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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...


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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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  • 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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