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Greg Bader Talks Orioles
Vice President of Communications and Marketing for the Baltimore Orioles joins The Scott Garceau Show with Jeremy Conn to discuss the upcoming series for the Orioles. With the MASN Cup coming up after the series in Toronto, Greg talks about some promotions going on at Camden Yards next week. Bader also talks about the Operation Orange going on at The Yard. With some of the Orioles playing so hot ...
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Robber In Disguise Makes Off With Diamonds From Queenstown Jewelry Store
QUEENSTOWN, Md. (WJZ) — A brazen jewel thief has Maryland State Police on the lookout for a robber in disguise. It happened at the Queenstown Premium Mall ...
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Driver Identified In Fatal Ill. Van Wreck That Killed Five Baltimore Men
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A New Jersey man behind the wheel of a van that overturned on an Illinois freeway, killing five passengers returning from a California ministry gathering, had his driving privileges suspended last year for administrative reasons, motor vehicle records show. Illinois State Police have refused to publicly identify the driver ticketed for improper lane usage and driving with ...
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Md. Delegate Looks To Close Loophole In New Gun Legislation
Pat Warren reports–the problem affects getting firearms out of the hands of convicted criminals. New legislation signed into law this month bans assault-style weapons and requires gun purchasers to be licensed and ...
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Over A Dozen Baltimore Co. High Schools Rank Among Best In Nation
TOWSON, Md. (WJZ) — Top honors for more than half of Baltimore County high schools. The schools made three ';Top Schools'; ...
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Baltimore Schools CEO reacts to audit
But Baltimore City Schools CEO Dr. Andres Alonso says the system received $112 million worth of federal grant money during the year in question and auditors only focused on a fraction of that---$15 ...
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Todays MLB starting lineups May 23
Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Baltimore Orioles: 1. ...
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Assault rifles seized in drug raid north of Patterson Park
Francisco G. Milos, 29, and Lynnie Lewis, 29, were arrested following a police raid of an East Baltimore house. Milos faces drug and gun-related charges, and Lewis faces drug-related ...
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Injured crewman rescued from oil tanker
The Coast Guard said one of its helicopters picked up the 47-year-old man Thursday from the Hellas Endurance, a 500-foot, Greek-flagged tanker. The tanker contacted the Coast Guard about 6:50 a.m. to report the man needed immediate medical attention. The Coast Guard sent a helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City in New Jersey. Fog created low visibility, so pilots used radar to ...
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Audit reveals Md. schools misuse of funds
An audit conducted by the Office of the Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Education found misuse of federal stimulus and Title 1 funding by Baltimore City and Prince George's County schools. State education officials did not comment on the audit, but a city delegate and a Congressman vowed to hold those who made the spending decisions accountable for their actions. Two dinner ...
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Obama U.S. will keep deploying drones
Drone strikes are a necessary evil, but one that must be used with more temperance as the United States' security situation evolves, President Barack Obama said in a counterterrorism speech ...
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Man Woman Taken Into Custody With Drugs Assault Weapons
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A man and a woman are behind bars, facing multiple weapons and narcotics charges. Fransico Milos and Lynnie Lewis were arrested Thursday at their home on Kenwood Avenue. That’s where police found assault rifles with over 7,500 rounds of ammunition. Additionally, more than 500 grams of suspected marijuana were seized as well. Milos has a criminal record. ...
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Teen Daughter And Boyfriend Indicted In Murder Of Howard County Blogger
ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (WJZ) — A 14-year-old girl and her 19-year-old boyfriend have been indicted and charged as adults in the killing of her father in his Ellicott City home. According to our media ...
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Baltimore Co. schools ranked among best
More than half of Baltimore County's high schools are ranked among the nation's best. In effort to recognize the achievements of the 13 schools, district superintendent Dr. S. Dallas Dance and Baltimore County executive Kevin Kamenetz partnered to honor faculty, student and parent representatives on Thursday afternoon. The rankings of the schools came from national publications based ...
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Ex-swimming coach banned from sport because of sex abuse sentenced to 7 years in prison
ROCKVILLE, Md. - A Virginia man who was once one of the nation's most prominent swimming coaches has been sentenced to seven years in prison for sexually abusing one of the girls he instructed. Richard J. Curl, who pleaded guilty in February, apologized to the victim Thursday afternoon in Montgomery County Circuit Court. Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Marielsa Bernard imposed the ...
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Daughter boyfriend indicted in Ellicott City bloggers killing
Morgan Arnold poses next to a Scooby-Doo display during a 2012 trip to California with her mother, Cindi Arnold. Morgan, 14, now stands accused of orchestrating a plot with her boyfriend, Jason Bulmer, to kill her father, Dennis Lane, in Ellicott ...
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Howard County Council approves budget higher than Ulmans request
Howard County Council on Thursday adopted a $923.5 million annual general fund spending plan that increases allocations for schools and police while not raising income or property taxes. The council voted 4-1 to approve the budget, roughly $2.7 million higher than the proposal made a month ago ...
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NOAA predicts possibly extremely active hurricane season
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration official said Thursday, with expectations of as many as half a dozen major hurricanes. NOAA expects 13 to 20 named tropical cyclones, 7 to 11 of them reaching hurricane status with maximum winds 74 mph or higher. Of those hurricanes, three to six could become major hurricanes of at least Category 3, with winds of at least 111 mph. The forecast ...
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1 Person Dead After Parking Garage Partially Collapses At Mall In Bethesda
BETHESDA, Md. (AP/WJZ) — Montgomery County officials say a parking garage has partially collapsed outside a shopping mall in Bethesda, trapping two people. One of those trapped has ...
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Federal Audit Finds Baltimore City Schools Missused Federal Stimulus Title I Funds
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A federal audit finds stimulus dollars intended for Baltimore City Schools is spent on things far from the ...
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Michael Felder Talks OTA’s And College Football
Michael Felder of Bleacher Report joins The Scott Garceau Show with Jeremy Conn to discuss the OTA’s going on around the NFL right now. Michael goes on to breakdown the Ravens drafting of Arthur Brown, who is going in for sports hernia surgery. University of Houston running back Charles Sims is talking of either transferring or even entering the supplemental draft in the NFL that is coming ...
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Former Smoker Who Appeared In Anti-Smoking Commericial Is Honored By CDC
Mary Bubala explains you may not know her name but you’ve likely heard her voice. Her name is Terrie Hall, a former smoker who’s known for appearing in anti-smoking TV ads. Hall is being honored by the CDC with a special award for her courage in telling her story. ';Everywhere I go I’m recognized as that lady on TV,'; said Hall. Hall started smoking at age 17. Now, ...
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Obama outlines plans to limit use of U.S. drone strikes close Guantanamo
Barack Obama outlined plans on Thursday to limit the use of U.S. drone strikes against extremists abroad and took steps aimed at breaking a deadlock on closing ...
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Ravens Insider Ray Lewis pledges to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro
has apparently found his next challenge. The former Ravens linebacker said today on his Twitter page that he will climb Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania to raise money and awareness for clean water projects in East Africa. Lewis will undertake the mission, which he has billed TackleKili, next month. Kilimanjaro is the highest free-standing mountain in the world and is over 19,000 feet above sea ...
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Body of Hyattsville man found in Edgewater creek
White Marsh Creek in Edgewater, authorities said Thursday. Natural Resources Police spokesman Sgt. Brian Albert said the man was identified as William Eckert, 70. He said Eckert's wife was unable to reach him on his cell phone Wednesday evening while he was cleaning his boat at Holiday Hill Marina, and she asked a friend to check on him, he said. The friend called 911, Albert ...
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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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