48 for the override Thursday. The Senate voted 29-15, the minimum needed for the required three-fifths vote.
  The measure takes the power of approving school construction money away from the Board of Public Works. That’s a three-member panel that includes the governor, comptroller and t
  
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• Silver Alert Issued For Missing Baltimore County Woman

  05-04-2018 20:30
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police have issued a silver alert for a missing 74-year-old woman from Pikesville.
  Lynn Boyle was last seen at 12:40 p.m. Thursday, driving a light green 2014 4-door Toyota Prius with Maryland tag 8DG6529.
  She was northbound on I-83 near the Padonia Rd. exit while following behind her husband on their way to a vehicle maintenance shop.
  When her husband exited onto Padonia Rd., she continued to drive northbound on I-83.
  Boyle suffers from a medical condition
  
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• Discovery Of Child Porn In Auctioned Off Storage Unit Leads To Arrest

  05-04-2018 19:46
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police say a man accused of sexually assaulting children, and who had thousands of pictures and videos of child pornography, is now behind bars after his material was found inside a storage unit that had been auctioned off.
  Glenn D. Ranger is charged with three counts each of second-degree rape, second-degree sex offense, third-degree sex offense, and fourth-degree sex offense.
  He also faces charges of sexual abuse of a minor, sexual abuse of a minor with a cont
  
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• A Third Of Millennials Aren’t Sure The Earth Is Round, Survey Finds

  05-04-2018 19:28
  CBS Local — A new survey has found that a third of young millennials in the U.S. aren’t convinced the Earth is actually round. The national poll reveals that 18 to 24-year-olds are the largest group in the country who refuse to accept the scientific facts of the world’s shape.
  YouGov, a British market research firm, polled 8,215 adults in the United States to find out if they ever believed in the “flat Earth” movement. Only 66 percent of young millennials answered t
  
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• WWE Insiders Pick WrestleMania, Tenille Dashwood Ready For ROH Supercard of Honor

  05-04-2018 19:10
  By Chuck Carroll
  Although some wrestlers will be sprinting to the ring, WrestleMania 34 will be a marathon. This year’s Super Bowl of pro wrestling is poised to be a seven-hour extravaganza including the pre-show. Officially, the card is jam packed with 13 matches and will very likely add a 14th, the highly anticipated match between John Cena and The Undertaker.
  WWE has done a good job of keeping the anticipation of their clash building with Cena’s repeated failed attempts to summon
  
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• Police: Missing CDC Worker’s Body Recovered In Atlanta River

  05-04-2018 18:57
  ATLANTA (AP) — The body of an employee for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who was reported missing more than six weeks ago has been found in an Atlanta river, police said Thursday.
  Timothy Cunningham’s body was recovered by rescue workers in the Chattahoochee River in northwest Atlanta late Tuesday evening, Atlanta Police Department spokesman Carlos Campos said in an emailed news release.
  No other details were immediately available. Police planned a news conferen
  
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• Baltimore Veterinarians Caring For Sick Seal Found On Ocean City Coast

  05-04-2018 18:57
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The National Aquarium Animal Rescue team recently rescued and admitted a juvenile harbor seal for immediate medical care and long-term rehabilitation at the Animal Care and Rescue Center in Baltimore.
  Marmalade is the first rescue seal, joining 30 rescue turtles, including Waffle and Hashbrown.
  Marmalade was rescued after he was found stranded on the shore of Ocean City, Maryland.
  He had trouble breathing, lacerations on his body and pneumonia. He is also fighting seal po
  
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• Maryland Governor Signs Bills To Help Stabilize Health Care

  05-04-2018 18:20
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has signed measures to help stabilize health insurance rates in the Maryland Health Care Exchange’s distressed individual market.
  One of the two health care bills Hogan signed Thursday taps about $380 million that health insurance companies and managed care organizations no longer have to pay in federal taxes as a result of changes to the tax code to keep rates costs down over the next year.
  The other bill moves the state toward reinsur
  
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• Post Malone Headlines 2018 Preakness Budweiser InfieldFest

  05-04-2018 18:08
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The headliner for the Budweiser InfieldFest at the 143nd Preakness Stakes was announced Thursday.
  Post Malone will headline the 2017 Preakness Budweiser InfieldFest Concert on Saturday, May 19.
  The lineup will kick off with, Vice, followed by Frank Walker, then two-time Grammy-nominated duo ODESZA, before rapper 21 Savage takes the stage, with Post Malone closing the show.
  Click here for ticket information for the Budweiser InfieldFest or call the tick
  
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• Survivor Castoff Bradley Kleihege Speaks Out

  05-04-2018 18:00
  Episode seven of “Survivor: Ghost Island” featured steak, several blasts from the past and an Immunity Challenge loss for Naviti. Libby and Bradley were both on the chopping block and ultimately, Bradley was voted off the show.
  Bradley chatted with CBS Local about what went wrong for him, why he said everything was going great at Tribal and what he loved the most about his Survivor experience.
  Why do you think you were voted off?
  Bradley Kleihege: It was a bummer. I’ve tho
  
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• Suspect Arrested In Shooting At Foundry Row Parking Lot

  05-04-2018 17:56
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police have arrested a 25-year-old man accused of shooting another man in the parking lot of the Foundry Row shopping center Tuesday afternoon.
  Rashard Gabriel Williams is charged with attempted first-degree murder, first-degree assault, armed robbery, and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
  The Baltimore County Police Department reports the shooting happened after an argument between Williams and the 21-year-old victim.
  Police say Williams shot the
  
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• Maryland Investigating 1st Reported Case of Bleeding Caused By Fake Weed

  05-04-2018 17:28
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Maryland health officials are investigating the state’s first case of bleeding caused by synthetic cannabinoids, also known as spice, K2, or fake weed.
  The Maryland Poison Center at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy received information on Tuesday about a fake weed user who was hospitalized because of severe bleeding.
  Two deaths have been reported from dozens of cases of severe bleeding tied to fake weed in Illinois, and health officials s
  
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• My Life As An NFL Draft Prospect: Hercules Mata’afa

  05-04-2018 16:30
  The 2018 NFL Draft is set for Thursday, April 26th through Saturday, April 28th. As the stars of the college game get ready to find out where they will begin their NFL journey, CBS Local Sports’ “My Life As” series will give them an opportunity to talk about how they got to this point and what they expect from the future in their own words.
  Today, we check in with Washington State defensive lineman Hercules Mata’afa. Originally from the island of Maui, Hercules
  
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• Survivor: Ghost Island – Episode Seven Recap – Gotta Risk It For The Biscuit

  05-04-2018 15:32
  By Mickie McLeod
  14 Castaways were left on Survivor: Ghost Island. The merge is coming around the corner, and it could be anyone’s game. Not one, not two, but THREE legendary relics are in this week’s episode! Did you miss it? I’ll always be here to recap!
  Reward Challenge and Ghost Island
  Any reward is nice, but steak is GREAT.” – Jeff Probst
  Oh yeah Probst, oh yeah.
  That’s right; this challenge was all about the reward of juicy steak, chicken
  
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• Double Shooting Results In One Fatality

  05-04-2018 14:52
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore Police are searching for a suspect who shot two people, killing one.
  Police say officers responded to the 3400 block of Hilldale Place for a report of discharging.
  They say once they arrived they found two victims. One male, Andrew Michael Martin, 43, suffered gunshot wounds to the upper body. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
  According to police a second male victim had a gunshot wound in his leg and was transported to an area hospital. He is listed in
  
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• Confederate Flag, Noose Found In Student’s Truck At Chesapeake H.S.

  05-04-2018 14:36
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A student at Chesapeake High School in Anne Arundel County allegedly had a confederate flag flying from the back of his truck.
  The principal of the school, Stephen Gorski, sent a letter out to parents explaining the situation.
  He says a staff member saw the flag and alerted administration. An administrator and the School Resource Officers then located the vehicle in the parking lot and saw the flag in the bed of the truck. They also saw a noose and a pair of dice&nbs
  
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• Weather Blog: Lots Of Sun, Not A Lot Of Heat

  05-04-2018 14:16
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A ton of sun today, but not a ton of heat. No surprise in this forecast, but I do have one for you tomorrow. Looks like not only another warm day coming our way, as was in the forecast, but NOW it looks to be a pretty darn sunny day too. I could use some fresh, mild air, I am sure you feel the same. MAKE SURE you get out and find some “me time” tomorrow because, as has been discussed, Saturday is going to just stink.
  Now we can begin to discuss this event with
  
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• Missing Woman One Of The Victims In Fatal Head On Collision

  05-04-2018 13:30
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Two people are dead following an early morning crash on I-695. According to authorities, one of the drivers was going the wrong way.
  The crash happened Thursday around 2:00 a.m. on the Westside inner loop of 695 at Liberty Road.
  Police say Jorene Long, 88, was driving a 2003 Subaru Forester and was pronounced dead at the scene.
  The identity of the second driver has not been released yet because authorities are still attempting to locate and notify their family.
  
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• Baltimore’s Franklin Square Hospital To Close Some Pediatric Services

  05-04-2018 13:23
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — MedStar Health said it will be eliminating some of the pediatric services at Franklin Square Hospital.
  According to our media partners at The Baltimore Sun, the company cited a decline in patients for the downsizing. The hospital will close its pediatric inpatient unit and emergency room.
  The Sun reports that pediatric admissions declined 40% in the past five years. The hospital will continue to do outpatient pediatric surgeries but will transfer those needing inpati
  
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• Dylan, Kesha Change Pronouns In Songs To Honor LGBTQ Couples

  05-04-2018 12:50
  NEW YORK (AP) — Bob Dylan, Kesha and St. Vincent have reimagined popular love songs to honor the LGBTQ community, and the singers are doing it by switching pronouns.
  The six-song album, “Universal Love,” was released digitally Thursday and includes Benjamin Gibbard of alternative band Death Cab for Cutie, singer-songwriter Valerie June and Kele Okereke of the indie rock group Bloc Party.
  Dylan re-worked “She’s Funny That Way” into “He’s Funny That
  
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• 2 Dead After I-695 Head On Collision

  05-04-2018 12:28
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Two people are dead following an early morning crash on I-695. According to authorities, one of the drivers was going the wrong way.
  The crash happened Thursday around 2:30 a.m. on the Westside inner loop of 695 at Liberty Road.
  Several lanes were closed but have been reopened.
  All lanes now open on the Westside IL at Liberty Rd. after an overnight fatal wreck. Speeds are back to normal. pic.twitter.com/HCBu1nzLzM
  — Sharon Gibala WJZ (@SharonGibala) April 5, 2018The
  
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• Police Find Missing Man

  05-04-2018 06:46
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Authorities have found an Essex man who was last seen Thursday morning.
  Baltimore County police say they have found Jeremiah John Norris, 26. 
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• Authorities Find Missing 11-Year-Old Girl

  05-04-2018 06:36
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Authorities have found a missing Silver Spring girl who was last seen Thursday morning.
  Montgomery County police say they have found Maeva Domche-Nono, 11.Follow @WJZ on Twitter and like WJZ-TV | CBS Baltimore on Facebook
  
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• Weather Blog: Blustery Night

  05-04-2018 05:00
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Clear, cold and blustery for our Wednesday night.
  Temps will fall into the low 30’s but thanks to winds between 15 and 25 mph, it will feel more like the low 20’s!
  Plenty of sunshine is in store for Thursday. The fact that it will be beautiful may help offset the fact that it will be cool and windy.
  Highs will top out around 50 degrees as winds gust to 25 mph.
  The clouds make a comeback on Friday as temperatures climb into the mid 60’s.
  Snow is possible o
  
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• Baltimore Officials Say Violent Crime Is Down

  05-04-2018 04:40
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh and Police Commissioner Darryl De Sousa updated violence reduction efforts in the city through the first quarter of the year Wednesday.
  Mayor Pugh said, overall, violent crime is down this year in Baltimore, but police are dealing with some high-profile shootings, including a brazen home invasion that ended with two women dead before noon Wednesday.
  RELATED: 2 Women Dead After Morning Home Invasion In West Baltimore
  They also talked abou
  
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• Police: YouTube Shooter Was Calm In Interview Before Attack

  05-04-2018 03:26
  MENIFEE, Calif. (AP) — Just hours before she shot and wounded three people at YouTube headquarters, Nasim Aghdam calmly told police who found her sleeping in her car that she was having family problems and had left her home.
  During the 20-minute interview with officers early Tuesday, she did not mention being angry with YouTube or having accused the company of suppressing her video posts. She gave no indication she was a threat to herself or others.
  “It was a very normal conversation
  
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• Trump Signs Order Sending National Guard To US-Mexico Border

  05-04-2018 03:11
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Asserting the situation had reached “a point of crisis,” President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a proclamation ordering the deployment of the National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border to fight illegal immigration.
  “The lawlessness that continues at our southern border is fundamentally incompatible with the safety, security, and sovereignty of the American people,” Trump wrote in a memo authorizing the move, adding that his administration had &ld
  
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• Man Missing After Kayak Capsizes In Severn River

  05-04-2018 02:21
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Authorities are searching for a man who fell into the Severn River after the kayak he was in capsized.
  Maryland Natural Resources police say just after 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, two construction workers just north of the Severn River Bridge in Arnold, Maryland, got in a kayak after a construction platform broke loose. They were attempting to recover the platform when the kayak capsized in the mouth of Chase Creek.
  @MDNRPolice search for missing kayaker on the Severn River suspe
  
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• Many Across U.S. Honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. On 50th Anniversary Of Death

  05-04-2018 01:13
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — People in Maryland and across the nation remembered Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Wednesday.
  It’s been 50 years since Dr. King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, after inspiring tens of millions with his leadership in the Civil Rights Movement.
  A choir from the New St. Mark Baptist Church in Baltimore embarked to Memphis to partake in the observances honoring Dr. King.
  A longtime Baltimore pastor met Dr. King in seminary school, and called him dynamic ev
  
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• Independent Panel Set To Review Slain Baltimore Detective’s Case

  05-04-2018 00:54
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– The death of a Baltimore homicide detective will be reviewed by an independent panel.
  Police commissioner Darryl De Sousa says two former Baltimore detectives will lead an outside panel of six people who will review the case of Det. Sean Suiter.
  Suiter was shot at close range with his own service weapon on Nov. 15 and died the next day. He was investigating a murder in the Harlem Park neighborhood at the time of the shooting.
  No suspect has been named, and a $215,000
  
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• Md. Hospital Calls Attention To Organ Donations During Donate Life Month

  05-04-2018 00:15
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– April is Donate Life Month and there’s hardly a better place to call attention to the impact of organ donations than the University of Maryland Medical Center.
  Attention turned to living donor transplants late last year when Maryland House Speaker Mike Busch received a partial liver from his sister and other lives that were saved.
  RELATED: Maryland House Speaker Michael Busch Recovering After Liver Transplant
  “I can’t even tell you how grateful I am
  
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• Drones To Take Flight In Light City’s 2nd Drone Prix

  05-04-2018 00:04
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Dozens of drones will soon be taking flight at the Inner Harbor for Baltimore’s second Drone Prix.
  It’s all lifting off as part of Light City and artists are grinding away to finish the obstacles for the course.
  Crews have been setting up the framework for the drone course for days.
  A maze of larger-than-life crane structures that are destined for a drone course, are coming to life in a Towson workshop.
  “It’s just really exciting to do somethin
  
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