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  • Derailment, blast crumple buildings near Baltimore

    May 28, 2013 3:54 PM

    WHITE MARSH, Md. - The fire chief says no toxic inhalants are burning at the site of a freight train derailment outside Baltimore. Baltimore County Fire Chief John J. Hohman said at a news conference Tuesday that fire crews would let the fire on two remaining cars burn out. CSX... more »
  • Maryland man sentenced in child porn case

    February 21, 2013 8:46 AM

    LAFAYETTE- A 30-year-old Maryland man was sentenced in Lafayette, La., to eight years in prison for possessing child pornography. U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley tells The Advertiser Phillip Sessa Jr., of Essex, Md., was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Richard T. Haik. Prosecutors say an acquaintance of Sessa alerted... more »
  • Friday at the Box returns tonight

    February 15, 2013 10:18 AM

    BATON ROUGE - Tonight marks the return of WBRZ's "Friday at the Box" with LSU's season opener against Maryland. The Tigers host the Terrapins at Alex Box Stadium to kick off the 2013 baseball season starting at 7 p.m. LSU is ranked No. 3 in the USA Today... more »
  • Lockheed Martin ousts CEO-to-be over relationship

    November 9, 2012 4:14 PM

    BETHESDA, Md. - Lockheed Martin has ousted its president and anticipated CEO over a relationship with a subordinate. The company said Friday that its board of directors asked for and received the resignation of Christopher Kubasik from his role as vice chairman, president and chief operating officer. The 51-year old... more »
  • Wash. voters approve gay marriage

    November 8, 2012 3:34 PM

    OLYMPIA, Wash. - Voters in Washington state have approved gay marriage, joining Maine and Maryland as the first states to pass same-sex marriage by popular vote. Referendum 74 asked people to approve or reject a law legalizing same-sex marriage that Washington legislators passed earlier this year. The law was signed... more »
  • 5 people killed in northeast Baltimore house fire

    October 11, 2012 9:04 AM

    BALTIMORE - Authorities say a fire ripped through a northeast Baltimore home, killing one adult and four children. Fire department spokesman Chief Kevin Cartwright says firefighters were called around 2 a.m. Thursday and arrived to find heavy fire and smoke coming from the first floor of the home. Cartwright... more »
  • Police handcuffed autistic boy on Md. school bus

    September 22, 2012 1:45 PM

    LAUREL, Md. - School officials are investigating after an 11-year-old autistic boy was handcuffed by police officers on a Maryland school bus. The Baltimore Sun reports the boy allegedly bit several people Wednesday afternoon. He was being driven home from Baltimore's Kennedy Krieger Institute, which educates students with severe learning... more »
  • Md. man who called himself 'joker' to be charged

    August 1, 2012 10:41 AM

    WASHINGTON - Maryland authorities are announcing charges against a man accused of threatening to shoot up his workplace and identifying himself as "a joker." Prince George's County police and prosecutors have scheduled a Wednesday news conference to reveal charges against Neil E. Prescott. The 28-year-old Crofton man was taken into... more »
  • Man uses slingshot to fire marbles at speed camera

    June 28, 2012 12:27 PM

    ELLICOTT CITY, Md. - Police in Maryland say a man has been charged with assault for using a slingshot to fire glass marbles at a speed camera van. Authorities say Bruce Lawrence May of Ellicott City was arrested Tuesday. The 50-year-old Lawrence was also charged with destruction of property and... more »
  • Authorities: Md. man admits eating heart of victim

    June 1, 2012 10:30 AM

    JOPPATOWNE, Md. - Authorities say in court documents that a Maryland man has admitted to eating another man's heart and part of his brain. The Harford County Sheriff's Office says 21-year-old college student Alexander Kinyua has been charged with first-degree murder. They say Kinyua was arrested Wednesday, days after his... more »
  • G-8 protesters predict peaceful behavior

    May 18, 2012 7:56 PM

    Protesters say they plan peaceful demonstrations for the G-8 Summit at Camp David this weekend. They will take up their position in the nearby town of Thurmont, Maryland. Protesters with the Occupy movement from as far away as Arizona arrived Friday waving signs and banners along the road that leads... more »
  • Md. Lottery to discuss Mega Millions winner

    April 10, 2012 7:36 AM

    BALTIMORE - Maryland Lottery officials say they'll share more information about the state's Mega Millions winner. While officials say the winner of a share of the record $656 million jackpot will remain anonymous, they'll give some details about the winner's story this morning. Maryland doesn't require lottery winners to be... more »
  • Mega millions lottery winner claims prize

    April 9, 2012 5:27 PM

    BALTIMORE - Maryland lottery officials say a holder of a winning Mega Millions ticket has come forward to claim a share of the record-breaking, $656 million prize. Lottery spokeswoman Carole Everett says the winner claimed the prize with the winning ticket at lottery headquarters on Monday. She says she wouldn't... more »
  • Mitt Romney's primary sweep

    April 4, 2012 11:42 AM

    WASHINGTON - Mitt Romney has won 86 delegates by sweeping Republican presidential primaries in Maryland, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia. His chief rival, Rick Santorum, picked up 9 delegates in the Wisconsin primary. Romney now has 658 delegates, putting him on pace to reach the 1,144 delegates needed to... more »
  • Primary elections in several states

    April 3, 2012 10:57 AM

    MILWAUKEE - As voters head to the polls today in Wisconsin, Maryland and the District of Columbia, Mitt Romney is giving a subtle push to rival Rick Santorum to leave the GOP race. Romney told reporters that the "right thing" for Republicans is to get a nominee as soon as... more »
  • Md. lottery director: Winning ticket unclaimed

    April 2, 2012 8:47 AM

    WASHINGTON - The director of the Maryland Lottery says no one in the state has stepped forward with a winning Mega Millions lottery ticket yet. Stephen Martino said Monday on NBC's "Today" show that the ticket, one of three winning tickets purchased for the record-breaking $640 million prize, has yet... more »
  • Injured man gets new face

    March 27, 2012 11:58 AM

    BALTIMORE - A 37-year-old Virginia man injured in a 1997 gun accident has received what University of Maryland physicians say is the most extensive face transplant ever performed. University of Maryland Medical Center officials say Richard Lee Norris is recovering well after last week's surgery, he is already brushing his... more »
  • Maryland college student charged in rampage threat

    March 12, 2012 6:44 AM

    COLLEGE PARK, Md. - A University of Maryland student has been arrested and charged with posting an Internet threat claiming he planned to go on a shooting rampage on campus hoping to kill as many people as possible. Campus police said in a statement that 19-year-old Alexander Song of Fulton,... more »
  • Gay marriage bill signed

    March 1, 2012 4:38 PM

    ANNAPOLIS, MD. - Maryland's governor has signed a bill legalizing gay marriage, joining seven other states and the District of Columbia. Governor Martin O'Malley signed the bill today one week after its final passage by the Maryland Legislature. The law is scheduled to take effect in January 2013.... more »
  • Sextortion Case

    September 14, 2011 7:34 PM

    A man released on bond for extorting a teen into sexual acts in Indiana is accused of victimizing other teens while he was out of jail. Trevor Shea of Mechanicsburg, Maryland agreed to plead guilty to charges of sexually exploiting children in both cases. Federal court documents say Shea coerced... more »
  • Ceremony marks the closing of Walter Reed hospital

    July 27, 2011 12:24 PM

    WASHINGTON - The closing of Walter Reed Army Medical Center was described as bittersweet Wednesday as staff members and patients gathered on the hospital's parade grounds in Washington to mark the closing of the Army's flagship hospital after more than a century of providing care. The hospital's operations are... more »
  • Cold Kills Couple

    January 11, 2011 7:18 PM

    An elderly couple from Pennsylvania died from apparent exposure to the cold in a farm field in Frederick County, Maryland. Eighty-five year old William Frecsch and his 79-yearold wife, Betty, were last seen Friday leaving their daughter's home in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Authorities say the couple drove off a road and... more »
  • Packages release smoke, odor in Md. gov buildings

    January 6, 2011 2:09 PM

    ANNAPOLIS - A Maryland police spokesman says no one has been seriously injured by two packages that produced smoke and odors when they were opened at two separate state buildings. State officials initially said the packages exploded, but now say there were no blasts. Spokesman Greg Shipley says mailrooms at... more »
  • House Democrats keep Nancy Pelosi as their leader

    November 17, 2010 1:29 PM

    WASHINGTON - House Democrats have re-elected Nancy Pelosi as their leader in the next Congress. The closed-door vote Wednesday will let the California congresswoman shift from House speaker to minority leader in January, despite concerns by some Democrats that the party needs new leadership after suffering huge midterm election... more »
  • Google to invest in offshore wind power project

    October 12, 2010 1:10 PM

    A consortium of technology and investment companies including Google has devoted $1.8 billion to building a network of transmission lines to connect future offshore wind farms along the Atlantic from New Jersey to Virginia. Google Inc. has teamed up with investment firm Good Energies, Japanese industrial conglomerate Marubeni and... more »
  • UPDATE: Shooter still loose at John's Hopkins in Baltimore

    September 16, 2010 11:16 AM

    Baltimore police say they're setting up a tactical operation to deal with a gunman who is holed up on the eighth floor of Johns Hopkins hospital after shooting a doctor. A spokesman for Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore earlier said the gunman had been caught, but police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi... more »
  • Police: Gunman holds hostage in Discovery building

    September 1, 2010 1:09 PM

    Police in Maryland say a gunman has entered the Discovery Channel headquarters in Silver Springs and has taken at least one person hostage. Footage from WJLA-TV showed police SUVs and cruisers with their lights on. Cpl. Dan Friz told the channel that a gunman was in the building.... more »
  • Hurricanes roil Atlantic coast; 1 dead, 1 missing

    August 30, 2010 12:23 PM

    Authorities are warning people along much of the Atlantic seaboard to beware of rip tides from distant hurricanes after a surfer died and a swimmer was reported missing. Surfers pulled 47-year-old Tazwell Brown from the water off Satellite Beach in central Florida on Saturday. No official cause of... more »
  • Slide sends Splinter into Boy

    August 18, 2010 8:25 PM

    An eight-year old boy is in the hospital in Maryland after a foot-long splinter pierced his abdomen as he went headfirst down a wooden playground slide. It happened on a 40-foot slide built in 1950 that's an attraction at Mount Tabor Park in Rocky Ridge. A firefighter used a utility... more »
  • Hand washing police

    November 3, 2009 8:14 PM

    Doctors and nurses and other medical workers at hospitals in Maryland will have the hand washing police looking over the shoulder to gather information about what staff needs to do a better job. The state created teams of staff members at hospitals to secretly monitor their collegues for a statewide... more »
  • Judge apologized for vigilante justice

    October 28, 2009 8:46 PM

    A judge in Maryland apologized for some vigilante justice for letting the air of the tires of a courthouse employee who parked in a restricted area. Charles County Judge Robert Nalley pleaded guilty and got a $500 fine. He also said he was ashamed and "embarrassed for the community". The... more »

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