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• Sinkhole Swallows Cars In Lancaster Shopping Center

  11-08-2018 23:30
  LANCASTER, Pa. (CBS Local) — Some drivers were left stranded after a sinkhole opens up in a Pennsylvania shopping center on Friday night.
  It happened at the Tanger Outlets located at 311 Stanley K Tanger Driver in Lancaster. A sinkhole outside of a Lancaster shopping center swallowed cars in the parking lot.
  Chopper 3 was over the scene where the sinkhole swallowed roughly six vehicles.
  No injuries have been reported at this time.
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• Price Fans 10 To Help Red Sox Beat Orioles 5-0 In Game 1

  11-08-2018 23:07
  BALTIMORE (AP) — David Price struck out 10 over six sparkling innings, Jackie Bradley Jr. hit two solo homers and the Boston Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-0 Saturday in the opener of a split doubleheader.
  Eduardo Nunez also went deep for Boston and Xander Bogaerts had three hits and scored twice.
  The Red Sox have won eight of their last nine games and 12 of 14 to improve their major league-best record to 83-35.
  Price (12-6) scattered five hits and walked none to win his sixth straig
  
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• Prohibited Items Seized In Charlottesville As People Make Way Through Area

  11-08-2018 22:55
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Authorities in Charlottesville say they have seized prohibited items such as brass knuckles as hundreds of people have passed through security checkpoints leading into the city’s downtown area.
  A news release from the city Saturday afternoon said several hundred people had made their way through the perimeter that was established at 8 a.m.
  The city says law enforcement at the access points are conducting consensual checks for objects that were banned as a
  
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• Viral Video Shows BPD Officer Punching Man

  11-08-2018 22:22
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A video has gone viral on Facebook and Twitter of what appears to be a Baltimore Police Officer punching a man repeatedly on a street in east Baltimore, while another officer tries to break up the police officer and do crowd control for onlookers.
  Warning: This video contains violence and graphic language.The man being punched by the officer has been identified as Dashawn McGrier, by his family.
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• BPD Officer Suspended After Viral Video Shows Him Attacking Man

  11-08-2018 22:22
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Baltimore City police officer has been suspended after a video has gone viral on Facebook and Twitter of what appears to be the officer punching a man repeatedly on a street in east Baltimore, while another officer tries to break up the police officer and do crowd control for onlookers.
  Baltimore County interim police commissioner released a report on the incident. At around 11:45 p.m. on August 11, officers were working a special cross borders crim initiative in the ar
  
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• UMD Places Head Coach, Other Staff, On Leave

  11-08-2018 22:07
  COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP/WJZ) — Maryland placed the head of the football team’s strength and conditioning staff on paid leave while it investigates claims he verbally abused and humiliated players, a person briefed on the situation said Saturday.
  The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because Maryland had not announced the decision regarding Rick Court.
  In an update on the examination, Damon Evans announced Coach DJ Durkin is on leave effective immediately wh
  
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• Maryland Places Strength Coach On Leave

  11-08-2018 22:07
  (AP) —Maryland placed the head of the football team’s strength and conditioning staff on paid leave while it investigates claims he verbally abused and humiliated players, a person briefed on the situation said Saturday.
  The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because Maryland had not announced the decision regarding Rick Court. The person said athletic director Damon Evans spoke with the football team Saturday morning and that head coach DJ Durkin was stil
  
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• Military Jets Scrabbled After Plane Stolen By Suicidal Man

  11-08-2018 18:37
  SEATAC, WASHINGTON (AP)– An 29-year-old airline mechanic stole an empty Horizon Air plane from a Seattle airport on Friday evening causing the military to scrabble jets to chase the plane before it crashed into the Puget Sound.
  Airline officials say the man is believed to be a ground service agent and video shows him doing large loops and other dangerous maneuvers before the crash.
  The identity of the man and his condition are not known at this time but the local Sheriff’s department
  
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• Airline Employee Steals Plane From Seattle Airport, Crashes And Dies

  11-08-2018 18:37
  (CNN) — An airline employee stole a passenger plane Friday from the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and flew it for an hour with military jets chasing him, pulling off aerobatic stunts before crashing in a wooded island 25 miles away, authorities said.
  The 29-year-old Horizon Air ground service agent — the only person aboard — died, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department said, without further identifying him.
  The incident, which the FBI’s Seattle office did not
  
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• Listen Up: Here Are The 5 Best Music Venues In Baltimore

  11-08-2018 16:00
  BALTIMORE (Hoodline) — Wondering where to find the best music venues around town?
  Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top places to hear live music in Baltimore, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of where to go for everything from jazz and indie acts to punk and hip-hop.
  1. The Elk Room
  Photo: Paranj P./Yelp
  Topping the list is The Elk Room, a speakeasy tucked between Italian Disco and Tagliata. It features live music three days a week,
  
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• Stream The PGA Championship

  11-08-2018 12:21
  The fourth major comes to you live from Bellerive Country Club in Town and Country, Missouri.
  
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• Red Sox Hit 3 HRs, Erase 5-Run Deficit, Top Orioles 19-12

  11-08-2018 05:21
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Xander Bogaerts and Andrew Benintendi each hit three-run homers, Brock Holt connected in a six-run sixth inning and the Boston Red Sox overpowered the Baltimore Orioles 19-12 on Friday night.
  After hitting for the cycle one night earlier, Mookie Betts went 3 for 4 with two walks and three RBIs. The 19 runs were the most for Boston since a 22-run outburst against Seattle in August 2015.
  The Red Sox have won 11 of 13 to open a nine-game lead over the second-place Yankees in
  
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• Weather Blog: More Showers, Thunderstorms Into The Weekend

  11-08-2018 04:46
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Friday was a warmer than average day around the region, but the humidity was not any higher than we have had lately. However, that will change this weekend.
  There will be more clouds, cooler temperatures and more showers and thunderstorms or thundershowers to dot the landscape this weekend.
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• FDA Approves 1st Birth Control App, Long-Term Vaginal Contraception Ring

  11-08-2018 02:04
  (CNN) — An app designed to track fertility and prevent pregnancy in women 18 and older is the first to win US Food and Drug Administration approval to be marketed as a contraceptive, the agency announced Friday. The Natural Cycles app was approved as part of the agency’s new Digital Health Innovation Action Plan, designed to fast-track approval for new low-to-moderate-risk devices.
  “This new app can provide an effective method of contraception if it’s used carefully and c
  
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• Orioles CF Jones Moves To RF To Make Room For Rookie Mullins

  11-08-2018 01:52
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The reshaping of the Baltimore Orioles took another significant turn Friday when longtime center fielder Adam Jones was moved to right field to make room for rookie Cedric Mullins.
  Jones has started in center for Baltimore since his arrival in 2008. The 33-year-old played the position well enough this year, but the last-place Orioles are ready to try someone younger and faster in the middle of the outfield.
  Manager Buck Showalter called Jones “one of the great center
  
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• Howard Co. Police Investigating Death Of Body Found In Jessup Pond

  11-08-2018 01:17
  JESSUP, Md. (WJZ) — Howard County police are investigating the death of a man whose body was recovered from a pond in Jessup, Md.
  At around 4:37 p.m., police and rescue personnel responded to Guilford Park in the 9900 block of Guilford Road for a report of a man in the water. After 6:30 p.m., a water rescue team from Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services recovered the body of the man, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
  The identity of the victim will be released when thei
  
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• Own A Piece Of The Happiest Place On Earth

  11-08-2018 01:12
  (CNN) — Most visitors to Disneyland leave with a souvenir or two: a set of mouse ears, perhaps, or a plush version of a beloved Disney character. Not Richard Kraft.
  “I’m not satisfied with a souvenir book or a little pennant: I had to actually own pieces of the park,” says Kraft, who admits “I’m a bit obsessive.”
  He grew up in Bakersfield, California, a few hours’ drive north of Disneyland, and his schoolteacher parents would save money for annual
  
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• Arson Suspect In Holy Fire Appears In Court

  11-08-2018 01:00
  (CNN) — The man accused of setting a Southern California fire that has burned more than 18,000 acres appeared in court Friday and said, “It’s all a lie!” as a judge read the charges against him.
  Forrest Gordon Clark, 51, did not enter a plea during the brief appearance in an Orange County courtroom. When the judge explained the process further to him, Clark said, “I comprehend. I do not understand though.”
  He is due back in court August 17 for arraignment and
  
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• UMD Places Members Of Athletic Staff On External Leave Following External Review

  11-08-2018 00:17
  COLLEGE PARK, Md. (WJZ) — In the weeks following University of Maryland football player Jordan McNair’s death from heatstroke, UMD has placed members of their athletic staff on administrative leave.
  RELATED: Family of UMD Player Who Died From Heatstroke Look For Answers
  The University of Maryland released a statement Friday afternoon announcing this development while the final outcome of the review is pending.
  “Following the death of Maryland football player Jordan McNair in Ju
  
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