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  • Baltimore men die in Illinois crash

    Authorities said the men were traveling from a meeting in Ontario, Canada, and were headed to Philadelphia when their vehicle carrying 11 men overturned several times, ejecting all by two of the ...

  • Five killed in van crash near Vandalia Ill. were from Baltimore

    o Five men killed in a van crash along Interstate 70 near here were finally identified as residents of Baltimore, the coroner said Tuesday.It took more than a day to determine who they were and notify relatives because none carried identifications, said Fayette County Coroner Bruce Bowen.Illinois State Police spokeswoman Monique Bond said the 11 men in the vehicle were bound for ...

  • 911 Calls Released In Brutal Baltimore City Murder Case

    Rochelle Ritchie has more. The calls may be hard for some to hear but they paint a gruesome picture that unfolded the night Baltimore City police had to apprehend one of their own. On May 7, a 911 call for help came into Baltimore City police. ';My girlfriend and her boyfriend are fighting. I hear her screaming and crying. The baby’s in the house and she says, `Call the ...

  • Marylanders Prepare To Hit The Road For Memorial Day Weekend

    BALTIMORE (WJZ) — It will soon feel like many of us are on the road this weekend, as Marylanders head out of town for Memorial Day weekend. ...

  • Baseball Shots Of The Week – May 20 2013

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Movie Review

That Obscure Object of Desire (Cet obscur objet du désir) [DVD]

That Obscure Object of Desire (Cet obscur objet du désir) [DVD]

There are times when major dilemmas during the production of a film result in some inspired artistic decisions. For instance, Brian De Palma's brilliant reimagining of Sergei Eisenstein's Odessa Steps sequence in The Untouchables (1987) was improvised on-set when De Palma decided he didn't like the scene as scripted by David Mamet. Another of the most famous "happy accidents" is the ending ... ...

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  • Fire breaks out inside Home Depot store in Md.

    Prince George's County fire department spokesman Mark Brady says firefighters were called to the store about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. He says smoke was seen coming from the ...

  • Residents Remember 2002 La Plata Md. Tornado

    LA PLATA, Md. (WUSA9) -- If anyone knows what the people of Moore, Oklahoma are going through right now it is the residents of La Plata, Maryland. Back in 2002, a tornado nearly wiped the town out of nearly 9,000 residents. The memories so devastating, a lot of the people can't bring themselves to watch the coverage in Oklahoma City. It struck on a pleasant Sunday evening on April 28, ...

  • Virginia Schools Must Hold Tornado Drills Every March

    FAIRFAX, Va. (WUSA) - It was a frantic search for survivors at the Plaza Towers Elementary School In Moore, Okalahoma after the massive tornado ripped the building to shreds. An F-4 tornado would be extremely rare in the Washington, D.C. area. But smaller tornadoes, which can be very deadly, have and do hit this area. "We're not Oklahoma, but we do have tornadoes in this region and ...

  • Beretta to stay in Maryland at least for now

    Gun-maker Beretta has decided to stay in Maryland for now despite tough new restrictions on firearms signed into law by Gov. Martin O'Malley, but the manufacturer says it will continue to look into moving to other ...

  • State board finds speed camera task force violated open meetings act

    Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to study the city's speed and red-light camera program violated Maryland law when it met behind closed doors in March, the state Open Meetings Compliance Board ruled Monday. The board found that the task force also violated the open meetings law by not giving reasonable advance notice of meetings and by failing to take proper minutes. While the decision carries no ...

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