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Baltimore prosecutors and top police officials met Friday to try to mend relations, which have frayed since six officers were charged earlier this month in the death of Freddie Gray. Since the charges against the officers, local police have complained that the case by State's Attorney for Baltimore Marilyn Mosby has sowed legal doubt about when they can pursue suspects who run away from them in high crime neighborhoods. Mosby's office, in response to questions from CNN about whether she planned to issue legal guidance to police, said she is working to improve coordination.

Headlines Right Now on a few Baltimore media outlets: WBAL TV: Best friends' teamwork gets big response Popularity, success driving popularity of charter school Maryland wildlife photos on WBALTV.com's u Local Man arrested in Owings Mills home invasion (pic that looks like it could be Obama's son) Mother, boy fatally shot in head in Baltimore (pics of victims) Images: Fort Meade holds Surplus Sale 8 Mistakes you're probably making while showering Sources: Hastert was covering up sex misconduct Photo of Marine and bride in prayer goes viral Hypnotist tricks Howie Mandel into Shaking Hands The text you never want to...

With five and a half hours left in the Memorial Day Weekend in Baltimore, they have had 27 shootings of which at least 9 were fatal, making it the bloodiest weekend in Baltimore this century. The mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, prosecutor and black activist, Marilyn Mosby, and Chief of Police Batts as well as the rioters and looters in Baltimore have all done their damnedest to separate those abusive cops from the innocent citizens minding their own business on the streets. They got their wish and the streets are running red with blood.

After the 111-80 victory over the New York Knicks, he confirmed that rapper Lil Durk’s manager, who was shot and killed early Friday morning, attended a meeting with him just hours earlier, discussing a way to get involved in Noah’s "Rock the Drop" anti-violence campaign.

That's my question.

Sometimes I watch (well, mostly listen to) obscure movies that have been ripped onto YouTube. I do this in the hope of finding some overlooked "gem." As you can imagine, such a gem is rare indeed; in fact, so far, I've not found a single one. But earlier today, I did find something that might actually be called interesting. It was in a movie called The Omega Code, which was released in October 1999, obviously timed to coincide with the coming of the new millennium. It is a very bad movie. It's like an end-of-days, "Antichrist Comes In The 21st...

Local reporting puts John Katko (R) ahead of Dan Maffei (D) by 59 to 41%, with 77% of precincts reporting.

Rush Limbaugh has been playing some amazing audio from Paul McKinley, Mark Carter, Joseph Watkins and Harold “Noonie” Ward, recorded on rebelpundit.com.

Former presidential candidate John Edwards confessed to his daughter that he'd had an affair as his cancer-stricken wife was waiting nearby in the same house. Ivy-League educated Cate Edwards has revealed that she was summoned to her family's luxury North Carolina mansion in either the summer of 2007 or 2008 by her father so he could break the news.

I just thought I would point out - as a matter of curiosity - that here we are, at the end of July, about to go into August, and the temperature at my house (in upstate New York) is at present 51° F. When I was growing up in this same neck of the woods, we would typically have a week or so of temperatures above 90° right about now, and a few times would go over 100°, at least for a day or two. Also interesting to note that - at this very moment - "AccuWeather" is saying that...

We've all heard that the law requires the administration to give Congress 30 days notice before releasing prisoners from the U.S. terrorist detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba — a provision the White House willfully ignored in the recent release of five Taliban commandos in exchange for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. (snip) The president will act as he chooses, no matter what Congress wants. The next Guantanamo release could make the Bergdahl battle seem tame.

North Korea has deployed an indigenous unmanned aerial vehicle capable of attacking ground targets based on stolen U.S. target drones, the Pentagon revealed in a report to Congress. Images of the North Korean drone in flight were shown as part of a March 2013 military drill, the Pentagon report said. “The drone appeared to be a North Korean copy of a Raytheon MQM-107 Streaker target drone,” the report said. “North Korean press coverage of the event described the UAV as being capable of precision strikes by crashing into the target.”

USN&WR. Link only.

The former treasurer of Coahuila, Hector Villarreal Javier Hernandez, will appear Thursday before a federal judge on charges of money laundering. The former treasurer of Coahuila, Hector Villarreal Javier Hernandez turned himself in to U.S. authorities late Thursday and will appear before a federal judge on charges of money laundering, reported the Office of the Federal Attorney for South Texas. Villarreal Hernandez, 43 years old, was wanted on charges of money laundering and participation in an organized criminal activity, according to the report. The charges filed in courts in San Antonio, Texas, said Hernández Villarreal invested public funds stolen from...

It's worth noting that there is a university in Caracas called UCLA, which stands for "Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado," which (I believe) would be translated to English as "Lisandro Alvarado Midwest Univerisity." Rodriguez Torres: "Student Protest was manipulated" Minister of Interior, Justice and Peace, Miguel Rodriguez Torres, said the events on Wednesday in downtown Caracas that left 3 people dead, seeking "a violent solution," adding that such actions had a "conspiratorial characteristics" UCLA Authorities suspended activities until further notice. In extraordinary university council, authorities Lisandro Alvarado University, the university decided to suspend activities. (Presumably, this means all classes.) Capriles to...

New York cops have just made 4 ARRESTS in connection with Philip Seymour Hoffman's death … Law enforcement sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ. Our sources tell us … police have obtained a search warrant and are currently on scene at a NY apt. We're told police are targeting two individuals who they believe sold PSH heroin. Sources say cops raided 3 units in the same building. Read more: http://www.tmz.com#ixzz2sS8X0iZL

In this AP Story we hear how Pittsburgh judge James Motznik is asking for an explanation for why he is hearing so few cases originating within Brashear High School. The impetus for the judge's inquiry stems from the 13 November 2013 afternoon shooting at Brashear, in which three students were wounded. The shooting is widely thought to have been drug/gang related.

Hamsters are looking for minimum wage I guess.

Of current interest.

Yesterday evening (Wednesday 29 May 2013) Mark Levin took a call just before the end of show that contained a great comment by The Great One. His caller was talking about Benghazi and the other Obama scandals, and was criticizing John Boehner for not appointing a special prosecutor. Mark Levin corrected him immediately: "No, no... he can't appoint a special prosecutor. He can call for one, but [the problem is] he's not appointing a special investigative committee." The caller then went on to say he thought the reason for the low-energy responses of the House Republicans had to do with...