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• Maryland Police Investigate Fatal Delivery Truck Crash

  11-11-2018 23:54
  SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Traffic detectives in Maryland are investigating a fatal crash involving a delivery truck.
  The Montgomery County Police Department said in a news release that the crash happened Saturday morning in the Silver Spring area.
  Officers say the Freightliner truck was traveling south when it struck a sedan traveling north on the same road that was in the process of making a left turn.
  Police say the 39-year-old man driving the sedan and one of his passengers, a
  
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• 84-Year-old Man Shot During Apparent Robbery Attempt

  11-11-2018 17:05
  Baltimore, MD (WJZ) — Baltimore City police are investigating after an 84-year old man was shot several times during an apparent robbery attempt.
  Police believe the shooting took place around 9:30p.m. on Saturday night in the area of Spaulding and Park Heights in the northwest section of the city.
  Investigators say the man suffered gunshot wounds to the stomach and hand.
  The victim was immediately taken into surgery and his condition is not known at this time.
  Anyone with information is as
  
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• California Wildfires Turn Deadly As Thousands Evacuate Homes

  11-11-2018 03:30
  (CBSNEWS) — Not a single resident of Paradise, California, can be seen anywhere in town after most of them fled the Northern California community that may be lost forever. Most of the town’s buildings are in ruin. Entire neighborhoods are leveled. The business district is destroyed.
  
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• Dundalk Comes Together To Support Those Displaced By Tornado

  11-11-2018 03:24
  DUNDALK, Md. (WJZ) — The tornado hit a week ago, displacing more than 21 families in Dundalk.
  Now, a community is coming together after a storm ripped their home apart.
  “It was just scary for me, I have never experienced something like that,” said Virginia Lang, a Dundalk resident.
  Lang is among the Holabird East Apartment residents displaced after an F1 tornado tore through their neighborhood.
  “When we ran to the building, the maintenance guys were getting everyone out,
  
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• Sex Abuse Crisis Tops Agenda As US Catholic Bishops Will Convene In Baltimore Monday

  11-11-2018 03:04
  WASHINGTON (AP) — As U.S. Catholic bishops gather for their national assembly next week, the clergy sex abuse crisis dominates their agenda amid calls from critics that church leaders finally bring about meaningful reforms to root out misbehaving priests.
  The three-day assembly that starts Monday in Baltimore comes after a series of abuse scandals this year that have been stunning in their magnitude and number.
  Bishops have several reforms under consideration to craft a stronger response t
  
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• New Cholesterol Guidelines Offer A More Personalized Approach

  11-11-2018 03:04
  (CNN) — New cholesterol guidelines recommend a more personalized approach in risk assessments, a returned focus on LDL target levels and new drug options for those at highest risk for cardiovascular disease. The guidelines were announced Saturday during the American Heart Association’s annual scientific conference.
  The recommendations, set out by the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology, also discussed the value of using coronary artery calcium scores for
  
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• Elvis Presley, Babe Ruth Among 7 To Receive Presidential Medal Of Freedom

  11-11-2018 03:03
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has announced his first recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and they include the wife of a major Republican Party donor, the longest-serving Republican senator in U.S. history, Elvis Presley and Babe Ruth.
  Trump will also posthumously recognize the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
  Medals are going to Miriam Adelson, a doctor and wife of casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, a Republican donor; Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch, who is retiring a
  
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• Trump Properties Received $3.2 Million During Midterms, FEC Records Show

  11-11-2018 03:02
  (CNN) — Campaigns and PACs spent at least $3.2 million at Trump-owned and branded properties throughout the two-year midterm election cycle, a CNN analysis of Federal Election Commission filings shows. And the total could rise after post-election financial reports are published by the commission.
  No single group spent more than the Republican National Committee, which spent at least $1.2 million at the properties since the start of 2017.
  About half of the RNC spending came in two installme
  
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• Gabrielle Union, Dwyane Wade Welcome Daughter

  11-11-2018 02:59
  (CNN) — Gabrielle Union is a new mom.
  The actress took to Instagram on Thursday to announce that she and husband Dwyane Wade are parents to a baby girl.
  The child, whose name was not disclosed, was born November 7 via surrogate, the actress said.
  The “Being Mary Jane” star wrote she and Wade “are sleepless and delirious but so excited.”
  “11/7 will forever be etched in our hearts as the most loveliest of all the lovely days,” she wrote. “Welcome to
  
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• Kim Kardashian, Lady Gaga Among Those Awaiting Word On Home As California Wildfires Rage

  11-11-2018 02:55
  (CNN) — A growing number of famous faces are among those who are waiting for word on their homes as multiple wildfires rage in California.
  Kim Kardashian West, Lady Gaga and Alyssa Milano were among those who had to flee their homes late Thursday and into Friday.
  By Saturday, that list had grown to include the likes of director Guillermo del Toro, Cher, Martin Sheen, pop singer Liam Payne, and many others.
  Kardashian West said that she was forced to evacuate her Calabasas, California, home
  
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• Hoosiers Keep Bowl Hopes Intact By Beating Maryland 34-32

  11-11-2018 00:34
  BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana Hoosiers coach Tom Allen changed tactics this week.
  Instead of focusing on one game, he took the big-picture approach and his players responded.
  Stevie Scott’s late, long run set up Logan Justus for a 42-yard go-ahead field goal with 2:32 to play and Nile Sykes recovered a fumble in the final minute to preserve Indiana’s 34-32 come-from-behind to keep Indiana in the postseason discussion.
  “I didn’t want to talk about going to bowl ga
  
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