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20 Children Among At Least 51 Left Dead By Okla. Tornado
MOORE, Okla. A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph Monday. At least 51 people were killed, including at least 20 children, and officials said the death toll was expected to rise. Some 236 people were ...
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Protesters expected at FirstEnergys W.Va. meeting
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) -- Union workers picketed FirstEnergy's annual shareholder meeting in West Virginia on Tuesday, demanding the Ohio-based utility hire enough people to keep the power on without forcing an ever-shrinking labor force to work as many as 1,800 hours of overtime a ...
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Laurel man gets 20 years for secretly videotaping teen
The investigation revealed that Klukosky had driven to the sex offender's home in Laurel and uploaded the videos and images onto the sex offender's computer and cellular ...
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Tuesday traffic Crash on Beltway at York Road
Fox 43 MaryEllen Pann says your Tuesday commute could see some patchy fog in the morning, then a chance of isolated showers for the drive home. (WPMT ...
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Harford Sheriffs deputy pleads guilty to bribery resigns
A Harford County Sheriff's deputy accused of taking payments from a Baltimore repossession company pleaded guilty to bribery charges and resigned from his post on Monday, the Harford County State's Attorney's Office said. Todd ...
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NRC says not enough time to exit Rockville building
Officials at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission say there is not enough time to move out of leased space in Rockville by mid-December, even if a congressional subcommittee says they must, the Washington Business Journal reported. That potential conflict between Congress and the commission is expected to come to a head May 22, when a House subcommittee is scheduled to hold a hearing on allegations ...
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Tiger Woods would like to keep ATT National at Congressional
Tiger Woods. Tiger Woods was in Bethesda on Monday to promote next month's AT&T National golf tournament at the Congressional Country Club. The event is guaranteed to be at the course only through the next year, so the question came up as to if the event would return, and if not, where it would end up, according to the Washington Post. "That's something that we are obviously ...
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Montgomery Co. police probe shooting
MONTGOMERY VILLAGE, Md. (AP) -- Montgomery County Police are investigating whether there's a connection between a report of shots fired near an elementary school and a shooting victim found at an emergency care ...
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City approves $107M in taxpayer assistance for Harbor Point Exelon HQ
Harbor Point sits between Harbor East and Fells Point. Baltimore City's Board of Finance met in secret Monday to approve a developer's request for $107 million in taxpayer assistance designed to help fund a massive waterfront development project that will include energy giant Exelon Corp.'s regional headquarters, the Baltimore Sun reported. Harbor Point is currently home to Morgan ...
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More humidity highs in mid-80s storm chances Tuesday | VIDEO
Fox 43 MaryEllen Pann says your Tuesday commute could see some patchy fog in the morning, then a chance of isolated showers for the drive home. (WPMT ...
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OMalley using agenda fundraising to explore 2016
By KEN THOMAS and BRIAN WITTEAssociated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - His latest legislative achievements put him in the vanguard of his party's liberal base. He's been a top fundraiser for President Barack Obama. And he's ramping up his travel to help fellow Democrats around the country. Little-known outside his home state, Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley has methodically ...
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AL roundup Orioles lose to Yankees 6-4 skid reaches 6
BALTIMORE - Vernon Wells doubled in the tiebreaking run in the 10th inning and the New York Yankees hit four solo homers in a 6-4 victory over the Orioles on Monday night, extending Baltimore's losing streak to six games.New York trailed 4-3 in the ninth before Travis Hafner homered with one out on a 3-1 pitch from Jim Johnson, who has blown three straight save opportunities after ...
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Gonzalez comes off disabled list to face Yankees
It took a few days for Phil Hughes to get over his last start, a disaster against the Mariners in which he gave up seven runs and recorded only two outs. That's the way things have been going lately for the Yankees right-hander, who allowed six runs in his prior outing. He'll have a chance to put his last two starts completely out of mind Tuesday night, when he leads the Yankees ...
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Family of man shot by undercover Baltimore police officer settles with city for $100000 www.privateofficer.com
AP -- The family of a man shot and killed by an undercover Baltimore police officer in 2009 has settled a lawsuit against the city for $100,000. The Daily Record of Baltimore ...
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State workers ready to untangle Memorial Day traffic snarls | VIDEO
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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Mike Preston Ravens may have No. 2 receiver already on roster
LaQuan Williams and Tandon Doss. But if you listen carefully, the Ravens think Thompson, in his second year, has the inside track. He has good size, soft hands and can fly. Opposite ...
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Baltimore Police Investigate Fatal Shooting
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore police are investigating a fatal shooting. The shooting occurred in the 31-hundred block of Cliftmont Avenue in northeast Baltimore shortly after 8 p.m. Monday. Officers found an adult male. He was pronounced dead at an area hospital at 8:57. His name has not been released. If you have information, please call ...
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Towson woman reconnects with OK family
TOWSON, Md. (WMAR) - Cherie Tompkins talked to us from Oklahoma City, about 10 miles from Moore where at least an EF-4 tornado passed close to her daughter's home and her grandchildren's daycare. "There are cars and vehicles and trees down all over the whole city. It was over a mile wide at one point," said Tompkins. Tompkins's sister lives in Towson. Suzanne Salladin ...
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Johnsons struggles continue as Os lose sixth straight
NYY@BAL: Hardy gives the O's the lead with RBI double BALTIMORE -- Jim Johnson's struggles continued Monday night, squandering a solid start from Freddy Garcia, an offensive effort that saw Yankees ace CC Sabathia surrender a season-high 11 hits and any hope that the All-Star closer's pair of back-to-back blown saves was a minor glitch. Instead, Johnson made it three straight ...
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Man fatally shot in Northeast Baltimore
A man was fatally shot in Northeast Baltimore on Monday night, the 80th homicide of 2013, police said. The man was found shot multiple times in the 3100 block of Cliftmont Avenue in ...
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Anne Arundel County Council changes stormwater fee
Anne Arundel County's stormwater fee hasn't been collected yet, but the County Council has already changed it. By a 7-0 vote Monday night, council members agreed to reduce the maximum fee that commercial property owners would pay and to phase in the fee for some property owners. The changes were made to make the stormwater fee more palatable to County ...
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Seth Everett on Instant Replay
Seth Everett of Fox Sports Radio joined the "Glenn Younes Show" on Monday night to cover all things baseball. MLB Umpire and Instant Replay problems. There were two problems in Monday night's Orioles vs Yankees game. Seth agrees with Glenn that the MLB needs to improve both instant replay and umpiring." Seth says that Instant Replay is only half the problem because the ...
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Find loved ones with Safe Well
After a disaster, it is always important to let your friends and family know that you are safe. The American Red Cross has setup a website called "Safe & Well" for times like these. People can register themselves by location so that their loved ones are able to find out if they are safe. Family and friends that are concerned for loved ones are also able to search the list of those ...
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Baltimore City school system passes $1.2 billion budget
The Baltimore school board unanimously passed a $1.2 billion budget Monday that essentially remained intact since it was presented.The last budget of outgoing schools CEO Andrés Alonso includes cuts to per-pupil funding and high schools but retains spending power for principals and adds academic programs.The $793 million that would go to schools represents a 36 percent increase since ...
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Baltimore company pays homage to heritage through dance
Keur Khaleyi (pronounced Hah-lay-he), is from the Senegalese language of Wolof and means house of the children or children. It is also the name of a well-known dance company in the Baltimore area. The name was suggested by a very dear family friend and musical director of the company, Dame Gueye, a former master drummer and teacher with the national ballet in Senegal and musical director of ...
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Maryland’s Greater Baltimore residents are asked to ‘imagine’
Imagine what the world, and more specifically your local community, might be like 50 years from now, in 2060 to be exact. How will our lives have changed? How will transport have changed? Urban planning? City amenities? These are some of the questions residents of Greater Baltimore are being asked to think about.
The Imagine 2060 project is an interesting intellectual exercise designed to engage the community in a workshop aimed at developing ideas for future developments in the areas of land use and transport. The project is interesting because ideas are not constrained by a budget and the imagination can therefore take flight. Read more
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