NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Friday Feb. 7 [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 […]

  SELF-CENTERED  DRIVERS IGNORE TRAFFIC FLOW, CAUSING GRIDLOCK Aggressive lane-switching is a deadly driving game   By David Maril   Do you want to know how to eliminate rush-hour traffic jams, drastically reduce accident rates and conserve on gasoline use? Here’s a simple but not so easy solution: Find a way to convince the growing […]

  NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Friday Jan. 31 [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 […]

  CONSUMERS WOULD BE BETTER SERVED IF JOS. A. BANK & MEN’S WEARHOUSE REMAIN  AS  SEPARATE  ENTITIES WBAL-Radio should expand Bill Vanko’s airtime BUSH/OBAMA SECDEF ROBERT GATES PUBLISHES CONTROVERSIAL MEMOIR   By David Maril   While wondering why President Barack Obama doesn’t have time for regular White House media press conferences but is able to […]

  NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Friday Jan. 24/big> [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 […]