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• Ellicott City Leaders To Vote On Multi-Million Dollar Proposal To Solve Flooding Issue

  01-10-2018 23:54
  ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (WJZ) — Ellicott City leaders are voting Monday night on a proposal that could prevent future flooding.
  More than four months after flash flooding destroyed parts of historic Ellicott City and killed one person, the county council is set to vote on a drastic plan that could prevent future flooding.
  The council will consider a plan that could range anywhere from $40-$50 million.
  If it passes, it would be funding to make major changes to the landscape, including removing b
  
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• Ellicott City Leaders Approves $40 Million Proposal To Solve Flooding Issue

  01-10-2018 23:54
  ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (WJZ) — Howard County leaders voted Monday to approved a multi-million proposal that could prevent future flooding.
  More than four months after flash flooding destroyed parts of historic Ellicott City and killed one person, the county council voted on a drastic plan that could prevent future flooding.
  The council approved a plan that could range anywhere from $40-$50 million.
  The money will be used to make major changes to the landscape, including removing buildings.
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• Applebee’s Waitress Told ‘We Don’t Tip Black People’

  01-10-2018 23:07
  RADCLIFF, Ky. (CBS Local) — A mother from Kentucky is outraged after her daughter received a racist note instead of a tip while she was waiting tables at an Applebee’s.
  Regina Boone says that her daughter, Jasmine Brewer, 26, waited on a white family of four on September 19 at the Applebee’s in Radcliff, Kentucky. But instead of getting a tip, the customers allegedly left a handwritten racist note on the back of a paper napkin that read “We don’t tip black people.&r
  
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• CBS Sports Friday Night Tailgate Coming To NYC

  01-10-2018 22:58
  Millions of football fans warm up for the big game by tailgating. And millions more warm up for Sunday’s action by watching CBS’s pregame show. CBS is now combining these two football mainstays into one immersive evening.
  CBS Experiences, a new division of CBS, will be staging CBS Sports Friday Night Tailgate on November 9 at PlayStation Theater in New York City. The three-hour ticketed event will be filled with food, football and fun, as fans celebrate their favorite sport alongside
  
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• Free Training Program Helps Adults Get Lab Tech Jobs

  01-10-2018 22:55
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A partnership between a local nonprofit and a biotech institute means a tuition-free program for adult learners in Baltimore that could lead to a job — or even more.
  The South Baltimore Learning Center (SBLC), which offers classes to adult learners, is now partnering with the BioTechnical Institute of Maryland (BTI) to help those wanting an entry-level job as a lab technician.
  This free job training program will help people with gaps in their educatio
  
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• New ‘Red Flag’ Law Goes Into Effect; Could Take Guns Away From Those Who Present A Danger

  01-10-2018 22:42
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A new “red flag” law could take guns out of the hands of those who present a danger in a state recently plagued by mass shootings.
  “If there hadn’t been a gun. it would have been an opportunity for her to be get help and she would still be here,” said Janice Uthe, whose daughter Amanda shot herself.
  Those who have lost loved ones to gun violence gathered in Annapolis as Maryland’s “red flag” law went into effect. T
  
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• Cedric The Entertainer On “The Neighborhood” & Career

  01-10-2018 22:39
  30 years ago, Cedric The Entertainer was working at State Farm in St. Louis.
  Today, Cedric is one of the most recognizable names in Hollywood and has a brand new show on CBS called “The Neighborhood” that premieres tonight at 8pm EST/PST. The Original King Of Comedy stars alongside Max Greenfield in a comedy about a Los Angeles neighborhood that is being gentrified. Cedric is excited to be on America’s Most Watched Network.
  “CBS is one of the top networks for situational
  
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• Georgia High School Football Player Dies After Sustaining A Head Injury In A Game

  01-10-2018 22:35
  (CNN) — A Georgia high school football player who came out of a game with an injury and then lost consciousness on the sideline has died, officials said.
  Dylan Thomas, a 16-year-old junior for the Pike County Pirates, came out of a game in the third quarter Friday night with what his coach Brad Webber said was a leg injury. As he spoke with athletic trainers and the team doctor, Dylan became incoherent and then passed out, Webber said.
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• A Hunter in Alaska Was Hospitalized After The Bear He Shot Rolled On Top Of Him

  01-10-2018 22:31
  (CNN) — Mature black bears can weigh up to 350 lbs., while brown bears can reach up to 900 lbs. and grizzlies can tip the scales at 1,400.
  But that did not stop two Alaska men from going after some big game over the weekend. It didn’t go well.
  According to the state Department of Public Safety, the pair were hunting Saturday near Carter Lake south of Anchorage when they spied and shot a bear on a ridge above them.
  The injured animal rolled down the slope, dislodging rocks along the w
  
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• Obama Endorses Ben Jealous For Governor Of Maryland

  01-10-2018 22:20
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Barack Obama has endorsed Ben Jealous for governor of Maryland.The former president announced the endorsement on Monday.
  Jealous, who served as president of the NAACP, was one of 260 Democratic candidates for governor, U.S. Senate, U.S.
  House and state legislature endorsed by Obama in his second round of endorsements for the midterm elections.
  Jealous also has been endorsed by other prominent Democrats, including Sens. Bernie Sanders, Cory Booker and Kamala Harris. Se
  
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• Louisiana Water System Tests Positive For Brain-Eating Amoeba

  01-10-2018 22:07
  BOSSIER PARISH, La. (CBS Local) — A portion of a water system that serves part of south Bossier Parish, Louisiana, has tested positive for a brain-eating amoeba, according to the operator of the water system.
  Officials say Naegleria fowleri, commonly known as the brain-eating amoeba, was found last week in the Sligo Water System during a routine test done by the state Department of Health. The system was notified of the positive result on Friday, said Andy Freeman, the operator o
  
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• Florida Grandma Pops Out Dentures To Scare Off Naked Trespasser

  01-10-2018 22:02
  TITUSVILLE, Fla. (CBS Local) — When a Florida grandmother opened her blinds early Friday morning, she expected to see her cat on her back porch. Instead, she was allegedly greeted by the sight of a six-foot-tall naked man.
  Police say the suspect had broken into Pennelope Pettersen’s back porch around 2:20 a.m., took off his clothes and began “gyrating” in a “lewd manner,” according to Florida Today.
  Pettersen said she saw a shadow on her porch through the
  
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• Veterinary Expert Believes Excessive Time On Smartphones Could Make Dogs Depressed

  01-10-2018 21:53
  (CBS Local) – An expert believes that all the hours people are spending on their smartphones could be making their dogs depressed.
  Veterinary expert and founder of VetUK, Iain Booth, told The Metro that he believes paying more attention to your phone than your dog is making them feel lonely and isolated.
  “A dog is a social creature, a pack animal and to the dog you are the bona fide leader of the pack,” explained Booth. “You administer every facet of its life, you co
  
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• Baltimore Police Increase Patrols To Combat Uptick In Violent Crime

  01-10-2018 21:46
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore Police are increasing patrols throughout the city to combat the uptick in violent crime, the police commissioner announced Monday.
  Police Commissioner Gary Tuggle said that the department has suspended all leave for the next three days to help increase staffing within the department.
  Following Federal Hill Shooting, Neighbors Demand More Police Presence
  Tuggle said the department has been tracking the uptick in violent crimes since Sept. 24. There have been 18 h
  
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• Police Release Body Cam Footage In Fatal Officer-Involved Shooting

  01-10-2018 21:32
  WARNING: The video above includes graphic language and violence. Viewer discretion advised.
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore Police released body camera footage Monday from a Sept. 23 shootout that left an officer injured and suspect dead.
  The video shows the moments during the Sunday night shootout and how the officers responded following the shooting in the 800 block of Vine Street.
  Footage From Wounded Officer’s Body Cam Damaged In Shootout Can’t Be Retrieved
  Officer Steven Foste
  
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• LaMelo Ball Sparks Brawl In JBA Game In Lithuania

  01-10-2018 21:29
  Lithuania (CBS Local)- LaMelo Ball and the Junior Basketball Association’s USA team is in Lithuania this week for a pair of games as part of the league’s international schedule. After opening their overseas play with a split of games in Denmark and Lithuania, the team’s third game got heated as guard LaMelo Ball sparked a brawl in the 3rd quarter of the team’s game against Alytaus Dzukija.
  The USA JBA team was leading by 15 at the time when LaMelo turned the ball over. On
  
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• 60 National Chains, Regional Stores Confirm Thanksgiving Day Closures

  01-10-2018 20:42
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Thanksgiving is more than a month away, but 60 national chains and well-known regional stores have already announced that their stores will not be open to anyone who wants to get an early start to their holiday shopping.
  Every year, BestBlackFriday.com reaches out to store representatives to find out if they will be open or closed on Thanksgiving Day.
  The website says they have never had this many store closure confirmations in early October.
  Many of t
  
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• ‘The Neighborhood’ Premieres Tonight At 8PM On CBS

  01-10-2018 20:38
  The Neighborhood premieres tonight at 8:00PM ET/PT, only on CBS. The Neighborhood stars Cedric The Entertainer, Max Greenfield, Tichina Arnold and Beth Behrs as unlikely neighbors. Dave (Greenfield) and Gemma (Behrs) Johnson are a white couple who move into an African American neighborhood right next to Calvin (Cedric The Entertainer) and Tina (Arnold) Butler.
  Check out the video above for a series preview and be sure to tune in tonight at 8:00PM ET/PT on CBS. Check your local listings
  
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• ‘Happy Together’ Premieres Tonight At 8:30PM On CBS

  01-10-2018 20:37
  Happy Together premieres tonight at 8:30PM ET/PT, only on CBS. Happy Together stars Damon Wayans Jr., Amber Stevens West and Felix Mallard. The show centers around married couple Jake (Wayans Jr.) and Claire (Stevens West) whose comfortable life is turned upside down when Jake’s client international pop star Cooper James (Felix Mallard) asks to crash with them for a while to avoid the paparazzi following a very public break up.
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• New Gun-Control Laws Taking Effect In Maryland

  01-10-2018 20:29
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland authorities and mental health professionals already have been training to implement a new law that enables courts to temporarily restrict firearms access for people found to be a risk to themselves or others.
  The new red flag law takes effect Monday on the one-year anniversary of the nation’s deadliest mass shooting in modern history in Las Vegas.
  New ‘Red Flag’ Law Could Take Guns Away From Those Who Present A Danger
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• I-895 NB Reopens After Tractor-Trailer Carrying Debris Overturns

  01-10-2018 20:29
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — All northbound lanes of I-895 are no reopened after a tractor-trailer overturned Monday afternoon, causing a hours long closure.
  Chopper 13 was over the scene where it looked like the truck carrying some sort of debris flipped just past Pulaski Highway.Crews could be seen trying to clear the scene.
  The MDTA said traffic is being detoured to I-95.
  NB I-895 lanes remain blocked from overturned T/T past Pulaski Hwy/US 40. Cleanup operation underway. Traffic is detoured from
  
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• I-895 NB Closed After Tractor-Trailer Carrying Debris Overturns

  01-10-2018 20:29
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — All northbound lanes of I-895 are closed after a tractor-trailer overturned Monday afternoon.
  Chopper 13 was over the scene where it looked like the truck carrying some sort of debris flipped just past Pulaski Highway.Crews could be seen trying to clear the scene.
  The MDTA said traffic is being detoured to I-95.
  NB I-895 lanes remain blocked from overturned T/T past Pulaski Hwy/US 40. Cleanup operation underway. Traffic is detoured from NB I-895 onto Pulaski Hwy.I-95 is a
  
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• 9-Year-Old Boy Airlifted After Head Injury During Football Game

  01-10-2018 19:32
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) —A 9-year-old boy was injured while playing football in an Annapolis Park Saturday.
  Officials say the boy was injured following a helmet-to-helmet collision during a tackle.
  Emergency services reported to Bay Head Park in Annapolis, where they requested for a Maryland State Police Medevac Helicopter after finding the boy suffering from a possible head injury.
  The boy was flown to the Pediatric Trauma Center at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
  He is believed to have possibly ser
  
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• Man Taking Selfie Falls Into Rushing Waters Of Potomac River

  01-10-2018 19:15
  POTOMAC, Md. (WJZ) — A man fell into the Potomac River Sunday evening after he was attempting to take a selfie with the rushing waters of Great Falls behind him.
  According to Pete Piringer, the spokesman for Montgomery County Fire & Rescue, said the county’s swift water rescue teams responded to Great Falls Park around 5:30 p.m. for a report of a man falling to the river near near Olmstead Island just south of the visitors center.
  Passerbys rescued the man out of the water j
  
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• Hogan Names Maryland’s First Anti-Human Trafficking Director

  01-10-2018 19:12
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has named the state’s first anti-human trafficking director.
  Hogan announced Monday that Laurie Culkin will be an advocate on behalf of human trafficking victims.
  The position will be part of the Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention.
  Culkin will be responsible for coordinating supportive services for victims, as well as enforcement activities relating to human trafficking.
  Culkin enters the post from the Maryland Volu
  
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• NFL Team Grades – Week 4: Have The Bears Figured It Out?

  01-10-2018 19:05
  By Steve Silverman
  The Los Angeles Rams set the tone for a memorable week with a superior performance on Thursday night over the fading Minnesota Vikings. Last-second wins by the Titans, Cowboys and Bengals highlighted Sunday’s action, but Baker Mayfield fell just a bit short in the first start of his career.
  Oh, and how about those Ravens? Winning by double-digits in Pittsburgh is a pretty solid statement.
  Rams 38, Vikings 31
  Los Angeles Rams: A, Don’t even try to argue that the Ram
  
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• Mom Files Lawsuit After Son Fails To Make Varsity Soccer Team

  01-10-2018 19:05
  LADUE, Mo. (CBS Local) — The mother of a St. Louis-area high school student is suing after her son didn’t make the varsity soccer team and was not allowed to play on the junior varsity team.
  The student’s mother said her son, a junior who already played on the junior varsity team, is good enough play again on the JV team again.
  However, officials at Ladue Horton Watkins High School said if a junior does not make the varsity team, the boy cannot play again on the junior varsity
  
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• Mom Files Lawsuit After After Son Fails To Make Varsity Soccer Team

  01-10-2018 19:05
  LADUE, Mo. (CBS Local) — The mother of a St. Louis-area high school student is suing after her son didn’t make the varsity soccer team and was not allowed to play on the junior varsity team.
  The student’s mother said her son, a junior who already played on the junior varsity team, is good enough play again on the JV team again.
  However, officials at Ladue Horton Watkins High School said if a junior does not make the varsity team, the boy cannot play again on the junior varsity
  
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• Damon Wayans Jr. On New Show ‘Happy Together’: ‘It’s Like A Cool 90’s Show’

  01-10-2018 18:42
  Damon Wayans Jr. is back in the brand new CBS comedy Happy Together, making its series premiere tonight at 8:30 PM ET/PT. In this new show Wayans Jr. plays Jake, an accountant married to the love of his life Claire (played by Amber Stevens West). Jake and Claire have a very comfortable, if routine, marriage until one of Jake’s clients, superstar pop singer Cooper James (Felix Mallard), decides to move in with them to avoid the paparazzi following a public breakup.
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• Trump Announces USMCA As Deal To Replace NAFTA

  01-10-2018 17:50
  (CBS) — President Trump celebrated the negotiation of an 11th-hour overhaul of a trade agreement reached among the United States, Mexico and Canada in a Rose Garden news conference on Monday. The White House announced the deal an hour before a deadline of midnight on Sept. 30
  The president Trumpeted the new deal — the “U.S., Mexico, Canada agreement, called USMCA” — as keeping a campaign promise to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, which he h
  
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• Cleveland Police Want Robbery Warrant For NFL Officials After Raiders Game

  01-10-2018 17:40
  Ryan Mayer
  The Cleveland Browns lost in heartbreaking fashion, 45-42 in overtime, to the Oakland Raiders on Sunday afternoon. The result was even more difficult to swallow because several calls by the officiating crew went against the Browns in the late stages of the game. In reaction to those calls, the Cleveland Police department took to Twitter and let it be know that they’d like a robbery warrant issued for the officiating crew.
  Robbery warrant issued for tonight’s @Browns game @
  
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• State Police Host Finest Fitness Challenge Saturday

  01-10-2018 17:38
  PIKESVILLE, Md. (WJZ) — Maryland State Police are hosting the “Maryland’s Finest Fitness Challenge” on October 6 in South Baltimore.
  Taking place at the City Garage in Port Covington, the challenge is a two-mile fun-run, with participants dodging obstacles and completing exercise stations.
  Personal trainers from FX Well and the Maryland State Police Academy will be on site to motivate participants during the event.
  Other activities at the event include a pull-up challenge
  
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• Fuel Leaks From Abandoned Boat In AACo. Creek

  01-10-2018 17:28
  PASADENA, Md. (WJZ) — An abandoned 40-foot boat was reported to be leaking fuel into Stoney Creek on Sunday morning in Anne Arundel County.
  Firefighters noticed that containment booms that had been placed several days earlier were saturated and fuel was spreading from the partially submerged boat.
  Members of the Special Operations Hazardous Materials Team and the Baltimore City Fire Department worked to place new booms around the boat to contain the leak.
  The scene was then turned over to
  
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• Police Looking For Witnesses In I-695 Road Rage Shooting

  01-10-2018 17:13
  PARKVILLE, Md. (AP/WJZ) — Police in Baltimore County are hoping witnesses will come forward after a woman was shot in a road rage incident on I-695 over the weekend.
  Woman Shot While Trying To Pass Cars Engaged In I-695 Road Rage Dispute
  Baltimore County police said in a statement Sunday that the dispute began between the occupants of two vehicles, a white van and black Nissan sedan, around noon on Interstate 695 near Harford Road.
  Police say a third vehicle, a Subaru Outback, attempt
  
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• Lit Cigarette Causes Fire In Glen Burnie, 51-Year-Old Man Hospitalized

  01-10-2018 16:56
  GLEN BURNIE, Md. (WJZ) —  A lit cigarette was determined to be the cause of an apartment fire in Glen Burnie Sunday afternoon.
  Firefighters arrived at the three-story apartment building and forced their way into the residence of a 51-year-old man who was laying on the floor, unresponsive.
  The man was quickly taken from the apartment to the Burn Center at Johns Hopkins Bayview Hospital with serious, but not life-threatening, injuries. Firefighters extinguished the fire, keeping it cont
  
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• Goats Addicted To Human Urine Airlifted Out Of National Park

  01-10-2018 16:36
  SEATTLE (AP) — Helicopters and trucks have relocated about a hundred mountain goats from Olympic National Park in an effort officials said will protect natural resources, reduce visitor safety issues and boost native goat populations elsewhere in Washington state.
  The goats have been attracted to the salt and minerals found in human urine and sweat and there were incidents of aggression, including one that was fatal in 2010 when a hiker was gored to death.
  Professional crews started moving
  
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• Study: Dogs Intelligence Not ‘Exceptional’

  01-10-2018 16:29
  (CBS Local) — If you think your dog is exceptionally intelligent, you’ll be disappointed by the findings of a new study.
  Scientists recently reviewed evidence that compared the brain power of dogs with other animals and found the cognitive abilities of dogs were at least matched by several species in each of these groups.
  Researchers from the University of Exeter and Canterbury Christ Church University examined more than 300 papers on the intelligence of dogs and other other domestic
  
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• Register For The Mammothon: Get Your Mammogram On Nov. 1

  01-10-2018 16:05
  One in eight women in the United States will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime, but mammograms can find cancer early, when it is most treatable.
  That’s why LifeBridge Health is having its 3rd Annual Mammothon on November 1.
  The Mammothon may save you, or your mother, sister, daughter or best friend. It offers extended hours at LifeBridge Health breast care centers and select Advanced Radiology locations so all of the important women in your life can take action
  
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• ‘Tragedy Of Grand Scale’: Vegas Shooting Victims Remembered

  01-10-2018 15:08
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — It has been a year since the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, and a woman set to talk at a sunrise ceremony commemorating the lives lost says that although hearts are still healing, she hopes people can move forward from the enormous tragedy with “love and light.”
  Among survivors, victims’ family members, first-responders and elected officials offering prayers, songs and speeches on Monday, Mynda Smith will remember her sister.
  Nyesa Davis
  
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• Juvenile Killed In ATV Accident

  01-10-2018 14:44
  KEEDYSVILLE, Md. (WJZ) — The Washington County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal crash involving an ATV.
  The incident happened in the 5600 block of Mt. Briar Road, Keedysville, Md. around 6:51 p.m. Sunday.
  Officials say a juvenile died as a result of the accident. The ATV reportedly struck a utility pole.
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• Man Allegedly Shoots, Kills 8-Month-Old Puppy On A Walk

  01-10-2018 14:28
  DAVIE, Fl. (WJZ) — Police have arrested a man for shooting and killing an 8-month-old puppy while it was on a walk with it’s owners. Police say the dog belonged to the 8-year-old daughter of the parents who were walking it and that the family had just moved to the area the day before from out of state.
  The incident happened Saturday around 6:30 p.m. in Davie, Florida.
  According to authorities, Johansen Concepcion De La Ros was on a second floor balcony when he spotted the couple walk
  
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• Weather Blog: It’s October!

  01-10-2018 14:08
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — It is October. A pretty nice start to October. Spring like this Fall afternoon with a sunny, and slightly humid high of 82°. 72° is the normal for this date. October, it has a Fall sound. And speaking of Fall sounds, there was a three minute commercial break during the news this morning where the entire conversation in Studio A was about Thanksgiving dinner. Do we do lunch at one set of parents and dinner at another? Or do we do Thanksgiving dinner with one set of
  
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• Warren Vows ‘Hard Look’ At 2020 Presidential Run After Midterms

  01-10-2018 13:38
  (CNN) — Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren pledged on Saturday to “take a hard look” at a presidential run in 2020 after the midterm elections are over.
  “It’s time for women to go to Washington and fix our broken government, and that includes a woman at the top,” the Democratic senator told a town hall crowd in Holyoke, Massachusetts. “So here’s what I promise: After November 6, I will take a hard look at running for president.”
  Warren, who
  
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• Supreme Court Term Starts In Shadow Of Kavanaugh

  01-10-2018 13:24
  WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s the storm before the calm at the Supreme Court.
  Americans watched Thursday’s high court nomination hearing of Judge Brett Kavanaugh with rapt attention. The televised spectacle was filled with disturbing allegations of sexual assault and Kavanaugh’s angry, emotional denial.
  On Monday, the court will begin its new term with the crack of the marshal’s gavel and not a camera in sight.
  The term’s start has been completely overshadowed by the
  
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• 53-Year-Old Struck In Pedestrian Hit And Run

  01-10-2018 13:00
  OXON HILL, Md. (WJZ) — Maryland State Police are investigating after a 53-year-old is struck by a vehicle on the ramp from southbound Interstate 295 to northbound Interstate 95/495.
  A witness called police shortly after 2 a.m. Monday.
  Johnathan Wright was transported to the University of Maryland Prince George’s Hospital Center. Police say he was working with a crew on the ramp as a subcontractor for the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administratio
  
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• 53-Year-Old Construction Worker Struck In Hit And Run

  01-10-2018 13:00
  OXON HILL, Md. (WJZ) — Maryland State Police are investigating after a 53-year-old is struck by a vehicle on the ramp from southbound Interstate 295 to northbound Interstate 95/495.
  A witness called police shortly after 2 a.m. Monday.
  Johnathan Wright was transported to the University of Maryland Prince George’s Hospital Center. Police say he was working with a crew on the ramp as a subcontractor for the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administratio
  
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• Judge To Rule On Logo Dispute Between Gov, Teacher’s Union

  01-10-2018 12:27
  ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — A judge is set to decide on an injunction request that would prevent Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s campaign from using an apple logo to show his support by teachers.
  The Daily Record of Baltimore reports Judge Michael Mason said he would issue a ruling Monday.
  The Maryland State Education Association filed a lawsuit last month about the Hogan campaign’s use of an apple and the phrase “Teachers for Hogan.”
  Union attorney Kristy Anderson says it&rs
  
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• Flacco Throws 2 TD Passes, Ravens Trip Up Steelers 26-14

  01-10-2018 05:34
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Joe Flacco threw a pair of early touchdown passes, Justin Tucker kicked four second-half field goals and the Baltimore Ravens pulled away from the Pittsburgh Steelers 26-14 on Sunday night.
  Flacco completed 28 of 42 passes for 363 yards and TD passes to John Brown and Alex Collins as the Ravens (3-1) ended a three-game losing streak to their AFC North rivals. Tucker accounted for all the scoring after halftime as Baltimore ended Pittsburgh’s long run of success on S
  
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• Nine shootings in Baltimore leave 7 dead, 4 injured - Baltimore Sun

  01-10-2018 04:45
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  Nine shootings in Baltimore leave 7 dead, 4 injured
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  Nine shootings in Baltimore on Saturday night and Sunday have left seven dead and four injured, city police reported. A total of 17 people have been killed in Baltimore in the past week. Two people were shot just before 8 p.m. in the 300 block of S ...
  Police Investigating 7 Murders Within 24 Hours In BaltimoreCBS Baltimore
  Nine shootings in Baltimore leave 7 dead, 4 injuredBaltimore Sunall 16 news articles &ra
  
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• Maryland’s ‘Move Over’ Law Expands To Include Service Vehicles

  01-10-2018 04:44
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Maryland is adding more protection for those working on our roadways by expanding the “Move Over” law to save lives.
  The “Move Over” law originally went into effect in 2010 to provide protection for law enforcement and emergency workers.
  A new expansion of the law now adds protection for drivers of service vehicles.
  The law requires drivers to move over and slow down if they see first responders, police officers, tow truck drivers, and now service
  
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