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  • Seth Everett on Instant Replay

    Seth Everett of Fox Sports Radio joined the "Glenn Younes Show" on Monday night to cover all things baseball. MLB Umpire and Instant Replay problems. There were two problems in Monday night's Orioles vs Yankees game. Seth agrees with Glenn that the MLB needs to improve both instant replay and umpiring." Seth says that Instant Replay is only half the problem because the ...

  • Massive Tornado Rips Across Moore Oklahoma At Least 51 Dead

    OKLAHOMA CITY The Oklahoma City Medical Examiner said at least 51 people died, including children, when a powerful, 200-mph tornado ripped through the area Monday. The death toll is expected to climb. Two hospitals confirmed they were treating a total of 176 injured, including at least 70 children. The Moore City Police Department said it was impossible to put a final number on fatalities ...

  • City board approves $107 million Harbor Point TIF

    Meeting behind closed doors, the city's Board of Finance on Monday approved more than $100 million in taxpayer assistance to help fund a massive, waterfront development project that will host energy ...

  • Baltimore City school system passes $1.2 billion budget

    The Baltimore school board unanimously passed a $1.2 billion budget Monday that essentially remained intact since it was presented.The last budget of outgoing schools CEO Andrés Alonso includes cuts to per-pupil funding and high schools but retains spending power for principals and adds academic programs.The $793 million that would go to schools represents a 36 percent increase since ...

  • Towson Teacher Still Hospitalized After Boston Marathon Bombing

    TOWSON, Md. (WJZ) — Road to recovery. Two sisters, both Maryland natives were severely injured in the Boston bombings. Now one of them has been released from the ...


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Lawless [Blu-Ray]

John Hillcoats Lawless is set in the boozy-sleazy backwoods of Virginia at the height of Prohibition, when the hillsides were lit at night by burning stills and the local police didnt just look the other way, but actively participated in bootlegging. The pulp fictional screenplay by Nick ... ...

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  • Chen set to begin rehab from oblique injury in Florida

    Email BALTIMORE -- Orioles left-hander Wei-Yin Chen (oblique strain) will head to Sarasota, Fla., on Tuesday to get an early start on his rehab, although he isn't expected to pick up the ball for at least another week. "I want to come back as soon as possible, but this injury I cannot push too hard," Chen said through interpreter Tim Lin. "I have to heal completely, so I ...

  • Hunter always monitoring his important changeup

    Email BALTIMORE -- Orioles right-hander Tommy Hunter isn't shy about admitting he checks the stadium's radar gun while on the mound. But it's not exactly the way you would imagine. "You will see my neck breaking trying to find out how hard I was throwing the changeup," said Hunter, whose fastball has been clocked in the triple digits. "That's kind of weird, ...

  • Casino site contamination prompts new lawsuit

    Building and skywalkThis rendering shows the main building and skywalk of the planned Horseshoe Casino Baltimore, which would be located in the Westport ...

  • Md. looks to make city regular host of NCAA lacrosse championships

    NCAA lacrosse championships. "My vision is we're going after both men's and women's [championships], and we're going to create an epicenter" for the sport, said Terry Hasseltine, director of the Maryland Office of Sports Marketing, on Monday. Baltimore already is a frequent home to the NCAA lacrosse final four and championship games. It hosted the men's and ...

  • City schools passes $1.2B budget

    The Baltimore school board unanimously passed a $1.2 billion budget Monday that had essentially remained intact since it was presented.The last budget of outgoing schools ...

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