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Three men shot in Northwest Baltimore

Police said three men were found shot on North Hilton Street near North Culver Street in Southwest Baltimore around 11:20 p.m. Wednesday. Paramedics responded to the scene to treat the victims and transport them to hospitals. Police determined the victims were shot some time earlier several blocks to the north in the 3400 block of Clifton Avenue in Northwest Baltimore. The conditions of the ...
Macys Grays tour debuts at Maryland Live to spectacularly applaused crowd

Macy Gray kicked out the celebration of her 14th anniversary for the album "On How Life Is" with a tour that started on May 21 in Baltimore, Maryland and everything was a funky festive one-stop shop that included Pop, Jazz, Reggae, R&B, Gospel and lit bit of Rock & Roll ...
Gausman to debut vs. fellow former first-rounder

When Kevin Gausman received the news on Tuesday, he had a tough time wrapping his head around the idea. The 22-year-old Orioles prospect was informed that he would be making his first Major League start on Thursday against the Blue Jays in Toronto, and it took until Wednesday for the news to really sink in. "I don't think it really hit me until today, until my second flight here from ...

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Space Jam

As we drove home from the theater, a friend and I were having a heated discussion about the merits of the new Michael Jordan movie "Space Jam." Personally, I hated it. I saw it as shameless attempt by Warner Brothers to ransack the Looney Tunes by ripping them out of their environment and dropping them in the middle of a computerized live action/animation film whose main purposes is to advertise ... ...

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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.