NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Friday Jan. 3
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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:
The New York Times and Britain’s Guardian newspaper are calling for clemency for NSA secrets leaker Edward Snow- den, who is hiding out in Russia to avoid U.S. prosecution.
• GUARDIAN, N.Y. TIMES CALL FOR CLEMENCY FOR NSA SECRETS LEAKER SNOWDEN
The two newspapers that originally published the former National Security Agency contractor’s leaks which allegedly put American agents’ lives in jeopardy published separate, apparently uncoordinated editorials this week asserting that the espionage worker-turned-privacy advocate who is hiding out in Russia should be praised rather than punished for his disclosures.
In calling for clemency for Snowden, the Times declared, “He may have committed a crime to do so, but he has done his country a great service. It is time for the United States to offer Mr. Snowden a plea bargain or some form of clemency that would allow him to return home, face at least substantially reduced punishment in light of his role as a whistle-blower, and have the hope of a life advocating for greater privacy and far stronger oversight of the runaway intelligence community.”
Read More at: Yahoo! News
• NOR’EASTER SOCKS AREA WITH SNOW, WIND, COLD
The wintry mix began late Thursday afternoon in Baltimore. It was far worse further west and north.
Read More at: CNN
• MARYLAND LIVE! CASINO MAY HIRE ATLANTIC CLUB WORKERS
The casino at Arundel Mills will hold a job fair next week for soon-to-be laid-off workers at Atlantic City’s Atlantic Club Casino Hotel, which was sold last month in a bankruptcy auction to Tropicana Entertainment and Caesar’s Entertainment, resulting in 1,600 employees losing their jobs.
Read More at: The (Annapolis) Capital
• CAMERAS TARGET DRIVERS PASSING STOPPED SCHOOL BUSES
The new enforcement program started Thursday in Montgomery County. Maryland law requires motorists traveling in the same direction as a stopped school bus with activated flashing red lights, to stop. Vehicles traveling in the opposite direction must also stop unless there is a barrier.
Read More at: Associated Press
• WHO OWNS STOLEN RENOIR?
The napkin-sized impressionist painting was allegedly stolen from the Baltimore Museum of Art in 1951.
Read More at: WJZ-TV (Channel 13)
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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Thursday Jan. 2, 2014
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:
Alicia Denice Brown, 24, of Baltimore was charged by Anne Arundel County police with second-degree child abuse and neglect of a minor. (Photo/Anne Arundel County Police Department mugshot)
• MOTHER LEAVES 4-YEAR-OLD CHILD IN CAR
FOR 8 HOURS AT MARYLAND LIVE! CASINO
The 24-year-old Baltimore woman left her daughter locked in a parked car for more than eight hours while she went inside the casino New Year’s Eve from 10 a.m. till after 6:30 p.m.
Read More at: WBAL-Radio (1090AM)
• ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS NOW ELIGIBLE
TO DRIVE LEGALLY IN MARYLAND
Under a new law which took effect Wednesday, immigrants living illegally in the United States will be able to obtain a Maryland driver’s license or identification card.
Read More at: Maryland Daily Record
• HAGERSTOWN BAKERY ‘DROPS’
GIANT NEW YEAR’S GLAZED DONUT
The six-foot-tall papier-mâché pastry was lowered at 6:59 p.m. New Year’s Eve from the Hagerstown Clock Tower building during a “mock midnight” countdown by local bakery Krumpe’s Do-Nuts.
Read More at: WBFF Fox45-TV
• P.G. CO. OUTLAWS PLASTIC BAGS FOR YARD-WASTE COLLECTION
As of New Year’s Day, yard waste in plastic bags will no longer be collected in Prince George’s County. Beginning Wednesday, paper bags or reusable containers with sturdy handles must be used.
Read More at: WJZ-TV (Channel 13)
• JUSTICE GRANTS REPRIEVE FOR BIRTH CONTROL MANDATE
Associate U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued an 11th hour New Year’s Eve reprieve for religious organizations opposed to offering birth control as part of their health care coverage, thus blocking part of Obamacare from starting Wednesday.
Read More at: Hot Air
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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Tuesday Dec. 31, 2013
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:
Two pit bulls attacked a woman and her dog in Glen Burnie, causing the woman to be taken to Baltimore Washington Medical Center with “serious” injuries.
• PIT BULLS ATTACK WOMAN, DOG IN GLEN BURNIE
The woman, 66, was walking her pet when two pit bull Terriers that were running loose attacked them. While trying to break the dogs apart, the victim sustained a “serious” bite that necessitated her being transported to the University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center in Glen Burnie for treatment.
The pit bulls were called by an unknown person to a vehicle at the end of the street where she was walking her pet, the woman told police after going to a nearby residence to get help. An investigation is ongoing.
Read More at: WBAL-TV (Channel 11)
• PIGTOWN WATER MAIN BREAK FLOODS 10 HOUSES
Thousands of gallons of water rushed down the street and into storm drains at the corner of Washington Boulevard and West Ostend Street Sunday night, flooding nearly a dozen houses and putting some 200 residents out of water Monday.
Read More at: WBFF Fox45-TV
• McDONOUGH FILES COMPLAINT WITH ETHICS PANEL AGAINST SCHOOLS’ CHIEF DANCE
Two weeks after writing to the Maryland State Ethics Commission regarding Baltimore County Public Schools Superintendent Dallas Dance’s $15,000 consulting contract with a company doing business with the county’s school system, State Del. Patrick A. McDonough, who represents Baltimore and Harford Counties, has now filed a complaint with the county school board’s ethics panel.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
• MILITARY PENSION-BENEFIT CUTS ANGER VETERANS
The plan to trim pension increases for working-age military retirees is by far the most controversial provision of a bipartisan budget deal approved by Congress and signed last week by President Obama.
Read More at: Washington Post
• HUMAN TRAFFICKING AT BWI MARSHALL AIRPORT
The founder of a shelter for women recovering from the trauma of human trafficking will discuss the extent of the illegal operation in Central Maryland at a forum Saturday morning in Severn. Jeanne Allert says human trafficking in Maryland is centered around BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport and a large truck plaza in the Howard County portion of Jessup.
Read More at: The (Annapolis) Capital
N.B.: Voice of Baltimore will not publish a compendium on New Year’s Day (Wednesday).
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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Monday Dec. 30
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:
Dejected Ravens eliminated from postseason play by Cincinnati, 34-17.
• BENGALS ELIMINATE RAVENS
FROM POSTSEASON PLAY
Sunday’s 34-17 loss to the Bengals in Cincinnati ended Baltimore’s 2013 NFL season, eliminating the Ravens from postseason playoffs for the first time since 2007.
Read More at: ESPN
• FRACKING OPPONENTS PLAN JANUARY MARCH ON ANNAPOLIS
Opponents of hydraulic fracturing plan to march on Annapolis on the opening day of the 2014 General Assembly session to urge state legislators to halt the gas extraction process.
Read More at: Maryland Daily Record
• 50,000 EXPECTED AT INNER HARBOR NEW YEAR’S EVE
The huge crowd is expected to fill the Inner Harbor Tuesday night for Baltimore’s annual New Year’s Eve fireworks celebration.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
• 1920s SALISBURY BUILDING BECOMES HOME FOR BALLET AND DANCE
The Eastern Shore Ballet Theatre, which was founded in 1991, and the Salisbury Dance Academy have found a new home: a former historic bank building in the Eastern Shore city of Salisbury.
Read More at: Associated Press
• 4-ALARM FIRE FAILS TO HALT CHURCH SERVICE
Despite a four-alarm fire that engulfed the Northwood-Appold United Methodist Church in Northeast Baltimore Sunday, the congregation refused to halt worship services amidst the destruction.
Read More at: WJZ-TV (Channel 13)
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