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Jury Convicts Teen In Death Of Baltimore County Police Officer

Prosecutors said sentencing is set for July 23. Dawnta Harris faces life in prison on the felony murder conviction alone, with up to five years for auto theft and 20 years for first-degree burglary.




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ATF Offering $15K Reward In Shooting Of Five

Among the victims, a one year old and a two year old. Mayor Jack Young is scheduled to join other officials at a meeting of residents of the area today.




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Missouri Senate Passes Bill To Ban Abortions At 8 Weeks

Missouri’s Republican-led Senate passed a bill to ban abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy.




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McConnell, A Tobacco-State Republican, Unveils Bill To Raise Age To Buy Tobacco

(WASHINGTON) -- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, from the tobacco state of Kentucky, on Monday unveiled federal legislation to raise the minimum age to purchase e-cigarettes and all other...




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Real Estate Executive Offers To Lend Baltimore Money To Pay Hackers

The executive said that it has been nearly impossible for his company and other realty companies to do business in Baltimore City.




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No more samples: What you can expect at Minnesota's farmers markets

Consumers will find the farmers market experience to be altered due to social distancing guidelines.




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Minnesota deaths up 24, to 558, in COVID-19 pandemic

The pandemic has caused 558 deaths across Minnesota. Residents of long-term care and assisted living facilities account for roughly four out of every five across the state. The confirmed case count grew to 10,790.




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Twin Cities garden is lush backyard oasis of 'beauty and nature'

Planning pays off for creators of garden oasis in St. Bonifacius.




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Twin Cities theater artist marks 25 years in the only acting job he's ever had

An inventive spirit, and some naughtiness, has fueled actor Dean Holt for 25 years at CTC, the only acting job he's ever had.




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State Officials Plan Unemployment Mobile App As They Cope With Backlog

The state labor secretary says her department has made great strides in ironing out problems with the unemployment website and is trouble shooting errors.




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State Fines La Plata Nursing Home With Most COVID-19 Deaths

Dozens of residents and staff members have tested positive for the virus.




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NEW TRAFFIC PATTERN ON I-83, HANOVER STREET BRIDGE CLOSED THIS WEEKEND: Jim Russ' Weekend Traffic Advisory

The Hanover Street Bridge will be closed this weekend. Part of Greene Street in the downtown area will be closed on Saturday. There are new traffic patterns on I-83 Southbound in Timonium and on I-95 in Bel Air. Mid-day work continues on I-97 in Crownsville and on MD 295 in Westport. The Southbound Harbor Tunnel on I-895 remains closed for long term work.




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Police Release Video Of Officer-Involved Shooting That Left Teen Hurt

The teen was waving around a replica gun.




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Co-Founder Of The Beach Boys Writes Song To Remind Us That Better Days Are Yet To Come

Mike Love has released a new song and video titled, "This Too Shall Pass."




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TRACKING: Coronavirus Cases In Maryland, See The Latest Numbers

The number of cases of coronavirus in Maryland continues to rise.




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Weather: Cold, Windy Saturday

Meteorlogist Taylor Grenda has a look ahead to a chilly May weekend.




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An Inspirational Journey Lands At BP

While Chase Wheatley had a smile a mile wide while watching his favorite Orioles players take their cuts, those same big league ball players were their alongside a hero of their own, that same young man from Ellicott City who has been so brave and such an inspiration during his treatment for leukemia at Johns Hopkins




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Jim McKay Md Million Day: Maryland's Day At The Races

An action-packed day of world-class racing and a multitude of activities on and off-track is in store when Laurel Park hosts the 32nd annual Jim McKay Maryland Million Saturday, Oct. 21. Listen to WBAL Radio interview with Country Life Farm's Mike Pons who describes as like Christmas in October for Maryland racing




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The Wider World of Jim McKay: Celebrating His Life and His Work

An American treasure who moved to Baltimore as a teen and made Maryland his lifetime home, the late Jim McKay is being honored with an exhibit At Harford Community College that highlights his iconic brioadcasting career along with his love affair with Maryland’s Thoroughbred industry




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Divining Rod: Md's Most Talked About New Stallion Settles In At Country Life Farm

Listen to Scott Wykoff's WBAL NewsRadio 1090 interview with Mike Pons of Country Life Farm as Md's top new stallion settles into his stall at Md's oldest continuous operating Thoroughbred breeding farm & birthplace of Cigar.




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Operation: Shop Local

WBAL NewsRadio, 98 Rock, WBAL-TV 11 and our partners at Howard Bank are proud to launch ‘Operation: Shop Local’ a community initiative to benefit small businesses in the Baltimore region.




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Congress Mulls Expanded SBA Loan Authority, Democratic Demands

Sen. Chris Van Hollen and Rep. Andy Harris are weighing in.




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State Officials Plan Unemployment Mobile App As They Cope With Backlog

The state labor secretary says her department has made great strides in ironing out problems with the unemployment website and is trouble shooting errors.




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TRACKING: Coronavirus Cases In Maryland, See The Latest Numbers

The number of cases of coronavirus in Maryland continues to rise.




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Breeders’ Cup Winner Sharing Targets May 23 Tepin Stakes At Churchill For 2020 Debut

Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner Sharing is expected to make her 2020 debut on May 23 at Churchill Downs, according to co-owner Eclipse Thoroughbreds' Twitter account. Following the track's announcement of an adjusted stakes schedule on Monday, the 3-year-old filly will aim for the $100,000 Tepin Stakes, held over a mile on the turf course. […]

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In Search Of Two-Turn Stakes Race, Tom’s D’Etat Could Head To Gold Cup At Santa Anita

The frustration earlier in the career of Grade 1 Clark Handicap winner Tom's d'Etat was that G M B Racing's talented horse missed so much racing while sidelined with niggling physical issues. “He's had a lot of stay-at-home social distancing in his life,” trainer Al Stall Jr. wryly observed. Now 7, Tom's d'Etat has enjoyed […]

The post In Search Of Two-Turn Stakes Race, Tom’s D’Etat Could Head To Gold Cup At Santa Anita appeared first on Horse Racing News | Paulick Report.




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War Of Will Back On Turf For Saturday’s Sunshine Forever Stakes At Gulfstream

Trainer Mark Casse believes the performance by Gary Barber's War of Will in the 2018 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) may have been good enough to win had he gotten a better trip War of Will's fifth-place finish, though, turned to be a blessing in disguise. “He could have easily won the Breeders' Cup. If […]

The post War Of Will Back On Turf For Saturday’s Sunshine Forever Stakes At Gulfstream appeared first on Horse Racing News | Paulick Report.




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Former Jason Servis Trainee Call Paul Fatally Injured During Belmont Workout

Multiple graded stakes winner Call Paul, formerly trained by Jason Servis, had to be euthanized on Wednesday morning at Belmont Park. The Daily Racing Form reports that the colt suffered catastrophic injuries to his left hind leg during a workout over the training track. The 4-year-old Pennsylvania-bred son of Friesan Fire was breezing for the fourth […]

The post Former Jason Servis Trainee Call Paul Fatally Injured During Belmont Workout appeared first on Horse Racing News | Paulick Report.




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WATCH: Gov. Hogan Says COVID-19 Increases Are ‘Frightening’

A COVID-19 outbreak at a Maryland nursing home contributed to an increase in virus cases Sunday across the state that the governor described as “frightening.”




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President Trump Extends Coronavirus Guidelines, Braces US For Big Death Toll

Bracing the nation for a death toll that could exceed 100,000 people, President Trump on Sunday extended restrictive social distancing guidelines through April.




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MD Department Of Health: Five New Deaths Related To Coronavirus Confirmed On Sunday

The Maryland Department of Health on Sunday announced five new deaths as a result of COVID-19.




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Operation: Shop Local

WBAL NewsRadio, 98 Rock, WBAL-TV 11 and our partners at Howard Bank are proud to launch ‘Operation: Shop Local’ a community initiative to benefit small businesses in the Baltimore region.




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Congress Mulls Expanded SBA Loan Authority, Democratic Demands

Sen. Chris Van Hollen and Rep. Andy Harris are weighing in.




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TRACKING: Coronavirus Cases In Maryland, See The Latest Numbers

The number of cases of coronavirus in Maryland continues to rise.




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Weather: Cold, Windy Saturday

Meteorlogist Taylor Grenda has a look ahead to a chilly May weekend.




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Unemployment Rate Hits 14.7% In April

The U.S. unemployment rate hit 14.7% in April, the highest rate since the Great Depression.




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What is a Facebook Trusted Contact?

Facebook has added an interesting security feature called Trusted Contacts that will help you get back into your account if you ever find yourself locked out. For example, you may have forgotten your password and be unable to access your […]

The post What is a Facebook Trusted Contact? appeared first on Tech Tips » Surfnetkids.




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What is a Facebook Shadow Profile?

Facebook “shadow profile” is an industry term for personal data amassed by Facebook from multiple sources: info you provide, plus information shared by your friends (via the sharing of their contact lists, for example), and online tracking pixels. Because the […]

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What is Fortnite? A Parent’s Guide

What is Fortnite? Fortnite is a player-vs-player (PVP) co-op sandbox survival game from Epic Games, that runs on multiple platforms, including PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, iOS Apple phones, and Mac OS X. It has become wildly […]

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First peek at the next 12 Home of the Month selections

Homes include small cabin, remodeled warehouse loft and lakeshore estates.




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Min No Aya Win clinic on the Fond Du Lac reservation during COVID-19.

The Min No Aya Win clinic on the Fond Du Lac reservation has seen a small amount of patients on a daily basis as they prepare for a wave of COVID-19 cases to hit their area. Dr. Vainio MD, a member of the Mille Lacs Band of the Ojibwe tribe has worked at the clinic for decades and has never seen anything like this pandemic. The week of May 4th, he worked the respiratory cases at the clinic. Only one doctor a week takes all the respiratory cases to minimize the amount of people potentially exposed to the virus.




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Teens finding fishing as a hobby during the stay at home order

Teens were photographed fishing at the Rum River Dam in Anoka and at Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park in Coon Rapids Wednesday afternoon and evening, May 6, 2020.




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Meat packing plants may have caused a growth in COVID-19 case in Stearns County

COVID cases are surging in Stearns County, in large part due to three meat packing plants in the area. We photograph St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis as he broadcasts his daily COVID-19 update to constituents on Thursday, May 7, 2020 at St. Cloud City Hall in St. Cloud, Minn.




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I’m frustrated by the politicization of the coronavirus discussion. Here’s an example:

Flavio Bartmann writes: Over the last few days, as COVID-19 posed some serious issues for policy makers who, both in the US and elsewhere, have employed statistical models to develop mitigation strategies, a number of non-statisticians have criticized the use of such models as useless or worse. A typical example is this article by Victor […]




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“The Evidence and Tradeoffs for a ‘Stay-at-Home’ Pandemic Response: A multidisciplinary review examining the medical, psychological, economic and political impact of ‘Stay-at-Home’ implementation in America”

Will Marble writes: I’m a Ph.D. student in political science at Stanford. Along with colleagues from the Stanford medical school, law school, and elsewhere, we recently completed a white paper evaluating the evidence for and tradeoffs involved with shelter-in-place policies. To our knowledge, our paper contains the widest review of the relevant covid-19 research. It […]




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Concerns with that Stanford study of coronavirus prevalence

Josh Rushton writes: I’ve been following your blog for a while and checked in today to see if there was a thread on last week’s big-splash Stanford antibody study (the one with the shocking headline that they got 50 positive results in a “random” sample of 3330 antibody tests, suggesting that nearly 2% of the […]




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Coronavirus in Sweden, what’s the story?

  This post is by Phil Price, not Andrew. I’m going to say right up front that I’m not going to give sources for everything I say here, or indeed for most of it. If you want to know where I get something, please do a web search. If you can’t find a source quickly, […]




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New analysis of excess coronavirus mortality; also a question about poststratification

Uros Seljak writes: You may be interested in our Gaussian Process counterfactual analysis of Italy mortality data that we just posted. Our results are in a strong disagreement with the Stanford seropositive paper that appeared on Friday. Their work was all over the news, but is completely misleading and needs to be countered: they claim […]




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“In any case, we have a headline optimizer that A/B tests different headlines . . .”

The above line is not a joke. It’s from Buzzfeed. Really. Stephanie Lee interviewed a bunch of people, including me, for this Buzzfeed article, “Two Big Studies Say There Are Way More Coronavirus Infections Than We Think. Scientists Think They’re Wrong.” I liked the article. My favorite part is a quote (not from me) that […]




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Information or Misinformation During a Pandemic: Comparing the effects of following Nassim Taleb, Richard Epstein, or Cass Sunstein on twitter.

So, there’s this new study doing the rounds. Some economists decided to study the twitter followers of prominent coronavirus skeptics and fearmongers, and it seems that followers of Nassim Taleb were more likely to shelter in place, and less like to die of coronavirus, than followers of Richard Epstein or Cass Sunstein. And the differences […]