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i did learn when i was in city council to listen to people... ...and you'd be surprised how much information you get. get.a maryland political legend is dead. dead." scheafer essentially gave baltimore a new main street...he gave him a new down" downtown." a look back at the career of william donald schaefer and the reaction from theepeople he served. served. taking stock after the storms. "right nnw we're tyring to get the parishables out the damage from the tornadoes in maryland and 13 other states across the country. &p and the indictmmnt in the lacrosse murder case. the list of charges against george huguely. hello, i'm jennifer gilbert... jeff barnd is off tonight... william donald schaefer served 4 terms as mayor of baatimore......and two terms as governor of maryland.
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earlier this evening... he paased away... at the age of 89. 89.melinda roeder joins us federal hill..with the things people remember about the man who left his mark on maryland for years to come. come. 3 3 3 3
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william donald schaefer'' extraordinary life changed baltimore in ways that generations will remember.and he left his mark on maryland politics, in colorful, nd at times, controversial ways... with no one ever doubting his love for his city and state. state. 3 schaefer weet to 3
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3 3state. state.for his city and state. state. 3 schaefer went on to serve two terms as governor of maryland and also served as state comptroller. many marylann leaders have been affected by william donald schaefer...tonight...
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governor martin o'malley had this to say say and former governor bob ehrlich says... i'm deeply saddened by the loss of my friend, governor william donald schaefer. marylanders of all stripes knew of his love of all things maryland. they just don't make them like william donald schaefer anymore." baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings blake has asked for poment of silence in baltimore... at 9 tomorrow morning to honnr william donald schaefer.the governor has asked that flags be powered to half staff tonight. schaefer will also lie in state at the state house in
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annapolis... and the rotunda of baltimore city hall.the dates and times for that will be announced later... favorite memory of william ur donald schaefer..? tina writes on facebook.... "every time i'm at the inner a fine man who worked hard for baltimore. brenda writes..."i read he had no urvivors when in fact, his survivors are the people of baltimore he lovee!" we will bring you more on the death of william donald schaefer later in this newscast......and coverage will continue tomorrow morning on fox45 morning news. wicked weather that hit the past few days caused flooding, and devastating tornadoes in many parts of the u-s. from thursday to aturday, just 3 days...close to 3 hundred tornadoes toucced down. the tornadoes hit in 14 different states. those states are highlighted on this map in red. the
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deaths. 3 maryland was one of those states hit with tornadoes. the national weathhr service has confirmed that tornadoes touched downed in carroll and frederick counties over the weekend. here in mount airy....there were winds of up to 100 miles per hour. the pinganore wine-cellars vineyard was damaged. as the roof of a buiiding on the property was ripped off. and ... a tree came crashing down on a family's home.... in manchester. noo a red sign hangs outside... that reads this building is un-safe. luckily... no one was hurt..... but the house is destroyed. meteorologiit emily gracey joins us now..with a look at our weather the golden arches are hiring 50-thousand
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new workers in one day. day. t a mcdonald's in dundaak, managerr are getting ready for the hiring blitz that starts tomorrow. the fast food giant says many of the new workers will start making more than 8 bucks an hour. the hiring is happening to keep up with growth, and the traditional busier seasons of spring and summer. an average of 4 employees per mcdonalds will be hired. the price of postage is going up again. starting sunday, it will cost you more to mail parcels and magazines. international postage rates will also rise... and the price of postcard stamps will go up by a penny.one thing that won't change ... first-class stamps for letters under one ounne will remain at 44 cents.the postal service is trying to recover from an
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eight-and-a-half- billion-dollar loss last year. 10:19: clarence: "i wish he were here... but he was doong what he wanted to do... he was doing what heewanted to do." do." a baltimore oldier killed in combat... what made his death especially paniful for family members... coming up new rules for air traafic controllers.... what the secretary of transportation says he ááwon'táá pay them to do. and lattr... remembering former governor william donald schaefer --- more on how he baltimore, and the state of maryland.
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baltimore soldier are back on american soil tonight.. captain charles ridgley was killed in afghanistan over the weekend.michael buczyner tells us why the soldier's death is especially painful for his fami. family. sot10:19: clarence: "i wish he were here... but he was doing what he wanted to do... he waa doing what he wanted to do." it's yet another tragic reminder... of the war on terror..40 yeaa-old charles ridgley..who grew up in thee havre de grace and baltimore city was killed saturday morning ii afghanistan.another victim of operatton enduring freedom.sot3:24: clarence: "he was at a meeting in a tent. someone dressed in an afghan. millitary uniform approached the base and thew gerenades into he structure he was in." ridgely was a father... andda
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captain in the united states army... who was quickly climbing the ranks. he survived a challenggng childhood.. but not his first trip to afghanistan.sot6:09: calrence: "you know it's a possiblity but you just never know that something like this is going to be close to you."a star in the eyes of relatives.. just ask his uncle... clarence ridgley.. sot 13:01: clarence: "just a great person..great young man. i love my kids but he'd be a good example for some of them." much more difficult for family members.. is when it happened.. captain ridgley was expected to return home from his deployment in just three weeks. you're expecting someone homm, it never occurs to you that they wont make their last two or three weeks."mb fox 45 news late edition. a candlelight vigil was held for a baltimore man still libya.freelance journalist and baltimore native --- matthew vandyke has been missing in libya since march 13th.the vigil was held in riverside park in south baltimore. friends and family gathered
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holding candles innsupport of vandyke and his mother. a grand jury inidicts former u-v-a lacrosse player... george huguely in the murder of yeardly love.... the indictment comes almost a year after love--- a cockeysville native--- was found dead in her off-campus apartment.according to court docuuents, huguely broke into love's apartment last may... and beat her to death. huguely's attorney ays the 23 year old never intended to kill love. a six monnh investigation.... uncovers a prescription drug ring stretching from harford county.... all the way to florida. police in several counties executed search warrants.. seizing assault rifles, cash and illegal prescription drugs. details of the operation were disclosed earlier today... as pooice announced the arrest of 14 people. they had a vast net of like i said people they went to that were legally obtaining these from various doctors offices. they also had people producing the false ppescription that they were passing they had
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suppliers from another state sources where they were different methods, ups, fed ex you ame it 3 prosecutors say there is a chance federal authorities may pick up some of these cases. right now, this investigation is still open. ad lib toss to emily
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the government is rolling out new rules for air traffic
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controllers...after several are aught sleeping on the job. we're not going to pay controllers to takeenaps. we're not going to do that that secretary of transportation ray lahood says it comes down to scheduling. controllers are now required to get nine hours of rest between shifts--- instead of eight.the f-a-a has already started double-staffing towers at night... and plans to create a fatigue education program. .the orioles were hopiig to snap their 7-gameelosing streak... but even the o'' were thiiking about william donald schaeffer....see how the team honored the former mayor and governor... next in sports...
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residents in florida are under seige...by a group of birds. birds.the birds are apparently trying to protect their babies... that are nesting on a ledge outside a florida bank. there's not much the bank can do to get rid of the birds... endangered species. 3 seven straight...yep the o's
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sitting onnseven straight losses.and tonight they bring that skid back to baltimore with a minnesota three game series.should be a no brainer right...i mean come on the twins are 5-10 and without their studs justin morneau and joe mauer. mauer..the orioles flying their flags at half mast for the passiig of former mayor and governor william donald schaeffer....chris tillman getting theestart for the birds... .top of the 2nd... drew bu-tera replacing the down the right field line... 2 runs come in to score on the r-b-i double... twins up 2-0... .but tillman settles down... pn the 6th...gets jim toe-may swinging thru the high heat... tillman had 5 strikeouts in 6 and 2 thirds....bottom of the 6th...mark reynolds hits a dribble past the pitcher... alexi cass-eeah bare hands it... fires it to first in time to end the inning... cass-e-ah making that play look routine....bottom of the 7th... adam jones... we have liftoff...that leaves in a
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hurry for his 3rd of the year...o's trail 3-1....next batter... matt wieters has his eyes set on the o's bullpen... he crushes it for his 2nd of the year... back-to-back jacks for the o's...they're only down a run....top of the 9th... things not going well for kevin gregg...already withh one run in... he uncorks a pitch in the dirt...danny valencia scores from 3rd... the twins hold on o win 5-3... the orioles have now lost 8 in a row... .the o's offense still stuck in neutral... 3 solo hooers provided the only run support toniiht... after a promising 6- and-1 start... the o's have lost the last 8...jake arrieta will try tooget the birds back in the win column tomorrow... .ii's time nce again for our high school game of the week contest, brought to you by varsity sports network dott com... you can vote for the game you'd like to see foxbaltimore ot com and clicking on high school game of the week... maybe you'll
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see your school...here's this week's slate of games... .due to good friday... all of these games will take place on thursday... lansdowne at eastern tech in softball... notre dame prep and john carroll meet in girls lacrosse... st. paul's and loy-ola in boys lax... calvert hall visits mcdonogh also in boys lacrosse... and milford mill travels to poly in baseball... .we'll announce the winner on wednesday night... back to you... 3 3 i'm your biggest fan. you know that. aww. you're the best, mr. snuggles. [ thinking ] another pet name? you're right, puggle-wuggle! [ voice on phone ] hey, wiggly. all right, i'm smart enough to notice that my favorite fresh-brewed mickey d's sweet tea is now on the dollar menu, along with that juicy mcdouble. so i'm smart enough for this. you're the best, too... sweet tea... pie? aww, chipmunk. nicely done, chipmunk.
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has died at the age of 89. here's a look back at his amazing political career. career. he served 4 &pterms as mayor of baltimore... and 2 terms as governor of maryland.when he was mayor, he was the driving force behiid the transformation of the inner harbor.schaefer also served as state comptroller... but would lose the democratic primary for that office in 2006...it would end 50 years of public service. earlier we asked what is your favorite memory of william
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donald schaefer..? and we got quite a response on faceboo. facebook. charles writes... back in 79 he threw out thh first pitch at my little league baseball tournament....fter i caught the ball, he signed it." and joan writes on facebook.... "he treated the people like we were his family. thank you. rest in peace." that's all for the late edition...thanks for joining us. i'm jennifer gilbert.and be sure to tune in to fox45 morning news tomorrow -- starting at 5-am. goodnight. goodnight. 3 3
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