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Five hurt in knife attack at mall

COCKEYSVILLE, Maryland — Police in Maryland said five people at an outdoor shopping mall were stabbed before officers shot and killed a suspect Saturday afternoon.

The Baltimore County Police Department said the victims were rushed from the Hunt Valley Towne Centre to hospitals, but they didn’t appear to suffer life-threatening wounds. The shopping center is in Cockeysville, 15 miles north of Baltimore.

Coast Guard rescues five from boat

NAPLES, Florida — The U.S. Coast Guard has rescued five people from a boat that became disabled off the coast of Florida.

The Coast Guard said in a news release Saturday that officials received a report after midnight that the 24-foot boat and its occupants had not arrived as expected at a fishing spot in the Gulf of Mexico.

The five where found by an Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew safe aboard the boat, which had mechanical failure and no marine radio.

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