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  • Obama speaks about fatherless childhood at stop in Baltimore

    President Barack Obama has spoken of the importance of fathers to their sons on Friday after a young man he met at a community center in Baltimore mentioned wanting to provide for his sons. Obama, at the Center for Urban Families, which serves fathers and their families, said that one of the biggest challenges he faced growing up was growing without a father. According to Politico, a man ...

  • Marylanders Horse Race Enthusiasts Excited For Preakness Stakes

    BALTIMORE (WJZ) — It’s now just hours before the running of the 138th annual Preakness Stakes, and Baltimore is bustling. Pimlico Race Course is in the national spotlight, as racing fans wait to see if the Kentucky Derby winner can do it ...

  • Saturday May 18 2013

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  • Report N Korea fires short-range missiles

    North Korea launched three short-range guided missiles into the sea off the Korean Peninsula's east coast Saturday, South Korea's semi-official news agency Yonhap cited the South Korean Defense Ministry as ...

  • Feds to probe Connecticut train crash

    Federal transportation investigators will work to determine what caused two passenger trains to collide during rush hour in Connecticut, sending dozens to the ...


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Movie Review

Disturbing Behavior

"Disturbing Behavior" comes off the screen like a movie made to sell soundtracks. While most horror/sci-fi movies punctuate huge moments and scary sequences with thundering orchestral sounds, this movie clumsily slams its moments home with alternative rock songs and harsh guitar chords (the most amusing being when a conspiracy has been uncovered, and the song on the soundtra ... ...

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  • Jurrjens debuts as Os look to end three-game skid

    Jair Jurrjens has spent the 2013 season in Triple-A, two years after making the National League All-Star team. On Saturday afternoon, he will get a chance to show that he doesn't need a return trip. Jurrjens will take the ball for the Orioles in the second of their three-game set against the Rays at Camden Yards, as he fills in for the injured Wei-Yin Chen. He will oppose Roberto Hernandez ...

  • Kennedy Krieger researchers pinpoint cause of rare disease

    It's a dream Ida Heck never really expected to come true. Her family has raised about $1 million since 2005 for research into the rare disorder that afflicts her 8-year-old daughter, Jenna, resulting in cognitive ...

  • President Obama talks economy jobs in Baltimore

    Barack Obama found himself sitting near a 29-year-old man who was uncertain how to reset his life after being released from prison two years ago. In one of the few spontaneous moments of the president's visit, Marcus Dixon - father of two boys - told Obama how he connected in 2011 with a workforce development group called the Center for Urban Families, put his life back together and began ...

  • Powerball now second-largest jackpot in U.S. history

    Powerball prize, at $600 million, is now the second-largest jackpot in U.S. history, tempting many Marylanders to buy tickets for the lottery game before the Saturday night drawing. "We expect there will be brisk sales both [Friday and Saturday]," said Stephen L. Martino, director of the Maryland Lottery. The only multi-state jackpot in the U.S. that was larger was ...

  • Glenn Younes Handles Dave In Salisbury During Baltimore Orioles Game

    (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images) Dave in Salisbury is an alien from another planet. You cannot have a serious phone call with Dave From Salisbury on The Fan. Ever. Glenn Younes shows you how it is ...

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