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  • Scattered storms highs around 80 forecast Thursday | VIDEO

    Fox 43 meteorologist Jeff Jumper says expect scattered showers for your Thursday morning commute, then a chance for storms during the drive home. (WPMT ...

  • NOAA to release hurricane season forecast today

    U.S. government meteorologists will unveil their forecast for the 2013 hurricane season today. Other outlets have suggested it could be another busy storm season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will discuss the outlook in an event at 1 p.m., to be held at its new facility in College Park, which opened last fall. The event is being held there in part to showcase the ...

  • Wells Fargo signs new 10-year lease at 7 St. Paul St.

    Wells Fargo & Co. has committed to spending another 10 years in the company's 95,000-square-foot office at 7 St. Paul St. downtown. Matthew L. Seward of Cassidy Turley represented the landlord, Harbor Group International LLC, on the deal. Seward said Wells Fargo previously had a 15-year lease on the building. The new lease begins in ...

  • India might be Americas next big trade problem

    U.S. manufacturers often complain about China's trade practices; now companies are upset with India as well, the Business Journals reported. That's the word from the National Association of Manufacturers, which contends the Indian government is implementing an industrial policy that discriminates against foreign companies in hopes of creating more manufacturing jobs in that ...

  • Arundel Co. executive wants to boost black department heads salary

    Anne Arundel County Executive Laura Neuman said she wants to give the county's director of recreation and parks Anne Arundel's only African-American department head a raise after discovering he made significantly less than his counterparts, the Annapolis Capital reported Wednesday. With a yearly salary of $88,121, Rick Anthony makes at least $20,000 a year less than the county's ...


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Texas Chainsaw

Texas Chainsaw

Apparently the word massacre is no longer required in the title of Texas Chainsaw, the sixth sequel or prequel or remake of Tobe Hoopers gritty 1974 horror classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I suppose that, after so many cinematic iterations, the mas ... ...

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  • City schools misspent federal funds audit finds

    A scathing federal audit has found that the Baltimore City school system misspent stimulus and Title I funds, the Baltimore Sun reported, and that as a result the Maryland State Department of Education may have to pay back up to $540,000 in federal money intended to help the state's poorest schools. The report, which found similar misspending by Prince George's County, reviewed grant ...

  • Former Baltimore Co. Exec Smith is finalist for transportation post

    James T. Smith, the former Baltimore County executive, is a finalist to become Gov. Martin O'Malley's new transportation secretary, the Baltimore Sun reported. Among others under consideration for the post, which has been vacant for more than a year, is Acting Transportation Secretary Darrell ...

  • Whats in your water Toxic byproducts experts say

    If you've ever wondered what is in the water you drink, or if you worry about the things in it that you can't see or taste, an environmental group said there may be reason for those ...

  • OKC Mayor 12000 homes damaged in storm

    At least 12,000 homes were damaged or demolished from Monday's abysmal tornado, Oklahoma City Mayor Mike Cornett said. The twister killed 24 people, including 10 children, and injured 353 in central ...

  • Three men shot in Northwest Baltimore

    Police said three men were found shot on North Hilton Street near North Culver Street in Southwest Baltimore around 11:20 p.m. Wednesday. Paramedics responded to the scene to treat the victims and transport them to hospitals. Police determined the victims were shot some time earlier several blocks to the north in the 3400 block of Clifton Avenue in Northwest Baltimore. The conditions of the ...

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