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Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Thursday

Governor Martin O'Malley presents his budget for the 2014 fiscal year.
Governor Martin O'Malley presents his budget for the 2014 fiscal year. (Barbara Haddock Taylor, Baltimore Sun)

WEATHER: Snow possible, high near 45. Howard and Anne Arundel counties are under a winter storm advisory beginning at 10 a.m.

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TOP NEWS

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Maryland budget reflects improving economy: Gov. Martin O'Malley released a $37 billion spending plan Wednesday that for the first time in recent years contains no drastic cuts or proposed tax increases.

State scraps plans to build youth jail in Baltimore: After years of community opposition, state officials have abandoned plans to build a new Baltimore jail for juveniles charged as adults, unveiling Wednesday a plan to send more teens to treatment programs.

Former Naval Academy instructor faces sexual assault charges: A Marine Corps officer who worked as an instructor at the Naval Academy has been accused of sexually assaulting a female midshipman in his Annapolis apartment following the annual croquet match between the academy and St. John's College in 2011.
Supporters really for Harford teen accused of killing father: More than 20 people rallied in the rain Wednesday outside the Harford County courthouse in Bel Air for Robert C. Richardson III, who is charged as an adult with first- and second-degree murder in the death of his father.

Obama makes biggest gun-control push in decades: President Barack Obama launched the biggest U.S. gun-control push in generations on Wednesday, urging Congress to approve an assault weapons ban and background checks for all gun buyers to prevent mass shootings.

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SPORTS

RAVENS: As the Ravens get ready for an AFC championship game rematch with the New England Patriots, wide receiver Torrey Smith suddenly finds himself as a marked man.

ORIOLES: With Buck Showalter and Dan Duquette locked up through 2018, the club's most intriguing lock-down target is now catcher Matt Wieters.

TERPS: With Alex Len's final-second put-back, the Terps edged out a win over No. 14 North Carolina State, 51-50.

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Notre Dame quarterback Te'o embroiled in girlfriend hoax: Manti Te'o's ascendancy to national star and Heisman Trophy candidate was jet-propelled by the personal backdrop of a girlfriend tragically lost to leukemia in September. Except that girlfriend never existed.

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