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  • Another police training incident under investigation

    Another Baltimore City police training incident is under investigation for the use of real weapons, the WBAL-TV 11 News I-Team has learned Friday ...

  • Baltimore City Health Department Identify Children’s Jewelry With High Lead Levels

    BALTIMORE (WJZ) -Baltimore City Health Department has issued a violation notice to two businesses prohibiting the sale of children's jewelry that were identified with high levels of lead. In one of the cases, the amount of lead was 2,000 times the permissible ...

  • Baltimore man gets jail time for beating cat with pole

    A Baltimore man pleaded guilty to beating a cat with a metal pole and putting it in a trash bin and was sentenced to jail time and probation, the State's Attorney's Office said Friday.Veterinarians at the Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter treated the cat, which made a full recovery, according to prosecutors.A district court judge sentenced Anthony Brown, 54, to 90 days in ...

  • Firefighters to install smoke alarms in Crofton area following fatal fire

    Crofton where a woman died of injuries suffered in a house fire this week. Starting at 9 a.m., firefighters will go to the Coventry III community and help residents test their smoke alarms, change the batteries and, in homes with no smoke alarm, install one, said Division Chief Keith Swindle. The move was prompted by Tuesday's fatal fire where firefighters said it appeared the home had no ...

  • Police car 2nd vehicle collide in Towson

    Police said the crash involved an unmarked police car and another vehicle, which was pushed into a pole. There's no word yet on how the crash ...


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Movie Review

The Three Marias (As Três Marias)

Brazilian director Aluisio Abranches The Three Marias (As Trs Marias), his second feature film, begins in grisly fashion with the murder of the three men of the Capadcio family. The first two killings we dont witness, but we see the bloody aftermath: a father is disemboweled and hung by his own intestines and a son has his eyes and heart cut out. The third murder, of another son, we ... ...

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  • Man charged in hatchet killing

    The 20-year-old son of a former aide to President George W. Bush was charged in a Washington, D.C., suburb on Friday, accused by police of killing a man with a ...

  • Md. General Hospitals OBGYN services to shut down

    Maryland General Hospital is shutting down its obstetrics and gynecology services on June 30 because the department is no longer financially viable, according to its ...

  • Man found guilty of abusing vulnerable adult

    Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler on Friday said Solomon Oscar Ankrah was found guilty of one count of assault in the second degree and one count of abuse of a vulnerable adult in the second degree following a two-day jury trial in Baltimore County Circuit ...

  • Brick House first beneficiary of casino-revenue loan program

    Maryland is investing millions of dollars generated from casinos into small businesses. An Annapolis learning center will be the first to get a business loan through a program that uses casino revenue to support small businesses. Brick House LLC will be awarded the first loan through Anne Arundel Economic Development Corp., one of three organizations tapped to manage about $7.8 million in ...

  • Arias jury foreman Decision gut-wrenching

    A day after a jury deadlocked on whether Jodi Arias should be sentenced to death for the murder of her ex-boyfriend, the jury foreman described the decision process as tense and ...

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