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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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Ray Lewis to climb Kilimanjaro
BALTIMORE - Ray Lewis is tackling a new goal. The retired Ravens linebacker is preparing to climb mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Lewis says his climb is to raise money and awareness or clean water projects in East Africa. He is calling the mission "Tackle Kili," and planned it for next month. The former football player is accepting donations on the ...
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Hurricane center Beware of the storm surge
By JENNIFER KAYAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) - The National Hurricane Center is changing the way it talks about storm surge in hopes that emergency officials, the media and the public can better understand the dangerous phenomenon. Storm surge is the hurricane hazard that poses the greatest threat to life and property. It is the abnormal rise in sea water during a hurricane, and it can happen ...
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Tillman shoots for another quality start vs. Blue Jays
One night after the Orioles sent out one of their top pitching prospects for his first Major League start, the Blue Jays will make a similar move in an attempt to extend their winning streak to three. Left-hander Sean Nolin, the Blue ...
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Greens failed grooming underscores Marylands growing therapist abuse epidemic
was charged last week after a client reported repeated sexual harassment, escalating sexual advances, and exposure by Green. The exploitation and abuse of therapy patients continues to be revealed as a rampant epidemic throughout the ...
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Construction worker killed in collapse of Maryland mall parking deck
BETHESDA, Md. – A parking garage partially collapsed Thursday outside a shopping mall in suburban Maryland, and officials said one construction worker died after being trapped under a concrete slab. Montgomery County rescuers worked to stabilize the structure for more than four hours to free a second worker. Officials said it appears a 50,000-pound section of the parking deck collapsed ...
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Sewage and Fresh Rat Droppings In This Weeks Food Alert
WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA9) - In Fairfax Station, Virginia, health inspectors shut down the Smoothie Bar at Gold's Gym on Ox Road. Officials cited the gym because it had no one trained in food safety and it didn't track employee diseases that could be transmitted through food. Inspectors also cited the Rite Aid on Washington Boulevard in Arlington because none of its workers were ...
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Small arsenal found in City home
A city man and his girlfriend are both in custody after police found a small arsenal of weapons, along with drugs and cash in his home. Fransico Milos lived in the 100 block of North Kenwood Avenue, not far from Patterson Park. Police say in his home they found three assault-type rifles, three hand guns, a shotgun and more than 7500 rounds of ammunition. They also found more than $20,000 in ...
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Man shot in arm in Southwest Baltimore
A man was shot in the arm in Southwest Baltimore on Thursday night, police said, following a violent couple of days in which 11 people were shot - two fatally - in the city. The man was expected to survive his injury, police said. He was shot in the 1800 block of Hollins Street about 10:20 p.m. More information was not immediately ...
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One rescued from car after flash flood in Howard County
Firefighters rescued a person trapped in a car in Howard County after heavy rain Thursday night led to flash flooding, fire officials said.A fire department spokesman said one person was rescued from a car stuck in the flood waters near the intersection of McKendree Road and Rover Mill Road in West Friendship about 8:30 p.m. That person was not injured, nor were four members of the rescue team, ...
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Kevin Gausman shows flashes in debut but Orioles fall to Blue Jays 12-6
Past Orioles award winners Whether the 22-year-old Gausman's first game in an Orioles uniform lived up to the monumental hype - he left the game after five innings trailing by a run after throwing 89 pitches - can be debated, but there's no doubt that the Orioles unveiled something special Thursday night.As for the outcome of the Orioles' 12-6 loss to the Blue Jays in front of ...
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Gausman uneven in debut three HRs cant pick up W
BAL@TOR: Davis belts a solo homer off the foul pole TORONTO -- Pedro Strop gave up a costly sixth-inning grand slam, while Kevin Gausman suffered a loss in his Major League debut as the Orioles fell to the Blue Jays, 12-6, to kick off a four-game set at Rogers Centre on Thursday. After Troy Patton, who relieved Gausman, walked a pair of batters in the sixth, manager Buck Showalter turned to ...
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Two Suspects Charged in Connection to Murder of 23-year-old from Md.
SEAT PLEASANT, Md. (WUSA9) -- Two suspects have been arrested in connection to the murder of 23-year-old Michael Nolan Brown. The suspects are identified as 16-year-old Raphael Chad Mwilima of the 3200 block of Weeping Willow Court in Silver Spring and 19-year-old Daquan Marquis Douglas of the 7700 block of Willow Drive in Seat Pleasant, officials said. The incident occurred on May 14, at ...
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Corrections officials investigating Facebook Instagram pictures
An Instagram picture from user hehasnochill that claims to have been taken inside the Baltimore City Detention Center. The original caption reads: "In my cell and guess what? Im still the heart of the streetswestside what's ...
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School bus drivers protest working safety conditions | VIDEO
Bus drivers with Durham School Services, which has a contract with Baltimore, "speak-out" about conditions which include not being paid for work and unsafe conditions. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun ...
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MLB Toronto 12 Baltimore 6
Edwin Encarnacion hit a grand slam and J.P. Arencibia drove in four runs Thursday in sending Toronto to a 12-6 victory over Baltimore. The win in the opener of a four-game series gave the Blue Jays their third triumph in four contests. Baltimore took a 3-0 lead in the fourth, but by the end of the sixth inning the Orioles had fallen behind 8-3. Arencibia doubled home a run for the Blue Jays ...
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McLouth dives into crowd for catch almost hit by drink
Email TORONTO -- Nate McLouth found himself in the middle of a play he likely won't forget. McLouth aggressively pursued a fly ball that Colby Rasmus hit to left to lead off the bottom half of the sixth inning, which hooked foul and took the Orioles' left fielder into the stands. The 31-year-old McLouth made the catch right before crashing into the wall down the left-field line and ...
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Montgomery Council approves $4.8b budget
Montgomery County taxpayers will begin paying higher property taxes on July 1 as the County Council approved a $4.8 billion budget on Thursday that includes multimillion-dollar pay raises for members of three county labor ...
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One dead one hurt after Montgomery Mall construction collapse
First responders at the scene of a partially collapsed parking garage at the Westfield Montgomery Mall on Thursday. One construction worker was killed and another severely ...
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Audit Prince Georges County schools used stimulus funds for principals watches microwave ovens
A federal audit shows that Prince George's County schools misused nearly $167,000 in stimulus money on things like a microwave oven and minifridge for a school administrator, engraved watches for principals and a legal book on the firing of school ...
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Harris calls for expanded audit of education spending
Andy Harris said Thursday that he will request an expanded review of the Maryland Department of Education's use of federal funds after an audit found that the state may have to return up to $540,000 in misspent stimulus dollars and money designated for poor children.Harris, ...
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After months of debate Boy Scouts lift ban on gay youth
Boy Scouts of America lifted its ban on gay youth starting in January, the latest sign of a shift in American attitudes toward gays and lesbians. After months of debate in local districts, more than 61 percent of the Boy Scouts national council approved a resolution at its annual meeting, overturning the long-standing prohibition on openly gay youth, while retaining a ban on gay adult leaders. ...
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Like a war zone says Harford native of Okla. twister destruction
Diane Starr McDaniel, a native of Havre de Grace, lives in Edmond, Okla., with her husband David. She is a physical therapist at Norman Regional Hospital in Norman, Okla., which took in patients from the nearly-destroyed hospital in nearby Moore after a tornado struck the community Monday. David McDaniel is a photographer with The Oklahoman newspaper and covered the storm and its ...
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Anne Arundels CraneTowsons Skinner named Unsung Hero winners
The One Love Foundation announced Thursday that North Carolina’s Zoe Skinner (Towson High) and Loyola’s Jason Crane (Chesapeake-Anne Arundel) have been selected as the 2013 Yeardley Reynolds Love Unsung Hero Award winners. Now in its third year, the award celebrates selfless acts of initiative and commitment performed by Division I lacrosse players; it is named after the former Notre ...
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Human Relations Commission hopes Neuman review brings a boost of power
When someone complains to the Anne Arundel County Human Relations Commission about housing or employment discrimination, commissioners are powerless to do much about it. That's the impression the commissioners themselves have, and they say it affects how people perceive their ability to help. "Our complaints are probably low because people know that we don't have any enforcement ...
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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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