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  • Speakers wife cast as extra in House of Cards

    The Capital of Annapolis reported that Cynthia Abbott Busch was cast as an extra for the Netflix series "House of Cards," which filmed at the State House this ...

  • New Md. task force postpones first meeting

    The Task Force on Juvenile Court Jurisdiction was scheduled to meet Wednesday in Baltimore at the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention but because of a scheduling conflict the group will now meet in August. The Maryland General Assembly created the task force responsible for studying current laws relating to the jurisdiction of the juvenile ...

  • State officials hold savings summit in Annapolis

    Comptroller Peter Franchot, state Treasurer Nancy Kopp and Maryland Department of Budget and Management Secretary T. Eloise Foster are scheduled to ...

  • Feds again leave empty-handed in Hoffa hunt

    The search in a field near Detroit for ex-Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa ended Wednesday, and as with so many past attempts to find him, authorities walked away empty-handed, the FBI ...

  • Baseball Shots Of The Week – June 17 2013

    B.J. Upton has showed some signs in June of turning things around at the plate. (Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images)After allowing only three runs through 7 1/3 strong innings, Tim Hudson was unable to secure the win against the Padres and extend his winless streak to seven ...


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Fantastic Mr. Fox [Blu-Ray]

Fantastic Mr. Fox [Blu-Ray]

I would hardly be the first critic to note how unsurprising it is that Wes Anderson finally made an animated film, given that all of his previous films, particularly since The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), have essentially been cartoons populated by human actors. The irony is ... ...

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  • Drier Weather Will Make For Smaller Dead Zone In The Bay This Summer

    BALTIMORE (WJZ)–Bad news: another dead zone in the bay this summer. Good news: it's going to be smaller than usual. Alex DeMetrick tells you ...

  • Ken Singleton Joins Zinno

    ';Sweet Swinging'; Kenny Singleton, former Oriole and current broadcaster for the YES Network, joined Zinno to talk baseball and the Orioles. Singleton talked about the Yankees offensive struggles so far in 2013, but he also spoke of the Orioles potent line-up and how they are keeping the Birds winning. Singleton discussed Mariano Rivera’s farewell tour around the bigs. It has ...

  • Why The Spurs Must Win Game 7

    Last night, the San Antonio Spurs possibly choked away a championship. They led the Miami Heat by 5 points with 20 seconds to play and lost in OT. That’s a choke. You don’t blow 5 point leads with 20 seconds to play. You just can’t do that. Not with a title on the ...

  • New Md. Task Force For Juvenile Offenses Meeting For First Time

    BALTIMORE (AP) — A new Maryland task force that will review the best practices for handling offenses committed by juveniles has postponed its first ...

  • Orioles First Baseman Chris Davis

    Orioles slugger Chris Davis joined the Norris and Davis show on Wednesday morning on Baltimore’s 105-7 THE FAN to discuss his current success. Davis currently leads the major league in home runs with 24 during the season. He mentions his hitting, as well as his defensive talents at first base this ...

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