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  • Officials Advise Staying Out Of The Water At 3 Anne Arundel Beaches

    ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) — As the official start to summer nears, Anne Arundel County health leaders are telling swimmers to stay away from three popular ...

  • Marylanders arent shy about complaining about financial services

    Marylanders are big complainers. At least when it comes to the financial services they receive. Maryland ranked No. 2 in the nation in mortgage complaints per capita, second only to New Hampshire, for grievances lodged with ...

  • DUIDWI charges dropped against ex-Balto. Co. precinct commander

    Charges were dropped Monday against a Baltimore County police officer who was stopped during a St. Patrick's weekend sobriety checkpoint in Carroll County. Capt. Matthew McElwee, who turned 44 on Monday, previously headed the Franklin Precinct in Reisterstown. He received citations from the Carroll County Sheriff's Office accusing him of driving while intoxicated and driving while ...

  • US waiting seeing with Irans new chief

    The U.S. State Department said Monday it wasn't surprised that Iran's newly elected president, Hassan Rouhani, said that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should stay in power until ...

  • Tigers Defeat Orioles 5-1

    DETROIT (AP) — Max Scherzer improved to 10-0 and struck out 10, Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run homer and the Detroit Tigers beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-1 on Monday night. Scherzer became the first pitcher to begin a season 10-0 — with all decisions coming in starts — since Roger Clemens went 11-0 for Toronto in 1997, according to STATS. Scherzer is the second pitcher in Detroit ...


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Friends With Kids

Friends With Kids

Have you ever wondered what a remake of When Harry Met Sally (1989) populated almost entirely with unlikeable characters would look like? Neither have I, but that seems to be what writer/director/star Jennifer Westfeldt was going for in Friends With Kids, a roman ... ...

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  • Os spectators as Scherzer makes Tigers history

    BAL@DET: Davis crushes Major League-best 24th homer DETROIT -- The red-hot Orioles -- fresh off taking three of four from the Boston Red Sox -- had a hand in making history on Monday night, albeit in a 5-1 loss to the Tigers. The O's left eight men on base in Tigers starter Max Scherzer's six innings, as the right-hander struck out 10 and became the first Tigers pitcher since ...

  • Two men shot in East Baltimore

    Two men were wounded in a shooting in East Baltimore on Monday evening and were expected to survive their injuries, police said. The men were shot in the 2600 block of Grogan Street in the city's Berea neighborhood, said police, who were called shortly before 6 p.m. One man was shot in the arm, while the other man later walked into a hospital with a graze wound to his upper body. In ...

  • Lower property taxes but higher fees for city residents

    Baltimore residents will pay less in property taxes but more in stormwater and taxi fees under a $2.4 billion budget approved by the City Council on Monday.The cut will reduce the property tax payments on a home valued at $200,000 by about $140. But the same resident will pay $40 to $120 for stormwater cleanup and a 25-cent fee on each taxi ride — with another water bill hike on the ...

  • Carbon monoxide in group home in Parkville sends 8 to hospital

    Emergency personnel responded twice overnight to a Parkville group home, sending eight people to the hospital for hazardous materials exposure. ...

  • MLB Detroit 5 Baltimore 1

    Max Scherzer improved to 10-0 with six innings of one-run ball Monday and the Detroit Tigers hung a 5-1 defeat on Baltimore. Scherzer is unbeaten in 14 starts this season and racked up his third win in three appearances with the 113-pitch performance, during which he allowed seven hits and two walks while striking out 10. The right-hander, who has logged 116 strikeouts over 96 1/3 innings this ...

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