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  • Public hearing on city water rates approved

    11 News has learned that the Baltimore City Department of Public Works is seeking three large rate increases over the next few years to help address aging infrastructure and other ...

  • National Aquarium expands role in conservation

    The aquarium announced the hiring Wednesday of Eric Schwaab as senior vice president and chief conservation officer. Schwaab will oversee a team of 130 in the aquarium's conservation and science division, ranging from field conservation and biology programs to legislative advocacy and animal rescues. Schwaab is currently acting assistant secretary for conservation and management for the ...

  • Moore mayor 5 of 6 missing found alive

    "We'll try to get it passed as soon as I can," Glenn Lewis said. The ordinance would apply to single-family and multifamily homes. At least 24 people, including 10 children, were killed in Monday's mammoth tornado, the state medical examiner's office said. Another 324 people were injured, said Gov. Mary Fallin. Lewis said Wednesday that six people previously unaccounted ...

  • Rocky Gap Casino opens in western Md.

    The casino opened its doors Wednesday after winning approval from state gambling regulators. It is Maryland's fourth casino and will add 250 jobs to the resort formerly known as the Rocky Gap Lodge and Golf Resort. The new casino features more than 550 slot machines and 10 table games. The resort also is unveiling a renovated lobby, hotel rooms and restaurants, and it features an 18-hole ...

  • Dominos hiring at 48 Baltimore locations

    The company said success at across the country and at the Baltimore stores has increased demand for more employees. Those interested in applying at their closest Domino's store can do so by ...


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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock [DVD]

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock [DVD]

Following on the heels of the grandly operatic Star Trek II: The Wrath of the Khan (1982), Star Trek III: The Search for Spock feels like it's practically crawling. While in no sense a bad movie, Star Trek III is, nonetheless, something of a let-down, a longwinded paean to the grandeur of Leonard Nimoy's famous Vulcan character, which shouldn't come as much surprise since Nim ... ...

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  • 5 Baltimore men dead in Ill. van crash

    Five Baltimore men killed when a van careened off a southern Illinois freeway were members of an evangelical Christian church returning from a weeklong international conference in California, officials said ...

  • Man Charged With Attempted Murder In Double Shooting

    BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Baltimore man is behind bars, charged with attempted murder. Police arrested Emmanuel Thomas in connection with a double shooting Tuesday in the 4100-block of Audrey Street. Thomas had fled the scene and was caught less than 24 hours later. He now faces two counts of attempted ...

  • Severe storms possible west of I-95 late Wednesday

    Forecasters may soon issue a severe thunderstorm watch for an area along and west of Interstate 95, according to the Storm Prediction Center. Damaging winds and large hail are possible in an area stretching from Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains to Central Pennsylvania, including Carroll County and parts of Howard and Baltimore counties. The center expected about a 40 percent likelihood of a ...

  • Journalists campaigners sue over Manning trial access

    A group of journalists and freedom of information campaigners are suing in federal court in Baltimore to get greater access to proceedings in the military trial of Army Pfc. Bradley Manning who is accused of leaking thousands of classified documents. The suit was brought by Julian Assange, the organizer behind WikiLeaks, Guardian columnist Glenn Greenwald, The Nation opinion journal and other ...

  • Inmates handcuffs have to be cut off at Bel Air courthouse

    Bel Air Wednesday morning. Officials at the courthouse called for bolt cutters at about 10 a.m. when they were unable to get the inmate out of the cuffs. The unidentified inmate was brought to Bel Air from a state correctional facility, according to the Harford County Sheriff's Office, which handles security at the ...

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