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  • CSX sues truck driver in train derailment

    Baltimore County fire officials say a CSX train derailed in Rosedale at 2:02 p.m. Tuesday. Several witnesses reported hearing and seeing an explosion, ...

  • Judge May Hold 2 Navy Leaders Criminally Responsible For Super Pond Drowning Deaths

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  • Johnny Holliday Talks Len Bias

    University of Maryland play-by-play announcer Johnny Holliday joined The Vinny and Rob Show on 105-7 THE FAN Wednesday morning to discuss the tragedy of Len Bias losing his ...

  • Rising Sun zoo raising money for intern struck by lightning

    A Rising Sun zoo set up an online fundraising campaign for its 19-year-old intern who was injured in a lightning strike. Plumpton Park Zoo wants to raise $5,000 for the woman through the website FundRazr. The woman was struck Thursday at the zoo. Bystanders told emergency personnel that the woman was standing near a large tree when she was struck as severe weather moved through the area. ...

  • Friendly’s in Baltimore to host Burger Bash

    , the Friendly's restaurant located at 1579 Merritt Boulevard in Baltimore, Maryland, will host a Burger Bash where three pre-selected contestants will present their own burger creation to a panel of local celebrity judges, while competing to win a $100 gift card to Friendly's and the opportunity to have their burger creation featured as a limited time offering at their local ...


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Men in Black II

Men in Black II

The enormous success of 1997's Men in Black was due largely to its consistent ability to surprise us at every turn. An inventive comedy-thriller that made hash of paranoid conspiracy theories and science fiction tropes, it was a geek-dream summer movie, one you could laugh at and be thrilled by at the same time. There was always something either funny or bizarre (or both) around every corn ... ...

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  • Manslaughter Trial Resumes For Baltimore Co. Cop Charged In Teen’s Death

    TOWSON, Md. (WJZ)– The manslaughter trial of a veteran Baltimore County police officer charged last year’s death of a Randallstown teenager ...

  • CSX Files Suit Against Truck Driver In Explosive Rosedale Train Derailment

    ROSEDALE, Md. (WJZ/SUN)-- CSX is suing the truck driver involved in the explosive train derailment that occurred last month in Rosedale, according to our media partner, The Baltimore Sun. The suit, filed in federal court in Baltimore on Tuesday, names John Jacob Alban Jr. and his company Alban Waste LLC as defendants. CSX argues that Alban did not take proper care when crossing the railroad ...

  • House Speaker’s Wife Cast As Extra In ‘House Of Cards’

    ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — House Speaker Michael E. Busch spent years climbing the political ranks, but in just days his wife made U.S. senator. The Capital of Annapolis reports that Cynthia Abbott Busch was cast as an extra for the Netflix series ';House of Cards,'; which filmed at the State House this week. ';I spent 28 years in the General Assembly, pulled myself up the ...

  • Automakers Finding Many Customers Now Appreciate Simplicity

    DEARBORN, MI (WWJ) – After years of putting more and more features on computer screens, car companies are finding out that customers like to ';keep it simple.'; Ford says it will soon start adding old fashioned buttons and knobs to its audio systems. This comes as the company takes a closer look at some of the customer complaints involving ';MyFord Touch.'; The word ...

  • Road Test 2013 Toyota Avalon

    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – It looks like Toyota may have finally figured out a way to make the Avalon, well, cool. In previous incarnations of Toyota’s take on the big American family car, Toyota put in a lot of functionality, a lot of value and a lot of reliability — and that’s all well and good — but you gotta bring style and soul to the table if you want to go up ...

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