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  • Orioles Defeat Yankees 6-3

    BALTIMORE (AP) — Chris Davis went 4 for 4, including his AL-leading 14th homer, and the Baltimore Orioles got a three-run shot from Matt Wieters in a 6-3 victory over the New York Yankees on Wednesday night. Nick Markakis added a solo home run for the Orioles, who took two of three from New York to pull within three games of the first-place Yankees in the AL East. Curtis Granderson ...

  • Orioles bash three homers to take finale from Yankees

    NYY@BAL: Wieters' three-run shot pads Orioles' lead BALTIMORE -- The Orioles started a hit parade early against Yankees starter Hiroki Kuroda, scoring six runs -- all on homers -- in the first three innings en route to a 6-3 win in the series finale at Camden Yards. Nick Markakis got the Orioles on the board in the first inning when he hit a two-out solo home run to center field on ...

  • City pays $72000 to family arrested outside Federal Hill bar

    The city's spending panel on Wednesday approved a $72,000 payout to three family members who accused Baltimore police of assaulting and falsely arresting them outside of ...

  • Balto. Co. police captain being investigated by internal affairs

    A Baltimore County police captain who was recently reassigned from the Woodlawn Precinct this month is being investigated by the department's internal affairs section, a spokeswoman confirmed. Capt. Andre K. Davis, who was reassigned to the Community Resources Section, is the subject of the investigation, police spokeswoman Elise Armacost said. "I can't comment on or offer the ...

  • Baltimore Police To Overhaul Handling Of Animal Abuse Cases

    Meghan McCorkell has details on the new plan. Those changes are coming after an alarming report accused the police department of not taking animal abuse cases seriously. Another heartbreaking case of animal abuse. A dog was found in an abandoned building with chemical burns on her face. It’s the fourth case of abuse that’s come into BARCS this week alone. ';How can people be ...


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Summer Interlude (Sommarlek) [Blu-Ray]

Summer Interlude (Sommarlek) [Blu-Ray]

A fixture of the European art-house cinema of the 1950s, Swedish director Ingmar Bergman was one of French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godards favorite filmmakers. In 1958, in response to a French retrospective of Bergmans films (which at the time numbered 19), Godard published a ... ...

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  • Man Drowns Near Holiday Hill Marina

    EDGEWATER, Md. (WJZ) — A man has drowned near the Holiday Hill Marina. According to officials, the Anne Arundel County fire department responded to a call shortly after 8 p.m. Wednesday. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. His name has not been released. DNR and the Coast Guard have been ...

  • City patrol officer retires after nearly 40 years on the beat

    Baltimore police Officer Ron Starr says, he never really considered leaving the department's Southeastern District and moving up the chain of command. "I never wanted to," Starr said, a longtime foot patrol officer. "I'm not knocking what they do, because we need administrators, but when you put three stripes on, you're not out there working with street, and ...

  • Pitcher Kevin Gausman arrives to Orioles and the future is now

    Kevin Gausman that he was heading to the major leagues until the moment he boarded his connection flight to Baltimore on Wednesday morning. "Then, I just kinda was thinking, you know, 'Wow, I'm really here. It's crazy,'" Gausman said. "I wish I had hugged this guy or said thanks and stuff like that, but it didn't really hit me until [then]." After ...

  • BMore Green Alarming declines seen in frogs salamanders

    Some of springtime's more notable heralds appear to be fading away, as a new study finds frogs, toads and salamanders disappearing at an alarming rate across the United States. In what they say is the first analysis of its kind, scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey and a couple of universities report that declines in environmentally sensitive amphibians are more widespread and more ...

  • Drowning reported in Mayo

    Firefighters and water rescue crews responded to the Holiday Hill Marina in Mayo around 8:10 p.m. Wednesday after receiving a 911 call that a man had fallen overboard at the marina. The preliminary information is an unknown age male victim fell of a sailboat at the marina. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. The U.S. Coast Guard and Natural Resources Police are on the ...

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