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Welcome to CBS Baltimore, the new home for WJZ.COM, WJZ-TV, WJZ-FM 105.7 THE FAN and ESPN 1300. WJZ-TV is joining forces with CBS Radio to give you the best Baltimore — and beyond — has to offer. Here...
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Baltimore Co. Unveils New Snow Fighting Tools
TOWSON, Md. (WJZ) — Every year, local governments like to remind everyone they’re ready for the snow. Baltimore County proved it Thursday, and as Mike Schuh reports, now they’ve announced a new tool to...
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Poll On Ocean City Boardwalk Draws Global Response
OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) — An online poll about how best to refurbish Ocean City’s boardwalk has drawn an overwhelming response. Officials say people in 2,000 cities and more than 25 countries filled out...
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Washington Post Launches Trove As Custom News Site
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Post Co. is launching a news aggregation website called Trove that allows users to create their own news sites based on Facebook interests and customized subjects....
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Websites, Bank Accounts Seized In Sting
BALTIMORE (AP) — The U.S. Attorney for Maryland says websites and international bank accounts were seized in an online gambling investigation that led to indictments against two Canadian men and a...
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History Students From Every State Compete In College Park
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — More than 2,700 top history students from across the country are gathering at the University of Maryland for the National History Day Contest. Students will compete all week in...
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Website Takes W.Va.’s Civil War To Wider World
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — One part of West Virginia is so rich in Civil War history that it now has its own website. The Eastern Panhandle’s Jefferson County is the main focus of CivilWarScholars.com,...
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Frederick To Offer More User-Friendly Website
By PATTI S. BORDA The Frederick News-Post FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — The City of Frederick plans to launch a more user-friendly website Nov. 10 that will tell taxpayers where their money goes and “sets the...
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Md. Eastern Shore Town Mulls Creating A Website
MARDELA SPRINGS, Md. (AP) — One Maryland shore town is deciding whether to create a municipal website. Commissioners of Mardela Springs tell the Daily Times of Salisbury that they’re considering a...
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Md. Launches Website To Navigate Health Reform
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A new state website will help Maryland residents navigate health care reform policies. Officials announced the launch of the site on Friday, the second anniversary of the passage...
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Walters Art Museum Digitizes, Posts Medieval Books Online
BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Putting history online. That’s what the Walters Art Museum is doing thanks to nearly a million dollars in grants. Andrea Fujii has the story. Handling 15th century jewel-encrusted...
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Prince George’s Schools Honored For Website
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — The website for the Prince George’s County public school system is being honored. The schools were recognized in the 18th annual Communicator Awards, which pay tribute to...
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Md. Prosecutors: Judge, Shut Defendant’s Website
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — Prosecutors in Montgomery County want to shut down the website of a defendant in a car theft case, saying they’re concerned the site could influence the potential jury pool. But a...
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Website Allows Friends To Track Your Weight Loss
BOSTON (CBS) – It’s the time of year for resolutions. If weight loss made your New Year’s list, you might want to tell your friends. That’s how Karen Kofalt got real results. She lost 50 pounds since...
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Website Chronicles Lives Of Blacks In Civil War
NICHOLAS C. STERN The Frederick News-Post FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — In May 1862, Robert Ford was captured by Confederate soldiers and sent to the officers’ jail in Richmond, Va., known as Libby Prison. A...
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Military Releases Some Documents In Manning Case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The military has released some court documents in the case of an Army private accused of giving classified material to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks. The 84 documents released...
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GBMC Doctor Hit By Car While Jogging To Work Is Still In Recovery
TOWSON, Md. (WJZ)– A GBMC doctor who was hit by a car remains hospitalized, but relatives say he is making an excellent recovery. Dr. Theodore Houk was struck by a car last week, while jogging to work....
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Md. Officials Cite More Progress With Health Insurance Website
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The executive director of Maryland’s online marketplace for health insurance says more upgrades to the website have enabled more people to create accounts to use it. Becca Pearce...
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New Life For ‘Silk Road’ Website Selling Illegal Drugs
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Five weeks ago, the FBI shut down what it calls the most sophisticated and extensive criminal marketplace on the Internet. Silk Road was a website selling illegal drugs and guns, but...
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O’Malley Confident Health Exchange Will Meet Goal
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Despite a rocky start with health care reform, Gov. Martin O’Malley said Thursday he is still aiming to meet the goal of enrolling 260,000 people in private insurance and Medicaid...
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Gov. O’Malley Says The State’s Affordable Health Care Web Site Is Now Functional
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ)—Gov. Martin O’Malley declares the state’s health care exchange “functional,” a huge step up from the admitted “big mess” that it was on Oct. 1. But as political reporter Pat Warren...
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Md. Panel To Examine Problems With Online Health Exchange
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland lawmakers on Thursday announced a new oversight panel to try to find solutions to ongoing problems with the state’s troubled online health exchange. The panel, which will...
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Jill Biden Promotes Post-9/11 GI Bill Website
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden is promoting a new website designed to make it easier for service members, veterans, their spouses and dependents to calculate their Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits at thousands...
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Panel: Health Exchange Board Broke Meetings Law
BALTIMORE (AP) — The Maryland Open Meetings Compliance Board has found that the board that oversees Maryland’s health exchange repeatedly violated a law requiring full explanations for closed meetings....
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Board OKs $43.5M In Contracts On Health Exchange
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The board overseeing Maryland’s badly flawed health exchange website has approved $43.5 million in contracts to facilitate the move to new technology to fix the problems. The...
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Md. To Open Newly Designed Health Exchange Website
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland is opening its newly designed health exchange website this weekend, but only for people to shop around for insurance plans as the state aims to bounce back from last...
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Md. Calls Revamped Health Care Exchange A Success
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley is calling the state’s revamped health-insurance exchange a success as the second enrollment period hits a milestone. Officials said Friday that...
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MTA Riders Can Now Track The Bus Using Their Smart Phones
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Smart transportation. MTA buses are joining the ranks of services like Uber and Zipcar. Marcus Washington has more on how riders are getting new services at their fingertips. The...
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Maryland Working On Legal Action On Health Exchange Problems
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland officials continue to work on recouping money from contractors involved in the state’s badly flawed initial rollout of its health exchange website, the health exchange’s...
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Website Aims To Dispel Rumors Of Missing Kids Problem In DC
WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials in the District of Columbia have launched a new website aimed at highlighting how quickly police solve most missing-person cases in the city. The Washington Post reports...
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