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  • Three men shot in Northwest Baltimore

    Police said three men were found shot on North Hilton Street near North Culver Street in Southwest Baltimore around 11:20 p.m. Wednesday. Paramedics responded to the scene to treat the victims and transport them to hospitals. Police determined the victims were shot some time earlier several blocks to the north in the 3400 block of Clifton Avenue in Northwest Baltimore. The conditions of the ...

  • Gausman to debut vs. fellow former first-rounder

    When Kevin Gausman received the news on Tuesday, he had a tough time wrapping his head around the idea. The 22-year-old Orioles prospect was informed that he would be making his first Major League start on Thursday against the Blue Jays in Toronto, and it took until Wednesday for the news to really sink in. "I don't think it really hit me until today, until my second flight here from ...

  • Four shot in two incidents in Baltimore Wednesday night

    A shooting that left a man in critical condition and a triple shooting that injured three people Wednesday night followed another recent stretch of violence in Baltimore.Detective Angela Carter-Watson, a police spokeswoman, said homicide detectives were investigating the first incident, in which a man was shot at least once in the upper torso about 9:50 p.m. in the 2800 block of Ashland Avenue, ...

  • TV season ends but dispute remains about who has 1 show

    This is the kind of entertainment value that made "Sunday Night Football" the number one show in prime time last year. Though it depends on how you measure number one, according to ...

  • Man shot gravely injured in East Baltimore

    A shooting that left a man in grave condition and a triple shooting that injured three people Wednesday night followed another recent stretch of violence in Baltimore.Detective Angela Carter-Watson, a police spokeswoman, said homicide detectives were investigating the first incident, in which a man was shot at least once in the upper torso about 9:50 p.m. in the 2800 block of Ashland Avenue, in ...


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Texas Chainsaw

Texas Chainsaw

Apparently the word massacre is no longer required in the title of Texas Chainsaw, the sixth sequel or prequel or remake of Tobe Hoopers gritty 1974 horror classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I suppose that, after so many cinematic iterations, the mas ... ...

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  • Federal audit finds city schools misspent stimulus Title I funds

    The Maryland State Department of Education may have to pay back up to $540,000 in federal money intended to help the state's poorest schools after a scathing audit found that Baltimore City was one of two school districts that misspent the funds, using the money for dinner cruises, makeovers and meals. The report, reviewing grant expenses from 2009 and 2010, was conducted by the Office of ...

  • Orioles restore order at Camden Yards taking series from Yankees with 6-3 win

    American League East race, couldn't win at home and were watching helplessly as their staunch bullpen faltered and their starters routinely checked out early.Suddenly, after winning two straight against the ...

  • Rescuers comb Okla. tornado rubble for buried survivors

    MOORE, Oklahoma (Reuters) - Tornado survivors thanked God, sturdy closets and luck in explaining how they lived through the colossal twister that devastated an Oklahoma town and killed 24 people, an astonishingly low toll given the extent of destruction. At least one family took refuge in a bathtub and some people shut themselves in underground shelters built into their houses on Monday when the ...

  • Body pulled from water near Anne Arundel marina

    A man's body was pulled from the water near Holiday Hill Marina in Anne Arundel County on Wednesday night, fire officials said, though a cause of death had yet to be determined. The fire department was called about a man in the water near the marina in Mayo about 8:10 p.m., and the man was pronounced dead at the scene, a county fire spokesman said. More information about the incident or ...

  • 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 ...

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