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May 03, 2010 - UPDATE: Two more suspects, including Williams' son, have been arrested.
WASHINGTON (AP) Police have arrested a woman they say was caught on video using a D.C. middle school principal's credit cards a day after he was found dead in his Silver Spring home. Her son was also arrested.
Montgomery County Police say 46-year-old Artura Otey Williams was arrested Monday in Washington, D.C., and is awaiting extradition.
Police say surveillance video from a Silver Spring grocery on April 16 shows Williams using a credit card stolen from Brian Betts' home. Betts, the principal at Shaw at Garnet-Patterson Middle School, was found dead in his home a day earlier.
Williams is charged with two counts of knowingly receiving a stolen credit card with the intent to use it, attempted theft less than $1,000 in value and attempted fraudulent credit card use.
County police say more arrests are expected.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Police have one woman in custody in connection with the killing of 42-year-old D.C. middle school principal Brian Betts.
Courtesy of: NBC4
May 03, 2010 - By ALEX DOMINGUEZ Associated Press Writer
BALTIMORE (AP) For those of you wondering how the Gulf oil spill will affect the price of your Memorial Day crab feast, the answer is wait and see.
While losing supply from Louisiana could drive up prices, fears over tainted crabs also could hurt demand.
The federal government has shut down fishing in Louisiana for at least 10 days from the Mississippi River to northwestern Florida, a move that was applauded by the head of Louisiana's seafood marketing board for helping to assure consumers the state's seafood is safe.
Jason Ruth, who buys Louisiana oysters and crabs for Harris Seafood in Grasonville, said they will be hard to replace because the Chesapeake Bay crabbing season is just getting under way and Louisiana is a consistent source of large, high-quality crabs.
Neighboring states like Texas also produce crabs, but not as much as Louisiana, which ships 2,000 bushels a day to Maryland, Ruth said.
"Anytime you take that amount of resource out of play, it's got to be affecting the prices some. To what extent, that's yet to be seen," Ruth said.
Estimates of a sharply higher Chesapeake Bay crab population have also not translated yet into dock landings that could affect prices, he said.
"It could be, but you never did hear in the announcement about 60 percent more crabs in the bay whether they were harvestable crabs, or immature crabs," Ruth said, adding that "those number don't mean a thing until you actually take them out of the bay."
Sue DuPont, a spokeswoman for the Maryland Department of Agriculture, said state seafood marketing officials note much of the impact depends on how long Louisiana's seafood production is affected.
Jack Brooks of the J.M. Clayton Company in Cambridge said he has given up trying to predict the crab market.
"I used to try to make predictions, but that was crash and burn," Brooks said.
The price for female crabs on Monday, for example, was up $5 dollars a bushel, but he added the increase was not unusual for early May with Mother's Day and Memorial Day coming up. Ruth said he had not noticed any increase in crab prices yet, but oyster prices were up sharply on Monday, with 100 pound sack of oysters rising from $29 to $35.
The spill could increase demand for local crabs, or it could put people off seafood altogether, Brooks said, adding he has heard from sellers of customers asking more about the source of the seafood they are buying.
"You know, this is a hard call to make," Brooks said. "It could cool the demand some, I mean, if people are not sure."
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Crab lovers will have to wait to see whether crab prices during Memorial Day weekend will be affected by the Gulf oil spill.
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May 03, 2010 - WASHINGTON (AP) The Kennedy Center is announcing the largest private donation in its history, a $22.5 million gift from philanthropists Dick and Betsy DeVos. The big donation is expected to be used to endow the Kennedy Center's Arts Management Institute for new leaders in the arts.
WASHINGTON (AP) The Newseum in Washington is adding 94 names to its journalists memorial, honoring newspeople who died on assignment last year and some from previous years. Of the 88 journalists killed in 2009, 33 died in the Philippines the deadliest country for journalists last year.
WASHINGTON (AP) D.C. police are investigating four separate weekend shootings with a total of six victims, including the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old boy. A police spokeswoman says investigators do not believe any of the shootings Saturday night and Sunday morning are related.
WASHINGTON (AP) U.S. Park Police are investigating the sexual assault of a woman in Rock Creek Park. They say a man on a mountain bike brandishing a knife tried to grab the woman Saturday on a trail but she fought back and stabbed him in the hand.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
May 03, 2010 - BALTIMORE (AP) Will the Gulf oil spill affect the price of your Memorial Day crab feast? The answer is wait and see. The federal government has shut down fishing for at least 10 days from the Mississippi River to northwestern Florida because of the spill in the northern Gulf.
BALTIMORE (AP) Violent crime continues to decline in Baltimore more than a third of the way through 2010. Police say the city has recorded 57 homicides so far this year. That puts Baltimore on pace for 169 murders, which would be the lowest total since 1977 when there were 171.
BALTIMORE (AP) Ty Wigginton doubled home the winning run in the 10th inning to give the Baltimore Orioles a 3-2 victory over Boston on Sunday. That brought Baltimore its first three-game sweep of the Red Sox at home in 36 years as Miguel Tejada had two hits and scored a run for the Orioles.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
May 03, 2010 - CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) A University of Virginia men's lacrosse player has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a women's lacrosse player at the school. Police say George Huguely is charged in the death early Monday of Yeardley Love at an off-campus apartment.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) Fairfax County officials say firefighters found the body of a woman after they put out a fire in a backyard shed. Fire crews found the shed engulfed in flames after being called to the home on Saturday.
MANASSAS, Va. (AP) Kids in Prince William County may regret this past winter's snowstorms when they're spending more time in school on sunny spring days. Prince William school officials have proposed adding an extra 10 minutes to each day starting on May 10.
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) A new report says a wind farm off the coast of Virginia Beach wouldn't affect Navy or NASA operations in the area. Researchers identified 25 potential lease spots for turbines in an area 12 miles off Virginia Beach's coast.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
May 03, 2010 - By Meymo Lyons
A University of Virginia men's lacrosse player is charged with first-degree murder in the death of a women's lacrosse player.
George Huguely, 22, of Chevy Chase, Md., was charged in the death of Yeardley Love, 22, of Cockeysville, Md., Charlottesville Police Chief Timothy Longo said. Both were seniors. Longo said Love's roommate called police around 2:15 a.m., concerned that Love may have had an alcohol overdose, but police found her dead with obvious physical injuries to her body.
"It was quickly apparent to them that this young lady was the victim of something far worse," Longo said.
Longo said Huguely quickly became the focus. He wouldn't say what led investigators to Huguely or detail the extent of Love's injuries. He said there did not appear to be any weapons. Virginia's athletics department said no coaches, administrators or players were available for comment.
However, the university did release a statement:
"Although we know nothing other than what appears in the Charlottesville Police Department's more recent statement, this death moves us to deep anguish for the loss of a student of uncommon talent and promise, and we express the university's and our own sympathy for Yeardley's family, team-mates, and friends," the statement read. "That she appears now to have been murdered by another student compounds this sense of loss by suggesting that Yeardley died without comfort or consolation from those closest to her."
Both highly ranked teams are preparing for the national tournament later this month. Virginia's men's team was ranked No. 1 for most of the season and expects to host a first-round game in the tournament after winning the Atlantic Coast Conference championship last month. The women's team also was expected to get into the tournament.
May 03, 2010 - By Stephanie Kaye
The Kennedy Center is keeping the doors of its arts management institute open after receiving a $22.5 million dollar grant.
The newly-named DeVos Institute of Arts Management focuses on training arts administrators in the U.S. and around the world. The center is based at the Kennedy Center but has operating programs worldwide.
The institute is being renamed for Betsy and Dick DeVos, longtime philanthropists whose family started Amway in 1959. The DeVoses have stepped in after funding from Internet investment advisor Alberto Vilar. Vilar was was recently sentenced to nine years in prison for fraud.
The DeVos contribution includes $2.5 million for the operating budget of the new institute, and $20 million dollars for an endowment to fund the institute indefinitely.
May 03, 2010 - WASHINGTON (AP) Metro officials say normal service has been restored on the Red Line after an arcing insulator caused delays.
A train operator reported the arcing insulator near Dupont Circle about 1:30 p.m. Monday on the outbound track.
Red Line trains shared one track between Dupont Circle and Van Ness-UDC Metrorail stations while crews extinguished the insulator.
Normal service resumed shortly before 3 p.m.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
May 03, 2010 - ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) Maryland legislators have secured $462,650 in federal funding for Dorchester County's Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park.
Sen. Barbara Mikulski announced the appropriation Monday, adding that she has requested an additional $500,000 in this year's transportation and housing funding bill for the park.
The federal aid will be used to design and build the park's visitor center and other facilities, such as a memorial garden and exhibits, walking paths, and bike facilities, according to Mikulski staffers.
Mikulski says the project is expected to bring thousands of additional tourists to Maryland's Eastern Shore, as well as honor Tubman's legacy.
Tubman, who led hundreds of slaves to freedom during the Civil War, was born on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
May 03, 2010 - By Patrick Madden
Medical marijuana advocates are making a last-minute effort to amend a D.C. bill that legalizes the drug for chronically ill patients.
Tomorrow the city council is expected to take its final vote on the medical marijuana bill. Advocates for medical marijuana say the proposed measure is too restrictive and they want to see a number of changes, including doubling or tripling the amount of marijuana a patient can possess per month.
Advocates also want to make sure there are civil protections for patients using medical marijuana, for example, protecting someone getting fired for failing a drug test at work.
"Everyone says this is D.C. and we have to be careful of Congress' interpretation and as patients we think that’s great, but it also doesn’t makes sense to pass a law that is going to work for anyone," says Steph Sherer, director of Americans For Safe Access.
The bill’s co-sponsor, D.C. Councilmember Phil Mendelson, says it’s unlikely there will be any major changes to the legislation.
Medical marijuana advocates want to see a number of changes made to the proposed D.C. measure.
Courtesy of: NBC4
May 03, 2010 - By Jonathan Wilson
The failed car bomb discovered in New York's Times Square over the weekend has Monday commuters here in D.C. thinking a little more about security in the nation's capital.
Marla Viorst has been in the D.C. area for 15 years, and as she exits Metro Center on her way to work, she says what happened in Times Square won't change how she goes about her day, but is a bit of a wake-up call if you live in a city that is a target for terrorists.
"I've always felt safe here; I don't feel less safe, but it certainly makes you think," she says.
Kinter Bernard says the failed plot doesn't make him worry more, because he feels terrorist activity just isn't in his control. He also says he feels safer in Washington, than he does in New York.
"The security forces here in D.C. are a little tighter than in New York, simply because we have the federal government," he says.
Metro Transit Police will station more high visibility patrols in some stations today in response to the Times Square plot. Metro spokesperson Lisa Farbstein says there is no reason, however, to believe the threat in New York this weekend extends to the D.C. area.
May 03, 2010 - By Michael Pope
Kossi Djossou was murdered in December, shortly before his assailant committed suicide. Police soon closed the case.
But for family members of the murder victim, the story isn't over. They want answers.
Yet their request for information has been denied by the Police, who cite an exemption in the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. Wesley Carrington, an attorney representing the victim's father, says the only way to get the information may be as the byproduct of a lawsuit.
"Because of the very restrictive witholding that's just a matter of policy for some of the Virginia police departments, it makes a legal claim a little more appealing and desirable just as a fact of being able to get the information at all," he says.
Jeffrey Dion of the National Center for Victims of Crime says Virginia shouldn't force people into this corner.
"Why should we make it that cumbersome for victims," says Dion. "Why should victims have to go out and get a lawyer just to get some information?"
For now, that's the only recourse because documents that are readily available in every other state aren't about to be available any time soon.
The same exemption that allows police to withhold incident reports from the public also prevents their release to victims.
Courtesy of: Michael Pope
May 03, 2010 - (May 3-30) ANODYNE ART To cure the malaise of Monday, Baltimore's John Fonda Gallery housed in the Theatre Project on West Preston Street has just what the doctor ordered. The show Natural Remedies reflects on health and medicine through a psychedelic lens of goache and color through the end of May.
(May 3-24) FACTORY MADE Newly minted theater collective Factory 449 presents its first annual play reading series, Factory Made, on the four Mondays of May at the Church Street Theatre in Northwest DC. You can catch the first installment, In The Flesh, a macabre meditation on the metaphysical, tonight at 7:30.
(May 10-31) SO, YOU THINK YOU CAN'T SING And if you want to take your singing from the shower to the stage, the Music Center at Strathmore in North Bethesda offers a crash course in harmonizing that's bound to help your sound. Veteran vocalist John Horman shows unsure singers how to blend their voices in ensembles during So You Think You Can't Sing, a four-week foray kicking off next Monday.
The duo behind "Natural Remedies" at the John Fonda Gallery in Baltimore.
Courtesy of: Stephanie Kaye
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May 03, 2010 - By David Schultz
You know those red, white and blue, wheelchair-accessible vans that drive around town? The ones with Metro logos on their hoods?
Well, Metro doesn't actually operate them. A company named MV Transportation does.
Five years ago, Metro awarded MV an eight-year contract worth $540 million, its largest contract ever. But apparently, it wasn't large enough.
Metro and MV have modified the contract upwards several times since then, to the tune of $190 million. The reason: explosive growth in ridership.
"20 percent growth every year for four years in a row is probably not something that most bidders would anticipate," says Christian Kent, the man in charge of para-transit at Metro. "It's not so much that people are using the service more. It's that more people are using the service."
This boom in ridership is being spurred by another boom - the baby boom.
The boomer generation is growing older and living longer. And, consequently, more people are qualifying for disability services.
Jon Monson, the chairman of MV's board, says no one foresaw this.
"It's no different than if you were building a building," says Monson. "And you signed a contract for a 3-bedroom house. And then in the middle of construction you say 'Well, you know, I would like a 4-bedroom house.'"
Wendy Klancher has a different explanation.She's a transportation planner with the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments who's overseen several independent audits of Metro Access.
She says the staff turnover rate at MV is extremely high.
"And that hurts the quality of the service and the cost. Ultimately that high staff turnover does impact the cost of the service," says Klancher.
Klancher's audit found that, in 2008, the annual turnover rate among MV's drivers was 111 percent.
Klancher says that means if, hypothetically, you begin the year with 100 drivers, "within a year, you've lost all 100 drivers and 11 more, that you've hired within that year and left," she says.
"I would love to find another job; if I was able to find another job tomorrow, I would definitely leave here," says one auto mechanic at the Metro Access garage in Capitol Heights, Maryland. The mechanic wouldn't give his name because he feared retaliation, but he was more than happy to talk.
"We make the vehicles run 24 hours. We doing a lot. I mean, we put in engines, transmissions. We doing a whole helluva lot back there. And I think everybody back there is underpaid. Especially drivers, they're really underpaid. I think really, the drivers deserve more money," he says.
Metro Access drivers make around $12 an hour, wages that, Monson says, are comparable within the para-transit industry.
But he says, in this industry, turnover is driven by factors other than wages.
"People that are qualified for the jobs come in and apply, and find out, either they find out or we find out, that they're not suited to this very specialized type of service," says Monson.
And it's true, driving a Metro Access van is not easy, not only do you fight D.C. traffic all day, but you do it with passengers who require extra care and sensitivity.
Still, the audit that Klancher oversaw, found MV's driver turnover rate was more than four times the industry average.
Klancher says Metro should rethink its Metro Access contract.
Instead of giving everything to one company, like MV,she believes Metro should work with many different companies to introduce more competition.
"It's the free market principle, where you've got some leverage to say, 'Well hey, Company X is doing it for this much money and they're meeting their on-time performance,'" she comments.
MV's contract is up for renewal next year, and Kent says Metro might take Klancher's suggestion.
"We are taking a look at a different model. We are considering multiple contracts," says Kent.
And this could go a long way toward reining in costs. But it won't be a cure-all.
With demand for para-transit growing exponentially, Metro still needs to come up with a long-term strategy.
Until it does that, expect more record-setting contracts in the near future.
With demand for para-transit growing exponentially, Metro Access service needs to come up with a long-term strategy.
Courtesy of: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
May 03, 2010 - By David Schultz
Later this week, Metro's Board of Directors will fill a $189 million budget shortfall by enacting a major fare increase. Some of the hardest hit by this fare increase could be riders of Metro Access, the para-transit service for people with disabilities.
In a web extra interview, Christian Kent, the head of para-transit at Metro, talks about what this will mean for users of this service. He says the Metro Access fare hike will likely be much lower than it could have been, as a result of the public's input...
Metro Access riders can expect a fare increase as Metro attempts to close a $189 budget shortfall.
Courtesy of: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
May 03, 2010 - By Asma Khalid
The District is a hub for lawyers. But, this year, many students graduating from local law schools can’t find a job.
Historically, law students intern with a firm after their second year. And that translates into a permanent job. But this year, many of those firms couldn’t afford to hire their interns. So people who thought they had jobs with big prestigious firms are now unemployed.
Alex Eikstein used to keep every rejection letter she received. She laughs about it now, but, at one point, she felt like a failure.
"I interviewed with firms that ended up falling apart and dissolving within two months of my interview," says Eikstein. "But everyone was still acting like everything was okay. That’s when I went through my misery stage."
Eikstein just received a non-legal government position.
Mark Taticchi is a student at George Washington University.
"Probably a third to half of my friends are still actively looking for jobs," says Tatichhi.
Tatichhi will be clerking with a judge in the fall. He says landing the position, makes him feel like one of the lucky few.
May 03, 2010 - By Peter Granitz
Local civic rights activists are staking positions against the Arizona immigration bill. There are more than just Latino-rights groups opposing the measure.
The bill would make it a state crime for a person to be in Arizona illegally. The federal government has controlled immigration enforcement in the past.
The national office of the NAACP opposes the plan, saying it violates the equal protection clause of the Constitution.
Reverend James Coleman is the chaplain for the Washington D.C. branch and says his chapter still needs to vote whether to endorse or oppose the measure.
Still, he says he’s personally opposed to the plan, and many people in Washington can relate.
“Certainly, persons who have been quote, oppressed, can relate to the sensitivity to any profile,” says Coleman.
Coleman, who is the pastor at All Nation's Baptist Church, says he's discussing the measure with fellow ministers in the region, and more of his congregants are starting to raise the issue with him.
May 03, 2010 - By Elliott Francis
A motorist from Bethesda, Maryland has successfully challenged a ticket from an automated speed camera, on a technicality.
It took five months, but in the end a judge waived Peggy Lucero's $40 ticket. Lucero argued officials should validate the speed limit on the road where the violation occurred, and gauge the camera's ability to measure it.
Maryland law requires police to test those speed cameras every day to ensure proper operation. The court found the camera in question, was not tested that day. It turns out another camera nearby hadn't been inspected in more than 10-days.
State highway officials also discovered the stretch of road where Lucero was ticketed in Gaithersburg had not been assessed for the proper speed limit, in the past five years.
Maryland State law says speed cameras like this one should be tested each day.
Courtesy of: Elliott Francis
May 03, 2010 - By Cathy Duchamp
Maryland state prosecutors are demanding information from an education company in Baltimore. It's been charged with deceptive marketing practices for offering unauthorized nursing training.
The Maryland attorney generals office says an outfit called the Associated National Medical Academy does not have the necessary state approval to sell the training programs it offers to become a Licensed Practical Nurse or an R.N. Here’s what happened when we tried to reach the Academy for a response.
[intercom] Yes, you’re not welcome in the facility
[reporter]What was that?
[intercom]You’re not welcome in the facility and we have no comment.
State prosecutors don’t know how many people signed up for the classes, or how much they paid. That’s because the Academy’s principals have refused to turn over documents with student names or tuition bills.
In charging papers prosecutors say the Academy told Maryland residents they could take their licensing exams in Virginia and then work in Maryland under a multi-state compact. In reality, they wouldn't be able to even sit for the exam.
A hearing has been set for June 2.
The Maryland Hospital Association calls this a case of "buyer beware." It urges would-be nurses to check a programs credentials on the Maryland Board of Nursing website.
[website address is http://209.60.234.65/mdbon_weblookup/]
The Maryland State Attorney General is suing the Associated National Medical Academy for deceptive marketing. The company operates out of an office building in downtown Baltimore.
Courtesy of: Cathy Duchamp
May 03, 2010 - By Peter Granitz
Human rights groups in Washington are lashing out against the recently-signed immigration bill in Arizona, and students are joining in too.
Jheanelle Brown is a graduating senior at Georgetown University and the outgoing president of her school's NAACP chapter. She says her chapter is unequivocally opposed to the plan, and says the plan targets all people of color, not just Latinos.
“What’s happening in Arizona could be compounded in other states, and states specifically that share a border with Mexico. So I’m scared what kind of precedent this will set,” says Brown.
Brown says since the school year is winding down her chapter may not do much.
But, if the issue is still around when classes resume in the fall, she expects college chapters of the NAACP to work alongside Latino rights groups in opposing the bill.
May 03, 2010 - Financial services companies donate handsomely to support career advancement and job security for members of Congress.
Are lawmakers financially beholden to Wall Street? And if so, can they be truly objective when it comes to demanding change? Yes and no, says Public Citizen watchdog Craig Holman.
Elizabeth Wynne Johnson reports.
Republican Murphy loses his running mate, as Maryland shifts its plans for Baltimore's Red Line rail project. Plus, the state GOP meets to plot a crucial election year.
RED LINE The state has revised its plan for Baltimore's east-west Red Line rail link, adding two tracks to go through a planned West Baltimore tunnel. Michael Dresser reports for The Sun that the plan will be more expensive, but the state now expects more people to ride the train. Gerald Neily of Baltimore Brew argues that some of the numbers used to boost that estimate are questionable.
AMEDORI QUITS Former Carroll County Del. Carmen Amedori dropped her bid for the lieutenant governor's gig on Friday, as reported by the Red Maryland blog. Wayne Carter reports for the Carroll County Times that she says her running mate, Republican Brian Murphy, has no name recognition, and the party should unite behind Bob Ehrlich. She tells Carter that Ehrlich, who once appointed her to the parole board, didn't push for her decision.
In a blog post, Sun Editor David Nitkin wonders what the former governor's involvement was. Here's The Washington Post's story.
Adam Pagnucco in Maryland Politics Watch wonders why the mainstream media isn't giving the bloggers at Red Maryland more credit for the story.
MANDEL At 90, former Gov. Marvin Mandel says he thinks running Maryland's government is harder today than it was when he was in office. But he thinks government has grown too big and taxes are too high. Len Lazarick's interview runs today in MarylandReporter.com.
BOOZE The Department of Natural Resources has agreed to meet with Western Maryland lawmakers about a recent ban on alcohol in state forests, which has rankled some area business owners. Kevin Spradlin has the story in the Cumberland Times-News.
WESTERN MARYLAND CENTER State auditors say the Western Maryland Center, a state-run hospital in Hagerstown, did not tell the attorney general's office about the theft of controlled dangerous substances by a former employee. Erich Wagner has the story for MarylandReporter.com.
CAMPAIGN Ehrlich attacked Gov. Martin O'Malley at the state GOP convention Friday, Larry Carson reports for The Sun. He cited his opponent's record on jobs, taxes and the economy. Here's the Post's story, which notes that Murphy didn't get a speaking slot at the convention.
Aaron Davis analyzes Gov. Martin O'Malley's campaign kickoff last week, noting that he's taking an unconventional approach by staying relatively positive and talking generally about the accomplishments of his first term.
Ryan Justin Fox with The (Annapolis) Capital covers O'Malley's appearance at a Democratic Party dinner last week, where he discusses his “Paul Revere approach” to holding Government House.
The Sun's editorial page takes some lessons from Erhlich's lecture at Towson University last week, and discusses how they might be applied on the campaign trail this year. The paper also runs an editorial wishing for a quick and clean resolution to the debate over whether Ehrlich can keep his radio show on WBAL until he formally files as a candidate.
Liam Farrell with The Capital takes a look at some of the other Republican challengers for state office. He notes that many of them face different challenges, but they're all trying to put the focus on reducing the size and reach of government.
PODCAST Maryland politics reporter Tom LoBianco joins MarylandReporter.com editors Andy Rosen and Len Lazarick to talk about how gubernatorial candidates Martin O'Malley and Bob Ehrlich stack up on jobs. Who's making the best points on employment early in the race?
RACE TRACKS The AP reports that shareholders are challenging the recently-approved bankruptcy reorganization of the company that owns Pimlico and Laurel Park race tracks.
SPEED CAMERAS The AP has the story of a woman who's been successfully battling a $40 speed camera ticket for five months. Meanwhile, Erica Green of The Sun reports that Baltimore County is beginning speed camera enforcement around three schools.
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