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• 74 Dead Cats, 150 Live Cats And Other Animals Discovered In Baltimore County Home; Residents Indicted

  15-11-2019 23:51
  
  MIDDLE RIVER, Md. (WJZ) — A disturbing animal cruelty case is under investigation in Baltimore County.
  Police say Garriott Cox and Pamela Arrington are facing multiple charges after investigators found 150 live cats and 74 dead cats in horrible conditions at their home on Bird River Road in Middle River.
  Additional animals were also discovered.
  The two had been under investigation since September.
  
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• Former Towson University Student Onyekachukwu Igwilo Charged With Rape Released From Jail

  15-11-2019 23:46
  
  TOWSON, Md. (WJZ) — A former Towson University student charged with raping a fellow student has been released from jail on his own recognizance ahead of a court hearing later this month.
  Online court records show Onyekachukwu Igwilo, 20, is on home detention; he is due back in court on November 25.
  Credit: Baltimore County Police
  Igwilo was charged in September with sexual assault a fellow student in a university residence hall while they were watching a movie. Police said he then held the
  
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• Baltimore Museum of Art will only acquire works by women in 2020 - The Washington Post

  15-11-2019 23:46 via washingtonpost.com
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• Year Up Baltimore links young talent to workforce - WBAL TV Baltimore

  15-11-2019 23:44 via wbaltv.com
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• Woman fatally struck by a car while walking in North Baltimore crosswalk - Baltimore Sun

  15-11-2019 23:35 via baltimoresun.com
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• 'Newsweek' ranks Poly 36th for STEM program - WBAL TV Baltimore

  15-11-2019 23:24 via wbaltv.com
  'Newsweek' ranks Poly 36th for STEM program  WBAL TV Baltimore
  
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• Flu Is Getting An Early Start In The US This Season

  15-11-2019 23:02
  
  (CNN) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told doctors on a conference call this week that the United States is seeing more flu than is typical for this time of year.
  “Influenza is off to an early start,” said Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious disease expert at Vanderbilt University who was on the CDC call, which included members of the Influenza Hospitalization Surveillance Network, a group of hospitals that help the CDC assess the severity of the flu s
  
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• Judge Says MASN Should Pay Nats Based On MLB Panel Decision

  15-11-2019 23:01
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has ordered lawyers for the Nationals and Baltimore Orioles to submit a proposed judgment of what the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network should pay Washington for television rights from 2012-16 based on the decision issued in April by an arbitration panel of three baseball executives.
  New York Supreme Court Justice Joel M. Cohen wrote in a decision issued Thursday that MASN should pay the Nationals the $296.8 million recommended by the panel, minus rights fees MASN already
  
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• Baltimore Nonprofit Helps Young Adults Navigate The Jump Into The Working World

  15-11-2019 22:46
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The non-profit “Year Up” in Baltimore is teaching young adults how to step into the corporate environment and succeed.
  “We’re taking young people and putting them into careers within one year,” Ronald Selby, Executive Director of Year Up, said.
  Friday was Corporate Partner Day. Students had the opportunity to try their interview skills.
  The program focuses on three areas of study: business operations, cybersecurity and information techno
  
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• Eagles And Patriots Meet For First Time Since Super Bowl LII

  15-11-2019 22:42
  
  (CBS Philadelphia) — The New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles have a few things in common going into this Sunday’s rematch of Super Bowl LII. Each team is embroiled in a somewhat unexpected division race. Each team has a formerly potent offense that can’t seem to stay in gear from week to week. And each team is coming off a Week 10 bye.
  The Patriots lost their last game to the surging Baltimore Ravens, ruining a perfect record. That same Sunday the better-than-expected
  
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• ‘You Will Be Prosecuted’: New Effort Aimed At Stopping Illegal Gun Trafficking

  15-11-2019 22:26
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore U.S. Attorney’s Office joined with regional and federal forces Friday to announce Project Guardian, an effort to stop the trafficking of guns and get them away from people who aim to use them for violence.
  “The correlation between the availability and the use of illegal guns in violent crime is undeniable,” said U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jessie Liu.
  For the fifth straight year, Baltimore has reached 300 homicides. Many
  
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• 8 Things To Do In Baltimores Station North Neighborhood - Patch.com

  15-11-2019 22:17 via patch.com
  
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• Orioles’ Mike Elias talks GM meetings, trade talks and Astros controversies - Baltimore Sun

  15-11-2019 22:15 via baltimoresun.com
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• Kirby Lane Park Brings New Energy to West Baltimore Neighborhood - Baltimore magazine

  15-11-2019 22:15 via baltimoremagazine.com
  
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• WWE Superstar Sonya Deville: ‘Had To Find A Way To Be Comfortable With Who I Was’

  15-11-2019 22:09
  
  (CBSNY/CBS Local) — Growing up in New Jersey, Sonya Deville spent the majority of her life dating men. It was the norm, and it wasn’t really anything she ever questioned, although there were likely times when her love life was like trying to fit a square peg through a round hole. Maybe it wasn’t so much as denial as it was missing the obvious. The future WWE Superstar almost had to get hit over the head with her own sexuality to figure everything out. Her epiphany finally came
  
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• Maryland Gas Prices Drop Ahead Of Busy Thanksgiving Travel Holiday

  15-11-2019 21:54
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Less than two weeks ahead of the busy Thanksgiving travel holiday, local gas prices are dropping.
  The Maryland gas price average is down four cents on the week, thanks to an increase in gasoline supplies on the East Coast, a drop in gasoline demand and stable crude oil prices.
  While prices are down slightly compared to last week, AAA advises drivers that fluctuations remain possible through the end of the month.
  The gas price average in Maryland as of Friday is $2.47
  
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• Maryland Gas Prices Drop Ahead Of Bust Thanksgiving Travel Holiday

  15-11-2019 21:54
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Less than two weeks ahead of the busy Thanksgiving travel holiday, local gas prices are dropping.
  The Maryland gas price average is down four cents on the week, thanks to an increase in gasoline supplies on the East Coast, a drop in gasoline demand and stable crude oil prices.
  While prices are down slightly compared to last week, AAA advises drivers that fluctuations remain possible through the end of the month.
  The gas price average in Maryland as of Friday is $2.47
  
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• Police Arrest Man For Attempted Assault On Officer

  15-11-2019 21:49
  
  LAUREL, Del. (AP) — Delaware State Police have a man who they say charged at an officer as colleagues tried to take him into custody.
  A news release on Friday says police arrested 42-year-old Burton F. Carmean after members of the Sussex Governor’s Task Force went to a home in Laurel on Thursday to arrest him for a probation violation of and for failure to appear in court.
  Officers found Carmean hiding in a bedroom, and he continued to resist arrest, charged at an officer and hit him
  
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• You know you’re from Baltimore if . . . - Baltimore Sun

  15-11-2019 21:42 via baltimoresun.com
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• Choptank vs. the Sun: Here's what PR pros think about the review, Atlas' response - Baltimore Business Journal

  15-11-2019 21:30 via bizjournals.com
  Choptank vs. the Sun: Here's what PR pros think about the review, Atlas' response  Baltimore Business Journal
  
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• Fire Danger Causes Nissan To Recall Over 450,000 Vehicles

  15-11-2019 20:49
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Nissan is recalling over 450,000 vehicles worldwide because a brake fluid leak could cause them to catch fire.
  Because of the fire risk, the company is urging owners to park the vehicles outdoors and away from structures if the antilock brake light comes on for more than 10 seconds.
  The recall, detailed in documents posted Friday by the U.S. government, covers the Nissan Murano SUV from 2015 through 2018, and Maxima sedans from 2016 through 2018. Also included are Infiniti Q
  
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• Under Armour Defends Accounting Practices In Wake Of Report It Borrowed From Future Quarters

  15-11-2019 20:25
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore-based fitness apparel retailer Under Armour is defending its disclosures and accounting practices amid a report it borrowed from future quarters to hide slowing demand.
  As first reported by The Wall Street Journal, the company could face a criminal investigation into the ways former executives used a variety of tactics to make sales numbers appear better than they were.
  On October 22, the company’s founder and CEO Kevin Plank announced he was stepping down
  
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• 4 Arrested In SE Baltimore Homicide - CBS Baltimore

  15-11-2019 19:59 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  
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• 4 Arrested In SE Baltimore Homicide

  15-11-2019 19:59
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police have arrested four people in connection with a homicide in southeast Baltimore earlier this week.
  Anthony Clark, 19; Shamar Jerry, 19; James Dunbar, 18; and William Thornton, 26, have been arrested and charged with first-degree murder and weapons charges in the homicide, which happened Wednesday night in the 2600 block of McElderry Street, police said.
  The shooting left 21-year-old Donnell Brockington with multiple gunshot wounds. Police said he later died at an ar
  
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• Immigrants, Led By Jamaicans, Slow Baltimore Population Loss

  15-11-2019 19:43
  
  By Ian Round, Capital News Service
  BALTIMORE—Steve McMurray was not long out of high school when he moved to the United States.
  He left St. Mary Parish, a rural area in northeastern Jamaica, for trade school in Miami. He spent about a year and a half there, met a Jamaican girl with family in Maryland, and they moved here.
  Their relationship didn’t last, but he stayed in Baltimore. Now, more than 30 years later, McMurray owns what some say is the best Jamaican restaurant in Baltimore,
  
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• Silver Alert Issued For Missing 76-Year-Old Tony Rouse

  15-11-2019 19:41
  
  FOREST HILL, Md. (WJZ) — A Silver Alert has been issued for a missing 76-year-old man with a cognitive impairment.
  Tony Rouse was last seen around 8 p.m. Thursday in Forest Hill in Harford County, officials said. There was a possible sighting of him in Myersville in Frederick County Friday around 11 a.m.Rouse is five-foot-eight, weighs 200 pounds, has gray hair and blue eyes and was last seen wearing a blue and white plaid long-sleeved collared shirt, jeans, navy blue tennis shoes and eyeg
  
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• University Of Maryland Teams Up With Amazon To Advance Worker IT Skills

  15-11-2019 19:24
  
  ADELPHI, Md. (AP) — University of Maryland Global Campus is teaming up with Amazon to advance information technology skills for the retailer’s hourly employees.
  The university with a focus on online education says the initiative will launch in January.
  It’s designed to prepare employees for industry certifications in IT and associate degrees in related fields through the Amazon Career Choice Program.
  They will be able to choose to study to become a computer user support special
  
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• No. 21 Navy’s Defense Concerns Kelly, No. 16 Irish

  15-11-2019 19:17
  
  SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Preparing for Navy’s triple-option offense is an annual headache for Notre Dame, but it’s the Midshipmen’s defense that has coach Brian Kelly reaching for the aspirin.
  “I’m really impressed with their defensive structure,” Kelly said. “They’ve been very aggressive. Their defense is so much better at everything they do from coverage to getting after the quarterback (and) tackling.”
  It’s the 93rd consecutive
  
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• Immigrants, led by Jamaicans, slow Baltimore population loss - WTOP

  15-11-2019 18:57 via wtop.com
  
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• NFL Suspends Myles Garrett Indefinitely, Maurkice Pouncey For 3 Games And Fines Both Steelers And Browns $250,000

  15-11-2019 18:55
  
  The NFL has handed down its punishments for last night’s violence during the end of the Pittsburgh Steelers-Cleveland Browns game.
  
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• Anne Arundel, Carroll County Schools Increasing Security In Wake Of Deadly CA High School Shooting

  15-11-2019 18:50
  
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — Students and parents in multiple Maryland counties will see a heightened police presence at public schools Friday, a day after a deadly shooting at a southern California high school.
  Officials in Anne Arundel County said the change is not related to any threat and is being done to alleviate any potential anxiety caused by the California shooting, which left two students dead and three others injured.In the wake of yesterday’s school shooting in California, pare
  
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• Anne Arundel, Carroll County Schools Increase Security In Wake Of Deadly CA High School Shooting

  15-11-2019 18:50
  
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — Students and parents in multiple Maryland counties saw a heightened police presence at public schools Friday, a day after a deadly shooting at a southern California high school.
  Officials in Anne Arundel County said the change was not related to any threat and was being done to alleviate any potential anxiety caused by the California shooting, which left two students dead and three others injured.
  “This is something that’s not uncommon for us in wake of i
  
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• Baltimore Bistro Le Comptoir du Vin Is The ‘Sexiest Third Date Spot In America,’ Esquire Says

  15-11-2019 18:42
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — If you make it to the third date, you have a sexy date night spot in Baltimore.
  According to Esquire Magazine, Le Comptoir du Vin is the “sexiest third-date spot in America.”
  “Baltimore (yeah, Baltimore) can now make rightful claim to having the sexiest third-date spot in America,” Esquire’s Jeff Gordinier wrote.
  The Station North French-inspired bistro was featured as no. 18 on Esquire’s Best New Restaurants in America in 2019. Twenty-
  
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• Bomb Squad Clears Suspicious Bag Found At BWI Friday

  15-11-2019 18:19
  
  LINTHICUM, Md. (WJZ) — A bomb squad has cleared a suspicious bag found at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport Friday morning.
  The state fire marshal’s office said a baggage handler found a clear bag around 9:40 a.m. that felt unusually warm and appeared to be emitting smoke.
  The bomb squad examined the bag, which contained clothing, and determined it was not harmful, officials said.
  
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• 2 Arrested In Anne Arundel County Sting; 1 Charged With Illegal Firearm Possession

  15-11-2019 18:11
  
  BROOKLYN PARK, Md. (WJZ) — A 39-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman were arrested in a sting in Anne Arundel County Thursday.
  The county police’s gang and firearms investigation unit along with the Maryland State Police executed a search warrant on a home in the 200 block of Old Riverside Road in Brooklyn Park.
  Officers found a loaded handgun, ammunition, a small amount of suspected marijuana and CDS paraphernalia inside the home. The gun was not stolen, but suspect Michael Lamont F
  
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• Under Armour defends accounting practices amid federal probes and media reports - Baltimore Sun

  15-11-2019 18:10 via baltimoresun.com
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• Baltimore area office leasing drops in 3Q, new report shows - Baltimore Business Journal

  15-11-2019 18:10 via bizjournals.com
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• Syracuse Inks Baltimore Native Forward Woody Newton, Guard Kadary Richmond

  15-11-2019 17:50
  
  SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Syracuse has signed forward Woody Newton and guard Kadary Richmond to national letters of intent.
  The 6-foot-8 Newton, a Baltimore native, plays for Mt. Zion Prep and is ranked 79th overall in the 2020 class by 247Sports.com. Newton’s play helped the Warriors advance to the 2019 National Prep Championship.OfficiallyWelcome to the #CuseFamily @Woody2_! pic.twitter.com/DEfg1MVBeH
  — Syracuse Basketball (@Cuse_MBB) November 15, 2019The 6-5 Richmond is at Brews
  
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• Terrance Sellman Sentenced To 20 Years For Negligent Manslaughter In Double Fatal Crash Near Annapolis

  15-11-2019 17:46
  
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — A Brooklyn man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for negligent manslaughter in a 2018 crash near Annapolis that left two people dead, the Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney’s Office said Friday.
  Terrance Sellman, 47, pleaded guilty in September to two counts of negligent manslaughter in the crash.
  READ MORE: Rt. 50 Accident Draws Attention To Surge Of Accidents On Road
  Officials said he was driving the wrong way just before 1 a.m. on U.S. Route 5
  
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• Baltimore Museum of Art will only acquire works from women next year: ‘You have to do something radical’ - Baltimore Sun

  15-11-2019 17:18 via baltimoresun.com
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• Hogan Picks Nicole Williams To Replace Former Del. Tawanna Gaines Who Resigned Amid Wire Fraud Charge

  15-11-2019 17:14
  
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — Gov. Larry Hogan has appointed Nicole Williams to the Maryland House of Delegates to replace former Delegate Tawanna Gaines, who resigned in October amid a wire fraud charge.
  Williams, who works as counsel at an area law firm, was recommended by the Prince George’s County Democratic Central Committee to represent District 22, Hogan’s office said.
  “I am confident that Nicole Williams will represent the citizens of Prince George’s County admirab
  
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• Police investigate social media threat involving Poly - WBAL Baltimore

  15-11-2019 16:58 via wbaltv.com
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• Let’s remember the French sailors buried at St. Mary’s Cemetery - Baltimore Sun

  15-11-2019 16:54 via baltimoresun.com
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• Crews Battle Two-Alarm Fire At Rockville Gas Station

  15-11-2019 16:54
  
  ROCKVILLE, Md. (WJZ) — Firefighters are battling a two-alarm fire at a gas station in Rockville Friday morning.
  The fire is at the Sunoco gas station in the 700 block of Hungerford Drive just off the Rockville Pike, officials said.
  All employees have been evacuated and are accounted for, a fire and rescue spokesperson said.Rockville Pike, Hungerford Drive and Route 355 are closed between Montgomery College and the downtown Rockville Town Center.
  
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• Young can’t ignore his responsibility to fight crime - Baltimore Sun

  15-11-2019 16:44 via baltimoresun.com
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• Anne Arundel County Schools Increasing Security In Wake Of Deadly CA High School Shooting

  15-11-2019 16:38
  
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — Students and parents in Anne Arundel County will see a heightened police presence at public schools Friday, a day after a deadly shooting at a southern California high school, school officials said.
  Officials said the change is not related to any threat and is being done to alleviate any potential anxiety caused by the California shooting, which left two students dead and three others injured.In the wake of yesterday’s school shooting in California, parents, st
  
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• Dispelling Myths About Diabetes And Dieting: Are Sugar-Free Foods Best?

  15-11-2019 16:33
  
  Part of managing your diabetes is making conscious, healthful food choices. You don’t have to completely deprive yourself of scrumptious meals and snacks – balance is the key.
  Kelly O’Connor, RD, LDN, CDE, a registered dietitian and diabetes educator at the Diabetes & Nutrition Center at Northwest Hospital, helps debunk some food myths in the second of a two-part blog series about dietary options for people with diabetes:
  Myth: People with diabetes should never give in
  
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• Police Investigating Social Media Threat Against Baltimore Polytechnic Institute; Student Identified

  15-11-2019 16:29
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police are investigating a potential social media threat against the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute building made earlier this week.
  Police said they learned of the threat Thursday and have since identified the student who made it.
  Additional security is at the school Friday, police said.
  The situation is being handled according to the school’s code of conduct.
  The threat came on the same day a 16-year-old boy opened fire at a high school in southern California, ki
  
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• Under Armour responds to new WSJ report on how it met 'aggressive' sales targets - Baltimore Business Journal

  15-11-2019 16:22 via bizjournals.com
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• 42-Year-Old Woman Found Dead In NW Baltimore; Death Ruled Homicide - CBS Baltimore

  15-11-2019 16:09 via baltimore.cbslocal.com
  
  42-Year-Old Woman Found Dead In NW Baltimore; Death Ruled Homicide  CBS Baltimore
  
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