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The National Weather Service is forecasting a wintry mix for early Monday, but little accumulation is expected in the Baltimore area. According to the service's projection as of Sunday night, there's a slight chance of rain and snow in the Baltimore area, but little or no accumulation overnight, with lows in the lower 30s. Then, on Monday morning, there will be snow in the morning, followed by rain, and then sleet and snow in the afternoon with...

Two people were injured in a multiple vehicle accident on I-95 in Joppa Wednesday morning. Around 11 a.m., rescue crews from the Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company were alerted to a motor vehicle collision on I-95, between Route 152 (Mountain Road) and Route 24, according to a news release from the fire company. The first rescue crew to arrive, at 11:02 a.m., reported one person was trapped and requested additional assistance. More equipment from the Joppa Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company began arriving shortly thereafter and firefighters stabilized the vehicle while paramedics assessed the patient, according to the release.

Several incidents including two on the inner loop of Interstate 695, forced lane closures during Thursday morning's commute, according to the state Department of Transportation. A one-vehicle collision on Interstate 695 in Baltimore County at the Cove Road exit closed the inner loop right off-ramp and one of two inner loop shoulders at 8:23 a.m., DOT said. Also, all lanes of the inner loop of I-695 near Edmondson Avenue were closed at 7:35 a.m., after State Police said a pedestrian was found dead along the interstate.

Laurel Police arrested four people, two from Laurel, after finding146 grams of marijuana in a vehicle during a traffic stop around 1:18 a.m. Monday in the 900 block of Washington Boulevard. Laurel residents Lawratu Bah, 20, and Joyce Williams, 20; and Bria Archie, 20, of Bowie, and Matthew Bizzell, 24, of Louisville, Ky., all occupants of the vehicle, were arrested. Police also found drug paraphernalia on those in the vehicle. Police said the marijuana recovered had a street value of $1,500.

Intrasquad games don't have much intrigue. The environment is so controlled that it really doesn't allow for it. And Tuesday's instrasquad game -- which most notably gave starters Jason Hammel, Jair Jurrjens and Steve Johnson their scheduled innings on the off day -- presented few surprises. The main question about Tuesday's intrasquad was whether it would be able to be played between the Florida storm clouds. But as Hammel and Jurrjens' days neared an end, the next round of pitchers warming up caught my eye. The pitcher warming up next to Johnson looked unfamiliar.

At least one person was trapped after a single vehicle accident in Churchville Tuesday morning that knocked out power to the area near the accident. At 8:44 a.m., Harford County Emergency Operations broadcast an accident with rescue on Route 136 and Kragl Drive in Churchville. Maryland State Police received the call about the crash at 8:38 a.m. for a single vehicle into a pole, Sgt. Yingling at the Maryland State Police Bel Air Barrack said. The accident occurred just south of the Routes 22, 136 and 155 intersection in Churchville during a driving rainstorm.

Several chances for early-morning sightings of the International Space Station will arise over the next week in Maryland. In each case, the space station appears brighter than a star but much further than a plane, zipping across the dark sky, so long as clouds don't block it. Thursday at about 6:30 a.m., the ISS will rise from the southwest, moving toward the northeast horizon until about 6:36 a.m. The bright star near where the station first...

The Orioles play in Bradenton again this afternoon against the Pittsburgh Pirates - that's the 723rd game between the two teams this spring (I'm only slightly exaggerating). Here's the Orioles' lineup: Alexi Casilla 6, Lew Ford 8, Conor Jackson 3, Steve Pearce DH, Russ Canzler 9, Danny Valencia 5, Yamaico Navarro 4, L.J. Hoes 7, Luis Exposito 2. Jake Arrieta 1. And the Pirates' lineup: Sterling Marte 8, Jose Tabata 9, Neil Walker 4, Pedro Alvarez 5, Gaby Sanchez 3, Felix Pie 7, Clint Barmes 6, Michael McKenry 2, Locke 1. Yes, the Pirates are forfeiting the DH to have their pitchers hit - the NL prerogative when spring games are played in NL parks.

Chris Tillman was supposed to start this afternoon's game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, but now Miguel Gonzalez will. Tillman apparently first dealt with some abdominal soreness about a week ago, had it treated and believed it had gone away. But he felt it again this weekend and the Orioles decided to take it easy with the 24-year-old right-hander . So he is a scratch and Gonzalez -- who was scheduled to pitch anyway -- will start. I'm sure some of you are concerned that Tillman is dealing with a previously unreported injury that could linger.

Baltimore Police found a man dead of an apparent homicide on Friday morning in an industrial, half-vacant section of the Carrollton Ridge neighborhood. The man was found at 6:07 a.m. in a field behind a string of abandoned railroad cars next to some tracks just off the 600 block of S. Fulton Ave. Bits of crime scene tape remained attached to a rusted railroad car that had marked off the crime scene, where, at noon, blood could be seen still pooled on the ground. No description of the victim's age, injuries or manner of death was available.