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  • Fish Lift At Conowingo Dam To Help Restore American Shad

    HARFORD COUNTY, Md. (WJZ)--Giving fish a lift. At Conowingo Dam in Harford County, it is literally the only way to get migrating fish upstream in the Susquehanna River. Alex DeMetrick reports. Using trick currents and big hoppers, biologists move fish up several stories to clear the top of the dam, allowing the fish to swim to spawning grounds. While all fish are welcome to the ride, the ...

  • Firefighter Injured In Wegman’s Bel Air Blaze

    ABINGDON, Md. (WJZ)-- A firefighter was injured in a Sunday night fire at Wegman's in Bel Air. Fourteen pieces of fire apparatus with 40 volunteer firefighters and paramedics and four career firefighters responded to the scene at 21 Wegmans Boulevard in Abingdon. Around 6:45 pm, the fire was located in the kitchen area. Firefighters brought hoses into the storeto extinguish the fire. ...

  • Baltimore City Sergeant Sentenced For Misconduct In Office

    BALTIMORE (WJZ)-- A Baltimore City police sergeant has been sentenced for misconduct in office. Sergeant Dennis Workley was sentenced to one year in prison, all suspended, and three years of supervised probation for his use of false information to secure a search and seizure warrant for a house. On March 29, Judge John Addison Howard found Workley guilty of perjury and malfeasance for the ...

  • Military Bowl moving from RFK to Navys Stadium

    The Military Bowl will match a team from the Atlantic Coast Conference against one from Conference USA and will be played Dec. 27. ESPN will broadcast the afternoon ...

  • Get Up To $1K For Identifying Md. Cigarette Robbers

    CHARLES COUNTY, Md. (WUSA9) -- Charles County Sheriff's Office authorities are looking for two men who took dozens of cartons of cigarettes from a convenience store earlier this month. They have released photos of the suspects and their car in hopes someone will recognize them. According to authorities, on May 11 at 6:19 a.m., two men entered a convenience store in the 7100 block of Indian ...


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Movie Review

Rabbit-Proof Fence

Rabbit-Proof Fence

There are few things more amazing in the known world than the resilience of a determined human being, regardless of age. Phillip Noyces Rabbit-Proof Fence is a testament to the human will, as it tells the true story of three young girls, ages 14, 10, and 8, who trekked some 1,200 miles through the harsh Australian outback to return to their families. It is hard to imagine just how difficul ... ...

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  • Woman shot in Cherry Hill on May 10 dies of injuries

    A woman shot on May 10 succumbed to her injuries late last week as detectives continue to look for a shooting suspect. On Monday, Baltimore police said Yolonda Johnson, 24, who lived in the Cherry Hill neighborhood, was pronounced dead Friday afternoon at Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where she had been hospitalized since the shooting. Police responding to a shooting on her block of 600 Cherry ...

  • Ten objects that sum up Gary Vikans life

    Some of Gary Vikan's favorite things include a pair of tickets to Woodstock, a piece of the gate guarding Graceland and a miniature replica of the Shroud of ...

  • An encore for Macklemores pro-gay Preakness Infield performance

    Consider this our encore applause for Macklemore's performance at Preakness. This weekend, the self-made Seattle rapper took the stage at the Triple Crown's second jewel and delivered a set that included his two most recognizable songs -- "Thrift Shop" and "Can't Hold Us" -- but also the song "Same Love," in which he stands up for same-sex marriage ...

  • Sneak peek Ads supporting gun law set to air this week

    A hunter, a mother and a minister are featured in new advertisements touting Maryland's new gun law, which was signed last week and represents one of the nation's most sweeping pieces of gun-control legislation passed this year. The ads, released in advance, will begin airing on Baltimore-area television stations this week. Produced by proponents of the new gun law, the ads are ...

  • Military Bowl Moving From DC To Annapolis

    ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - The Military Bowl is headed to Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis. The DC Bowl Committee and Events DC announced Monday that this year's game will be moved from RFK Stadium in Washington to the venue that is home to the U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen. The Dec. 27 game presented by Northrop Grumman to benefit the USO will be the sixth annual Military Bowl. ...

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