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• Baltimore Golf Week To Support Summer Jobs For City Youth

  10-04-2018 23:50
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore City Mayor Catherine Pugh has announced a plan to get more people on the course while also getting more summer jobs for teenagers.
  Baltimore has five great public golf courses and thousands of teenagers in the city who want good summer jobs. Put the two together and you get the first Mayor’s Cup, which will be held May 26 to June 3.
  Through the years, the Baltimore Municipal Golf Corporation has contributed $8 million to Baltimore youth orga
  
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• Baltimore Restaurants Bring Their Best For Light City 2018

  10-04-2018 23:30
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– It’s a race against the clock with the kick off of Light City 2018 just days away.
  Artists of all kinds are scrambling to get ready. That means more than constructing light installations.
  Local restaurants are preparing themed menus with tons of food ready to serve for the big event.
  There are plenty of options for hundreds of thousands of hungry visitors.
  “We’re going to have to kick them out a lot faster than in this type of space,” said Tim
  
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• Fake Pot Likely Tainted With Rat Poison Kills 3, Sickens 100

  10-04-2018 23:26
  Fake marijuana likely contaminated with rat poison has killed three people in Illinois and caused severe bleeding in more than 100 others, including a few in four other states.
  The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has alerted doctors nationwide that patients with severe, unexplained bleeding may be additional cases.
  The CDC is helping Illinois authorities investigate the outbreak in that state, which began in early March. Illinois reported seven more cases on Tuesday, bringing
  
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• Free-Range Parenting Laws Letting Kids Roam Could Catch On

  10-04-2018 23:14
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — After Utah passed the country’s first law legalizing so-called free-range parenting, groups in states from New York to Texas are pushing for similar steps to bolster the idea that supporters say is an antidote for anxiety-plagued parents and overscheduled kids.
  Free-range parenting is the concept that giving kids the freedom to do things alone — like explore a playground or ride a bike to school — makes them healthier, happier and more resilient.
  It
  
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• Bag It Up: Dog Poop A Major Environmental Pollutant, Reports Find

  10-04-2018 23:11
  CBS Local — Whether you live in a crowded city or small rural town, no one likes having to dodge the waste left behind by a neighbor’s dog. While many areas in the U.S. try to crack down on the littering aspect of not cleaning up after your dog, studies are also finding that dog poop is becoming a major environmental hazard too.
  Pet dogs in the United States produce over 10 million tons of feces every year and not every dog owner is bagging the waste on each walk. A 2014 report by Li
  
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• TESS Telescope Set To Give Us Never Before Seen Look Of The Universe

  10-04-2018 22:26
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — There are a lot of stars out there, but the ones that are brightest and closest to earth will be the target of TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite). It’s a space telescope that will pick up where the Kepler telescope left off.
  Kepler detected signs of thousands of possible exoplanets orbiting other stars, raising speculation about what they might be like.
  According to TESS team member Dr. Jennifer Burt, theories range from “rings a hundred time larger
  
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• Cold Temps Keep Washington’s Cherry Blossoms In Full Bloom

  10-04-2018 22:26
  WASHINGTON (WJZ)– Washington D.C.’s world-famous cherry blossoms are in full bloom, lining the Tidal Basin with gorgeous color.
  Dressed each springtime in stunning pink and white, millions of tiny cherry blossoms have taken over Washington D.C. The floral focal point of a basin flanked by monuments is once again in full bloom.
  The white and pink flowers draw in more than 1 million visitors every year.
  The flowers hit peak bloom days ago, but are still hanging on and there’s sti
  
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• Fan Essentials: Most Challenging Course

  10-04-2018 22:13
  Golf is a unique sport, in that the course is as much the opponent as the other players. Pros on the PGA Tour play the world’s most challenging golf courses week in and week out for much of the year. And each course tests those players in different ways.
  But which golf course is the most challenging?
  A few names stand out, possibly because they host some of the sport’s bigger events. Augusta makes players use every club in the bag. The scenic Pebble Beach presents lesser players
  
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• Maryland Football Player Dies After Car Strikes Tree, Catches Fire

  10-04-2018 22:04
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A 21-year-old Maryland college football player died after crashing into a tree early Sunday morning in Ellicott City.
  Howard County police say around 3:24 a.m., Saif Bryant of Columbia, was traveling northbound on Centennial Lane near Burnside Drive and for unknown reasons, left the roadway and crashed his 2007 Pontiac Grand Prix into a tree.
  The #howardfamily lost a brother this morning. Saif Bryant and his brothers were the young men that really propelled our progra
  
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• Conservative TV Host Resigns After Parkland Survivor Threat

  10-04-2018 22:02
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — A conservative commentator who sent a tweet saying he would use “a hot poker” to sexually assault an outspoken 17-year-old survivor of the Florida high school shooting has resigned from a St. Louis TV station and been taken off the radio after several advertisers withdrew from his shows.
  KDNL-TV accepted Jamie Allman’s resignation and canceled “The Allman Report,” according to a brief statement from Ronn Torossian, a spokesman for the Sinclair
  
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• Man Used Fake School Shooting As Diversion To Rob Bank, FBI Says

  10-04-2018 21:41
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A 70-year-old man in Michigan has been accused of three bank robberies after placing fake 911 calls to divert police from his crimes.
  According to the FBI, William Francis Minore used a phony school shooting and other similar emergencies as a distraction while he held up banks in Empire and Lake Ann at gunpoint.
  In 2016, Minore allegedly called police and told dispatchers that “a man entered a school and shot his daughter, is shooting other people,”&
  
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• WJZ’s 2018 Gubernatorial Candidates Guide

  10-04-2018 21:17
  The 2018 Maryland gubernatorial primaries are June 26 and the election is November 6. Here’s a comprehensive list of who’s running, along with their running mates.
  REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES
  Gov. Larry Hogan (incumbent)
  Elected governor in 2014
  Won 20/23 Md. counties
  The state’s second Republican governor in 50 years
  prior to entering politics he was a small businessman
  Served under former Gov. Bob Ehrlich as secretary of the Maryland Department of General Services
  Running mate &nda
  
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• Hogan Signs Bills On Health Care, School Safety

  10-04-2018 21:00
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Gov. Larry Hogan has signed legislation to stabilize health insurance rates in the Maryland Health Care Exchange’s troubled individual market.
  The bill Hogan signed Tuesday taps about $380 million that health insurance companies no longer have to pay in federal taxes due to changes in the federal tax code to help prevent rising premiums for about 150,000 people. A separate bill the governor already has signed creates a long-term plan to preserve the exchange thr
  
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• Federal Agent Arrested For Maryland Road Rage Incident

  10-04-2018 20:03
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Authorities say a federal agent has been arrested for a road rage incident that occurred last month.
  The Anne Arundel County Police Department says Williams Dent, 57, a federal agent who works for the United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations, turned himself in after a warrant was issued for his arrest.Investigators say on March 26 around 11 p.m., they responded to Severn Hills Ways and Severn Hills Lane in Severn, where a man told them that while he was dri
  
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• Scientists Say They Have Fixed The Gene Linked To Alzheimer’s Disease

  10-04-2018 19:59
  CBS Local — A team in California has identified the gene that is the primary risk factor for developing Alzheimer’s disease. More importantly, the scientists have reportedly created a way to correct the harmful gene in human cells.
  According to researchers at Gladstone Institutes in San Francisco, people who have one copy of the “apoE4” gene are at twice the risk for developing Alzheimer’s. A person with two copies of the gene have 12 times the risk for eventua
  
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• ‘Despacito,’ Other Videos Altered By Security Breach At Vevo

  10-04-2018 19:16
  NEW YORK (AP) — “Despacito” and other popular music videos were the target of a security breach on the video sharing service Vevo.
  The cover image of the Luis Fonsi/Daddy Yankee hit was replaced by an image of masked people pointing guns. Clips by Taylor Swift, Drake, Selena Gomez and Shakira also were affected.
  A YouTube spokesperson says the company worked with its partner to disable access after seeing “unusual upload activity” on some Vevo channels.
  Vevo says th
  
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• ‘Congratulations, You Won’ Pop Up Scam Infecting iPhones And Androids

  10-04-2018 18:40
  CBS Local — Pop-up ads were a plague to internet users for years before the invention of pop-up blocking technology. Now, it seems the old menace has come back with a new twist as iPhone and Android users are reportedly being bombarded by phony messages telling them they’ve won a prize.
  The new wave of “congratulations” pop-up ads promise prizes like free Amazon gift cards, iPhones, or cash in exchange for clicking on the message or submitting personal information. A
  
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• Families Displaced After Fire Rips Through Baltimore Homes

  10-04-2018 18:24
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Nearly a dozen rowhomes in north Baltimore have been destroyed after a raging fire tore through them Tuesday.
  Flames and thick smoke could be seen and smelled for blocks as more than 70 firefighters were dispatched to the scene in the 3900 block of Roland Ave. in Hampden just before noon.
  Chopper 13 had a bird’s eye view of the vicious two-alarm fire that destroyed nearly a dozen homes on the block.Radio transmissions obtained by WJZ told of not only the concer
  
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• Crews On Scene Of 2-Alarm House Fire In Baltimore

  10-04-2018 18:24
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Firefighters are working to put out a 2-alarm house fire in Baltimore.
  The Baltimore Fire Department reports the blaze started just before noon, at a home in the 3900 block of Roland Ave.
  More than 70 firefighters have responded to the scene, and fire crews report nearly a dozen homes have been impacted by the fire.
  At least one person was rescued from inside the building.
  The cause of the blaze is under investigation.
  2-Alarm Fire in the 3900 blk of Roland Ave. medi
  
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• Crews Investigating Cause Of 2-Alarm House Fire In Baltimore

  10-04-2018 18:24
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore City Fire Department investigators are working to figure out what sparked a massive 2-alarm fire that impacted nearly a dozen homes.
  The intense flames from the fire spread quickly because of strong winds, and now a number of families are looking for a new place to stay.
  The blaze started just before noon, at a home in the 3900 block of Roland Ave.
  “By the the time I got here, the flames were coming out,” one onlooker said.
  FFs are currentl
  
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• Baltimore Man Arrested For Murder After Release From Hospital

  10-04-2018 18:19
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Authorities arrested a Baltimore man after he was released from the hospital with a gunshot wound Friday.
  City police say they arrested Santos Stanfield-Martin for allegedly fatally shooting a 43-year-old man in the 3400 block of Hilldale Place.
  Officers say they responded to the scene at 4:13 a.m. Thursday, where they found the victim and Stanfield-Martin suffering from gunshot wounds.
  Stanfield-Martin was later arrested for murder after being released from the hospital.
  
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• 3 Men Charged In Gang Rape, Police In Maryland Seek 2 More

  10-04-2018 17:19
  WHITE OAK, Md. (AP) — Authorities in Maryland have arrested three men and are searching for two more in an attack on a 19-year-old woman who was raped multiple times.
  The Montgomery County Police Department says the attack happened in an apartment in White Oak last month. The victim told investigators she was playing dominoes with the five suspects. She said everyone had been drinking and she went to a bedroom to lie down.
  The victim said she was then raped by all five suspects.
  Twenty-one
  
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• Maryland Man Accused Of Raping Woman On Washington’s Metro

  10-04-2018 17:10
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities say a woman riding Washington’s Metro was sexually assaulted on board a Red Line train at 10:30 p.m. on a Saturday, and the alleged assailant was arrested on a growing number of charges.
  News outlets report the woman told Metro Transit Police that the man forced her into various sexual acts after she boarded the train at the Rockville Station on March 31. Both later switched trains, finally exiting at Shady Grove station where police arrested 25-year-old
  
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• Woman Applying For Jail Job Not Hired, Instead Arrested For Theft

  10-04-2018 17:02
  MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A woman applying for a job at a New Hampshire county jail has been arrested because it turns out she was wanted on a charge in Maine.
  Police say Kristina Hoefs, of Manchester, applied for the job on Friday at the Hillsborough County Department of Corrections. But workers soon realized she was being sought on a theft-related offense in Maine.
  Hoefs was taken into custody and taken to police headquarters. She was scheduled for arraignment Monday.
  It’s unknown if
  
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• The Baseball Report: The New York Mets Are On Fire

  10-04-2018 16:51
  DJ Sixsmith 
  Two weeks into the Major League Baseball season, a few things are very clear. Los Angeles Angels pitcher and designated hitter Shoehei Ohtani is the real deal, the New York Mets are the hottest team in baseball and Washington National superstar Bryce Harper is on pace for a historic season. Each week, we’ll bring you the top stories from around the league with The Baseball Report.
  Meet The Red Hot Mets
  Nobody is playing better baseball in the National League than the New
  
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• Pedestrian Struck By Train In Baltimore Early Tuesday Morning

  10-04-2018 16:33
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A pedestrian remains hospitalized after being struck by a CSX train in Baltimore early Tuesday morning.
  According to a statement from CSX, the train was traveling from Philadelphia to Baltimore.
  The pedestrian was struck just after 2 a.m., while on the tracks near W. Mount Royal Ave.
  The victim’s injuries are unknown at this time, but first responders transported the person to a local hospital.
  CSX said the following in their statement:
  “At CSX safet
  
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• 2 Teens Arrested With Loaded Handguns In Annapolis

  10-04-2018 16:21
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Two 16-year-olds were arrested in Annapolis Monday afternoon after police say they were carrying loaded handguns.
  Keijuan Colbert and William Herold were both charged as adults with illegal possession of the handgun and possession of a handgun by a minor.
  Annapolis Police say the arrests happened near the unit block of Bens Drive.
  Officers were in the area investigating recent crimes, when they found Colbert carrying a loaded handgun in his waistband.
  While offi
  
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• 2 Teen Arrested With Loaded Handguns In Annapolis

  10-04-2018 16:21
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Two 16 year olds were arrested in Annapolis Monday afternoon after police say they were carrying loaded handguns.
  Keijuan Colbert and William Herold were both charged as adults with illegal possession of the handgun and possession of a handgun by a minor.
  The Annapolis Police Department reports the arrests happened near the unit block of Bens Dr.
  Officers were in the area investigating recent crimes, when they found Colbert was carrying a loaded handgun in his w
  
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• This 20-Year-Old Wants To Interview Every WWII Combat Veteran Before It’s Too Late

  10-04-2018 15:54
  (CNN) –– Ever since he was little, Rishi Sharma has enjoyed learning about the Second World War. Now he’s taken his passion a big step further.
  The 20-year-old from Agoura, California, is on a mission, and he’s got a time crunch. He’s trying to interview as many living World War II combat veterans as he can, to document their stories before they are lost forever.
  In the past four years he has traveled to 45 states and Canada to interview more than 870 veterans.
  But
  
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• National Guard Members Start Arriving At US-Mexico Border

  10-04-2018 14:35
  HOUSTON (AP) — Some National Guard members have started arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border with more expected as federal government officials continue to discuss what they’ll do about illegal immigration.
  The Republican governors of Texas, Arizona and New Mexico on Monday committed 1,600 Guard members to the border, giving President Donald Trump many of the troops he requested to fight what he’s called a crisis of migrant crossings and crime.
  The only holdout border state was C
  
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• Naked And Unafraid: Nude Man Jogs Through Baltimore Streets

  10-04-2018 14:16
  BALTIMORE (AP) — With Baltimore temperatures hovering around 40 degrees Fahrenheit, a naked jogger may have pruned, but he certainly proved to be no prude.
  The Baltimore Sun reports that the sight of the naked man jogging through downtown Baltimore jolted commuters during Monday’s morning rush hour. In addition to clothes, the man eschewed shoes as he slowly trotted past a hospital and a courthouse.
  Witnesses reported the man didn’t seem lost or confused. Attorney Nicholas Pant
  
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• Weather Blog: Mild Temperatures Before End Of Week Warm Up

  10-04-2018 14:14
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Yesterday was just a gross color of gray…and chilly. Look, there is a shade of wet gray that we’ll call monochromatic, a photographers phrase. It makes the colors of Spring flowers just POP!! Some of the seasons most vibrant colors are on day’s like that. Yesterday was not that color and just blah. Mentally I think a lot of us “bottomed out” on lousy spring weather yesterday.
  However this is a new day and forecast and one day close to Thursd
  
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• 2 Maryland Police Officers Arrested In Miami

  10-04-2018 13:49
  MIAMI (AP) — Two officers from a Maryland police department have been arrested in Miami in unrelated incidents.
  The Miami Herald reports 27-year-old Steven Pascal was arrested on Sunday afternoon at Miami International Airport on an out-of-state warrant. Authorities said Pascal’s girlfriend accused him of assaulting her and filed a warrant for assault and reckless endangerment with Anne Arundel County police while Pascal was on a trip to Mexico.
  He’s awaiting extradition to Mar
  
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• Free Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream On Tuesday

  10-04-2018 13:41
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — I scream, you scream, we all scream for (FREE) ice cream! Ice cream chain Ben & Jerry’s is offering free scoops for eight hours on Tuesday.
  On the company’s Facebook it says the “Free Cone Day” has been celebrated at the stores since 1979 as a way of spreading peace, love, and free ice cream around the world.
  “It’s our way to celebrate and say thanks to our awesome fans for another year of support,” the post says.
  It’s f
  
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• Orioles’ Bird Logo Redesigned As Other Bird Species

  10-04-2018 13:15
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Oriole Bird…as a flamingo? An artist in Florida is re-imagining the iconic logo.
  Michael Taylor, 23, created the Twitter account @SmilingBirdLogo that contains nothing but pictures of the logo as other bird species.
  According to our media partner The Baltimore Sun, Taylor isn’t even an Orioles fan.
  Great blue heron // Ardea herodias pic.twitter.com/2eEos1E2tb
  — Other Birds as the Orioles Logo (@SmilingBirdLogo) April 9, 2018It started as a joke
  
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• Overnight House Fire Leaves One Dead In West Baltimore

  10-04-2018 12:16
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A man has died after being pulled from a fire in the 400 block of south Vincent street in West Baltimore.
  Monday night fire crews responded to the two-story building and found the man inside in cardiac arrest.
  He died at the hospital.
  Last night FFs pulled an adult male from a 2-story dwelling in the 400 blk of S. Vincent St. The adult male was in cardiac arrest and later died at the hospital. Heavy fire was visible from the 1st & 2nd floors. The cause is under invest
  
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• Facebook To Send Users Privacy Scandal Notices As CEO Faces Congress

  10-04-2018 05:23
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Facebook CEO  Mark Zuckerburg will soon have to answer some serious questions regarding the improper sharing of unsuspecting users’ private data with outside companies.
  Monday, Facebook let users know if they were impacted. All Facebook 2.2. billions users will get a notification letting them know what apps and websites are using their Facebook data to log them in.
  Specifically, those 87 million whose information fell into the the hands of the political consulti
  
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• Pearce, Donaldson HRs Lift Blue Jays Past Orioles 7-1

  10-04-2018 04:57
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Steve Pearce homered in a third successive game, Josh Donaldson tacked on a ninth-inning grand slam and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 7-1 Monday night before 7,915 fans, the lowest paid crowd in Camden Yards history.
  Gametime temperature was 44 degrees, and a slight mist made the conditions even more miserable. That contributed to a dubious attendance record at the 27-year-old ballpark that had held since April 12, 2010, when 9,129 showed up for a game b
  
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• Weather Blog: Chilly, Cloudy Start To Week

  10-04-2018 04:10
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A very chilly and cloudy start to our week with the high stuck in the low 40’s! But big changes are afoot this week!
  Tomorrow, we will break into the mid 50’s as the sun will dry things out. Slightly warmer air on on tap for Wednesday, but the real warm-up begins on Thursday, as we break 70 degrees!
  By Friday and Saturday we expect to get close to the 80-degree mark for the first time since last October!
  Spring will bounce right into early summer! Enjoy.
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• Man Arrested With Loaded Handgun At BWI Airport Says He Forgot He Had It

  10-04-2018 03:44
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)–A Maryland man was arrested at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport Saturday after a Transportation Security Administration officer caught him trying to bring a loaded handgun past the security checkpoint.
  The Queen Anne’s County man had a loaded 9 mm handgun with three bullets in a carry-on bag, according to TSA.Officers say they spotted the firearm as the bag was going through the x-ray machine.
   The man told TSA officials that he forgot
  
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• Indictment Accuses Backpage Founders Of Aiding Prostitution

  10-04-2018 03:12
  PHOENIX (AP) — Two founders of Backpage.com and five others who work for the classified advertising site have been indicted on federal charges in what authorities say was a scheme to knowingly facilitate prostitution by running ads for sexual services and using foreign banks to hide revenues.
  A 93-count indictment unsealed Monday alleges that Backpage.com on some occasions helped customers edit their ads so they would stay within legal limits while still encouraging commercial sex. Federal
  
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• Anne Arundel Co. Community Supports High School In Wake Of Racial Tensions

  10-04-2018 00:59
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– It’s been a whirlwind of emotions in Anne Arundel County after a week of incidents centered around racial tensions at Chesapeake High School in Pasadena.
  There’s now a strong show of unity from the local community.
  Chesapeake High has been in the spotlight for the wrong reasons: a Confederate flag, a noose, a brawl that broke out inside the school and now parents in the community are doing everything they can to bring students together.
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• Businesses Hoping To Cash In On Light City Buzz

  10-04-2018 00:26
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– The official kickoff for this year’s Light City is just days away.
  While the artists, the installations and labs will take center stage–businesses in the area are showcasing themselves to attract the hundreds of thousands of visitors expected to attend.
  Opening ceremonies are set to get underway on Saturday, but for the businesses in the Harbor, they’re already open for business.
  They’re pulling out all the stops to lure customers in with deals
  
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• Measure To Create Commission To Investigate Corrupt Baltimore Police Unit Passes

  10-04-2018 00:16
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Maryland lawmakers passed legislation to investigate a corrupt Baltimore police unit Monday, the last day of the 2018 General Assembly.
  The Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force lied, robbed from citizens, and in some cases, sold drugs without fear.
  The Maryland General Assembly has passed the Restore Trust in Policing Commission. They would be able to subpoena witnesses and compel testimony to investigate how the officers were able to get away with thei
  
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