IS MARYLAND’S LOTTERY ‘THE’ FINANCIAL ANSWER TO ECONOMIC AILMENTS PLAGUING THE STATE? Big dreams rarely translate into equally inflated payoffs MARYLAND LOTTERY: LET YOURSELF LOSE   By David Maril   We all have our dreams about the lottery and all the big revenues and jumbo payoffs so many local politicians are promoting. Isn’t it […]

  NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Friday July 11 [Scroll down for full week’s compendia]   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 […]

  ULMAN’S BAN ON SUGARY SOFT DRINKS AT COLUMBIA JULY 4 CELEBRATION GOES TOO FAR, DOING GOOD Will salmon burgers replace hamburgers? THE DEMOCRATS SHOULD SEND FORMER GOP VP DICK CHENEY ON A NATIONAL MEDIA TOUR U.S. soccer team exceeds low expectations   By David Maril   While wondering if Jürgen Klinsmann, the USA World […]

  NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Thursday July 3 [Scroll down for full week’s compendia]   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 […]

  AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS TAKE FUN OUT OF DRIVING AND DECREASE CONTROL ‘Stick shift’ vehicles are quickly disappearing from U.S. roads, becoming relics of the past   By David Maril   Boasts of 100 miles per gallon, if cars and trucks are still using gasoline, have been predicted for the not too distant future. Futuristic improvement designs for […]