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• Kyle Pavone, Vocalist For We Came As Romans, Dies At 28

  25-08-2018 22:52
  (CNN) — Kyle Pavone, a vocalist for the rock band We Came as Romans, has died, according to a statement on the band’s Twitter account. He was 28.
  “Kyle’s tragic loss came too early in his life and those of his bandmates,” the statement said. “All are devastated by his passing. We will miss his smiles, his sincerity, his concern for others, and his impressive musical talent.”
  Amy Sciaretto, a representative for Atom Splitter PR, which represents the band,
  
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• Yankees’ 4 HRs Carry Happ To 10-3 Win Over Orioles In Game 1

  25-08-2018 22:47
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Miguel Andujar homered and had four RBIs, J.A. Happ pitched six sharp innings to win his fifth straight start with the Yankees and New York beat the Baltimore Orioles 10-3 on Saturday in the opener of a split doubleheader.
  After Andujar drove in a first-inning run with a groundout, the 23-year-old rookie put the Yankees up 5-2 in the third with a three-run shot off Jimmy Yacabonis (0-2).
  Brett Gardner, Gleyber Torres and Aaron Hicks added solo shots for the Yankees, who ha
  
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• State Officials: 3.1 Million Gallons Of Sewer Water Spills

  25-08-2018 22:29
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A messy situation has arisen for a waterway in Maryland.
  State officials said 3.1 million gallons of sewer water spilled into the Jones Falls following heavy rain earlier this week.
  The City Department of Public Works said the overflows happened early Wednesday morning.
  They said saturated ground combined with the heavy rain caused the massive overflows. The City Heath Department and Maryland Department of the Environment have been notified.
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• Walt Disney World Workers Land Deal For $15 Minimum Wage

  25-08-2018 22:19
  (CNN Money) — Disney reached a deal with unions that would hike the minimum wage for Walt Disney World Resort workers to $15 an hour by 2021, signaling an end to contract negotiations that have dragged on for nearly a year.
  The agreement, which covers thousands of park and resort employees, would increase starting wages by 50%. Workers would also get the $1,000 bonuses they were promised earlier this year.
  Marathon negotiations carried into the early morning this week before a deal was rea
  
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• Nasa Image Shows All The Dust, Fires And Storms In The Air In One Day

  25-08-2018 22:11
  (CNN) — All around, there are tiny particles suspended in the air, known as aerosols. When you zoom out and look at the world as a whole, these aerosols can paint a picture of what’s going on across the earth’s atmosphere, from weather patterns to natural and man-made events.
  That sort of picture is what you can see here in these composite images from NASA, representing the world as it was on August 23. The pretty clouds of blue, purple and red are representations of different
  
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• Five shot in four incidents in Baltimore on Friday, Saturday - Baltimore Sun

  25-08-2018 21:02 via baltimoresun.com
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  Five people were injured in four shooting incidents in Baltimore between late Friday night and early Saturday morning, police said. In the first incident, a 31-year-old man went to a hospital to be treated for gunshot wounds at 9:51 p.m. Friday. He ...
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• Baltimore’s Top 5 Museums To Visit Now

  25-08-2018 16:00
  BALTIMORE (Hoodline) — Wondering where to find the best museums near you?
  From historic ships to a collection of locomotives, Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top museums in Baltimore, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of the best destinations for locals and tourists alike.
  1. Baltimore Museum of Industry
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  Topping the list is the Baltimore Museum of Industry. Located at 1415 Key Highway in Locust Point, this is the h
  
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• Board Holds Off Releasing Results On Detective’s Death Investigation

  25-08-2018 06:23
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — An independent board that will review how Detective Sean Suiter died held a conference call Friday to discuss its findings, but the public will have to wait for the results.
  After Detective Sean Suiter’s death, the city authorized the independent review board to investigate how he died. Friday the board met via conference call, but it only took three minutes for members to go into a closed session. This prevented the public from hearing any announcements that w
  
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• With more than a murder a day in Baltimore in August, Pugh, Jealous take to streets of West Baltimore - Baltimore Sun

  25-08-2018 05:23 via baltimoresun.com
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  With more than a murder a day in Baltimore in August, Pugh, Jealous take to streets of West Baltimore
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  With more than a murder a day in Baltimore thus far in August, Mayor Catherine Pugh and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ben Jealous took to the streets of West Baltimore on Friday night. During a more than hour-long anti-violence walk, the ...and more »
  
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• Hurricane Lane A Category 1 Storm As It Brings More Threatening Rain To Hawaii

  25-08-2018 05:19
  (CNN) — Hurricane Lane weakened Friday but forecasters and officials warned the Category 1 cyclone was still producing dangerous rainfall totals.
  The center of the storm — about 120 miles south of Honolulu on Friday — is not expected to come ashore though the eye wall could pass dangerously close to the central islands, including Oahu and Maui, in the coming days.
  But it’s the Big Island of Hawaii — the easternmost island in the chain — that has been hammered
  
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• Voit Hits 2 HRs, Britton Closes, Yanks Top Orioles 7-5 in 10

  25-08-2018 05:00
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Luke Voit connected in the 10th inning for his second home run of the game, and Zach Britton marked his return to Camden Yards by working the bottom half to preserve the New York Yankees’ 7-5 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Friday night.
  The Yankees made up two-run deficits in the fourth and eighth innings before Neil Walker homered off rookie Cody Carroll (0-2) in the 10th to give New York its first lead. Voit added a two-run shot, capping his first career mul
  
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• Man Wanted In Fatal Abduction Investigation

  25-08-2018 04:17
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Willard Turner-Williams, 35, of Baltimore is wanted in connection of the murder and abduction of Tiffany Jones. Police are looking for him currently.
  Baltimore Police tweeted that they were looking for Turner-Williams on Friday night after 10 p.m.
  Police have been searching for answers sinceJones’ abduction — when Jones got into a heated argument with two men near a Family Dollar Store in Baltimore’s Brooklyn neighborhood. She was snatched and throw
  
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• Baltimore man wanted in connection with fatal abduction - Fox Baltimore

  25-08-2018 04:08 via foxbaltimore.com
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  BALTIMORE (WBFF) - Baltimore police released a photo of a second suspect in the abduction and murder of Tiffany Jones, whose body was found in a burning South Baltimore house. Police said they are looking for Willard Turner-Williams, 35, of Baltimore.and more »
  
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• Weather Blog: Sunny Start To The Weekend

  25-08-2018 04:05
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A beautiful and pleasant end to the week. There was plenty of sun and low dewpoints, making for a very dry and comfortable afternoon.
  Saturday will again be a very pleasant start to the weekend, but an increase in humidity and temperatures will be noted by Sunday. Most of the early part of next week will feature very warm to hot temperatures, and a higher humidity as well.
  It should be a mainly rain-free period as well.
  By later Wednesday and again Thursday and Friday, sh
  
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• Papa John’s Thanks Customers For Their Anger In New Ad

  25-08-2018 02:35
  (CNN Money) — Papa John’s is confronting its crisis: Customers think it has a racism problem.
  In a new ad, the pizza chain shows some of the furious messages it received after its founder blamed NFL protests for poor sales and later admitted using the N-word.
  “Racism is disgusting and I won’t support it,” one person wrote. Another said that “blaming players for poor sales with dog whistle racism was a hack move.”
  Between the messages, words from the comp
  
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• Amazon Bans The Sale Of Guidebook For 3D Printing Guns

  25-08-2018 02:26
  (CNN Money) — Amazon has banned a book that provides the code needed to 3D print a handgun.
  “The Liberator Code Book: An Exercise in the Freedom of Speech,” appeared on Amazon’s website on August 1. The company said it dropped the $20 book on Wednesday because it violated Amazon’s content guidelines, but it would not offer further details.
  “Code is speech,” the apparent author, “CJ Awelow,” wrote in a brief description on Amazon, echoing the
  
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• Tech Companies Met About Protecting The Election

  25-08-2018 02:20
  (CNN Money) — Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft and other leading tech companies met Friday to talk about protecting their platforms from manipulation during the midterm elections.
  The plans, first reported by BuzzFeed, were confirmed to CNNMoney by a person familiar with the meeting. Google was among the other companies that were invited.
  The companies, especially Facebook and Twitter, have been criticized for how their platforms were used to spread misinformation during the 2016 presidential
  
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• Ex-US Naval Academy Professor Sent Shirtless Photos

  25-08-2018 01:47
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A U.S. Naval Academy official’s letter alerting a tenured professor of his termination says the professor sent students shirtless photos.
  The Washington Post reported Friday that it obtained a copy of the Aug. 15 letter to 64-year-old ex-professor Bruce Fleming.
  Academic Dean and Provost Andrew T. Phillips also says in the letter Fleming touched students during class without consent. Fleming says this refers to hugs and shoulder pats. It also says Fleming called
  
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• Britton finishes off O's in return to Baltimore - MLB.com

  25-08-2018 01:44 via mlb.com
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  Britton finishes off O's in return to Baltimore
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  BALTIMORE -- Zach Britton (Anglada) learned of the trade rumors connecting him to the Yankees during a July 24 game at Camden Yards, a deal that was consummated just before midnight. That did not leave nearly enough time for proper goodbyes to the ...
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• Pharmacist Pleads Guilty To Distributing Oxycodone In Exchange For Sex

  25-08-2018 01:00
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A licensed pharmacist, Richard Daniel Hiller, 64, of Owings Mills, Md., pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy to distributing oxycodone, and distributing it in exchange for sexual favors.
  “Abuse of oxycodone and other pharmaceutical drugs is one of our most significant drug enforcement challenges.  Those who divert pharmaceutical drugs for illegal purposes further the tragic cycle of addiction and the epidemic of opioid overdose deaths,” said U.S. Attorney
  
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• Army Captain Indicted On Unlawful Sex Activity Charges With Minors

  25-08-2018 00:45
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A federal jury has indicted Kevin J. Gorbsky, 32 of Bowie, Md., on five counts of enticement of a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity and one count of transferring obscene material to a minor.
  The indictment was returned on August 23, and unsealed August 24.
  According to the six-count indictment, Gorbsky was a Captain in the U.S. Army. He was station in Kuwait and in Anne Arundel County, Md., where he was assigned to work at a secure facility.
  Gorbsky created and
  
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• University of Arizona Accepted $458K From Md. Eugenics Fund

  25-08-2018 00:32
  (AP) — The University of Arizona has accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding over the past 16 years from a foundation infamous for promoting research linking race and intelligence.
  Records reviewed by The Associated Press show a psychology professor on the Tucson campus has received money from the Maryland-based Pioneer Fund even after other universities and organizations, including white nationalist groups, stopped receiving its support.
  The Pioneer Fund has promoted eugenics
  
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