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Police ID Man in Hedgehog Outfit, Fox 45 Bomb Scare

he man wearing a hedgehog outfit who threatened violence Thursday at a Baltimore TV station has been identified as a 25-year-old Howard County man, police said.

Alex Michael Brizzi, of the 6300 block of Ducketts Lane in Elkridge, will be charged with multiple felonies, Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis announced Friday afternoon. Brizzi was wearing a "hedgehog onesie" and a surgical mask when he walked into the Fox 45 news station vestibule at 1:20 p.m. on Thursday. >>> Read more.

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Those Cute Newborn Eagles? They've Gotten Really, Really Ugly

We all "cooed" and "awed" as cracks in little eggs on the National Arboretum's "Eagle Cam" were replaced with little beaks poking out, followed by furry little gray heads.

Those cute days are over and we have entered the awkward, frankly unattractive phase of eaglets that look nothing like their adult counterparts or their own adorable just-hatched eaglet phase weeks ago. >>> Read more.

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