NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Friday Aug. 1
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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:
Maryland’s fifth gambling spot, Horseshoe Casino Baltimore, which is sched- uled to open August 26th, has added Charm City Cakes to its dining lineup.
• CHARM CITY CAKES ADDED TO HORSHOE CASINO DINING LINEUP
The $442 million gambling complex set to open in late August added Remington-based bakery Charm City Cakes to its dining lineup Thursday.
Read More at: WBAL-TV (Ch. 11)
• ISRAEL, HAMAS AGREE TO 72-HOUR CEASE-FIRE
Brokered by the U.S. and the U.N., the surprise humanitarian cease-fire is set to begin Friday morning. However, Secretary of State John Kerry cautioned there were “no guarantees” the lull in violence would bring an end to the 24-day-old Gaza war.
Read More at: WBAL-Radio (1090AM)
• UNDER ARMOUR TARGETS WOMEN IN MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR CAMPAIGN
The Baltimore-based sports apparel giant is launching a $15 million campaign to win over women with a series of commercials, all featuring female athletes.
Read More at: WJZ-TV (Channel 13)
• THREE U.S. SENATORS CRITICIZE THE NFL FOR ‘INADEQUATE’ PUNISHMENT OF RAY RICE
In letters to the National Football League, Democratic Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy of Connecticut, and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin implored the league and the Baltimore Ravens to revisit their sanctions against Rice and to create a program to deal with domestic violence in a way similar to the treatment of drug offenses by players.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
• NAACP CONVENTION MAY NOT BE HELD IN CHARM CITY AFTER ALL
Contradicting an email sent out last week by Tessa Hill-Aston, president of the Baltimore NAACP branch, that the civil rights organization’s national board had selected Charm City to host its 2016 convention, the NAACP said in a statement Thursday that its convention planning committee will not make recommendations on a convention site to the board of directors until October.
Read More at: Maryland Daily Record
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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Thursday July 31
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:
Clyde Campbell, right, was charged Wednesday with killing girlfriend Dorothy Grubb, who was found Tuesday on the side of a road in Dun- dalk after going missing last weekend. (Photos/Balto. County Police)
• BOYFRIEND CHARGED WITH MURDER IN NORTH POINT WOMAN’S DEATH
The body of Dorothy Iris Grubb was found Tuesday in Dundalk after she had gone missing last weekend. On Wednesday, Baltimore County Police charged her boyfriend, Clyde Calvin Campbell, with murder.
Read More at: WBFF Fox45-TV
• NEW JERSEY OFFICER NOT GUILTY IN ARUNDEL ROAD-RAGE SHOOTING DEATH
An Anne Arundel County Circuit Court jury took about six hours to find off-duty New Jersey Police Officer Joseph Lamont Walker not guilty Wednesday of murder in the June 2013 death of Lansdowne resident Joseph Dale Harvey Jr.
Read More at: WBAL-TV (Channel 11) | Associated Press
• CITY APPROVES $12M CONTRACT TO REPAIR EAST 26th ST. COLLAPSE
The Baltimore Board of Estimates approved the construction and repair-work contract Wednesday to fix a substantial portion of the damage that occurred during a heavy rainstorm in Charles Village last April.
Read More at: WJZ-TV (Channel 13)
• HALL OF FAME RULE CHANGE COULD AFFECT ORIOLES’ MIKE MUSSINA
The Baseball Hall of Fame last weekend reduced from 15 years to 10, the number of years a player can remain on the ballot of eligibility for entry to the hall at Cooperstown.
Though apparently designed to target and limit the chances of high-profile steroid users, the rule change could adversely affect other players like Mussina.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
• CHINCOTEAGUE PONIES MAKE 89th ANNUAL SWIM
The world-famous Chincoteague ponies, 150 strong, began their 10-minute swim across the channel from Assateague Island to Chincoteague at slack tide, just before noon Wednesday.
Read More at: Salisbury Daily Times
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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Wednesday July 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 Wednesday:
Unnamed suspect, apparently using a catheter and tube, urinates on grave of late Ravens owner Art Modell, shown here in YouTube video posted by the disgruntled Cleveland fan. Modell moved the NFL team to Baltimore in 1996.
• MODELL GRAVESITE URINATION SUSPECT WILL NOT BE ARRESTED
However the disgruntled Cleveland “BrownsFanForLife” who desecrated the grave of former Baltimore Ravens owner Art Modell at Druid Ridge Cemetery in Pikesville earlier this month will be served with a criminal summons for an upcoming court case, where he could receive up to two years in jail and a $500 fine if convicted.
Read More at: WBFF Fox45-TV | WBAL-Radio (1090AM) | Maryland Daily Record
• BALTIMORE TAXIS ORDERED TO ACCEPT CREDIT CARDS
The Maryland Public Service Commission has ordered Baltimore City and County cab companies to upgrade meters and install new equipment by December 31st to allow passengers to pay with credit cards from the backseat.
Read More at: WBAL-Radio (1090AM)
• TWO SITES IN MD. UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR NEW FBI HDQ.
“This is like winning the primary,” said a beaming U.S. Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski. “Now we’re suiting up to go on to win the general.” The Maryland sites being considered are in Greenbelt and Landover, with a third potential site in Springfield, Va.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
• ANNE ARUNDEL ROAD-RAGE MURDER TRIAL GOES TO JURY
After deliberating for several hours Tuesday, the jury was sent home and will resume deliberations Wednesday morning in the case of a New Jersey police officer who shot a Maryland man to death last summer on the side of a Millersville highway.
Read More at: WBAL-TV (Channel 11)
• TRIAL BAR SWEARS IN NEW OFFICERS IN BALTIMORE
At its annual convention Tuesday — which brought about 3,000 people to the Baltimore Convention Center — the American Association for Justice swore in its new officers.
Read More at: Maryland Daily Record
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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Tuesday July 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 Tuesday:
Actor Woody Harrelson liked the eco-friendly Inn at the Black Olive in Fells Point, so he bought it at a bankruptcy auction.
• WOODY HARRELSON HOSTS CHARITY DINNER AT FELLS POINT HOTEL
The actor bought the financially troubled boutique inn for $4.5 million at auction when it filed for bankruptcy.
Read More at: WJZ-TV (Channel 13)
• CITY’S LARGEST SUPERMARKET SETS HOWARD PARK OPENING
The 67,000-square-foot ShopRite will open Thursday at 4601 Liberty Heights Ave. and will package suburban offerings for an urban clientele.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
• CITY HIRES LANDERS TO BUILD
HOUSING DATABASE
The erstwhile mayoral candidate who ran against Stephanie Rawlings-Blake in 2011 has been hired by the city under a $35,000 contract to develop a graphic-based database showing how the housing market has performed in each of the city’s neighborhoods.
Read More at: Maryland Daily Record
• ANNE ARUNDEL EXEC NEUMAN TO REMARRY ESTRANGED HUSBAND
The formerly estranged couple was brought closer together during Neuman’s failed bid in last month’s primary election.
Read More at: The (Annapolis) Capital
• U OF M’S COMCAST CENTER RENAMED
The university’s basketball arena is now the Xfinity Center, renamed for Comcast’s high-speed Internet brand. Since the arena opened in 2002, Comcast has held naming rights under a $20 million, 25-year agreement.
Read More at: WBAL-Radio (1090AM)
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NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Monday July 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 Monday:
Jason Carter attempts to balance love for fa- mous grandpa with strong support for Israel.
• CARTER GRANDSON RUNS FOR GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA, DISTANCING HIMSELF FROM FORMER PRESIDENT
Its déjà vu all over again as Jimmy Carter’s state senator grandson tries to follow in his 89-year-old granddad’s footsteps, minus the ex-president’s anti-Israel stance.
Read More at: New York Times
• CITY PLANS GARAGE SALE TO FUND REC CENTERS
As Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and member of the City Council prepare to open Baltimore’s first new recreation center in 10 years, officials anticipate raising $40 to $60 million from the sale of four city-owned parking garages to generate cash for improving the city’s older rec centers.
Read More at: Baltimore Sun
• NAACP TO HOLD 2016 CONVENTION IN BALTIMORE
The nation’s oldest civil rights organization, which was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Baltimore, is planning to hold its 2016 national convention in Charm City.
Read More at: WJZ-TV (Channel 13)
• D.C. HANDGUN BAN DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL
In a ruling made public over the weekend, a federal judge ruled that Washington, D.C.’s ban on the carrying of handguns in public is unconstitutional.
Read More at: WBAL-TV (Channel 11)
• STUDENTS PREFER IN-CLASS WORK OVER ONLINE, STUDY FINDS
Despite college students’ love for technology, a just-released study has found that most prefer in-class learning over online.
Read More at: Maryland Daily Record
