The Daily Record (Baltimore) back issues from May 2008:
Baltimore County Circuit Court judge appoints receiver for local Damon's Grill restaurants
May 01, 2008; ... The operator of four local Damon's Grill restaurants was placedin receivership Monday and ordered to sell ownership of itssubsidiaries for not repaying a $700,000 loan it received from aTimonium investment firm in 2001. Judge Mickey J. Norman issued a charging order and orders ...
News Summary - 5/01
May 01, 2008 ... BCSB sees profitable quarter BCSB Bancorp Inc., the holding company for Baltimore CountySavings Bank, reported net income for its fiscal second quarter, ended March 31, of $55,000, or 2 cents per diluted share, comparedto a net loss of $2.98 million, or 97 cents per diluted share, ...
Baltimore Mariners indoor football team working to build a fan base
May 01, 2008; ... John Morris grew up cheering on the old Baltimore Colts. He's a"football guy" in every sense of the word. But he's also the firstto say a love for the game doesn't qualify just anyone to run afootball team. "You've got to have a passion for the sport but you also have tohave a ...
Standalone: Pride II returns to Baltimore
May 01, 2008; ... Armand Hitchings, top, and Shevawn Innes put the sail awayon topof the mast of the Pride of Baltimore II at the Inner Harbor. Theship, a reproduction of an 1812-era Baltimore Clipper topsailschooner ...
CareFirst CEO's pay reviewed by Maryland Insurance Commission
May 01, 2008; ... The $18 million severance package for CareFirst Inc.'s former CEOwould have increased slightly if his annual bonus were based on thecompany's performance rather than a target goal, a compensationconsultant testified Wednesday. William L. Jews was granted an annual incentive plan ...
USEC of Bethesda reports drop in profit
May 01, 2008 ... USEC Inc., of Bethesda, a global energy company that suppliesenriched uranium fuel for commercial nuclear power plants, said itsfirst-quarter profit fell because of expected declines in processingvolumes and a one-time gain last year. Net income dropped to $4.4million, or 4 cents per ...
Holding company for Baltimore County Savings Bank sees profitable quarter
May 01, 2008 ... BCSB Bancorp Inc., the holding company for Baltimore CountySavings Bank, reported net income for its fiscal second quarter, ended March 31, of $55,000, or 2 cents per diluted share, comparedto a net loss of $2.98 million, or 97 cents per diluted share, forthe corresponding period in ...
Tessco Technologies Inc. of Hunt Valley reports profit up slightly
May 01, 2008 ... Tessco Technologies Inc., of Hunt Valley, a supplier of wirelesscommunications equipment, reported net income for its fiscal fourthquarter, ended March 30, of $1.7 million, or 32 cents per dilutedshare, versus net income of $1.6 million, or 28 cents per dilutedshare, for the comparable ...
Breakthrough for Bethesda-based Sucampo Pharmaceuticals' drug
May 01, 2008 ... Sucampo Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Bethesda, and TakedaPharmaceutical Co. won U.S. clearance to sell the constipation drugAmitiza to women with irritable bowel syndrome. Amitiza, introducedin April 2006 for chronic idiopathic constipation, becomes the onlymedicine approved by ...
Optelecom-NKF Inc. of Germantown awarded contracts for European work
May 01, 2008 ... Optelecom-NKF Inc., of Germantown, a global supplier of advancedvideo surveillance products, said it was awarded two contractsvalued at more than $1.7 million by Imtech N.V., a Europeantechnical ...
Md. Highway Administration seeks input on future Ocean City bridge
May 01, 2008 ... The State Highway Administration wants to hear from citizensabout where to build a future Ocean City bridge. The project isstill at least 20 years in the future but officials want to decideon the site soon. The options include replacing the ...
Virginia-based energy company proposes change in natural gas project
May 01, 2008 ... A Virginia-based energy company said it is moving the location ofa planned natural-gas compressor station that ran into resistance inthe Middletown area of Frederick County. The Frederick News-Postreported that Richmond-based Dominion Resources Inc. is nowproposing the 11-acre project ...
Conmed Healthcare Management Inc. of Hanover signs three-year, full- service agreement with Douglas County, Ore.
May 01, 2008 ... Conmed Healthcare Management Inc., of Hanover, a provider ofcorrectional facility health care services, announced it has signeda three-year, full-service agreement with Douglas County, Ore.,valued at approximately $800,000 for the first year, with two one-year renewal periods, for an ...
Baltimore County denies bail for man held on fireworks charges
May 01, 2008 ... A Baltimore County prosecutor says bail was denied for a mancharged with creating mysterious middle-of-the-night blasts andflashes of light that puzzled residents for months. Frederick LeeMackler, 59, is facing charges of possession of fireworks without apermit, reckless endangerment and ...
DPR Group Inc. of Germantown selected by Owings Mills-based Chesapeake System Solutions Inc.
May 01, 2008 ... DPR Group Inc., of Germantown, a full-service public relationsand marketing support agency targeting technology companies,announced that it has been selected by Owings ...
Fired University of Mary Washington president faces DUI charge
May 01, 2008 ... Ousted University of Mary Washington President William Frawleyfaces new drunken-driving charges after police in Chevy Chasediscovered him asleep in his car, which was still running, and foundopen bottles of alcohol inside. Police charged Frawley with drivingunder the influence of ...
Former chairman of Queen Anne's County Fire and EMS Commission sentenced to 18 months in jail
May 01, 2008 ... The former chairman of the Queen Anne's County Fire and EMSCommission has been ordered to serve 18 months in jail for the theftof more than $155,000 in county funds. Ted Jackson, 40, ofCentreville was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty to twocounts of felony theft. In exchange for ...
Commentary: The Pursuit of Justice
May 02, 2008; ... How would the remaining candidates for president govern ifelected? As I have emphasized in previous columns, this is thethreshold and clearly the most important question we should answerbefore we decide who should be the next "Leader of The Free World." Our first inquiry -- and in ...
On the Move
May 02, 2008 ... ARCHITECTURE The board of directors of GWWO Inc./Architects has named Paul L.Hume and Mark A. Lapointe AIA principals of the Baltimore-basedarchitectural firm. Both have been with the firm for more than adecade. Hume joined GWWO in 1993 and became a member of themanagement team ...
Commentary: Tech Talk: Emoticons -- the beginning of a new language or the latest fad?
May 02, 2008; ... "OMG, I was ROFL!" If this statement ("Oh my God, I was rolling on the floorlaughing") brings a sense of bewilderment, it may be time to updateyour emoticon vocabulary. Emoticons are commonly associated with thecommunication that takes place between younger generations ...
Commentary: The Negotiating Table: Why mediators should avoid the temptation to give advice
May 02, 2008; ... Mediators are to facilitate dialogue and assist with qualitydecision making. Transformative mediators have, as one of theirrules, a strong belief against being directive toward the partiesduring mediation. But directive advice given in mediation orelsewhere can often be good advice, so ...
Ex-CareFirst CEO stood to make more in for-profit world
May 02, 2008; ... If CareFirst Inc. had operated as a for-profit insurer, itsformer CEO could have made as much as $13.6 million instead of $2.4million in direct compensation, a salary and benefits consultanttestified Thursday. "It would be a shortfall of about $11 million in the ...
Week in Review
May 02, 2008 ... Constellation's net falls Constellation Energy Group Inc., the biggest U.S. power marketer,said first-quarter profit fell 26 percent as sales declined and fuelcosts rose. Net income dropped to $145.7 million, or 81 cents ashare, from $195.7 million, or $1.07 per share, a year ...
News Summary - 5/02
May 02, 2008 ... $1.28M gift to Friends School The Friends School of Baltimore announced the creation of ThePaul Steven and Margaret Hagan Strasburg Scholarship Endowment Fund,established with a $1.28 million donation, the largest gift in its224-year history. The fund will provide full scholarships ...
Baltimore lawyers help seniors put wishes in writing
May 02, 2008; ... Shirley Neale viewed filling out an advance directive yesterdayat the Bykota Senior Center in Towson as necessary bookkeeping,despite being of sound mind and body. "I'm trying to get my papers in order," said Neale, 68, a Carneyresident. Neale was one of 40 people who took ...
Prometric gets contract to make the Blackberry Certification examinations available worldwide
May 02, 2008 ... Prometric, of Baltimore, a provider of computer-based testing andassessment services, said it was selected by Research in MotionLimited, the manufacturer of the Blackberry wireless device, for anew, exclusive test delivery contract to make the BlackberryCertification examinations ...
Canyon-Johnson Urban Fund secures loan for new residential-retail complex in Washington
May 02, 2008 ... Canyon-Johnson Urban Fund, started by former Los Angeles Lakersbasketball star Earvin ``Magic' Johnson, secured a $53 millionconstruction loan for a residential-retail complex it is developingin Washington. The loan from Citi Community Capital will help fundthe construction of Park ...
W.P. Carey hopes $50M gift benefits Hopkins and Baltimore
May 02, 2008; ... If you ask William Polk Carey, the 77-year-old real estateinvestor with a Baltimore pedigree that stretches back nearly 300years, why he gave Johns Hopkins University $50 million to start astand-alone business school, he'll talk about restoring Baltimore toits Revolutionary War-era ...
New environmental test lab opens in Frederick, Md.
May 02, 2008 ... Washington Laboratories Ltd., in partnership with the FrederickCounty Office of Economic Development, announced the opening of anenvironmental testing lab. The facility provides a range of effectstesting, including temperature, altitude, humidity, vibration ...
Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. announces fluorescent light bulbs sales are up
May 02, 2008 ... Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. announced that more than 1 millioncompact fluorescent light bulbs have been sold at participatingretailers as part of BGE's Smart Energy Savers Program. The companyis promoting use of the CFL bulbs because they are more energyefficient than standard ...
University of Maryland to house new WiMAX lab
May 02, 2008 ... The University of Maryland, College Park will be the home toNorth America's first, and the world's second, laboratory dedicatedto creating applications for WiMAX, a next-generation technology forWeb, phone and other wireless communications, the ...
The Ocean City Town Council rethinks open-container law
May 02, 2008 ... The Ocean City Town Council is scheduled Monday to consider aproposal to decriminalize open container violations. If the measurebecomes law, a violation would no longer be an offense subject toarrest. Instead, violators would ...
Maryland intermediate appellate court upholds hog farmer's conviction
May 02, 2008 ... An intermediate appellate court has upheld the conviction of aCarroll County farmer accused of leaving animal carcasses on hisproperty and neglecting other animals. The Maryland Court of SpecialAppeals affirmed the ruling of a trial judge. Attorneys for Marstonfarmer Carroll Schisler Sr ....
Maryland fortune teller charged with theft
May 02, 2008 ... Delaware State Police say investigators have charged a licensedfortune teller from Hebron in Wicomico County with the theft of morethan $65,000 from an Ocean View, Del., woman. Police say theinvestigation began April 21, when the 57-year-old victim toldpolice she was approached March by ...
Baltimore-based GWWO Inc./Architects names two AIA principals
May 02, 2008 ... The board of directors of GWWO Inc./Architects has named Paul L.Hume and Mark A. Lapointe AIA principals of the Baltimore-basedarchitectural firm. Both have been with the firm for more than adecade. Hume joined GWWO in 1993 and became a member of themanagement team in 1997. Lapointe ...
Maryland banks announce staffing changes: May 2, 2008
May 02, 2008 ... The Columbia Bank has announced the hiring of Sharon Cantrell asvice president of its recently formed Community Business BankingDivision. Cantrell was formerly associate director of financialservices for the Nonprofit Finance Fund in Washington, D.C. Shepreviously worked with The ...
Baltimore Reads Inc. appoints chief executive officer
May 02, 2008 ... Baltimore Reads Inc. has appointed Shirley Bigley LaMotte as itschief executive officer. The board also elected: Dennis B. Mather,Chair; Frances Wright, Secretary/Treasurer; and PatrickSchoenwetter, Executive Committee member. Newly elected boardmembers ...
Maryland universities announce staffing changes: May 2, 2008
May 02, 2008 ... The University Economic Development Association appointed one andelected three new members to its board of directors. The three newmembers are: Christi Bell, director of the Center for EconomicDevelopment at the University of Alaska at Anchorage; DyanBrasington, vice president, economic ...
Maryland Department of Natural Resources selects director
May 02, 2008 ... The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced theselection of Tom O'Connell, a 15-year veteran of the department, toserve as director of the department's Fisheries Service. O'Connellbegan ...
Sanford J. Ungar to serve three-year term on the Public Interest Declassification Board
May 02, 2008 ... Goucher College President Sanford J. Ungar has been selected byU.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, to serve a three-year term on the Public Interest Declassification Board. The boardwas established by Congress to ...
Baltimore health care facilities announce staffing changes: May 2, 2008
May 02, 2008 ... Keswick Multi-Care Center, a long-term care facility in NorthBaltimore, has named Libby Overly director of adult day services. Inthis position, Overly is responsible for the oversight andmanagement of the adult day program, which includes 70 seniorparticipants from the community ....
Maryland marketing firms announce staffing changes: May 2, 2008
May 02, 2008 ... Observation Baltimore announced that Judy Clarke has accepted theposition of operations manager. Her responsibilities includemanaging the entire focus group facility and field servicesdivision, including client proposals and client services. Also,Allisa Rhodes has changed positions from ...
The Arc of Baltimore names Kimberly Diem as the new director of human resources
May 02, 2008 ... The Arc of Baltimore has named Kimberly Diem, a 20-year HRprofessional, as the organization's new director of human resources.Diem will handle recruitment, benefits and compensation,administration, ...
Chima O. Ugah joins Advance Realty Timonium Inc.
May 02, 2008 ... Chima O. Ugah has joined Advance Realty Timonium Inc. Ugahpreviously worked for Equity Realty. He is a member of ...
Maryland technology companies announce staffing changes: May 2, 2008
May 02, 2008 ... Freedom Telecom Services LLC has recently added MichaelChristopher Doane as installation and maintenance supervisor. Doanejoins the staff after eight years as a technical support engineerIII at Fujitsu Network Communications. Previously, he served in theU.S. Army as a multichannel ...
TBB Global Logistics names operations manager for Smokin' Stampede
May 02, 2008 ... TBB Global Logistics has named Vinson Santelmo regionaloperations manager for Smokin' Stampede, the company's truckloadbrokerage unit. Santelmo brings more than 20 years of experienceproviding ...
The Friends School of Baltimore creates new scholarship fund with $1.28M donation
May 02, 2008 ... The Friends School of Baltimore announced the creation of ThePaul Steven and Margaret Hagan Strasburg Scholarship Endowment Fund,established with a $1.28 million donation, the largest gift in its224-year history. The fund will provide full scholarships for twolow-income minority children ...
Md.-based Novavax Inc. celebrates opening of its new vaccine production facility
May 02, 2008 ... Novavax Inc., of Rockville, a drug delivery company developingvaccines to protect against H5N1 pandemic influenza, seasonal fluand other viral diseases, celebrated the opening of a new $5 millionvaccine production facility at the company's headquarters. Thecompany said the ...
United Therapeutics Corp. announces an increase in its first quarter profits
May 02, 2008 ... United Therapeutics Corp., of Silver Spring, a biopharmaceuticalcompany that is developing drugs to treat cardiovascular, infectiousand oncological diseases, reported first-quarter net incomeincreased 55 percent to $11.4 million, or 47 cents per dilutedshare, compared to a net ...
Micros Systems Inc.'s stock falls
May 02, 2008 ... Investors punished Micros Systems Inc., pushing its stock down$5.74, or 16.10 percent, after the Columbia-based provider ofcomputer systems to the hospitality and retail industries issued itsfiscal third-quarter results, and forecast annual sales and profitthat fell short of analysts' ...
Md.-based Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. announces first-quarter net loss
May 02, 2008 ... Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Rockville, which develops drugs totreat disorders of the central nervous system, reported a first-quarter net loss of $19.2 million, or 72 cents per diluted share, onzero revenue, compared to a net loss of $15.4 million, or 61 centsper diluted share, on ...
Commentary: It's a Gimme: Controlled fade can save your game
May 03, 2008; ... While most golfers strive for a perfectly straight ball flight,the truth is, most golfers have a tendency to hit the ball from leftto right. If you are right handed and hit the ball severely left to right,it's called a slice. A slight left to right ball flight is termed afade ....
Place to Be
May 03, 2008 ... Ongoing Starting Feb. 2, 200 real human body specimens will unveiled inGunther von Hagens' BODY WORLDS 2: The Anatomical Exhibition of RealHuman Bodies, and Maryland Science Center visitors will see a newlyadded component to this attendance-breaking exhibition: a humanbrain. The ...
Office of Attorney General clarifies settlement officer immunity
May 05, 2008; ... The Office of the Attorney General has issued an opinionclarifying that attorneys serving as court-appointed settlementofficers are entitled to qualified immunity. The question arose when their title was changed from "settlementmasters" to "settlement officers" in 2007 in an ...
Scaled back study praised by Maryland tax officials, business leaders
May 05, 2008; ... Business leaders and state tax officials are praising a recentchange to the way corporations will have to report income taxinformation over the next two years. During last year's special session, the General Assembly decidedto study a corporate tax policy known as combined ...
Maryland firm helps survivors cope with grief by putting loved one's ashes in artwork
May 05, 2008; ... On first glance there might not be anything unusual about theassembled clay discs mounted on the wall of Marjorie Hoachlander'sBethesda condominium. After all, the gray flecks toward the bottomlook like they could be concrete. "Those are Eldon's ashes, right there," Hoachlander ...
Legal Opinions - Maryland Court of Appeals: May 5, 2008
May 05, 2008 ... Criminal Law Proof of rape BOTTOM LINE: A woman may withdraw consent for intercourse afterpenetration has occurred and that the continuation of vaginalintercourse by force or threat of force may constitute rape. CASE: State v. Baby, No. 14, September Term, 2007, (filed ...
Legal Opinions - U.S. District Court, Maryland: May 5, 2008
May 05, 2008 ... Civil Procedure Personal jurisdiction BOTTOM LINE: Defendants did not purposefully avail themselves ofthe privilege of doing business in Maryland and therefore lacked therequisite minimum contacts with Maryland to justify personaljurisdiction. CASE: ASCO Healthcare v ....
Law Digest
May 05, 2008 ... Maryland Court of Appeals Criminal Law: Proof of rape: A woman may withdraw consent forintercourse after penetration has occurred and that the continuationof vaginal intercourse by force or threat of force may constituterape. State v. Baby, No. 14, September Term, 2007. RecordFax ...
Week in Review - Legal Edition
May 05, 2008 ... Doctor sues Hopkins for bias A former professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine issuing the school and two of her supervisors, claiming a longstandingpattern of gender-based bullying and harassment forced her out andnearly derailed her career. Dr. Anne C. Fischer, a ...
Interrogatory: In movies and on television courtroom dramas, judges are always pounding their gavels. When was the last time you used yours?
May 05, 2008 ... "I don't use it. It came up in discussion with some other judgesand I said, 'If you have control of your courtroom, you don't needit, do you?'" (The last time Cavanaugh used his gavel was to adjournthe swearing-in proceedings on the day he became a judge.) - Judge Patrick ...
Commentary: Of Service: Homeless Persons Representation Project gets a hand
May 05, 2008; ... Sometimes, all it takes is a helping hand to make a hugedifference in a person's life -- for example, documenting a homelesswoman's income so that she can qualify for benefits that will gether off the street. The same goes for organizations. When the Homeless ...
Commentary: Legal Advice: Dirty dancing- 4th Circuit revives woman's lawsuit against town
May 05, 2008; ... The town of Marshall is a quiet hamlet of 1,000 citizens, nestledin the mountains of western North Carolina. It has a lovelycommunity center, the Marshall Depot, where the town folk gather onFriday nights and dance to local bands; and it has a Board ofAldermen-appointed committee to ...
Maryland law firms announce staffing changes: May 5, 2008
May 05, 2008 ... Ober|Kaler announced that Robert B. Hopkins, a principal in thefirm's litigation and admiralty practices, has been appointed byMayor Sheila Dixon to the Baltimore City Planning Commission.Hopkins will serve a four-year term. Active in both civic andprofessional organizations, he was also ...
Maryland Court of Appeals weighs duration of Miranda invocation
May 05, 2008; ... Once a criminal suspect requests an attorney, policeinterrogators must stop their questioning and may not resume it --even years later -- unless and until the person has counsel orvoluntarily decides to speak, a defense attorney told the Court ofAppeals on Friday. A prosecutor ...