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President Barack Obama cracks a few jokes as the Baltimore Ravens, victors of Super Bowl XLVII, visit the White House on Wednesday to celebrate.

Lawyers for Morgan State University have asked a judge to dismiss a case filed by a student beaten by Alexander Kinyua , who was later accused in a separate case of killing a family friend and eating his organs.

The developers of Baltimore’s new casino say they’re undeterred by several lawsuits filed over environmental issues seeking to halt construction of the planned $400 million South Baltimore gambling complex.

Video of Train Derailment Explosion in Rosedale, Md

Authorities in Baltimore County were responding to a report of a train derailment in the White Marsh area that caused a loud explosion and sent a plume of white smoke into the sky that could be seen clearly from downtown Baltimore.

A so-called “Bermuda High” weather pattern is back, and it is forecast to bring Baltimore’s first prolonged heat wave of the season, according to the National Weather Service .

In the wake of a humiliating scandal in Baltimore, Gov. Martin O’€™Malley has done little to fix things.

Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice’s home was burglarized over the weekend, and $2,000 in cash along with 2 guns were stolen. 

NBC Sports’ coverage of Saturday’s Preakness Stakes at Pimlico drew 9.7 million viewers, making it the most-watched Preakness since 2009, and the fourth most-watched dating back to 1990.

The viewership for the race is up 20 percent from last year’s Preakness (8.1 million), according to official national data provided Tuesday by The Nielsen Company.

The WBAL TV broadcast in Baltimore had a household rating of 15.7/32 making Baltimore the top metered market in the nation for the 138th Preakness.

On average 15.7 percent of all television-equipped households in Baltimore were tuned in to the Preakness on WBAL TV at any given moment, while 32 percent of households watching TV in Baltimore were tuned into the Preakness telecast on WBAL TV during this time slot.

Louisville ranked second with a household rating of 15.0/27.

The majority of the Baltimore region’s poor now live in the suburbs, a switch that occurred in the past decade, Berube said. Suburban poverty grew 58 percent between 2000 and 2011 in the Baltimore metro area, compared with 4 percent in the city

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Gov. Martin O’Malley on Thursday signed a gun-control bill that is among the country’s most sweeping legislative responses to the December mass shooting in Newtown, Conn.

The law bans the sale of assault-style rifles, including the AR-15 used in the Newtown killing of six educators and 20 first- and second-graders. The law limits gun ownership for people with mental illness, outlaws the sale of high-capacity magazines and establishes the nation’s first new handgun licensing scheme in two decades.

The signing is expected to set off both a legal challenge from the National Rifle Association and a public relations campaign from gun-control supporters. A petition drive is underway to stop the law from going into effect on Oct. 1, though it is unclear whether opponents can gather enough signatures in time to trigger an automatic hold on the bill. If they are, the law would go before voters in 2014.

Read more: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/blog/bs-md-gun-bill-signed-20130516,0,7526263.story#ixzz2TTEOQSbi

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