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  • Tornado among strongest storms to hit US

    The tornado that tore through the Oklahoma City suburbs this week ranks among the strongest storms ever to strike the United States, packing powerful winds that topped 200 ...

  • Casey Stern on the Orioles and Instant Replay

    Casey Stern of the MLB Network Radio joined the "Glenn Younes Show" to talk about Major League Baseball. First up was instant replay and we all know Glenn is very passionate about it. "It's kind of an archaic format, it's not like the NHL, and you have an umpire supervisor making the decision". When Glenn compared instant replay to his DVR and asked Casey how they ...

  • Baltimore County Police Investigate Shooting

    EDGEMERE, Md. (WJZ) — Baltimore County police are investigating a shooting in the 53-hundred block of Sparrows Point Boulevard at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. The victim was shot in the chest. His condition is not known. There’s no word on a suspect or motive. If you have information, please call ...

  • Md. passes thoroughbred breeder incentive program amid bickering

    The Maryland Racing Commission passed a revised incentive program Tuesday meant to persuade thoroughbred breeders to operate in the state and owners of those horses to run on its tracks, but might have shattered the harmony achieved among the sports' stakeholders in recent months. Breeders, who have pushed for a stronger program to reward Maryland horses, hailed the new measure as the ...

  • Johnson appreciates Showalters patience

    Email BALTIMORE -- Orioles closer Jim Johnson, who blew his third consecutive save in Monday night's 6-4 loss to the Yankees, was hoping to get an immediate chance for redemption. And if a save situation arises on Tuesday against New York, manager Buck Showalter made it clear that Johnson will be the one to get the ball. "He's not going to sugarcoat it," Johnson said of ...


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From Dusk Till Dawn

"From Dusk Till Dawn" is a movie screaming for a bad review. It has shallow characters, raunchy dialogue, and an overabundance of visually shocking gore and violence as its centerpiece. The problem is, in its own sick and twisted way, this movie is just too much fun not to like. It was scripted by Quentin Tarantino (if you don't know who he is by now, you might as well stay in whatever cave you ... ...

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  • Bumbry Norton to assist Os during Draft

    Email BALTIMORE -- On Tuesday, Major League Baseball announced each team's representatives for next month's First-Year Player Draft. Al Bumbry and Tripp Norton will serve as the Orioles' representatives. Bumbry, an outfielder, won the American League Rookie of the Year Award with the O's in 1973 and made the AL All-Star team in 1980. Norton is the organization's ...

  • Os opt to DH Jones to rest sore right leg

    Email BALTIMORE -- Orioles manager Buck Showalter penciled in Adam Jones as the designated hitter against the Yankees on Tuesday night, adding that the center fielder is dealing with some soreness in his right leg. "To be frank with you, he felt some soreness late in [Monday's] game," Showalter said. "I didn't like the way he described it." In the ninth inning of ...

  • Os option Jurrjens Thursdays start uncertain

    Email BALTIMORE -- The Orioles optioned right-hander Jair Jurrjens to Triple-A Norfolk on Tuesday, opting to keep Jake Arrieta to add some length to their bullpen on the night right-hander Miguel Gonzalez made his first start off the disabled list. Manager Buck Showalter said he was trying to give lefty long man T.J. McFarland one more day off, and both Arrieta and McFarland are options to ...

  • Policy pits candy against sugar

    Congress to overturn a decades-old sugar policy they say is leaving a bad taste in their mouth. Goetze's Candy Co., Wockenfuss Candies and others want lawmakers to rethink long-standing restrictions on foreign sugar imports that they argue are inflating the cost of making caramels, toffees and ...

  • Baltimore second in per-pupil spending Census Bureau says

    The Baltimore school system ranked second among the nation's 100 largest school districts in how much it spent per pupil in fiscal year 2011, according to data released Tuesday by ...

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