NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Friday May 30
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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:
President Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shared a secret, private lunch Thursday at the White House that was revealed by People magazine. The two are shown here having lunch in July 2013.
• SECRET OBAMA-CLINTON LUNCH REVEALS CLOSE TIES
The informal private lunch the President had Thursday at the White House with Hillary Clinton never appeared on any official schedule and was only acknowl- edged by government officials after People magazine posted about it on Twitter.
UPDATE (May 30th): The tweet was abruptly taken down when the White House insisted that what People had termed “a meeting” should be more accurately described as “a lunch.”
Read More at: New York Times
• HOGAN CLAIMS HE BROUGHT BUSINESS TO MARYLAND
The Republican frontrunner for gover- nor said in an interview Thursday with WBAL-TV News that he has “brought hundreds of companies and thousands of jobs into Maryland” through his real estate firm by working aggressively to attract businesses looking to locate or re-locate to the state.
Read More at: WBAL-TV (Channel 11)
• DULANEY HIGH ASTRONAUT ARRIVES AT SPACE STATION
NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, of Baltimore County, and two crewmates safely boarded the Inter- national Space Station Thursday after a successful liftoff aboard a Russian Soyuz spaceship and a six-hour flight from Kazakhstan.
Read More at: WJZ-TV (Channel 13)
• VETS LEFT OFF HOSPITAL WAIT LIST; HARRIS CALLS FOR PRIVATIZATION
In the wake of a report that 1,700 vets have been left off the VA Hospital wait list, First District Maryland Congressman Andy Harris called Thursday for privatization of veterans’ health care.
Read More at: WBAL-Radio (1090AM)
• RED LINE COULD REVITALIZE WEST BALTIMORE CORRIDOR
The proposed $2.6 billion light rail line would run through neighborhoods 30 percent of which contain vacant homes.
Read More at: Maryland Daily Record
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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Thursday May 29
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:
NSA secrets leaker Edward Snowden, inset, was interviewed by NBC anchorman Brian Williams, televised in prime time Wednesday night.
• NBC INTERVIEWS EDWARD SNOWDEN
IN PRIME TIME
In a wide-ranging interview, the former NSA contractor who last year leaked government secrets, talked to anchorman Brian Williams Wednesday night in prime time about the global impact and debate sparked by his revelations.
Read More at: NBC News
• POLICE COMMISSIONER BATTS PUNCHES, DISARMS SUSPECT
Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony Batts came to the aid of three officers trying to subdue a suspect with a loaded .32-caliber handgun.
Read More at: WBAL-TV (Channel 11)
• GENERAL ASSEMBLY CANDIDATES PLEDGE TO RAISE CIGARETTE TAX
According to anti-smoking advocates, 216 candidates for the Maryland House of Delegates and State Senate have signed a pledge to vote to increase the state’s cigarette tax by $1, from $2 to $3 per pack.
Read More at: WBAL-Radio (1090AM)
• UB, TOWSON REDESIGN JOINT MBA PROGRAM
The two Baltimore area universities have redesigned their joint MBA program to better reflect the business environment and the needs of students and employers.
Read More at: Maryland Daily Record
• SPRING GROVE LAND SALE APPROVED
AN 8.8-acre tract of land on the Spring Grove Hospital campus in Catonsville will be sold to Baltimore County for $1.32 million for use as a recreation park.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Wednesday May 28
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 Wednesday:
The 26th Street retaining wall in Charles Village that collapsed on April 30th, causing a landslide onto CSX railroad tracks below, will cost $18.5 million to repair.
• 26th STREET COLLAPSE TO COST $18.5M TO FIX
Last month’s landslide on 26th Street in Charles Village will cost $18.5 million to repair, the Baltimore Department of Transportation estimated Tuesday.
Read More at: WBAL-TV (Channel 11)
• GANSLER, MIZEUR DEBATE WITHOUT BROWN
The two Democratic gubernatorial hopefuls debated Tuesday night on Baltimore’s Fox45-TV, separated by an empty podium designated for Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, who declined to participate.
Read More at: WBAL-Radio (1090AM)
• TV COMMERCIALS AIM TO REBRAND BALTIMORE
In the wake of a Gallup Poll which last week found nearly half of Maryland’s residents would like to leave the state — followed by comedic talk show host Stephen Colbert’s terming Baltimore “an uninhabitable wasteland” — the Downtown Partnership of Baltimore Inc. has quietly released two television commercials aimed at repairing the city’s tarnished image.
Read More at: Maryland Daily Record
• PRETRIAL REFORM PANEL CREATED BY O’MALLEY
The governor on Tuesday ordered the creation of a 23-member commission to examine and improve the way the criminal justice system treats arrested suspects prior to trial, including the feasibility of implementing an objective risk-assessment computer program to determine whether an arrestee should be held in custody or released before trial.
Read More at: The (Annapolis) Capital
• CHESAPEAKE RESTAURANT TO REOPEN UNDER NEW NAME
It won’t happen for several more weeks, but the restaurant’s owners have entered into a management contract with the Karzai family, which operates Tapas Teatro and The Helmand, and hope to reopen in time for this year’s Artscape festival, which is scheduled to begin July 18.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Tuesday May27
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:
Free new app from the FBI helps parents locate missing child.
• FBI UNVEILS NEW CHILD ID APP
The app, which is available for Apple and Android devices, allows parents to store important details about their child, such as weight and height. The Apple version can be downloaded for free from the App Store on iTunes.
Read More at: WBAL-TV (Channel 11)
• POPE PLACES WREATH AT GRAVE
OF ZIONISM FOUNDER
Francis also met Monday in Israel with Jewish rabbis and Muslim sheiks, and visited the Holocaust Memorial and Western Wall.
Read More at: New York Times
• FIRST MARINER LAW FIRM ALSO REPRESENTS COMPANY SUING BANK
The New York law firm that represents First Mariner Bancorp filed a disclosure at week’s end with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Maryland revealing that it also represents ResCap Liquidating Trust, which is now suing First Mariner.
Read More at: Maryland Daily Record
• HAGEL URGES MIDS TO FIGHT SEXUAL ASSAULT
At the U.S. Naval Academy graduation at week’s end, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel urged the mishipmen to take the lead in stamping out sexual assault in the military.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
• NIGERIAN OFFICIAL SAYS MISSING GIRLS HAVE BEEN FOUND
Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, Nigeria’s chief of defense staff, said Monday the government knows the whereabouts of several hundred kidnapped girls but cannot reveal their location and cannot use force to rescue them.
“The good news for the parents of the girls is that we know where they are, but we cannot tell you,” Badeh told a group of visitors at his office in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.
Read More at: Washington Post
