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Fire breaks out at pizza shop
BROOKLYN PARK, Md. - A fire broke out in a small pizza shop in Brooklyn Park early Thursday morning. Officials started getting calls about the fire shortly before 5:45 am and found the fire at Pizza City on Belle Grove Road in the area of Thomas Ave. Crews quickly got the fire under control, but Belle Grove Road is expected to be closed in the area until around 7 ...
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Banned US Swim Coach To Be Sentenced For Sex Abuse
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) - A Virginia man who was once one of the nation's most prominent swimming coaches is scheduled to be sentenced for sexually abusing one of the girls he instructed. Richard J. Curl, who pleaded guilty in February, is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday afternoon in Montgomery County Circuit Court. He faces up to 15 years in prison. Curl, of Vienna, Va., was banned for ...
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Trooper Hit Dragged By Car In Md.
DENTON, Md. (WUSA9) - Maryland State Police say an off-duty state trooper apparently confronted some vandalism suspects in a car and was dragged by the car when the driver fled the scene in Caroline County on Wednesday night. Police have only identified him as an eight-year veteran of the Maryland State Police assigned to the Easton Barrack. They say the trooper is being treated at the ...
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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 ...
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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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Men in Black 3
Although there is no compelling reason for there to be a third Men in Black film (if it is to make up for the lackluster second installment, released way back in 2002, it feels almost embarrassingly overdue), Men in Black 3 does contain the single most impressive specia ... ...
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Thursday traffic Southbound shoulders closed on US 29 I-97
Fox 43 meteorologist Jeff Jumper says expect scattered showers for your Thursday morning commute, then a chance for storms during the drive home. (WPMT ...
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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 ...
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Leopold pays $75K fine for misconduct in office
http://bit.ly/10mLrYD ) that court records show Leopold paid the fine late last month. He resigned in February and served 30 days in jail and two weeks of home detention for two counts of criminal misconduct. Leopold forced members of his security detail to perform campaign work and another county employee to empty his urinary catheter ...
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Md. police Off-duty trooper dragged by car
Police say the trooper apparently confronted three juveniles in a car in Denton on Wednesday evening when they appeared to be involved in some kind of vandalism. The trooper approached group on foot and while he was speaking to them, police say the driver of the car accelerated and the trooper was somehow dragged. After a time, police say the trooper was dislodged and fell to the roadway and the ...
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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 ...
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