The Daily Record (Baltimore) back issues from September 2007:
Commentary: It's a Gimme: Tips on fixing your aim in golf
Sep 01, 2007; ... If you're having trouble hitting the ball consistently where you"think" you are aiming, but have tried fixing your alignment andswing to no avail, try to keep it simple and just pick a spot. Too often golfers just aim at the green or just aim at the flag.That won't cut it. You need ...
Commentary: Your Money: Some advice for those who have delayed saving for retirement
Sep 01, 2007; ... If you are someone who hasn't made regular contributions to your401(k) plan or been investing in an IRA since you were 23, then youmay find you are approaching retirement feeling financiallyunprepared. With so many other financial obligations - college tuition, healthcare costs, ...
Place to Be
Sep 01, 2007; ... Ongoing The Severna Park Farmers' Market will remain open every Saturdayuntil Oct. 27. The market will carry annuals and perennials, herbs,jams, jellies, baked goods, cheese and spring greens. The market islocated at Ritchie Highway (Route 2) and Jones Station Road ....
Commentary: Sailing in Maryland
Sep 01, 2007; ... "Most of the sailing in Maryland is done on the Chesapeake Bay andis focused around Annapolis, although there is boating and sailing onDeep Creek Lake, and there are races on the Susquehanna Flats nearHavre de Grace," says Connie Yingling, public relations coordinatorfor the Maryland ...
News Summary
Sep 04, 2007 ... Former Maryland star Baxter sentenced in gun case GREENBELT -- A federal judge on Friday sentenced former Universityof Maryland basketball star Lonny Baxter to 60 days in prison forillegally shipping firearms. The decision could affect Baxter's upcoming season with a ...
Wrap for 'The Wire' means end for jobs in Maryland film industry
Sep 04, 2007; ... The ending of HBO's television drama "The Wire" could mean the endof the line for nearly 100 crew members, who will soon be out of workin an industry facing troubles in Maryland. Shooting for the final season of "The Wire," largely filmed in awarehouse-turned-studio off Snowden ...
Maryland attorney Stephen L. Snyder looking for billion dollar lawsuit
Sep 04, 2007; ... Strolling around the board room at the law firm of Snyder Slutkin& Snyder, Stephen L. Snyder stops at one plaque in particular topoint out a framed accolade. The homage is like most of the othersthat line the room's walls -- either an award dedicated to him or anews feature about ...
Quotes of the Week
Sep 04, 2007 ... "How do you justify a $10 million security budget when nothinghappened last year?" -- Mark Rasch, with Baltimore-based FTI Consulting Inc.,commenting on the data breach at Monster.com. "He would have been better lying in the street." - Jean Clancy, mother of the late ...
On the Docket in Maryland: September 4, 2007
Sep 04, 2007 ... COURTS Maryland Court of Appeals: Criminal Procedure, Good faithexception to warrant requirement: Although warrant-issuing judgelacked substantial basis for finding probable cause to support searchwarrant, warrant was not so facially deficient that the executingofficers could not ...
U.S. Attorney hopes settlement with Potomac cardiologis sets a trend
Sep 04, 2007; ... A Potomac cardiologist continues to deny allegations that he filedfalse claims for services with Medicare and the Federal EmployeesHealth Benefit Program, but agreed to pay the government $476,000 ina settlement agreement reached late last month. Dr. Pradeep Srivastava, with ...
Is filing multiple ADA lawsuits motivated by access or avarice?
Sep 04, 2007; ... Jeri Wasco, who has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair, visiteda Hyattsville shopping center recently and found curb ramps that weretoo steep and no elevators going to the second floor. She filed a federal lawsuit last week against the center's owners.It was, in fact, one of four ...
Maryland Court of Appeals to tackle various issues during 2007 term
Sep 04, 2007; ... If a woman consents to sexual intercourse but says no once the acthas begun, can her partner be charged with rape if he continues? Should a powerful lobbyist be fined and suspended for writing acontingency-fee arrangement into one of his contracts? May a builder construct a ...
My First/Lessons: Maryland attorney discusses son's open-heart surgery
Sep 04, 2007; ... When Craig J. Little was asked to talk about a "first" that taughthim a lesson, he answered immediately. First open-heart surgery, the Towson family law practitioner said. Not his own, he quickly clarified: his teenage son's. Geoffrey Lyne Little was born with a ...
Maryland law firms announce staffing changes: September 4, 2007
Sep 04, 2007; ... Miles & Stockbridge P.C. announced that Joseph P. Ward has joinedthe firm as an associate in the firm's life sciences, biotechnologyand pharmaceutical practice group. Ward, who represents businesses ina variety of corporate and securities matters, also brings asignificant amount of ...
Week in Review - Legal Edition
Sep 04, 2007 ... Money-throwing lawsuit A Fort Washington teenager has filed suit against rapper Lil'Wayne and his record and touring companies, alleging they are toblame for the injuries she suffered at a Baltimore concert lastOctober. Tyrique Layne, then a 17-year-old college freshman, ...
Commentary: Of Service: Mid-Shore Pro Bono Project boasts 75% participation from private bar
Sep 04, 2007; ... On the Eastern Shore, the legal profession harks back to anearlier era: Neighbors know their neighbors and lawyers are seen ascommunity leaders. That sense of community helps explain why the Mid-Shore Pro BonoProject, a five-county pro bono referral service, boasts a 75 ...
Interrogatory
Sep 04, 2007 ... "Every time I was in Annapolis -- usually two times a week -- I'dalways have a cup of coffee with Ted and we'd discuss all kinds ofthings. He was really a wonderful person to have a conversation withbecause he's a fellow who was interested in so many things.Literature, art, Gilbert and ...
Attorney's lien survived client's bankruptcy in Maryland Court of Appeals ruling
Sep 04, 2007; ... Bethesda lawyer Fred S. Sommer won his wage case against a formerclient in the state's top court last week, but the victory may makelittle difference in the amount of money he ultimately receives forhis services. Sommer represented Lori D. Rhoads in an employment ...
News Summary
Sep 06, 2007 ... Fair attendance up Final attendance figures show more than 417,000 people turned outfor this year's Maryland State Fair, which is up sharply from the344,000 who attended last year. Fair organizers say the sunny LaborDay weekend helped boost this year's numbers. Rain held down ...
Attendance up at Maryland State Fair
Sep 06, 2007 ... Final attendance figures show more than 417,000 people turned outfor this year's Maryland State Fair, which is up sharply from the344,000 who attended last year. Fair organizers ...
Linthicum Heights-based Foundation Coal Holdings Inc. invests
Sep 06, 2007 ... Foundation Coal Holdings Inc. announced the completion andcommissioning of a new $38.5 million strategic equipment investment,consisting of a near-pit crusher and overland coal belt conveyorsystem that are expected to produce many efficiency enhancements. Thenew coal crushing and haulage ...
Fire at Worcester County Developmental Center under investigation
Sep 06, 2007 ... The Worcester County Fire Marshal's Office is investigating a fireat the Worcester County Developmental Center located at 8545 NewarkRd. in Newark, Md. The facility was used to create opportunities forindividuals with developmental challenges, serving adults ...
Asti's lawyer to Maryland Stadium Authority says deal is enforceable
Sep 06, 2007; ... Alison Asti's contract as executive director of the MarylandStadium Authority is enforceable and must be honored, according to aletter hand-delivered Wednesday to the MSA's chairman. The letter, written to Frederick W. Puddester by Andrew D. Levy ofBrown, Goldstein & Levy LLP in ...
Perryville High School officials defend inspection
Sep 06, 2007 ... School officials in Cecil County are defending their inspectionlast Thursday of a bookbag that turned out to contain a porcelaindoll. The bag was found unattended at Perryville High School. Asheriff's deputy who looked in the bag saw ceramics wrapped innewspaper, and fire marshals were ...
Worcester County tax assessment office grants Ocean City boardwalk company
Sep 06, 2007 ... The Worcester County tax assessment office has granted some taxrelief to the family that owns Trimper Rides and Amusements on theOcean City boardwalk. Trimper family attorney Joe Harrison tells The(Salisbury) Daily Times an appeal of tax assessments has resulted insubstantial reductions ...
Death prompts change in procedures in Maryland prisons
Sep 06, 2007 ... Security procedures in Maryland prisons have been changed inresponse to last year's death of an inmate Richard W. Spicknall II,who was strangled in a shower at the Jessup Correctional Institution,corrections officials said. Spicknall was serving a life sentence forthe murder of ...
Baltimore-based Provident inks GE to manage its MasterCard
Sep 06, 2007; ... Provident Bank announced a new credit card management deal Tuesdaywith GE Money that will provide customers with new features like arewards program, but will require current bank MasterCard holders toreapply for a new card. GE Money took over management of the Provident Bank ...
Baltimore Ravens All-Pro quarterback Steve McNair ads for AirTran
Sep 06, 2007 ... AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings Inc., announcedthat Baltimore Ravens All-Pro quarterback Steve McNair has become apitchman for the company. McNair will be featured in radio spots andon billboards across the ...
Baltimore-based ZapThink LLC acquires The Linthicum Group LLC
Sep 06, 2007 ... ZapThink LLC, an advisory firm focused on service-orientedarchitecture and headquartered in Baltimore, has acquired TheLinthicum Group LLC, an SOA consulting firm. The combined entity willserve over 600 customers and an audience of over 100,000. Founded inOctober 2000, ZapThink is an IT ...
Germantown-based Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp. receives order
Sep 06, 2007 ... Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp., the Germantown-based subsidiary ofComtech Telecommunications Corp., has received an order totaling$53.3 million under its IDIQ (indefinite delivery/indefinitequantity) contract with the U.S. Army Communications ElectronicsCommand. This is the first order ...
Voelkel joins Glen Dale-based TVI Corp.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Glen Dale-based TVI Corp., a global supplier of first receiver andfirst responder products and provider of event shelter and equipmentrentals, has named Sherri S. Voelkel, 44, as senior vice president,chief financial officer and treasurer. Voelkel joined TVI in February2006 as the ...
Building owner sues Takoma Park for $25M
Sep 06, 2007; ... The owner of a Takoma Park apartment building has filed suitagainst the city, claiming its rent stabilization policies violatethe state and federal constitutions. Park Ritchie LLC, a Southern Management Corp. venture operating asPark Ritchie Apartments, claims the building is ...
Maryland Legal Briefs: September 4, 2007
Sep 04, 2007; ... MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS Criminal Procedure, Good faith exception to warrant requirement:Although warrant-issuing judge lacked substantial basis for findingprobable cause to support search warrant, warrant was not so faciallydeficient that the executing officers could not ...
Maryland Legal Opinions: September 4, 2007
Sep 04, 2007; ... Maryland Court of Appeals Criminal Procedure Good faith exception to warrant requirement BOTTOM LINE: Although warrant-issuing judge lacked substantialbasis for finding probable cause to support search warrant, warrantwas not so facially deficient that the executing ...
Debtor who claimed dementia gets second chance, 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rules
Sep 04, 2007; ... A man who claimed dementia caused him to submit contradictorytestimony at his bankruptcy proceedings is entitled to his day incourt, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has held. Three months after Elwood Dean French filed for relief in October2002, Mercantile Peninsula Bank, a ...
News Summary
Sep 05, 2007 ... Westside proposal The Baltimore Development Corp. is reviewing a proposal for thelast undeveloped tract in the city's westside superblockredevelopment area. American National LLC is proposing the buildingof 152 apartments, a parking garage, commercial offices and groundlevel ...
Big changes brewing in Md.
Sep 05, 2007; ... Best known for his Wharf Rat pubs in Fells Point and near OriolePark at Camden Yards, Bill Oliver is now looking to get the craft-brewed Oliver Ales they serve into bottles and onto store shelves. After brewing beer onsite in the basement of the 107-year-oldbuilding on West Pratt ...
Maryland attorney general's office says pact can be broken
Sep 05, 2007; ... The Maryland attorney general's office has issued a memorandumexplicitly laying out reasons to invalidate a clause in the contractthat would allow Alison Asti to keep her job as general counsel ofthe Maryland Stadium Authority even if she is fired as its executivedirector. Two ...
Baltimore Development Corp. reviews proposal
Sep 05, 2007 ... The Baltimore Development Corp. is reviewing a proposal for thelast undeveloped tract in the city's westside superblockredevelopment area. American National LLC is proposing the buildingof 152 apartments, a parking garage, ...
Baltimore-based Prometric awarded contract
Sep 05, 2007 ... Prometric, a Baltimore-based provider of technology-enabledtesting and assessment services, announced that the South CarolinaDepartment of Insurance has signed a new contract for the developmentand delivery of its insurance licensing exams and its continuingeducation services. The new, ...
University of Md. Medical System Corp. sues over elevator defect
Sep 05, 2007; ... The University of Maryland Medical System Corp. is seeking $3.6million in damages for a "catastrophic mechanical failure" that keptsix elevators grounded for three weeks in August 2004. According to the suit filed in Baltimore City Circuit Court, theculprit was a latent defect in ...
Md. Attorney General Gansler charges man with with tree-cutting
Sep 05, 2007 ... A man accused of cutting down trees near a protected wetlands inEaston has been charged with illegal logging, a misdemeanor. Charles Peterson is accused of violating the state's nontidalwetlands and sediment control laws over three months ...
Delaware investigating DuPont spill
Sep 05, 2007 ... A DuPont pigment plant remains closed following a leak that dumpedacid into the Delaware river. The Coast Guard contacted the Delaware Department of NaturalResources and Environmental Control after the spill Sunday night. DuPont spokesman Bob Nelson says a one-by-three inch ...
Pepper spray causes death of Bel Air man
Sep 05, 2007 ... State police say a Bel Air man died minutes after troopers usedpepper spray to subdue him after a loud, threatening rant outside hishome. Police say 47-year-old David Matarazzo had been on his porch,holding a rock, waving a metal chair and yelling threats on the livesof his ...
Columbia-based DP Solutions' accepted as member of national network
Sep 05, 2007 ... DP Solutions, based in Columbia, has been accepted as a memberinto Ingram Micro's VentureTech Network (VTN). VTN is a NorthAmerican organization of professional independent IT firms that focuson providing services to small and medium-sized businesses. Thisnetwork prides itself on the ...
Baltimore-based Fidelis Mortgage signs media agreement
Sep 05, 2007 ... Attempting to expand their already-growing image as the pros inthe reverse mortgage industry, Baltimore-based Fidelis Mortgagerecently signed an agreement with Radio Advantage in Dallas,representing broadcasting legend Pat Summerall. Summerall, ...
$25M capital campaign started for new athletic complex at North Baltimore campus
Sep 05, 2007 ... The Roland Park Country School Board of Trustees and PresidentJeffrey H. Seibert have announced a $25 million capital campaign tobuild a new athletic complex on the school's North Baltimore campus.School officials report that early commitments now total just over$14 million, including an ...
Baltimore-based Vitamin adds GWWO Inc./Architects
Sep 05, 2007 ... Vitamin, a Baltimore-based boutique design and marketing firm, hasadded GWWO Inc./Architects to its roster of architecture,engineering, construction and commercial real estate clients. Therelationship with GWWO comes on the heels of Vitamin's Juneannouncement regarding an exclusive ...
Baltimore Regional Employer Awards inaugural recipients to be honored
Sep 05, 2007 ... The inaugural recipients of the Baltimore Regional Employer Awardsare set to be honored on September 17 at Martin's West. The awardsare presented to area businesses that exemplify innovative approachesto work force development. Winners were selected from nominationsreceived in five ...
Bethesda-based Case Design Remodeling Inc. goes green
Sep 05, 2007 ... Bethesda-based Case Design Remodeling Inc., the nation's largestfull-service remodeling organization, unveiled a new initiativedesigned to provide consumers with a better understanding of greenremodeling in the home. "A Balanced Approach to Green" focuses oneducating consumers on the ...
Bethesda-based Washington Property expands
Sep 05, 2007 ... Washington Property Co., located in Bethesda, continues to makeits mark in Silver Spring, with the recent refinancing of 8616Cameron St. (now occupied by L.A. Fitness) as well as plans for a new16-story, luxury apartment complex at 1050 Ripley St. In ...
La Plata-based Conmed Healthcare Management Inc. goes West
Sep 05, 2007 ... Conmed Healthcare Management Inc., a La Plata-based provider ofcorrectional facility health care services, announced it has reacheda five-year medical service agreement with Kitsap County, Wash.,generating approximately $977,000 per year or $4.9 million in totalrevenue over the entire ...
Baltimore-based GSE Systems Inc. awarded $9M contract
Sep 05, 2007 ... Baltimore-based GSE Systems Inc., a global provider of real-timesimulation and training solutions to the energy, process,manufacturing and government sectors, recently was awardedapproximately $9 million in new work for both a new full-scopenuclear simulator in China, as well as ...
Maryland students sought for volunteer awards
Sep 05, 2007 ... Over the past 12 years, Prudential Spirit of Community Awards havebeen given to more than 1,500 middle and high school students acrossMaryland for helping the less fortunate, promoting health and safety,protecting the environment, and serving their communities throughmany other volunteer ...
Rockville-based The Zitelman Group invests in LifeBond Ltd.
Sep 06, 2007 ... The Zitelman Group, based in Rockville, has invested $575,000 inLifeBond Ltd. as part of a total $1.5 million investment by a groupof private investors, led by GlenRock Israel. The capital will beused to conduct preclinical feasibility studies of the company'sbandaging product and to ...
Germantown-based Telkonet Inc. announces energy saver
Sep 06, 2007 ... Telkonet Inc., a Germantown-based technology solutions providerfor broadband networking, end-to-end service support and energymanagement, announced the implementation of several significantenergy management projects with major USA-based automation andcontrol solutions companies for an ...
Reis joins Lanham-based Merkle
Sep 06, 2007 ... Lanham-based Merkle, one of the nation's largest databasemarketing agencies, has appointed Jason Reis as senior vice presidentand general counsel. Reis is Merkle's first in-house general legalcounsel. He brings to the position over 13 years of ...
Worcester County tax assessment office gives tax breaks
Sep 06, 2007 ... The Worcester County tax assessment office granted some tax reliefto the family that owns Trimper Rides and Amusements on the OceanCity boardwalk. Trimper family attorney Joe Harrison said an appealhas resulted in substantial reductions for some parts of the familyproperties, but smaller ...
Bethesda-based Washington Property expands
Sep 06, 2007 ... Washington Property Co., located in Bethesda, continues to makeits mark in Silver Spring, with the recent refinancing of 8616Cameron St. (now occupied by L.A. Fitness) as well as plans for a 16-story luxury apartment complex at 1050 Ripley St. In addition, ...
ArcelorMittal says DOJ approves deal to sell Sparrows Point in Baltimore City
Sep 06, 2007; ... The international group of investors planning to buy the SparrowsPoint steel plant in Baltimore County cleared a major hurdleWednesday, winning U.S. Department of Justice approval for the deal. The group, led by Chicago-based Esmark Inc., said that thedepartment had approved the ...
La Plata-based Conmed Healthcare Management Inc. goes West
Sep 06, 2007 ... Conmed Healthcare Management Inc., a La Plata-based provider ofcorrectional facility health care services, announced it has reacheda five-year medical service agreement with Kitsap County, Wash.,generating approximately $977,000 per year, or $4.9 million over theentire contract period ....
Documenting problem around the collapse of subprime mortgage lending industry
Sep 06, 2007; ... In the constant stream of coverage around the collapse of thesubprime mortgage lending industry, commentators have often pointedto low or no-documentation mortgage loans as an example ofdeteriorating credit standards that led to the fall. And though industry experts acknowledge ...
Commentary: The Pursuit of Justice
Sep 07, 2007; ... "The responsibility for determining whether the death penaltyshould be imposed rests with you and you alone, and you must act withdue regard for the consequences of your decision." These words, if spoken in another context or with reference to anysubject other than directing the ...
Letters to the Editor
Sep 07, 2007 ... The Sept. 3 article announcing the approval of an engineeringprogram for the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES)inaccurately views Morgan State University's appeal for betterfunding of existing public engineering programs as opposition to theUMES program. That view is at ...
Jeff Taylor with Columbia MedCom Group named one of the "100 Most Inspiring People"
Sep 07, 2007; ... Columbia MedCom Group is proud to announce that Jeff Taylor, chieffinancial officer and vice president of operations, has beenrecognized as one of the "100 Most Inspiring People" in PharmaVOICEJournal. Encouraged by ...