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Actor James Gandolfini dead at age 51

The cable channel, and managers Mark Armstrong and Nancy Sanders, say the 51-year-old Gandolfini (gan-dahl-FEE'-nee) died Wednesday while on holiday in Rome. In a statement, HBO called the actor a great talent and a gentle and loving person. Gandolfini played conflicted mob boss Tony Soprano in the groundbreaking HBO series that aired from 1999 to 2007. His film credits included ...
Food truck TV show films in Annapolis Friday

From Baltimore: Hula Honey'sMaggie Sabo of Hula Honey's Hawaiian Shaved Ice of Baltimore prepares a snow cone for a customer at A Taste of Two Cities, a food truck rally pitting Baltimore against D.C. for taste ...
Three midshipmen charged with rape false statements

Naval Academy have been charged with raping a female midshipman and giving false official statements, the academy said Wednesday.The case will next go to an Article 32 hearing, a military proceeding comparable to a civilian grand jury, and is still under investigation, said Cmdr. John Schofield, an academy spokesman. He declined to release the names of the accused midshipmen until after the ...
6-year-old Catonsville girl receives transplant but is rejecting heart

TeresaThis is six year old Teresa, who needs a heart transplant. Ann and Ed Bartlinski have adopted five special-needs girls from China. They also have 4 biological ...
Mom found incompetent for trial in toddlers death

15min Paris and Prince Jackson made their first appearances Tuesday in the wrongful death trial against their father's last concert promoter. AEG Live lawyers played short video clips from the depositions of Michael Jackson's oldest children in court to ...

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Live Free or Die Hard

The toughest thing about Die Hard sequels must be coming up with the new titles. Having eschewed the simplicity of just adding a numeral to the end of the title after Die Hard 2 (1990), which carried the it-has-to-be-a-joke subtitle Die Harder, the film ... ...

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4 injured in police-involved crash

Two pedestrians were also injured as a result of the accident. They were taken to area hospitals with injuries that were not considered ...
Praying For A Miracle 6-Year-Old’s New Heart Stops Beating After Second Transplant Surgery

CATONSVILLE, Md. (WJZ) — A Catonsville family is praying for a miracle. Their daughter, who just received her second heart transplant, is on life ...
Officer Injured In Mount Royal Accident

Sky Eye Chopper 13 was over the scene around 5:15 p.m. Wednesday night. Police say an officer was responding to another officer’s call for backup when he got into an accident at North Avenue and Charles Street. The injuries are not considered to be ...
Former Police Chief Turned CBS Radio Host Ed Norris Returns To Work

105.7 The Fan host was seriously injured in an accident back in April. You know the voice. Ed Norris is back on 105.7 The Fan. Even though he’s still injured and in some pain, he says it is good to be back talking sports on ';The Norris & Davis ...
Family Hardware Store Destroyed In 3-Alarmed Fire In Joppa

Mike Schuh reports, federal investigators have been called in. The smoke is seen for miles. The three alarms close both lanes of Route 40. Their focus: the three main buildings of Anderson True Value Hardware, a family business that’s been here since the 1930s. Wednesday, the fire is out. The business cordoned off. Police crime tape rings the ...

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Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.

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Iran's president-elect was speaking after his historic election victory.

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Train Derails Outside Baltimore, Buildings Collapse

WASHINGTON A CSX Corp freight train derailed northeast of Baltimore on Tuesday, sparking a fire and causing buildings to collapse, authorities said.

The train derailed shortly after 2 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT) in White Marsh, Maryland, and there were no reports of injuries, a spokeswoman for the Baltimore County Police Department said. The cause of the accident was unknown.

The Baltimore County Fire Department said on its official Twitter feed that there was a fire at the scene. Preliminary reports said several buildings had collapsed, it said.

Baltimore's WBAL-AM radio reported that several freight cars were on fire.

An attempt to reach CSX for comment was not immediately successful.

It was the third significant rail crash in the United States in the past two weeks. On Saturday, two freight trains operated by BNSF Railway Co and Union Pacific Corp crashed at a rail intersection in rural Missouri, injuring seven people.

That accident came a little more than a week after a Metro North commuter train derailed near Fairfield, Connecticut, injuring more than 70 people and shutting down traffic on one of the most heavily traveled rail corridors in the United States. ...