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• UMD Women’s Basketball Head Coach In Reach For 500th Win

  08-01-2019 23:54
  COLLEGE PARK, Md. (WJZ) — A major milestone is in reach for University of Maryland’s women’s basketball team Tuesday night.
  Head coach Brenda Frese and her Terps play at Nebraska, 1,200 miles away from Maryland’s College Park campus, another step on a 20-year coaching journey for Frese- and she’s collected a lot of victories along the way.
  Frese needs one more win for a total of 500 wins in her career- most of these victories were picked up during her 17 season
  
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• School Bus Hangs Over Concrete Bridge Barrier After Crash

  08-01-2019 23:46
  CARROLL COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) — A school bus crashed into a concrete barrier Tuesday afternoon after it was hit by an oncoming car.
  The crash happened on Rt. 97 around 12:22 p.m. when a car traveling northbound crossed the dividing line and hit the front of the school bus.
  Bus Crash Photo Courtesy of Carroll Fire Wire
  The car came to rest in a ditch while the bus hit the bridge’s concrete barrier, keeping it from plunging into rocks and water just below.
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• Bus Sent Hanging Over Concrete Bridge Barrier In Carroll County Crash

  08-01-2019 23:46
  CARROLL COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) — A school bus was sent crashing into a concrete barrier Tuesday afternoon after it was hit by an oncoming car.
  The crash happened on Rt 97 around 12:22 p.m. when a car traveling northbound crossed the dividing line and hit the front of the school bus.
  Bus Crash Photo Courtesy of Carroll Fire Wire
  The car came to rest in a ditch while the bus hit the bridge’s concrete barrier, keeping it from plunging into rocks and water just below.
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• Baltimore Child Abuse Center joins LifeBridge Health - Baltimore Sun

  08-01-2019 23:35 via baltimoresun.com
  Baltimore Child Abuse Center joins LifeBridge Health  Baltimore SunThe Baltimore Child Abuse Center has joined LifeBridge Health in a partnership that will allow the center to expand as the hospital network taps into more ...
  
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• Car Crashes Into Building Along N. Mount Street

  08-01-2019 23:32
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Chopper 13 was over the scene of a crash in West Baltimore on Tuesday.
  A black car crashed into a building, all unfolding along North Mount Street near Presbury.
  Two cars were involved, police say.
  This story is developing. 
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• Car sought by police crashes into west Baltimore house - WBAL TV Baltimore

  08-01-2019 23:21 via wbaltv.com
  Car sought by police crashes into west Baltimore house  WBAL TV BaltimoreA vehicle sought by police crashed into a house Tuesday evening in west Baltimore. SkyTeam 11 reported Baltimore City and Maryland State police were trying ...
  
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• Teen Attacked By Group Walking Home From School

  08-01-2019 23:12
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — ACCE Charter School staff walked the beat after school Tuesday, one day after their students were accused of involvement in a massive reported fight on Falls Rd, that ended with the arrest of a teenage boy.
  One boy, 17-year-old Donavin Hooper says he was at the center of it all.
  “Everybody was just running up trying to hit somebody,” said Hooper. “They didn’t even care who they was hittin’,”
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• Teen Attacked By Group Insulting His Girlfriend, Neighbors Express Concern - CBS Baltimore

  08-01-2019 23:12 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  Teen Attacked By Group Insulting His Girlfriend, Neighbors Express Concern  CBS BaltimoreBALTIMORE (WJZ) — ACCE Charter School staff walked the beat after school Tuesday, one day after their students were accused of involvement in a massive ...
  
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• Teen Attacked By Group Insulting His Girlfriend, Neighbors Express Concern

  08-01-2019 23:12
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — ACCE Charter School staff walked the beat after school Tuesday, one day after their students were accused of involvement in a massive reported fight on Falls Rd, that ended with the arrest of a teenage boy.
  One boy, 17-year-old Donavin Hooper says he was at the center of it all.
  “Everybody was just running up trying to hit somebody,” said Hooper. “They didn’t even care who they was hittin’,”
  Hooper told WJZ that as he was walking h
  
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• Man Shot In Car Late Monday Night In Putty Hill Plaza Parking Lot

  08-01-2019 23:11
  BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) — A man was shot late Monday night after pulling into a parking lot to make a phone call, police say.
  The shooting reportedly occurred in the 7900 block of Belair Road at around 10:30 p.m., when police were called to the parking lot of the Putty Hill Plaza.
  Officers found the victim after he drove himself to a local hospital. Police learned that while the man was inside his car making a phone call, the suspect, armed with a handgun, walking up to his car.
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• CBS News: President Donald Trump Live Blog

  08-01-2019 22:30
  President Donald J. Trump will address the nation this evening from the Oval Office.
  
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• Baltimore City Council members call for independent study of recently announced increase in water rate - Baltimore Sun

  08-01-2019 22:20 via baltimoresun.com
  Baltimore City Council members call for independent study of recently announced increase in water rate  Baltimore SunFive members of Baltimore's City Council are demanding that the Department of Public Works launch an independent study to justify a recently announced ...
  
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• New Orleans Police Superintendent Michael S. Harrison Could Be Baltimore's Next Police Commissioner - CBS Baltimore

  08-01-2019 22:08 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  New Orleans Police Superintendent Michael S. Harrison Could Be Baltimore's Next Police Commissioner  CBS BaltimoreMayor Catherine Pugh named New Orleans Police Superintendent Michael S. Harrison as her choice for Baltimore Police Commissioner.
  
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• Boomer Esiason: Rivers’ Best Chance To Beat Brady

  08-01-2019 22:06
  (CBSLA/CBS Local) — Philip Rivers has never beat Tom Brady. The Rivers-led Los Angeles Chargers are 1-7 against the New England Patriots, with that one win coming in 2008, when Matt Cassel was starting for the injured Brady. Rivers will get another chance this Sunday, when the Chargers play the Patriots in Foxboro, in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs. It could very well be his best chance.
  The Chargers-Patriots is just one of the four interesting matchups on tap for football fans t
  
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• Howard County Makes History With Both Fire, Police Chief Spots Filled By Women

  08-01-2019 21:59
  HOWARD COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) — The sound of a glass ceiling breaking could be heard in Howard County on Tuesday as newly elected County Executive Calvin Ball named his police chief.
  “I am so pleased today to announce our next permanent chief, Lisa Myers,” Ball said.
  Lisa Myers is the department’s first African American woman police chief. A 27-year-veteran with the department, she now takes its reins.
  Myers started her career as a patrol officer and worked up the ranks and in
  
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• Female UFC Fighter Pummels Man Who Tried To Rob Her

  08-01-2019 21:48
  RIO DE JANEIRO (CBS Local) — Definitely do not mess with Polyana Viana. The mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter left a man battered and bruised after he allegedly tried to rob her in Rio de Janiero.
  Viana, an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) strawweight, said she waiting for her Uber in front of her apartment complex Saturday night when a man approached her.
  “When he saw I saw him, he sat next to me,” she told MMA Junkie. “He asked me the time, I said it, and I saw he wa
  
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• Police Arrest Anthony ‘Doo-Doo Butt’ Ward For Road Rage-Style Shooting

  08-01-2019 21:47
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A 21-year-old Baltimore man was arrested in Pennsylvania on a Maryland warrant.
  Anthony Ward, also known as “Doo-Doo Butt” was wanted for a road rage-style shooting back in October 2018.
  Police Investigating SW Baltimore Shooting
  Ward is wanted for attempted first-degree murder.
  Officers from the Southwestern Regional Police Department in Spring Grove, Pa., Baltimore City Police and the U.S. Marshal’s Office took Ward into custody without incident.
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• Study: U.S. Cancer Death Rate Plummets From 1991 Peak

  08-01-2019 21:44
  (CBS Local) — The nation’s cancer death rate dropped a whopping 27 percent during the last quarter century, according to a new report by the American Cancer Society.
  That translates to about 2.6 million fewer cancer deaths total than would have been expected if rates stayed at their peak, which was seen in 1991. “The decline in deaths is largely driven by reductions in smoking and improved treatment, as well as earlier detection for some cancers,” said lead researcher Reb
  
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• Kipke, Szeliga, Re-Elected To Maryland GOP House Leadership

  08-01-2019 21:42
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland House Republicans have re-elected their two leaders in the House of Delegates.
  Del. Nic Kipke, of Anne Arundel County, will be the House minority leader. Del. Kathy Szeliga, who represents parts of Baltimore and Harford counties, has been re-elected as the House minority whip.
  Both of them have served in the leadership roles since 2013.
  Maryland’s annual 90-day legislative session begins Wednesday.
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• The CIAA basketball conference tournaments moving to Baltimore in 2021 - WBAL TV Baltimore

  08-01-2019 21:28 via wbaltv.com
  The CIAA basketball conference tournaments moving to Baltimore in 2021  WBAL TV BaltimoreThe CIAA announced plans to move its basketball tournaments to Baltimore in 2021.
  
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• Gov. Hogan Announces Joint Ops Center To Target Violent Crime, Gangs In Baltimore

  08-01-2019 21:21
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced several programs to target violent crime and gangs in Baltimore City.
  Hogan announced Tuesday that he will open a Violent Crime Joint Operations Center in Baltimore City.
  This center will house a strikeforce of 200 law enforcement personnel from various federal, state and local agencies. The group will target violent crime, gangs and repeat offenders.
  Seven different federal, state and local agencies from the DES, ATF, Baltimore Po
  
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• Cecil Co. Car Fire Shuts Down I-95 Tuesday Morning

  08-01-2019 20:58
  CECIL COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) — A massive car fire shut down I-95 for a bit Tuesday morning.
  It happened in Northeast Cecil County area just after 10:30 a.m.
  The car was completely lost after being doused with flames.
  There is no word yet how it happened or if anyone was hurt.
  The area has since reopened.
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• Ravens' Nick Keizer: Signs futures deal with Baltimore - CBSSports.com

  08-01-2019 20:55 via cbssports.com
  Ravens' Nick Keizer: Signs futures deal with Baltimore  CBSSports.comRavens' Nick Keizer: Signs futures deal with Baltimore.
  
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• Cat Tests Positive For Rabies In Frederick County

  08-01-2019 20:51
  FREDERICK, Md. (WJZ) — A stray cat has tested positive for rabies, according to the Frederick County Health Department.
  The health department received a report from the Maryland Department of Health Rabies Laboratory on January 2 that a stray cat collected from Mains Lane, Frederick, tested positive for the rabies virus.
  The cat is an older black domestic short-haired female that appeared to be sick.
  The cat was picked up by Animal Control on January 2.
  The Health Department recommended th
  
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• Rosalyn Terborg-Penn, Columbia resident and scholar of black suffragists, dies - Baltimore Sun

  08-01-2019 20:25 via baltimoresun.com
  Rosalyn Terborg-Penn, Columbia resident and scholar of black suffragists, dies  Baltimore SunRosalyn Terborg-Penn, a retired Morgan State University historian who wrote of the African-American women's suffrage movement, died Dec. 25 at her home in ...
  
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• Maryland, Other States, Settle Neiman Marcus 2013 Data Breach For $1.5M

  08-01-2019 20:25
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh announced Tuesday that he, along with the Attorneys General of 42 other states and D.C., have reached a settlement with the Neiman Marcus Group, LLC.
  Under the terms of settlement, Neiman Marcus agreed to pay $1.5 million and put in place a number of policies to resolve the multistate investigation into the 2013 breach of customer payment card data at 77 Neiman Marcus stores.
  The breach occurred over a course of several months and
  
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• Yelp Names 2 Baltimore Restaurants On Its ‘Top 100 Places To Eat’ List - CBS Baltimore

  08-01-2019 20:20 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  Yelp Names 2 Baltimore Restaurants On Its ‘Top 100 Places To Eat’ List  CBS BaltimoreBALTIMORE (WJZ) — Two Baltimore eateries are on Yelp's “Top 100 Places To Eat' list. According to Yelp. Ekiben was ranked no. 89, while Waffie was ranked ...
  
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• Yelp Names 2 Baltimore Restaurants On Its ‘Top 100 Places To Eat’ List

  08-01-2019 20:20
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Two Baltimore eateries are on Yelp’s “Top 100 Places To Eat’ list.
  According to Yelp. Ekiben was ranked no. 89, while Waffie was ranked no. 97.
  Calabash Tea & Tonic in Washington DC also made the list at no. 78.
  For a full list of the restaurants that made the cut, click here. 
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• Lead Found In Water At 3 More Baltimore Co. Schools - CBS Baltimore

  08-01-2019 20:06 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  Lead Found In Water At 3 More Baltimore Co. Schools  CBS BaltimoreCOCKEYSVILLE, Md. (WJZ) — Lead was found in the water of three more Baltimore County Public Schools. Arbutus Elementary School, Riderwood Elementary ...
  
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• Lead Found In Water At 3 More Baltimore Co. Schools

  08-01-2019 20:06
  COCKEYSVILLE, Md. (WJZ) — Lead was found in the water of three more Baltimore County Public Schools.
  Arbutus Elementary School, Riderwood Elementary School in Towson, and Warren Elementary in Cockeysville all tested positive for lead in the water at hand sinks.
  Baltimore Schools To Test Lead Filters On Water Fountains
  The county schools has voluntarily tested for lead in their water since 2016.
  If lead is found in water, the source fixture will be turned off and replaced.
  No amount of lead
  
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• Johns Hopkins Grad Student Injured After Reported Unarmed Robbery Off-Campus

  08-01-2019 20:04
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore City police are investigating an unarmed robbery where four suspects reportedly forced a Johns Hopkins University grad student into their car and drove the student to ATMs in an attempt to steal from the machines.
  Police say on January 6 at around 9:14 p.m., in the 2600 block of St. Paul Street, four suspects exited an unknown car, forcing a grad student inside.
  The suspects took a cell phone and wallet from the student, drove to two ATM machines in an attempt t
  
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• How Alabama's offense might look at Maryland under Michael Locksley - Baltimore Sun

  08-01-2019 20:00 via baltimoresun.com
  How Alabama's offense might look at Maryland under Michael Locksley  Baltimore SunIf new Maryland coach Michael Locksley brings his Alabama offense to College Park, here's how it might look.
  
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• Michael Harrison named Baltimore Police Commissioner by Mayor Catherine Pugh - Baltimore Sun

  08-01-2019 19:58 via baltimoresun.com
  Michael Harrison named Baltimore Police Commissioner by Mayor Catherine Pugh  Baltimore SunBaltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh announced that she has chosen New Orleans police superintendent Michael Harrison to lead the city's police department, ...
  
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• Md., Delaware, Va. Governors To Speak At Event Next Month To Promote Bipartisanship

  08-01-2019 19:50
  SALISBURY, Md. (AP) — The governors of Maryland, Delaware and Virginia will speak together at an event next month in Maryland, and the organization hosting says it’s unprecedented for the area.
  The Daily Times reports Republican Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland, Democratic Gov. John Carney of Delaware and Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam of Virginia will talk at the Feb. 11 event hosted by the Greater Salisbury Committee.
  It will be at Salisbury University, and organizers say it aims to pro
  
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• Person Of Interest Wanted In First-Degree Assault In Glen Burnie

  08-01-2019 19:20
  GLEN BURNIE, Md. (WJZ) — Police are looking to identify a person of interest in a first-degree assault in Glen Burnie.
  The alleged assault involves a vehicle that occurred in the 1200 block of Crain Hwy S. in Glen Burnie on January 7.
  The subject is believed to have struck the victim with his vehicle, causing serious injury, according to police- then fled.
  The vehicle is described as a light, possibly silver minivan, possibly a Dodge or Chevrolet.Anyone with information regarding the ident
  
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• Meteorologist Jeremy Kappell Fired After Apparent MLK Jr. Slur Calls Incident ‘Simple Misunderstanding’

  08-01-2019 19:20
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (CBS Local) — A TV meteorologist who was fired after being accused of using an on-air racial slur said he simply “jumbled” his words during the broadcast.
  A video posted to social media shows Jeremy Kappell referring to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Square Park in downtown Rochester as “Dr. Luther Coon King Jr. Park.” The incident occurred during Friday’s News10NBC 5:30 p.m. broadcast.Kappell, who had been WHEC’s chief meteorologist since O
  
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• As a city, Baltimore could learn a lot from the Ravens - Baltimore Sun

  08-01-2019 19:20 via baltimoresun.com
  As a city, Baltimore could learn a lot from the Ravens  Baltimore SunOver the last few weeks, the Ravens football team on the field represented Baltimore's hopes for who we are and who we want to be as a city: gritty, perseverant, ...
  
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• How does Baltimore compare to New Orleans on population, crime, and police? - Baltimore Sun

  08-01-2019 19:15 via baltimoresun.com
  How does Baltimore compare to New Orleans on population, crime, and police?  Baltimore SunOne day after the withdrawal of Fort Worth Police Chief Joel Fitzgerald, Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh announced that New Orleans Police Superintendent ...
  
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• Statehouse Press Room Could Honor Capital Gazette Shooting Victims

  08-01-2019 19:10
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Top political leaders are supporting a proposal to rename the Maryland State House’s main press room in honor of the five Capital Gazette employees killed in last year’s newsroom shooting.
  House Speaker Michael E. Busch told The Baltimore Sun on Monday that he wanted to dedicate the workspace used by The Capital and other outlets “to honor the profession of journalism.”
  The renaming of the workroom known as “the bullpen” or “t
  
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• Michael Harrison to leave NOPD to lead Baltimore police - WWLTV.com

  08-01-2019 19:09 via wwltv.com
  Michael Harrison to leave NOPD to lead Baltimore police  WWLTV.comNew Orleans Police Superintendent will retire and move to Baltimore to lead its police department, Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh said Tuesday.
  
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• Man Gets Into Drunken Fight With Cashier After Being Served Philly Cheesesteak On Sesame Seed Bun, Authorities Say

  08-01-2019 19:09
  ODESSA, Fla. (CBS Philly/CBS Local) — A man who was drunk got into a fight with a store cashier after his Philly cheesesteak came on a sesame seed bun, according to authorities.
  The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office tells CBS affiliate WTSP-TV that 27-year-old Joseph Lagana was upset with the cashier at a flea market in Odessa over his cheesesteak being served on a sesame seed bun.Deputies say Lagana appeared to be heavily intoxicated because his speech was slurred and he was also allege
  
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• Federal Workers Going To Work For Lyft, Uber During Government Shutdown

  08-01-2019 18:59
  ARLINGTON, Va. (CBS Local) — The partial government shutdown is wreaking havoc on the ride-sharing industry, especially in the nation’s capital.
  Ride-sharing drivers in Washington, D.C., say tourists and government workers are normally their core customers. But business has come to a screeching halt since the partial government shutdown began Dec. 21.
  “Whenever the government is shutdown, it really affects us,” driver Cliff Monroe told WJLA on Monday.
  And now, s
  
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• Snow This Weekend? Could Be Anything From Flurries To Significant Accumulations

  08-01-2019 18:52
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Mid-Atlantic will likely see winter weather this weekend.
  WJZ’s Weather Team is tracking the system headed our way.
  Based on the cold temperatures we’re facing, any precipitation will likely be snow.
  Enjoy the mild day ahead because cold air arrives Wednesday and really digs its heels in Thursday on through the weekend! Updates on #WJZ! #Baltimore #MDWX pic.twitter.com/YLzvOQ1CQw
  — Meg McNamara (@MegWJZ) January 8, 2019It’s how much snow that w
  
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• New Orleans Police Chief Michael Harrison leaving to head Baltimore police - NOLA.com

  08-01-2019 18:40 via nola.com
  New Orleans Police Chief Michael Harrison leaving to head Baltimore police  NOLA.comNew Orleans Police Department Superintendent Michael Harrison is leaving his position after nearly three decades on the force, according to a city spokesman.
  
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• Baltimore-based Clapp Communications acquired by Arbutus direct marketing firm - Baltimore Sun

  08-01-2019 18:30 via baltimoresun.com
  Baltimore-based Clapp Communications acquired by Arbutus direct marketing firm  Baltimore SunClapp Communications, a Baltimore-based advertising firm, has been acquired by Victory-360, a direct marketing firm based in Arbutus, the companies ...
  
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• CIAA Basketball Tournaments Coming To Baltimore In 2021

  08-01-2019 18:26
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The CIAA Basketball Tournaments are coming to Charm City.
  The Men’s and Women’s tournaments will be played at Royal Farms Arena for three years starting in 2021.
  The CIAA is made up of smaller lower division, historically black colleges and universities, such as Maryland’s Bowie State University.
  The tournament has the potential to pump $50 million a year into Baltimore, and will be held in late February.
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• City School Board To Vote On Future Of 5 Schools Tuesday Night

  08-01-2019 18:17
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore City School Board will vote Tuesday night on the future of five schools.
  The district recommends closing Gilmor Elementary, Monarch Academy, Northwood Appold Community Academy and Roots and Branches at the end of the year, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary/Middle at the end of the following year.
  The board has previously voted to close Banneker Blake Academy at the end of this school year.
  Tuesday afternoon, Monarch Academy students will rally to sav
  
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• Baltimore Colt Roy Hilton Dies At 75 - CBS Baltimore

  08-01-2019 18:16 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  Baltimore Colt Roy Hilton Dies At 75  CBS BaltimoreBALTIMORE (WJZ) — Longtime Baltimore Colt Roy Hilton has passed away, according to the Baltimore Ravens. Hilton, who was 75, was a mainstay on the ...
  
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• Baltimore Colt Roy Hilton Dies At 75

  08-01-2019 18:16
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Longtime Baltimore Colt Roy Hilton has passed away, according to the Baltimore Ravens.
  Hilton, who was 75, was a mainstay on the team’s defense for nine years. He helped the Colts earn two Super Bowl appearances.
  Roy Hilton. Credit: The Baltimore Sun
  Baltimore Colt Roy Hilton (85), hits Jet Joe Namath from the blind side forcing Namath to fumble the football during the last play in the first quarter in Baltimore, Md., Sept. 24, 1972. Colts recovered the fumble and s
  
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• Previewing Trump’s Prime-Time Address To The Nation

  08-01-2019 18:06
  (CBS NEWS) — President Trump is making the case to the nation Tuesday night that his border wall must be funded — and that it must be funded now — as the partial government shutdown continues into its third week. It will be his first prime-time address from the Oval Office.
  
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