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1 Person Dead After Parking Garage Partially Collapses At Mall In Bethesda

BETHESDA, Md. (AP/WJZ) — Montgomery County officials say a parking garage has partially collapsed outside a shopping mall in Bethesda, trapping two people. One of those trapped has ...
Federal Audit Finds Baltimore City Schools Missused Federal Stimulus Title I Funds

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A federal audit finds stimulus dollars intended for Baltimore City Schools is spent on things far from the ...
Michael Felder Talks OTA’s And College Football

Michael Felder of Bleacher Report joins The Scott Garceau Show with Jeremy Conn to discuss the OTA’s going on around the NFL right now. Michael goes on to breakdown the Ravens drafting of Arthur Brown, who is going in for sports hernia surgery. University of Houston running back Charles Sims is talking of either transferring or even entering the supplemental draft in the NFL that is coming ...
Former Smoker Who Appeared In Anti-Smoking Commericial Is Honored By CDC

Mary Bubala explains you may not know her name but you’ve likely heard her voice. Her name is Terrie Hall, a former smoker who’s known for appearing in anti-smoking TV ads. Hall is being honored by the CDC with a special award for her courage in telling her story. ';Everywhere I go I’m recognized as that lady on TV,'; said Hall. Hall started smoking at age 17. Now, ...
Obama outlines plans to limit use of U.S. drone strikes close Guantanamo

Barack Obama outlined plans on Thursday to limit the use of U.S. drone strikes against extremists abroad and took steps aimed at breaking a deadlock on closing ...

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The Seventh Seal (Det sjunde inseglet) [DVD]

The Seventh Seal is, without doubt, the most iconic of Swedish master Ingmar Bergmans canon of masterpieces, and it is also quite possibly one of the most powerful and memorable examples of late 50s and early 60s European art cinema, a film that, in so many ways, encapsulates ... ...

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Ravens Insider Ray Lewis pledges to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro

has apparently found his next challenge. The former Ravens linebacker said today on his Twitter page that he will climb Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania to raise money and awareness for clean water projects in East Africa. Lewis will undertake the mission, which he has billed TackleKili, next month. Kilimanjaro is the highest free-standing mountain in the world and is over 19,000 feet above sea ...
Body of Hyattsville man found in Edgewater creek

White Marsh Creek in Edgewater, authorities said Thursday. Natural Resources Police spokesman Sgt. Brian Albert said the man was identified as William Eckert, 70. He said Eckert's wife was unable to reach him on his cell phone Wednesday evening while he was cleaning his boat at Holiday Hill Marina, and she asked a friend to check on him, he said. The friend called 911, Albert ...
Sun Investigates Some Baltimore City workers rack up overtime

It’s been a busy year so far for Audrey Dyer-Brown, collections supervisor at the city Department of Public Works. Her job duties have ballooned - and so has her ...
At least 1 trapped in mall parking garage collapse

Montgomery County officials said a parking garage has partially collapsed outside a shopping mall in Bethesda, and at least one person is ...
Dads Memorial Day letter is reminder of sacrifices

Nearly five decades ago, a father who was disappointed by the lack of turnout at a Memorial Day ceremony wrote a letter to his five sons about honor, duty and patriotism. That letter was published and, now, he's hoping a new generation will take time to ...

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Obama Turns Focus on Middle-Class Jobs

U.S. President Barack Obama says he is focusing on ways to help the American middle class make economic gains, to bring them in line with the economic recovery of big business.

Obama said in his weekly address Saturday that he has been visiting cities across the country that are doing "interesting and creative" things to "re-ignite the engine" of middle class economic growth and make sure American citizens' hard work leads to a decent living.

In Baltimore this week, he said he visited a factory that is creating jobs at home by exporting digging equipment abroad. He also visited participants in a program that is giving training and guidance for low-income people to find work.

Obama said with unemployment the lowest it has been since 2008, with the auto industry thriving and the energy sector booming, it is time to focus on creating more good, middle-class jobs. He said he will be visiting more American cities in the coming weeks to continue working on job creation, education and" building new ladders of opportunity" for American workers.

In the Republican Party address, Representative Andy Harris of the eastern state of Maryland says "red tape" in the president's health care law passed several years ago will drive up costs for Americans.