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Water main breaks in citys Medfield area

Washington's governor estimated Friday it will take about $15 million to fix a bridge on Interstate 5 that collapsed into a river after being struck by an 18-wheeler, shutting down a portion of the state's main artery to Canada. The news came at the ...
How safe is that bridge youre driving over

Like millions of other Americans, Dan and Sally Sligh packed up their vehicle and headed out for a Memorial Day weekend trip. As they crossed the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River outside Seattle, Washington, the bridge gave way and their pickup truck plunged into the frigid ...
Baltimore Area Boy Scouts Join Historic Vote Lifting Ban On Openly Gay Members

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The vote is historic–the Boy Scouts of America decides to allow gay members. The Baltimore area Boy Scouts Council joined those voting Thursday to lift the ...
Investigation Continues Into What Caused Deadly Parking Garage Collapse

BETHESDA, Md. (WJZ) — The investigation continues into how a piece of slab came crashing down on two construction workers, killing one of them. The tragic accident happened at the Westfield Montgomery Mall in ...
Another Training Incident Under Investigation Months After Police Recruit Is Shot In Head

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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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Officials Norovirus likely caused sickness at Pot Spring

Pot Spring Elementary is one of the most overcrowded schools in the central corridor. It has a state-rated capacity of 477 students, but opened the 2012-2013 school year with 657 students. BCPS projects that number to rise to 664 in 2013, 683 in 2015, and 696 in ...
Z on TV Kanye West coming to a Baltimore wall Saturday

If you live around the BMA, the Walters or the Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower, Kanye West is coming to a wall near you Sunday night. Or, at least his image, words and music are. West has been using public walls the last two weeks to promote the "New Slaves" song from his latest album, which is scheduled for release in June. Images of West along with his words and music were projected and ...
Sheraton workers agree to new contract lift boycott

Two unions said Friday that they have ended a nearly six-year call to boycott the Sheraton Baltimore City Center Hotel, a move that came as workers ratified a new bargaining agreement with management. The unions, Unite Here Local 7 and Local 37 of the International Union of Operating Engineers, said the new agreement covers 130 workers and includes health insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan and ...
Regulators issue order against Talbot County bank

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Commissioner of Financial Regulation of Maryland requires the bank to improve its credit quality and revise some of its policies and procedures, the bank said. "No bank has been immune from the challenges created by the economic downturn," CEO Patrick M. Bilbrough said in a statement. "As we deal with those challenges, we are working ...
Fumes at Elkton school sends 5 to hospital

Cecil County Public Schools spokeswoman Kelly Keeton told WDEL Radio that several staff members had trouble breathing Friday at Gilpin Manor Elementary School. The five staff members were taken to Union Hospital as a ...

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We must define the nature and scope of this struggle, or else it will define us. Neither I, nor any President can promise the total defeat of terror. What we must do is dismantle networks that pose a direct danger.

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Amora Hotel Jamison Sydney

This hotel is located right in the heart of the CBD of Sydney in Jamison Street. The hotel neighbours the ...

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Obama Turns Focus on Middle-Class Jobs

U.S. President Barack Obama says he is focusing on ways to help the American middle class make economic gains, to bring them in line with the economic recovery of big business.

Obama said in his weekly address Saturday that he has been visiting cities across the country that are doing "interesting and creative" things to "re-ignite the engine" of middle class economic growth and make sure American citizens' hard work leads to a decent living.

In Baltimore this week, he said he visited a factory that is creating jobs at home by exporting digging equipment abroad. He also visited participants in a program that is giving training and guidance for low-income people to find work.

Obama said with unemployment the lowest it has been since 2008, with the auto industry thriving and the energy sector booming, it is time to focus on creating more good, middle-class jobs. He said he will be visiting more American cities in the coming weeks to continue working on job creation, education and" building new ladders of opportunity" for American workers.

In the Republican Party address, Representative Andy Harris of the eastern state of Maryland says "red tape" in the president's health care law passed several years ago will drive up costs for Americans.