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  • 138th Preakness Stakes billed successful

    The Preakness Stakes is the second leg of the Triple Crown. See special reports this month and LIVE coverage May 18 from Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore on WBAL-TV 11 News, WBAL Plus and ...

  • Obama writes Anne Arundel County girl 7 back

    A first-grader from Anne Arundel County is taking on one of the most controversial issues in the country. She wrote a letter to President Barack Obama voicing her concerns about gun ...

  • With Big Crowds Profits Preakness Proves To Be A Huge Success

    BALTIMORE (WJZ)--It was the fourth biggest crowd in Preakness history, and they wagered nearly $82 million on the day. Ron Matz reports while basking in the glow of Saturday's success, major renovations are in the works for old hilltop. By any measure this year’s Preakness was a resounding success. ';I had some concern with the weather, that it would put a real damper on the ...

  • Adam May leaving WJZ for Al Jazeera America

    WJZ reporter-anchor Adam May is leaving the Baltimore station at the end of the month to join Al Jazeera America as a national correspondent. May, who has been at the CBS-owned station for 10 years, will go to work for Al Jazeera in June. But he will continue to live in Baltimore. "It was a tough decision, especially saying goodbye to our viewers who have been so loyal over the last few ...

  • Inquiry leads to full correction page in city schools budget

    It started with a simple question on Tuesday, May 14: Why is the line item for "Summer Learning" in the Baltimore City school system's budget blank? The Sun had published several stories about the program and its successes over the years, so to see that it had no number attached naturally piqued our interest. The question was first posed to city school officials the day the ...


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Movie Review

21 Grams

21 Grams

Like his stunning feature debut, 2000s Amores perros, Alejandro Gonzlez Irritus English-language debut, 21 Grams, brings together the lives of a disparate group of people after a car accident. Again written by Guillermo Arriaga, some might see 21 Grams as a disappointing follow-up, considering how closely it mirrors its predecessor in terms of both narrative and theme. ...

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  • Woman struck by car in Parkville on Saturday dies

    Baltimore County police said. Police identified the woman as Sharon Marie Bialek of Baltimore. Bialek was crossing Putty Hill Avenue on foot in a crosswalk ...

  • Attackers jump rob man in Severn police say

    Officers were called to the 1800 block of Arwell Court for a report of a robbery around 3:45 a.m. Saturday. Police said a 26-year-old man told him he was approached by four men. He told police three men stood in the roadway, while the fourth brandished a handgun, struck the victim with the handgun and then forced the victim to empty his pockets. The robber took money from the victim and fled on ...

  • Police Man arrested in Brooklyn Park stabbing

    Anne Arundel County police officers were called to a home in the 300 block of Arden Road West in Brooklyn Park for a stabbing around 5 p.m. May 13. A witness told police that man she knows came into her home and stabbed a 19-year-old Brooklyn Park man. Police said the man came into the home armed with a knife and at some point an argument ensued and the suspect spat on a woman and stabbed the ...

  • Pimlico renovation plans to be unveiled

    Maryland Jockey Club President Tom Chuckas, left, and Lt. Anthony Brown tour the Pimlico stakes barn on Saturday. Maryland Jockey Club President Tom Chuckas said plans for a $100 million renovation of the 143-year-old Pimlico Race Course will be unveiled in mid to late summer and may include tearing down the barns behind the tracks grand stand. Our real charge is that we know something has to be ...

  • Wizards’ Bradley Beal On Derrick Rose ‘I Think He’s Scared’

    who recently talked about the Bulls’ point guard on 106.7 The Fan . "That’s hard, because I’ve never experienced that injury," Beal said. "And I know what type of injury that is, it’s possible it’s gonna happen again. Knock on wood. But at the same time, you might have to give it a go. If you’re practicing for two months and everybody in ...

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