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Friday May 24 2013
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Former Orioles Pitcher Scott McGregorGives His Thoughts On Kevin Gausman
Scott McGregor is a former Major League Baseball player, a pitcher who spent his entire career with the Baltimore Orioles from 1976 to 1988. He is the pitching coach for the Aberdeen Ironbirds. Scott joined Bob & Steve to talk about the MLB debut of Kevin Gausman, and what he sees that may be wrong in the ...
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President Obama Addressing Naval Academy Graduates For 2nd Time
WASHINGTON (AP) — A day after laying out his counterterrorism vision, President Barack Obama is addressing future military leaders who could help carry it out in a speech to U.S. Naval Academy ...
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Stevenson Lacrosse Head Coach Paul Cantabene Previews His Teams Championship Game
Stevenson head coach Paul Cantabene joined the show to discuss his squads National Championship match up against RIT this coming weekend. Steve started out by asking the head coach about the monumental day coming up. Paul said that no team in school history has ever made a national championship game. So it is a big victory for the athletics department as a whole. Everyone at the University is ...
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Early morning shooting stabbing reported in Baltimore Co.
Two early morning incidents in Baltimore County on Friday sent victims to nearby hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, according to the county police. Baltimore County Police Corporal John Wachter said that at 1:53 a.m., officers responded to Excape Night Club on the 10000 block of Pulaski Highway in Middle River after receiving a report of a stabbing. Police discovered a man suffering ...
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Carroll unemployment rate drops for third straight month
unemployment rate has dropped for the third straight month, according to information from the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation. The county's unemployment rate was 5.4 percent in April down from 6.1 percent in March. The rate has dropped each month since January when it was 6.7 percent. Jon Weetman, administrator of Carroll County's Economic Development ...
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Maryland General will no longer deliver babies
The obstetrics unit at Maryland General will close June 30th displacing 10 to 15 doctors and midwives. The news was first reported in the Baltimore Business Journal. The University of Maryland Medical System, which owns Maryland General, made the decision to stop the services because of a declining number of deliveries at the hospital, said spokeswoman Mary Lynn Carver. The hospital delivered ...
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Ocean City one U.S.s most sought after places for vacation homes
Ocean City, Md., is the fourth most-searched location among Americans looking for vacation homes online, according to website traffic from Trulia collected over a 12-month period ending March 31, ...
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Orioles Insider Brittany Ghiroli Talks Kevin Gausman
Brittany Ghiroli from MLB.com joined the show to discuss Kevin Gausman’s first career start. The rookie went five innings and gave up four runs in a 12-6 loss to the Blue Jays. Steve started out by asking Brittany about Gausman’s performance. Brittany cited the tough lineup the Blue Jays feature while discussing the flashes of greatness that Gausman showed during his first start. ...
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Some 718000 Marylanders Will Be On The Move Memorial Day Weekend
BALTIMORE (WJZ)--If you’re planning to hit the road this Memorial Day weekend, you won’t be alone. Mike Schuh reports traffic will certainly pick up later. It’s Memorial Day weekend, which means travel for many, but if you’re planning to get away be prepared to be patient. Prices at the pump, sequestration, traffic gridlock or not, AAA says Marylanders will be on the ...
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Port of Baltimore to get Fiat shipment
BALTIMORE - Fiat's new 500 L series is making its way from Italy to the East Coast and is exclusively going to the Port of Baltimore. According to the Maryland Port Association, Fiat chose the Port of Baltimore as the only port on the East Coast to take the shipment of new Fiats. The first shipment will be unloaded beginning today. Fiat will be importing about 30,000 "500 ...
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Friday traffic Collision on BW Parkway in Anne Arundel Co. closes left shoulder
Fox 43 meteorologist Jeff Jumper says you could see some fog and lingering showers during your Friday morning commute, then it will be breezy with more rain possible for the drive home. (WPMT ...
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Consuming Interests IRS closed for a day as part of sequester
IRS will be closed today. Offices, toll-free hotlines, the taxpayer advocate service and hundreds of taxpayer assistance centers - closed. Workers at the agency won’t be paid. This is the first of several days in which IRS employees will be furloughed. The others are June 14, July 5, July 22 and Aug. 30. The IRS notes it might later announce another unpaid day or ...
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Memorial Day schedule and closings
Albert Kullman, a toll taker on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, says he's ready for the onslaught of Memorial Day traffic. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun ...
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Chance of showers temperatures in 60s forecast Friday | VIDEO
Fox 43 meteorologist Jeff Jumper says you could see some fog and lingering showers during your Friday morning commute, then it will be breezy with more rain possible for the drive home. (WPMT ...
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Baltimores general contractors are hiring
If youre building up to getting a new job in construction, we have just the thing for you. Below are all the jobs reported to me in our annual survey of Baltimore-area general contractors: B&R Construction Services seeks a mechanical designer, an electrical designer and a project manager. Cain Contracting Inc. wants to hire a project manager, a superintendent and a project engineer. Cianbro ...
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Top of the List Photos Baltimore crab houses
No. 5 Crab Shack: Conrad's Crabs & Seafood Market Address: 1720 E. Joppa Road, Parkville 21234Phone / website: 410-882-1515 / www.conradscrabs.comOwner: Anthony ConradYelp rating / reviews: 4.5 stars / 13 reviews This weeks Top of the List is about the Top-rated crab houses in the Baltimore area, ranked by Yelp.com star ratings, with ties broken by number of reviews on Yelp.com as of ...
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Rangers Coach John Tortorella Explains Benching Of Brad Richards
Brad Richards was a healthy scratch Thursday night when New York stayed alive in the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 4-3 overtime victory in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Boston Bruins. Richards, a star player earning $12 million this season, stayed on the ice with the extras Thursday during the morning skate. He then confirmed that Rangers coach John Tortorella had ...
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Baltimore Co. Council approves $2.8B budget keeps property tax rates flat
The Baltimore County Council unanimously approved County Executive Kevin Kamenetz's $2.8 billion operating budget and $339 million capital budget for fiscal 2014, the Baltimore Sun reported. In so doing, the council kept the county's property tax rate flat for the 25th consecutive year. The plan also keeps the county income tax rate flat for the 21st year in a ...
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Howard Co. Council passes $923M budget $2.7M higher than requested
The Howard County Council approved a $923.5 million budget Thursday that is $2.7 million higher than that proposed by County Executive Ken Ulman a month ago, the Baltimore Sun reported. The general fund spending plan increases allocations for police and schools while not raising property or income ...
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Electronic dance concert Moonrise Festival canceled
A new electronic dance concert termed the Moonrise Festival which was expected to draw thousands to South Baltimore, has been canceled after organizers failed to obtain the necessary permits, city officials said Thursday, as reported by the Baltimore Sun. Planned for the weekend of June 8-9 in Port Covington, the festival had been promoted as a successor to the long-running Starscape Festival, ...
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Groundbreaking set Wednesday for $400M Horseshoe Baltimore Casino
Groundbreaking is scheduled Wednesday to begin construction of Maryland's fifth gambling venue, the Horseshoe Baltimore Casino, the Maryland Daily Record reported. The 335,000-square-foot casino and 4,000-space parking garage adjacent to the Baltimore Ravens' M&T Bank Stadium is expected to open by Autumn 2014 at a cost of $400 million. Assistant General Manager updated the Maryland ...
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P.G. Co. Circuit Court to hear lawsuit over University of Md.s exit from ACC
A $52 million Atlantic Coast Conference penalty against the University of Maryland for exiting the ACC in favor of the Big Ten Conference in 2014 is going to trial in Upper Marlboro, the Associated Press reported. To be heard in Prince George's County Circuit Court, the lawsuit, if decided in the ACC's favor, could wipe out most of the university's athletic ...
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NOAA predicts active to very active hurricane season this year
An unusually active hurricane season may be on the horizon according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's first forecast released ...
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Russias Far East rocked by powerful quake
The epicenter for the extremely powerful quake was located in the Sea of Okhotsk, just to the west of the Kamchatka Peninsula, and about 600 kilometers (nearly 375 miles) underground. The quake was felt for five minutes in the region, Russia's Ria Novosti news agency reported. Many people ran into the streets as the temblor shook. No tsunami warnings were issued in the quake's ...
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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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