News 2008-07-25 Andanh.com

If we build it, will they come? Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Bigger facility, biggest events

State and city leaders unveiled plans yesterday to tear down the aging 1st Mariner Arena and replace it with a new venue big enough to attract a professional basketball or hockey team to Baltimore - an idea that drew a skeptical response from the sports world.

Currie got over $200,000 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Papers show 5 years of payments from Shoppers

Papers show 5 years of payments from Shoppers

Mugging victim, 82, testifies about attack Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Woman narrates video of assault

An 82-year-old woman, a victim of a vicious mugging outside a Baltimore fast-food restaurant last year, took the stand against her alleged assailant in city Circuit Court yesterday, narrated surveillance video that captured a portion of the attack and displayed graphic photos of her wounds to jurors.

Girl who put baby in trash released Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Judge deems teen rehabilitated after 8 months in facility

An Anne Arundel County teenager who was sentenced last year to a juvenile detention facility for throwing her newborn baby in the trash was ordered released yesterday after serving eight months for the baby's death.

A step back in hopes of a leap forward Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Officials say losing arena now will pay off later

No rumbling monster trucks crushing junkyard cars. No throngs of tweens screaming as Hannah Montana takes the stage. And no elephants stomping down Pratt Street in the springtime.

Girls measuring up in math Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Stereotypes aside, study of millions of students shows no gender gap

Sixteen years after Barbie dolls declared, "Math class is tough!" girls are proving that when it comes to math they are just as tough as boys.

A fire 'family' holds reunion Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Firehouse Expo celebrates 25th year

Ken Menke III, president of PowerArc Inc. demonstrates his company's flashing light systems at the Firehouse Expo, which has drawn some 16,000 firefighters from around the country and the world. The Expo at the Baltimore Convention Center is celebrating its 25th year.

Quit thinking small, people of Baltimore Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
A s for the nattering negativists who will surely say this is a dumb idea, that it will never work, that Baltimore will never get this and never get that - well, blah, blah, blah. We've heard it all before. Mr. Grumpy-Gills really should treat himself to the big picture sometime. I know. It's hard. You've grown accustomed to thinking weenie and being cynical. After all, that's part of our national culture, and the condition has long been acute here in Baltimore, where the only thing we've had to "celebrate" lately was the Orioles' win in the World Series - 25 years ago.

A fan seeks to retrieve lost time Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
S omeone told me once that the two most evocative things, the two things that could hurtle him back to a place and time, were scents and songs.

Juveniles trade jail for promise of jobs Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
11 graduates look to work in construction

When he arrived at Victor Cullen Academy in Western Maryland five months ago, Timothy Goode was a juvenile delinquent from Baltimore, an unemployed father who was headed deeper into trouble. Today, the 18-year-old will leave the facility with a job in construction "for as long as he wants it," his new employer said.

Nonprofit pays fine for illegal work Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Red-faced foundation found tenant violating bay laws it instigated

The bulldozing and tree-clearing occurred on environmentally sensitive soil about a hundred yards from the Chesapeake Bay - the kind of violation the Chesapeake Bay Foundation is accustomed to reporting.

How much should you tip? Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
I t's easier than you think to drop $70,000 on dinner for two at the Center Club.

Alumni house opens to the disabled Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Adm. Jerome Smith was never able to bring his wife, who uses a wheelchair, to events at the Naval Academy's alumni house. Jill Smith couldn't get up the stairs at the historic mansion, known as Ogle Hall. Even if she could, her chair wouldn't fit through doorways.

Sewage spills into Glen Burnie waterway Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:27:00 -0400
Power lost at pumping station during yesterday's rainstorm

Twenty-five thousand gallons of raw sewage have spilled into a Glen Burnie waterway, prompting the Anne Arundel County Department of Health today to close Furnace Creek and urge people to stay away from it.

Balto. Co. to pay fine on fuel tanks Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Settlement with EPA calls for $28,968 penalty, upgrade

Baltimore County has agreed to pay a fine to settle allegations that officials didn't report a potential leak from an underground diesel fuel tank and didn't properly check and upgrade underground fuel storage tanks at 13 county facilities, authorities said yesterday.

Teen pleads guilty in killing Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
A 19-year-old who took part in a fatal attack on a Dundalk teen in January pleaded guilty yesterday in Baltimore County Circuit Court to assault and conspiracy charges.

Man pleads guilty in fatal attack on Dundalk teen Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:31:00 -0400
A 19-year-old man who took part in a fatal attack on a Dundalk teen in January pleaded guilty today in Baltimore County Circuit Court to assault and conspiracy charges.

Cause of fatal I-83 accident could be weeks away Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
It will probably take weeks to determine what caused the car crash that killed a 25-year-old man and his 2-month-old son on Interstate 83 early Tuesday, a Maryland State Police spokesman said yesterday.

Man living in Towson charged in overseas theft Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
A 20-year-old man living in Towson was ordered detained yesterday on charges that he was involved in a bank robbery and shooting last summer in the British Virgin Islands.

Growth, land-use forums set Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is co-sponsoring two forums on growth and land-use issues in Frederick and Harford counties next week.

A career in helping and housing Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Columbia Housing Corp. leader is stepping down after two decades

Carole MacPhee started her career as an emergency response volunteer helping house needy people in 1972 after the flooding caused by Tropical Storm Agnes in her hometown of Wilkes Barre, Pa.

An expanding menu of courses at HCC Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Adult education runs from fundamental to fun

Interested in learning how to promote your business through blogging? How about becoming an improv comedian, protecting yourself from street crime or improving your memory?

10-year term for child porn Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
The U.S. attorney's office says a Columbia man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for possesion of child pornography.

Correction Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
In an article in the Howard County section of The Sun on Wednesday, the name of Caitlin McGing was misspelled.

Harmony watchword at concerts Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
County police, fire and rescue employees work together for safety at Merriweather events

Ever wonder what goes into preparing security for a big show at Merriweather Post Pavilion?

Tower opponents win first victory Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Ruling offers chance to argue against 23-story building in Columbia before county board

Opponents of a proposed 23-story tower in Columbia have won their first legal victory in more than two years with a decision by Maryland's second-highest court that could give them a chance to argue their case before the county appeals board.

Arc group home starts from scratch Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Contractors, suppliers donate labor, materials toward new residence for disabled

The startling crunching and cracking sounds that reverberated through a neighborhood near Oakland Mills High School a couple of hours after daybreak yesterday gave way in the afternoon to duller thumps and thuds that are expected to continue today.

Students exchange cultures Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Howard Neighbors

W hen it comes to immersing themselves in another culture, exchange students from Howard County don't fool around.

Columbia man gets 10 years on child porn charges Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:54:00 -0400
A Columbia man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for posession of child pornography, the U.S. Attorney's office said.

Body found in river has been identified Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
The body found in the Patapsco River near Ellicott City on Sunday has been identified as Margarito R. Yglecias of Silver Spring, police said yesterday.

Osiris stem cell line sale OK'd Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Osiris Therapeutics' shareholders approved yesterday the sale of the stem cell drugmaker's only product line, a bone-regeneration treatment called Osteocel, in a transaction worth up to $137 million, which will be used for the company's next generation of drugs.

Anti-AIDS package passes in House Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Bush is expected to sign five-year, $48 billion bipartisan bill to fight HIV, TB, malaria worldwide

The House voted yesterday to triple money to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis worldwide, giving new life and punch to a program credited with saving or prolonging millions of lives in Africa alone.

Hopkins professor McKusick, 'father of medical genetics,' dies at 86 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Johns Hopkins professor McKusick explored inherited diseases

Dr. Victor A. McKusick, a Johns Hopkins professor who pioneered the study of medical genetics and spent his career exploring how patients' genes predisposed them to medical disorders, died of cancer Tuesday at his home in Towson. He was 86.

Expert advice: Jellyfish stings Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Expert advice

Yuck! Jellyfish, the squishy bane of the late-summer swimmer, are back again. Although few people have severe reactions to jellyfish stings, those who encounter the creatures are unlikely to forget the meeting soon, says Dr. Roy Cragway, an urgent care physician at Atlantic ImmediCare in Ocean City.

Gamer making a career of it Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Student develops games, gets Microsoft's attention

UMBC student Paul Oliver, 24, talks about Legendary Studios, a gaming company he started that builds creative, nonviolent games. Oliver's affiliation with Microsoft encouraged the company to donate money to the college for an Xbox 360 lab.

Lucy Mae Green, 81 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Social Security worker

Lucy Mae Green, a retired Social Security Administration worker and former seamstress, died of cancer Sunday at Season's Hospice in Randallstown. The West Baltimore resident was 81.

John W. Wenger, 80 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Printing estimator

John Walter Wenger, a retired printing estimator, died of a heart attack Tuesday at his Severna Park home. He was 80.

Felix Kestenberg Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Age 86 A native of Poland, he survived eight concentration camps and two death marches during World War II.

F elix Kestenberg, who survived eight concentration camps and two death marches during World War II, died Tuesday of a stroke at Sinai Hospital. The Mount Washington resident was 86.

Michael T. Garrison II Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Age 31 Construction worker

Michael Thomas Garrison II, a construction worker and superintendent, died of undetermined causes Sunday at his sister's Wilkes Barre, Pa., home. The Rosedale resident was 31.

Currie was paid $207,000 by grocery chain, records show Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:04:00 -0400
State Sen. Ulysses Currie, whose work for Shoppers Food Warehouse is being investigated by the FBI's public corruption squad, was paid more than $200,000 by the regional grocery chain over five years, according to documents unsealed Thursday.

Predicting long delays at polls, group urges paper ballots in Nov. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
A group that has protested the state's use of electronic voting machines is advocating the use of paper ballots in the November presidential election in case of long lines at state polls.

Teenager hit by tractor-trailer dies Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
A teenager died yesterday afternoon at a hospital shortly after he was struck by a tractor-trailer while riding a dirt bike on a street in the Mount Winans community in Southwest Baltimore, authorities said.

MTA apologizes for poor service Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Agency chief e-mails MARC customers about delays, promises 'corrective steps'

Paul J. Wiedefeld, head of the Maryland Transit Administration, offered beleaguered MARC train commuters an apology and explanations yesterday for what he called six weeks of service "far below what customers expect or deserve."

City warns of traffic backups during viewing for 'K-Swift' Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:32:00 -0400
Thousands of fans are expected to attend a viewing this afternoon for Khia "K-Swift" Edgerton, a Baltimore Club DJ who died earlier this week, and drivers should expect delays in the city.

Power outage delays trains in Northeast Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Thousands of evening commuters and rail travelers in the Northeast were delayed yesterday after train service was shut down for more than an hour by a power problem.

Suicide bomb kills 8 in Iraq Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Woman attacks near pro-U.S. Sunni Arab fighters

A female suicide bomber blew herself up near U.S.-allied Sunni Arab fighters walking in a crowded area of Baqouba, killing at least eight of the guards and wounding 24 other people last night, police said.

July 24, 2008 High winds and rain lash the region Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:52:00 -0400
Storms hit the Baltimore area with a one-two punch yesterday afternoon and evening, pummeling the area with heavy rain and high winds about 4 p.m., then following up with a second downpour about five hours later.

Police Blotter Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes from police reports in Baltimore and Baltimore County.

Under Armour in public eye Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Product placement key part of sales strategy

Detectives in the HBO crime series The Wire go after bad guys in Baltimore wearing shirts and tactical gear made by Under Armour. The thugs in the television show wear hats and hoodie sweat shirts manufactured by the sportswear company.

Canton pavilions proposed Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Target, grocer Harris Teeter might be anchor tenants

The Main Street-style shopping center planned for a former oil refinery site in the Canton Crossing mixed-use development - likely to be anchored by Target and grocer Harris Teeter - will include two large waterfront pavilions for shops and offices.

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