NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Friday Dec. 27
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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY — IN BRIEF
A Voice of Baltimore compendium, local and beyond. Your weekday morning look (with links) at late-breaking news, current events, and what will be talked about wherever you may go on Friday:
Former Orioles center fielder Paul Blair died Thursday at age 69.
• FORMER ORIOLES CENTER FIELDER
PAUL BLAIR DIES AT 69 IN PIKESVILLE
Blair won eight Gold Glove awards during 12 years with the Birds and played on the 1966 and 1970 World Series championship teams. He collapsed while bowling Thursday in Pikesville and was taken to Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Read More at: WJZ-TV (Channel 13)
• MD. POLITICAL FUNDRAISING ISSUE GOING TO COURT
Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler’s gubernatorial campaign supporters sued Thursday to prohibit rival Anthony G. Brown’s running mate — Howard County Executive Ken Ulman — from raising money during the 90-day General Assembly session that begins next month. Statewide officeholders and state legislators cannot raise money during the session, but the Maryland State Board of Elections has issued guidance saying Ulman, who is not a state officeholder, can do so.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
• UNDER ARMOUR, BODY ARMOR SETTLE LAWSUIT
The Baltimore-based sports apparel giant settled its trademark infringement lawsuit against California-based sports beverage maker Body Armor Nutrition LLC.
Read More at: Maryland Daily Record
• BALTIMOREAN HEADED TO 2014 WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES IN SOCHI
Summer Britcher, a native of Baltimore who is a member of the U.S. Women’s Luge Team, was given a sendoff Thursday by firefighters at Baltimore City Engine Company 29, where her father, grandfather and two uncles are employed. The 22nd Winter Olympics are scheduled to take place Feb. 6-23 in Sochi, Russia.
Read More at: WBAL-Radio (1090AM)
• SNOWDEN SAYS MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
The former NSA contractor who leaked classified information that put American agents’ lives in jeopardy says “the mission’s already accomplished, I already won.”
Read More at: Washington Post
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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Thursday Dec. 26
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY — IN BRIEF
A Voice of Baltimore compendium, local and beyond. Your weekday morning look (with links) at late-breaking news, current events, and what will be talked about wherever you may go on Thursday:
The Target store on Goucher Blvd. was robbed on Christmas Eve.
• TOWSON TARGET ROBBED ON XMAS EVE
The store, at Goucher Boulevard and Putty Hill Avenue, was held up shortly after 3 p.m. Christmas Eve by a robber who implied he was armed.
Read More at: WBAL-Radio (1090AM)
• MD. COLLEGES BAN STUDENT SMOKING
Various community colleges and the 10 campuses of the University System of Maryland have adopted a smoke-free policy. Among private schools, Goucher College students can be fined up to $250 for smoking too close to a building, whereas at St. John’s College in Annapolis, students let their conscience be their guide.
Read More at: Maryland Daily Record
• LEOPOLD APPEAL TO BE HEARD FEB. 5
The Maryland Court of Special Appeals will hear the former Anne Arundel County Executive’s appeal of his misconduct conviction Feb. 5. The deadline to file to run for elective office in 2014 is Feb. 25.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
• JEWISH VOLUNTEERS HELP HOMELESS ON CHRISTMAS
Hundreds of volunteers prepared food for the homeless, served meals and wrapped gifts. They also hosted Christmas parties at shelters and visited senior citizens.
Read More at: WBFF Fox45-TV
• NSA LEAKER SNOWDEN SENDS XMAS MESSAGE TO U.K, U.S.
On Christmas the man who leaked untold numbers of secrets that put American and Free World agents in jeopardy, termed U.K. and U.S. Government surveillance worse than anything described in George Orwell’s novel 1984.
Read More at: WJZ-TV (Channel 13)
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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Tuesday Dec. 24
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY — IN BRIEF
A Voice of Baltimore compendium, local and beyond. Your weekday morning look (with links) at late-breaking news, current events, and what will be talked about wherever you may go on Tuesday:
Six injured pit bulls were removed Monday from a house in Northwest Baltimore as city police busted a dog-fighting ring on Elderon Avenue.
The cops happened upon the ring while in the process of searching for a murder suspect. One man was charged with animal cruelty and six injured pit bulls were removed from his home.
Read More at: WBAL-TV (Channel 11)
• MURDERERS PLAY RACE CARD,
ASK FOR NEW TRIAL
The three Baltimore men were convicted of murder but are asking for a new trial based on the judge’s comment that a prosecutor’s closing argument in the case “smacks of racism.”
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
• REMINGTON RESIDENTS CHALLENGE 25th STREET STATION PLAN
Seven residents filed a petition for
judicial review of the Baltimore City Planning Commission’s unanimous approval of development plans for the Remington retail project, which is to be anchored by a Walmart store.
Read More at: Maryland Daily Record
• HOPKINS JOINS DOZENS OF U.S. UNIVERSITIES TO PROTEST ACADEMIC BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL
The boycott of the Jewish state’s universities was approved recently by the American Studies Association, the nation’s oldest and largest association devoted to the interdisciplinary study of American culture and history. The University of Maryland and UMBC also joined in opposition to the boycott, along with Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell, University of Pennsylvania and others. Penn State and Brandeis withdrew their membership from the American Studies Association, and other schools are considering similar action.
Read More at: Washington Post
• COUNTERFEITING FROM LINTHICUM HEIGHTS MOTEL ROOM
Anne Arundel County police charged a Chicago man with forgery and theft after finding false checks and counterfeiting equipment in his Linthicum Heights motel room.
Read More at: WBAL-Radio (1090AM)
N.B.: Voice of Baltimore will not publish a compendium on Christmas Day (Wednesday).
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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Monday Dec. 23
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY — IN BRIEF
A Voice of Baltimore compendium, local and beyond. Your weekday morning look (with links) at late-breaking news, current events, and what will be talked about wherever you may go on Monday:
The warmest Dec. 22 on record for Baltimore was 70 degrees, set in 1889. Sunday’s temp, recorded at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, topped 71 deg.
Southerly air shattered a 124-year-old record for high temperature this weekend in Maryland as the high reached 71 degrees at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport Sunday, toppling the previous record for Dec. 22 by one degree, set in 1889 for Baltimore. The normal high at this time of year is 44 degrees. Saturday’s high hit 70 degrees, well above the record of 62 set two years ago.
Read More at: WBAL-Radio (1090AM)
• TOWSON ADVANCES TO NATIONAL TITLE
CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL GAME
The No. 7 seed Tigers won a wild semifinal matchup Saturday over Eastern Washington, 35-31, on a one-yard touchdown run with 17 seconds remaining in the game and will play No. 1 seed North Dakota State in the national title game Jan. 4 in Frisco, Texas.
Read More at: WBAL-TV (Channel 11)
• PATRIOTS OVERWHELM RAVENS, 41-7, DIMINISH POSTSEASON HOPES FOR BALTIMORE
New England struck early, led by 17-0 early in the second quarter. It was the Ravens’ most lopsided loss since losing 37-0 to the Steelers at Pittsburgh in 1997.
Read More at: Sports Illustrated
• FARMERS’ MARKET’S LAST DAY DRAWS CROWD
Baltimore’s Sunday Farmers’ Market & Bazaar’s 37th year ended with a large gathering and persistent drizzle, under cover from the JFX. The market will reopen the first Sunday in April.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
• HEALTH DEADLINE RATTLES INSURANCE INDUSTRY
Consumers raced to enroll for coverage that will take effect in the new year, in advance of the final day — Monday — to sign up. However the number of people registering continued to fall short of Obama Administration goals.
Read More at: Wall Street Journal
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