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Arundel DPW also looks to increase water rates

Baltimore residents will get a chance to air their views about a proposed hike in water rates that's not sitting well with many residents and some city ...
Storms slam recovering Oklahoma City area

The torrential showers drenched fields of debris where homes and schools stood before Monday's massive tornado. The National Weather Service warned of wind gusts up to 60 mph, which could send remnants of precious possessions flying through the air -- again. The weather service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the Oklahoma City area, including Moore, and a flash flood warning as ...
Off-duty trooper injured in Denton hit-and-run

A Maryland State Police trooper was critically injured during a hit-and-run in Caroline County that started with a confrontation with vandalism ...
Nonprofit to offer financial group therapy in Baltimore

Sometimes it helps to share your goals and setbacks with others in similar straits. That's sort of the theory behind the Maryland CASH Campaign's financial coaching program that will start in June. The program will be open to 10 to 15 Baltimore-area residents who will set a goal and meet weekly for six weeks for group coaching so they can reach their target. Just as some people ...
Man charged with assault in Edgemere shooting

When Baltimore County police officers arrived at the scene of a reported shooting in Edgemere on Tuesday evening, 43-year-old Kevin Allen Himes, who had a gunshot wound in his chest, told them who had shot him. Himes said he had been in an altercation with Leo Harlen Moser, 53, and that Moser had shot him, police said. Police searched the area near the 7500 block of Sparrows Point Boulevard, ...

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Its no secret that Kevin Smith has been trying to reboot the Fletch franchise for the better part of the past decade, and the fact that Cop Out features a suspiciously similar synth score by Fletch composer Harold Faltermeyer and ends with Stephanie Mills Bit by Bit (Theme Fr ... ...

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Fox 43 meteorologist Jeff Jumper says expect scattered showers for your Thursday morning commute, then a chance for storms during the drive home. (WPMT ...
Maui Girl swimsuits got their start in Maryland

Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue in the past six years, chances are you've seen her work. Wilson, who is from Edgewood and now lives in Hawaii, has had her Maui Girl swimsuits featured in the popular edition of the magazine 48 times - and more than 200 times in the online version. This year, Wilson's swimsuits were featured 14 times, including a centerfold with cover model Kate Upton ...
Eagle Archives Standard aka junk mail goes back to 19th century

According to research for the Historical Society of Carroll County by historian Jay Graybeal, a May 5, 1900, newspaper article noted that the delegation from Washington came "to attend a banquet … in honor of the successful inauguration of a rural free delivery system in Carroll…" Upon the group's arrival, "the atmosphere was so thick from the smoke of forest ...
Scattered storms highs around 80 forecast Thursday | VIDEO

Fox 43 meteorologist Jeff Jumper says expect scattered showers for your Thursday morning commute, then a chance for storms during the drive home. (WPMT ...
NOAA to release hurricane season forecast today

U.S. government meteorologists will unveil their forecast for the 2013 hurricane season today. Other outlets have suggested it could be another busy storm season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will discuss the outlook in an event at 1 p.m., to be held at its new facility in College Park, which opened last fall. The event is being held there in part to showcase 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.