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Obama Turns Focus on Middle-Class Jobs
U.S. President Barack Obama says he is focusing on ways to help the American middle class make economic gains, to bring them in line with the economic recovery of big business. Obama said in his weekly address Saturday that he has been visiting cities across the country that are doing "interesting and creative" things to "re-ignite the engine" of middle class economic growth and make sure ...
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Obama speaks about fatherless childhood at stop in Baltimore
President Barack Obama has spoken of the importance of fathers to their sons on Friday after a young man he met at a community center in Baltimore mentioned wanting to provide for his sons. Obama, at the Center for Urban Families, which serves fathers and their families, said that one of the biggest challenges he faced growing up was growing without a father. According to Politico, a man ...
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Winning ticket for $590.5 million Powerball jackpot sold in Florida
(Reuters) - One winning ticket for a record U.S. Powerball lottery jackpot worth $590.5 million was sold in Florida, organizers said late on ...
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Os send utility player Flaherty to Minors
Email BALTIMORE -- The Orioles optioned infielder Ryan Flaherty to Triple-A Norfolk following Saturday's 10-6 loss, and the club will announce a corresponding roster move prior to Sunday's game. The move is the Orioles third transaction of the day, and it's more likely that they will add another position player given that manager Buck Showalter said following the game he felt the ...
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Dozens There As New Bishop Sworn In Saturday
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A big moment for a Baltimore religious leader. A new bishop is sworn in. Bishop Kevin Avon Rodgers was sworn in Saturday morning at Higher Dimensions Christian Center on Liberty Heights Avenue. Dozens of parishioners were there for the program, which included singing hymns and ...
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Preakness Sees Fourth Largest Attendance In History As Oxbow Ends Orb’s Hopes For Triple Crown
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A big event for Baltimore. The city was the center of the horse racing world with the running of the Preakness ...
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Limo Catches Fire On I-83 Near Northern Parkway
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A limo catches fire along I-83, leaving several people standing on the side of the highway. It happened just before 9 p.m. on the southbound side near the Northern Parkway exit. Baltimore County fire officials say the wheel-well caught fire. Flames were seen coming from the back of the limo. Luckily, no injuries were ...
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Flacco Among Ravens Players In Attendance For Special Olympics Casino Night
WHITE MARSH, Md. (WJZ) — Two Ravens players spend their Saturday night gambling. Quarterback Joe Flacco and center Gino Gradkowski joined Special Olympics athletes for a casino night at Al Packer’s White Marsh Ford. This is the second year the event has been held in support of Special Olympics Maryland. Several other athletes and local celebrities made appearances at the ...
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Tillman gets his chance to right the ship in finale
Off to the winningest start in the Majors this season and the best for anyone his age in years, Matt Moore doesn't have to be told that he's undefeated deep into May. At 7-0 with a 2.44 ERA, the Rays left-hander will put his spotless record back on the line Sunday when he meets the Orioles and Chris Tillman, who has been the best part of a beleaguered Baltimore rotation. As the Rays ...
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Powerball mania Jackpot hits $600 million
That's all it took for Mammie Hicks to plunk down money at a Riverside, Mo., convenience store for a chance at Saturday's record $600 million multistate Powerball ...
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WEATHER BLOG Cloudy End To The Weekend
The forecast for the rest of the weekend is not ideal, though we are definitely not looking at a washout. Our main problem is a relatively humid air-mass in place thanks to southeast flow allowing Atlantic moisture to penetrate inland. Thus, we will see clouds dominate the sky tonight and to end the weekend tomorrow. Sure, there will be a few breaks of sunshine from time to time, but the overall ...
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Oxbow Beats 15-1 Odds Wins Preakness Stakes
BALTIMORE (AP) — Oxbow put D. Wayne Lukas in the record books again with an upset of Orb in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, giving the Hall of Fame trainer his 14th win in a Triple Crown race. Kentucky Derby winner Orb was unable to find his rhythm after breaking from the rail, and never challenged in finishing fourth. The loss ended any chance of a Triple try at the Belmont Stakes in ...
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Os coast after big inning fall as Rays rally in ninth
TB@BAL: Jones jacks a two-run shot to deep left field BALTIMORE -- Making his first appearance since snapping a franchise-record 35 consecutive save opportunities on Tuesday night, Jim Johnson didn't rebound. Instead, the Orioles All-Star closer -- who last season set a single-season club record and led the Majors with 51 saves, suffered his second consecutive blown save. He had three ...
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Orioles give up six runs in top of ninth inning in 10-6 loss to Tampa Bay Rays
Orioles have to buck this recent trend of short, uneven starts from their rotation. Eventually that catches up with a club, even one with a great bullpen and a lineup that can hammer opponents. Case in point: Saturday's 10-6 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays that extended the Orioles' losing streak to a season-worst four games. The Orioles (23-19) bashed Rays starter Roberto Hernandez and ...
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MLB Tampa Bay 10 Baltimore 6
Luke Scott drew a bases-loaded walk to cap the rally, which enabled the Rays to clinch their three-game series. Joyce also homered, finishing 3-for-5 with five RBI in the victory. Alex Torres (1-0) earned the decision with four innings of scoreless ...
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UMBC student stabbed on campus
Campus police were called to Erickson Hall on Center Road for a knife attack at about 6 a.m., when one student was found stabbed. The student was taken to Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore with injuries that were not considered life-threatening. Police took into custody a student who had withdrawn from ...
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Joyce Rays rally past Orioles in 9th for 10-6 win
Matt Joyce hit a go-ahead two-run double in a six-run ninth-inning rally, lifting the Tampa Bay Rays to a 10-6 victory over the Orioles on Saturday, ending Baltimore's franchise-record streak of 109 straight wins when leading after seven ...
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Two boys shot in Southwest Baltimore
Two young men were shot early Saturday in the Washington Village/Pigtown neighborhood of Southwest Baltimore, police said. About 12:40 a.m. police responded to the 1200 block of Glyndon Ave. following the report of a shooting, according to a police statement Saturday. Officers found two juveniles at the scene suffering from gunshot wounds, the statement said. Both were outside when they were ...
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Girl charged in fathers death struggled with mental health
anxiety , unable because of a learning disorder to decipher the social cues, jokes and emotions of her peers.Her preferred environment, often accented by a Japanese anime soundtrack streaming through snug earplugs, featured a mix of fairies, mermaids and vampires, according to her mother. They were the protagonists of a digital realm where she said she was "practicing making friends" ...
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Md. Brothers Charged In Multi-Million Dollar Cigarette Smuggling Ring
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Right now, two Maryland brothers are behind bars after police bust a multi-state cigarette smuggling ring. Those brothers reportedly made off with more than $55 million, and now police in New York say that cash may have been funneled to terror ...
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Canadian Press NewsAlert Oxbow wins the Preakness Stakes
Lisa Scotti, of Baltimore, reads hhere program before the sixth race at Pimlico Race Course, Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Baltimore. The 138th Preakness Stakes horse race takes place Saturday. (AP Photo/Mike ...
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Port observes Maritime Day holds inaugural Career Expo
port of Baltimore often seems to be hiding in plain sight. So officials used the Saturday observance of National Maritime Day to throw open a pier at ...
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Woman killed in Arbutus home
Baltimore County police found a dead woman and an unconscious man inside an Arbutus home Friday afternoon. Police responded to a home in the 4700 block of Belwood Green after receiving information that a man had killed someone in the home and intended to kill himself, according to a police statement Saturday. When officers entered the home they found Kathleen Washington, 45, dead, the ...
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Student stabbed in UMBC residence hall
University of Maryland, Baltimore County student was stabbed early Saturday in a residence hall on campus, police said. About 6 a.m., two men who knew each other started fighting inside Erickson Hall, said Maj. Paul Dillon of the university's police department. The student was stabbed in the arm during the fight, Dillon said. The injury is not life-threatening, he ...
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Oxbow wins 138th Preakness
The Preakness Stakes is the second leg of the Triple Crown. See special reports this month and LIVE coverage May 18 from Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore on WBAL-TV 11 News, WBAL Plus and ...
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Baltimore surplus might not be too far-fetched
If the advice of a new report on city government spending is taken onboard by city officials, and if new ways of saving are replicated in all departments, a budget surplus might not be so far-fetched a thought.
A comprehensive report on the state of the Baltimore city government has detailed a number of damning inefficiencies and wastes of financial resources, and has listed a number of steps the city should take to make itself more recession-proof during this time of runaway deficits and plunging income. Read more
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