Daily Record (Baltimore, MD) articles from April 2006

Daily Record (Baltimore, MD) archives from April 2006

Commentary: Swing thought sparks success in golf game.
April 1, 2006... Byline: Joe Rahnis If you've ever heard or read that the way to hit great golf shots is to have your mind completely clear of any thoughts and to be "in the zone," I'm here to tell you that's malarkey. The only way your head should be...

News Summary.
April 1, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports Open burning bannedOfficials at the Maryland Department of Natural Resources said they have place a ban on open burning on public lands managed by the agency, excluding those in Garrett County,...

Verizon Wireless asking users to donate old wireless phones.
April 1, 2006... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Verizon Wireless reminds spring cleaners to donate their no-longer-used wireless phones for a worthy cause: helping victims of domestic violence. Under its HopeLine program, Verizon will refurbish old phones...

National Park Advisory Board approves statement of significance for proposed water trail.
April 1, 2006... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Sens. Paul S. Sarbanes, D-Md., and John Warner, R-Va., announced that the National Park Service Advisory Board gave unanimous approval to a "Statement of National Historical Significance" for the proposed...

MD, NC senators make wager on outcome of Women's NCAA Final Four basketball game.
April 1, 2006... Byline: The Daily Record Staff In a bet of Maryland crab cakes versus Carolina barbeque, Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, D-Md., challenged Sen. Elizabeth Dole, D-N.C., to a wager on the outcome of tomorrow's Women's NCAA Final Four basketball...

New law governing childrens' personal flotation devices aboard boats goes into effect in Maryland.
April 1, 2006... Byline: The Daily Record Staff A new law governing personal flotation devices for children aboard boats went into effect today in Maryland, according to the Department of Natural Resources. Under the law, a child less than 4 years old or...

Maryland officials place ban on open burning.
April 1, 2006... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Officials at the Maryland Department of Natural Resources said they have placed a ban on open burning on public lands managed by the agency, excluding those in Garrett County, until officials determine there...

News Summary.
April 3, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports Wise cuts lossWise Metals Group LLC, of Linthicum Heights, a private company that, among other things, is the worlds third-largest producer of aluminum can stock for the beverage and food...

Media anxious, exposed after 9/11, reporters tell audience at Univ. of Baltimore lecture.
April 3, 2006... Byline: Caryn Tamber The first American reporter ever held in contempt for refusing to divulge the name of a source was confined to a Senate committee room during the day and the Senate sergeant-at-arms' home at night.There were no cells...

Developer moves to buy spot in Baltimore's Inner Harbor, build hotel.
April 3, 2006... Byline: Jen Degregorio A developer has a contract to buy 300 E. Pratt St. once home to the now-defunct News American newspaper and plans on possibly building a hotel and retail space, city officials say. The officials would not reveal...

Baltimore-area firm to buy an 8.5-acre residential property close to Towson University.
April 3, 2006... Byline: James Mosher A Baltimore-area firm has agreed to buy an 8.5-acre residential property close to Towson University with an eye toward redeveloping it, an executive involved in the transaction said. Linda Veach, president of...

Johns Hopkins medical program ranked second again, plans improvements.
April 3, 2006... Byline: Joe Bacchus New buildings and an updated curriculum may help the Johns Hopkins University's medical program finish even better than second best in the country.A U.S. News & World Report study ranked graduate programs across the...

Leftover credits in MD's heritage structure tax credit program will stay available.
April 3, 2006... Byline: Karen Buckelew Proponents of Maryland's heritage structure tax credit program disappointed this year by the failure of their legislative effort to lift limits on the program said they are pleased to find the program's annual...

MD Court of Special Appeals upholds conviction in bowling-alley shooting.
April 3, 2006... Byline: Cynthia Di Pasquale Evidence that a murder defendant's nickname was discovered on the scoring monitor at a Clinton bowling alley after a shooting there three years ago is admissible crime-scene evidence, not hearsay, the Court of...

MD Legal Briefs: April 3, 2006.
April 3, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports Teen-ager sues TGIFA teen-ager who sneaked into a charity bartending contest is suing the Frederick restaurant for facial injuries she suffered in a drunken fall in the parking lot. Tyler C....

Impact of MD General Assembly's pollution bill reaches beyond utility power plants.
April 3, 2006... Byline: Dori Berman As the General Assembly acted last week to enact new emissions standards for power plants, opponents tried to throw up a red flag by pointing out the bill could reach much farther than originally intended. While...

4th Circuit rules handcuffed student can't sue officer who chose wrong room.
April 3, 2006... Byline: Daniel Ostrovsky A University of Maryland police detective did not violate the Fourth Amendment rights of a student he briefly detained after entering the wrong room during the execution of a search warrant, the 4th U.S. Circuit...

MD consumer group asks state regulators to start hearings on reverting to regulated markets.
April 3, 2006... Byline: Kathleen Johnston Jarboe With disenchantment growing over electricity deregulation, a consumer advocacy group has asked state regulators to start hearings on whether the state should revert toward regulated markets.The General...

Wise Metals Group LLC of Linthicum Heights reports fourth-quarter net loss.
April 3, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports Wise Metals Group LLC, of Linthicum Heights, a private company that, among other things, is the world's third-largest producer of aluminum can stock for the beverage and food industries, reported a...

Sterling Financial Corp. of Lancaster, Pa. to acquire Bay Net Financial Inc. of Bel Air.
April 3, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports Sterling Financial Corp., of Lancaster, Pa., a diversified financial services company, said it has a definitive agreement to acquire Bay Net Financial Inc., of Bel Air, the parent company of Bay...

RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals Inc. of Bethesda reports net loss for 2005.
April 3, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals Inc., of Bethesda, which develops products for repair and healing of chronic wounds and injured tissues, reported a net loss for 2005 of $5.5 million, or 15 cents per...

Report about storm water management in Baltimore County's Dumbarton area to be reviewed.
April 3, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports A 1,000-page report about storm water management in Baltimore County's Dumbarton area will be reviewed at 7 p.m. tomorrow in the Pikesville High School cafeteria. Councilman Kevin Kamenetz will lead...

Commuter rail extension for Cecil County denied by MD Dept. of Transportation.
April 3, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports A commuter rail extension won't be coming to Cecil County because of insufficient demand for service, the Maryland Department of Transportation said. Extending MARC's Penn line service would...

Tech Talk: Greg Cangialosi: Small is the new big -- stay lean and mean.
April 3, 2006... Byline: Greater Baltimore Technology Council The Greater Baltimore Technology Council recently interviewed Greg Cangialosi, president and co-founder of Blue Sky Factory Inc. (www.blueskyfactory.com), an e-mail marketing service provider...

News Summary.
April 4, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports Burning ban continuesThe Maryland Department of Natural Resources said yesterday the statewide ban on open burning, except Garrett County, instituted on Friday will continue until the Maryland...

Fidelity Investments' office project in Baltimore County has unusual proponents.
April 4, 2006... Byline: James Mosher A new-style building proposed for the north side of Towson Circle faces its first major public test tomorrow with an unusual pair in its corner. Plans to build a 6,800-square-foot Fidelity Investments office are slated...

4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirms career-criminal sentence.
April 4, 2006... Byline: Caryn Tamber In deciding whether to impose a mandatory minimum sentence under the federal Armed Career Criminal Act, a judge can examine a Maryland application for statement of charges to determine whether a defendant's previous...

Officials of Baltimore and Annapolis expect Volvo Ocean Race to boost region's economy.
April 4, 2006... Byline: Kara Kridler As Baltimore and Annapolis gear up for the arrival of the Volvo Ocean Race, officials of both cities expect the event to boost the region's economy and garner worldwide coverage.The race, which started in November,...

Maryland tests porta-puff security system on MARC line.
April 4, 2006... Byline: Joe Bacchus Over the next month, still-waking Marylanders using the Dorsey Road MARC rail station will feel several invigorating puffs of air during their morning commute.Maryland is helping the U.S. Transportation Security...

Maryland's statewide burning ban continues.
April 4, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports The Maryland Department of Natural Resources said yesterday the statewide ban on open burning, except Garrett County, instituted on Friday will continue until the Maryland Forest Service determines...

Fieldstone Investment Corp. to restate its financial statements due to accounting errors.
April 4, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports Fieldstone Investment Corp., of Columbia, a real estate investment trust, said it will restate its financial statements for 2003 and 2004 and the first three quarters of 2005 to correct accounting...

Sweden-based Ericsson to expand its offerings and services to U.S. government.
April 4, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports Ericsson, of Stockholm, Sweden, which makes wireless telecommunications infrastructure equipment, said its acquisition earlier this year of Marconi Communications Federal Inc. enables it to expand...

Swales Aerospace of Beltsville delivers second micro-satellite spacecraft to NASA.
April 4, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports Swales Aerospace, of Beltsville, a provider of engineering services, satellites and associated flight hardware, said it has delivered the second of five micro-satellite spacecraft to the National...

ProFund Advisors LLC of Bethesda opens UltraShort Japan ProFund.
April 4, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports ProFund Advisors LLC, of Bethesda, the investment advisor to the ProFunds family of index-based mutual funds, announced the opening of UltraShort Japan ProFund, which will provide short, magnified...

RWD Technologies of Baltimore unveils its RWD uPerform support tool for employers.
April 4, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports RWD Technologies Inc., of Baltimore, a provider of products and services in areas of training, consulting and organizational performance, unveiled RWD uPerform, a comprehensive, collaborative,...

Tenable Network Security Inc. of Columbia grows its customer/revenue base by 450%.
April 4, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports Tenable Network Security Inc., of Columbia, a provider of network security software, said it has passed a milestone by gaining 250 customers in its first three years of operation. Since 2003,...

TrainingPro of Hunt Valley develops education package for MD's mortgage-licensing requirements.
April 4, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports TrainingPro, of Hunt Valley, a national provider of comprehensive continuing education in the mortgage industry, said a new, 40-hour education package that it developed specifically to satisfy...

MD Legal Briefs: April 4, 2006.
April 4, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports Cecil deputy chargedA Cecil County deputy has been charged with theft and misconduct after a sheriff's department investigation into the disappearance of several fake designer handbags from an...

Baltimore County sponsors coupon program to encourage tree purchases from local merchants.
April 4, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports Baltimore County's government is sponsoring a coupon program to encourage tree purchases from local merchants. County Executive James T. Smith Jr. has set a goal of planting 10,000 new trees in...

Mercantile Bankshares Corp. of Baltimore opens new investment/wealth management office.
April 4, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports Mercantile Bankshares Corp., of Baltimore, a regional multibank holding company with more than $16 billion in assets, said it has opened a new investment and wealth management office in downtown...

Dalai Group of Baltimore selected by Delaware-based FR Lewis Financial Services.
April 4, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports Dalai Group, of Baltimore, an integrated advertising and marketing company, said it has been selected by FR Lewis Financial Services, a Delaware-based company that offers affinity credit card...

MD appellate court rules judge's power to amend QDRO outlived divorcee.
April 4, 2006... Byline: Ann W. Parks A woman who died in September 2001 is entitled to half of her ex-husband's defined contribution retirement plan, despite a provision to the contrary in a court order dated six months before her death, the Court of...

HUD: Regional approach to public housing already in place.
April 4, 2006... Byline: Cynthia Di Pasquale A federal housing official testified yesterday that the agency has taken a regional approach to public housing namely with "portable" Section 8 vouchers that can be used outside of the issuing jurisdiction but...

Maryland's prepaid college plans draw fewer to enroll.
April 4, 2006... Byline: Kathleen Johnston Jarboe Enrollments in Maryland's prepaid college tuition savings plans shrank this year, even as the price to join such plans grew more slowly than in years past.Just 2,109 people added new accounts during the...

News Summary.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports Popular co-opAn electricity-purchasing cooperative signed up 81 businesses, a higher number than expected, according to an executive managing the project. The co-op is the second created jointly...

Southwest Airlines tests Washington market.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Kara Kridler The largest carrier at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport said yesterday it plans to begin flights from Washington Dulles International Airport later this year.Dallas-based Southwest Airlines...

Small Columbia business helps health giant's bottom line.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Joe Bacchus One of the largest health insurance providers in the country is turning to a small Maryland company to help combat rising health care costs.Columbia-based Resolution Health Inc. will provide WellPoint Inc. with a data...

Maryland Legal Briefs: April 5, 2005.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports MTA driver sentencedFrancisco Rivera Jr., 53, of Baltimore, was sentenced yesterday in Baltimore City Circuit Court to six years imprisonment, with all but two years suspended, and three years...

Catonsville neighbors vow housing project appeal.
April 5, 2006... Byline: James Mosher A neighbor and a community association are going to fight at least one more round in hopes of knocking out a planned Catonsville housing development.Marc Scherr, an adjacent property owner, said he and others including...

Gaithersburg-based Digene Corp.'s HPV test gets boost in European study.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Karen Buckelew Gaithersburg-based Digene Corp. is touting a new study out of Europe showing that its human papillomavirus, or HPV, genetic test is more effective than the traditional cytology test, or Pap smear.The company's test...

Maryland electricity-purchasing co-op signs up customers.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff An electricity-purchasing cooperative signed up 81 businesses, a higher number than expected, according to an executive managing the project. The co-op is the second created jointly by the Pikesville Chamber of...

Univ. of Maryland Med Center in Baltimore plans ribbon cutting for new building.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff The University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore said it will mark the completion of its seven-story Weinberg building with a ribbon cutting tomorrow for four new units on the top three floors of the...

Maryland Court of Appeals rules director breached no duty in garnishing firm's assets.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Barbara Grzincic The Web guru who pioneered an online database limited to retail properties must relitigate his right to severance pay from the company he founded, the Court of Special Appeals has held.The decision reverses a...

Baltimore-based LMT has a new name.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff Legg Mason Trust, the wealth management fiduciary of Baltimore-based asset management firm Legg Mason Inc., said it changed its name to Legg Mason Investment Counsel, effective April 1. Services are the same:...

Baltimore's Sinai Hospital gets its second CyberKnife system.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff Accuray Inc., of Sunnyvale, Calif., the manufacturer of the CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System, said it supplied Baltimore's Sinai Hospital with a second CyberKnife system for the treatment of extracranial...

ViaSat gets contract from Boeing Co.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff ViaSat Inc., a California-based manufacturer of satellite and other communication equipment whose laboratory is located in Germantown, said it received a contract from the Chicago-based Boeing Co., valued at...

Bethesda-based GetWellNetwork Inc. does well.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff GetWellNetwork Inc., of Bethesda, whose software transforms in-room hospital monitors into interactive patient-care devices that inform, educate and entertain, said it signed an agreement with San Francisco-based...

Rockville-based Manugistics Group selected by Cott Corp. of Toronto.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff Manugistics Group Inc., of Rockville, whose software helps companies manage their buying and inventory systems, said soft drink manufacturer Cott Corp., of Toronto, Canada, selected Manugistics' forecasting,...

Lanham-based Merkle Inc. helps Proctor & Gamble to clean up.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff Merkle Inc., of Lanham, a provider of information-based database marketing services, said a customized, comprehensive database marketing infrastructure called a Marketing Knowledge Center that it designed and...

Frederick-based BioElectronics Corp. introduces new products.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff BioElectronics Corp., of Frederick, which makes portable, disposable devices designed to use the body's own bioelectrical energy to accelerate healing, said it introduced five new products specifically designed...

Rockville-based Cdex Inc. selected by MN hospital to perform testing.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff Cdex Inc., of Rockville, a developer of chemical detection technology, said its ValiMed medication verification system was selected by Children's Hospitals and Clinics, of Minneapolis, to perform testing of...

Meter readers' aide to be implemented by Salisbury Public Works Department.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff An electronic monitoring system will be installed later this spring in Salisbury enabling city water meter readers to reduce time spent on meter reading, detect leaks faster and decrease billing errors. The new...

Greater Baltimore Committee weighs in on segregation.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Cynthia Di Pasquale A high concentration of poverty in Baltimore's inner city is bad for the region's economy as a whole, a Greater Baltimore Committee board member and housing expert testified yesterday at a federal trial to...

The Securities and Exchange Commission claims $50M in fraud against Silver Spring man.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Ben Mook The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit yesterday against a Silver Spring man for allegedly selling more than $30 million in investment certificates without the reserves to cover them and defrauding the...

MD Court of Special Appeals lets cemetery development go forward.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Ann W. Parks Although the actual occupants of Druid Ridge Cemetery can't object to a proposed development of 56 luxury duplex houses on the northeast portion of the land, nearby homeowners can and do.But this week, the neighbors...

Maryland State Medical Society supports workman's comp bill.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Dori Berman Small business advocates in Annapolis hope to halt a bill they argue will drive up workers' compensation costs for employers.The House of Delegates has already passed HB 868/SB 555, which would prohibit insurance...

Investors seek clues in MD utility battle.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Kathleen Johnston Jarboe Wall Street is watching. As utility executives have negotiated with top lawmakers in Annapolis, Wall Street analysts have called Baltimore energy consultants, reporters and legislative staff to better...

Law Digest.
April 6, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS Criminal Law, Attempted second degree rape: Maxwell v. State, No. 1882, September Term, 2003. The evidence was sufficient to support defendant's conviction for...

News Summary.
April 6, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports Power to the peopleCompetitive Power Ventures, of Silver Spring, a power industry development and asset management company, said it is part of a team of companies that has contracted to develop...

Court of Special Appeals says police dog did not violate 4th Amendment.
April 6, 2006... Byline: BARBARA GRZINCIC A drug-sniffing police dog did not violate the Fourth Amendment by sticking his nose through the open window of a vehicle he was scanning, the Court of Special Appeals has held. The decision affirmed a...

Rising gas prices a cause for concern.
April 6, 2006... Byline: KARA KRIDLER Despite another bout of rising gas prices with no end to the increases in sight Maryland tourism observers remain positive, though more concerned than a year ago. While travelers continue to appear unfazed by rising...

Harford County course's goal - financially literate students.
April 6, 2006... Byline: KATHLEEN JOHNSTON JARBOE Harford County school officials plan to add a seminar course this fall that would teach all ninth-graders financial literacy concepts, among other topics.The move comes after a group of businessmen, state...

Top court to get its first look at international custody law.
April 6, 2006... Byline: ANN W. PARKS An international custody dispute between a father in India and a mother in Baltimore County moves to Annapolis tomorrow, as the state's highest court takes its first look at the 18-month-old Uniform Child Custody...

Maryland captures second-home sales trend.
April 6, 2006... Byline: JEN DEGREGORIO Sales of vacation and investment homes, or second homes, hit record levels last year, according to statistics from the National Association of Realtors. Residential brokers said the trend holds true in Maryland....

Rockville-based Sequella Inc., NIH renew partnership for tuberculosis treatment.
April 6, 2006... Byline: KAREN BUCKELEW Rockville-based Sequella Inc.'s venture into treatment of what one official called "the forgotten disease" tuberculosis has reached the next level with the extension of its long partnership with federal...

Court of Special Appeals excludes Ocean City Police Dept. brass from collective bargaining.
April 6, 2006... Byline: CARYN TAMBER Captains and lieutenants in Ocean City's police department do not have the right to bargain collectively, the state's second-highest court held yesterday.The Court of Special Appeals said it would be "unreasonable" to...

Maryland Senate considers price-gouging bill born of gas hikes.
April 6, 2006... Byline: DORI BERMAN Though business interests opposed the passage of price-gouging legislation this year, some concessions added to a bill now moving through the state Senate make it a little easier to swallow.The Senate gave preliminary...

FDA directs California company to stop comparing anthrax vaccine to MD firm's vaccine.
April 6, 2006... Byline: JOE BACCHUS A Maryland biotech company has found itself in the middle of someone else's dispute.In a letter dated March 24, the Food and Drug Administration directed California-based VaxGen Inc. to stop using materials it says make...

Cott Corp. selects MD-based Manugistics Group's software to help boost performance.
April 6, 2006... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Manugistics Group Inc., of Rockville, whose software helps companies manage their buying and inventory systems, said soft drink manufacturer Cott Corp., of Toronto, Canada, selected Manugistics' forecasting,...

Baltimore's Sinai Hospital gets second CyberKnife system.
April 6, 2006... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Accuray Inc., of Sunnyvale, Calif., the manufacturer of the CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System, said it supplied Baltimore's Sinai Hospital with a second CyberKnife system for the treatment of...

Rep. Wayne Gilchrest joining coalition calling for timetable of withdrawl from Iraq.
April 6, 2006... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Rep. Wayne Gilchrest is joining a congressional coalition calling for the president to outline a timetable for the withdrawal of troops from Iraq. The Eastern Shore Republican supported the invasion of Iraq,...

MD Board of Public Works approves $535K state grant.
April 6, 2006... Byline: The Daily Record Staff The Board of Public Works approved a $535,000 state grant for the expansion and consolidation of the Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy unit and the Wound Care Center at Greater Baltimore Medical Center, according to...

Wicomico County Council members approve impact fees.
April 6, 2006... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Acknowledging that impact fees are not the perfect solution for Wicomico County's school problems, County Council members then voted 5-1 to approve them anyway. Builders of single-family homes will be charged...

Osiris Therapeutics Inc. completes enrollment in trial evaluating drug candidate Provacel.
April 6, 2006... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Osiris Therapeutics Inc., of Baltimore, a biotechnology company that uses adult stem cell therapy to treat damaged tissue, said it completed enrollment in a human clinical trial designed to evaluate the...