Daily Record (Baltimore, MD) articles from August 2007

Daily Record (Baltimore, MD) archives from August 2007

Md. Court of Appeals orders new trial on second rape charge.
August 1, 2007... Byline: Liz Farmer A man convicted of raping a mentally disabled woman in 2004 is entitled to a new trial, since the evidence against him included the testimony of a woman he was convicted of raping in 1981. In both cases, Richard...

Bridge Global Pharmaceutical Services Inc. of Gaithersburg names CEO.
August 1, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff Bridge Global Pharmaceutical Services Inc., of Gaithersburg, a preclinical contract research organization that provides U.S.-level drug development services in both the United States and Asia, said it has hired...

Chief Justice John Roberts released from hospital in Maine.
August 1, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff Chief Justice John Roberts walked out of a hospital in Maine Tuesday, a day after suffering a seizure near his home. Spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said doctors found no cause for concern. Roberts had a prior...

Institute of Human Virology at Univ. of Md. School of Medicine lands $15M Gates Foundation grant.
August 1, 2007... Byline: Karen Buckelew The Institute of Human Virology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine has won a $15 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for further development of a vaccine aimed at protecting against...

Maryland Court of Appeals OKs Rockville historic site pick.
August 1, 2007... Byline: Karen Buckelew Over the course of three centuries, the tract of land at 115 Park Avenue in Rockville has touched the lives of four of the city's mayors, including its first. When the current mayor, Larry Giammo, and the City...

Chesapeake Bay waterfront property in Talbot County sells for $7.9M.
August 1, 2007... Byline: Steven Overly Chloras Point Farm, an 80-acre property along the Chesapeake Bay waterfront in Talbot County, sold for $7.92 million at an auction Tuesday, more than $4.5 million below the owner's previously advertised price. ...

La Plata-based Conmed Healthcare Management Inc. signs new contract.
August 1, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff Conmed Healthcare Management Inc., of La Plata, a provider of health care services for correctional institutions, said it has signed a new contract with the Harford County Detention Center in Bel Air, valued at...

National Archives, with ties to Suitland, enters into deal with Amazon.
August 1, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff The National Archives, which maintains a film archive and research center in Suitland, has reached an agreement with Amazon.com that will allow the public to purchase copies of thousands of historic films and...

Rockville-based InforMedix Holdings Inc. steps out.
August 1, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff InforMedix Holdings Inc., of Rockville, which develops telemedicine technologies that electronically link patients and health care professionals, said it has an agreement with Silver Spring-based Rodman*s, a...

Anne Arundel County ethics ruling stands.
August 1, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff An Anne Arundel County ethics ruling against Phillip F. Scheibe and Robert Dvorak will stand. The Court of Appeals found it had no jurisdiction over the matter, which arose out of a $27 million challenge to the...

Prince George's County police officer indicted in home shooting.
August 1, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff A Prince George's County grand jury indicted a county police officer on second-degree murder charges Tuesday following the January shooting of two delivery men who were dropping off a bedroom set. Cpl. Keith...

Reactor procedure begins for Baltimore-based Constellation Energy Group Inc.
August 1, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff Constellation Energy Group Inc. has filed the first partial application to build a new nuclear reactor in the U.S. in almost 30 years. Baltimore-based Constellation filed an environmental report with the Nuclear...

Bethesda-based Coventry's profit rises.(Financial report)
August 1, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff Bethesda-based health insurer Coventry Health Care Inc. said its second-quarter profit rose 11.7 percent on an increase in managed care premiums. The company earned $151.3 million, or 96 cents per share, compared...

Rockville-based Novavax Inc. begins vaccine study.
August 1, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff Novavax Inc., of Rockville, a drug delivery company focused on women's health and infectious diseases, said it has begun vaccinating healthy volunteers in the first human clinical trial of its new pandemic...

Silver Spring-based United Therapeutics earns less.
August 1, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff United Therapeutics Corp., of Silver Spring, which develops pharmaceuticals to treat cardiovascular, infectious and oncological diseases, said an increase in research and development expenses led to a 24 percent...

Frederick-based BioElectronics Corp. spreads out.
August 1, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff BioElectronics Corp., of Frederick, which makes portable, disposable electromedical devices designed to use the body's own bioelectrical energy to accelerate healing, said Al Khaldiya Electronic & Electric Co, a...

Lutherville-based Barb Clapp Advertising and Marketing adds new clients.
August 1, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff Barb Clapp Advertising and Marketing, of Lutherville, said it has added three companies to its client portfolio. They are The Forecast Store, a Washington, D.C.-based designer clothing and gift boutique; American...

Gaithersburg-based Ace*Comm sees improvement.
August 1, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff Ace*Comm Corp., of Gaithersburg, a telecommunications and Internet service company, said that, based on a preliminary review of results for the fourth quarter ended June 30, it expects to report revenue in the...

Md.-based C-Mart has new owner.
August 1, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff C-Mart, a family-owned consumer discount retailer that began in Harford County 36 years ago, said a Baltimore-based asset brokerage firm, The Asset Store, has acquired a majority interest in its business. C-Mart,...

Maryland Stadium Authority skirts decision on Asti's future.
August 1, 2007... Byline: Louis Llovio Alison Asti is keeping her job with the Maryland Stadium Authority, at least for now. The embattled executive director's future was not discussed when the authority's board met Tuesday -- its first session under...

St. Paddy's may be early in Baltimore.
August 2, 2007... Byline: Louis Llovio St. Patrick's Day revelers looking for green beer and shamrock shakes next March 17 might be in for a rude surprise when they realize they've shown up two days late for the festivities. For only the second time in a...

State must look harder for evidence, Maryland Court of Appeals says.
August 2, 2007... Byline: Liz Farmer Prosecutors must try harder -- much harder -- to comply with convicted rapists' and murderers' requests for post-conviction DNA testing, the state's highest court held Wednesday. It's not enough to look in the police...

Maryland-based Sinclair Broadcast Group's profit drops sharply.(Financial report)
August 2, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Television station operator Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., of Hunt Valley, said its second-quarter earnings were hurt by a $15 million charge to extinguish debt and a sharp decline in national advertising...

Maryland Board of Public Works approves $7.2M Kent Island land deal.
August 2, 2007... Byline: Andy Rosen A divided Board of Public Works approved a $7.2 million deal Wednesday to preserve a piece of land at the northern tip of Kent Island in Queen Anne's County. The board, which oversees state spending, voted 2 to 1 in...

U.S. agents raid businesses in 16 state, including Maryland.
August 2, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Federal customs agents Wednesday raided more than 30 businesses and homes in 16 states, including Maryland, looking for illegal devices that allow pirated video games to play on Wiis, PlayStation 2s and...

Temple Hills heating and air conditioning firm settles EEOC suit.
August 2, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff McCrea Equipment Co., a Temple Hills heating and air conditioning company, has agreed to pay $110,000 to two former employees to settle a race harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal...

Frederick robbery ringleader convicted.
August 2, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff A 17-year-old girl has been convicted of masterminding a teenage armed robbery spree that targeted three fast-food restaurants in Frederick. Five people -- four juveniles and an adult -- were charged with a...

Baltimore-based Legg Mason-Citigroup pact scrutinized.
August 2, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Baltimore-based Legg Mason Inc. and Citigroup Inc. may be forced to renegotiate the terms of their asset swap after Citigroup brokers failed to sell the volume of funds expected, the Financial Times reported,...

Bethesda-based CoStar Group announces agreement with CCIM Institute.
August 2, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff CoStar Group Inc., of Bethesda, a provider of information services to the commercial real estate industry, announced an agreement with the Chicago-based CCIM Institute to provide its members with online access...

Timonium-based Omega Healthcare Investors expands.
August 2, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Omega Healthcare Investors Inc., of Timonium, a real estate investment trust that invests in the long-term care industry, announced it closed on a transaction with Connecticut-based Litchfield Investment Co....

Baltimore-based Metastorm Inc. purchases Proforma.
August 2, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Metastorm Inc., of Baltimore, a developer of business automation and Web-based workflow software, announced its acquisition of Proforma Corp., of Southfield, Mich., a provider of software for business process...

Baltimore-based Imre Communications acquires MDV.
August 2, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Imre Communications, of Baltimore, an integrated brand communications firm, said it acquired MDV Communications, a Baltimore-based, online marketing firm. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. In a...

ArcelorMittal, with steel mill in Baltimore County, boosts profit.(Financial report)
August 2, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steelmaker, reported a second-quarter profit of $2.72 billion as it sold more steel at higher prices to offset higher costs. The Luxembourg-based company posted net income...

Bethesda-based American Capital triples earnings.
August 2, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff American Capital Strategies Ltd., of Bethesda, an alternative asset management company, said its second-quarter earnings nearly tripled from the year-ago quarter due to a jump in unrealized appreciation of its...

Nursing vacancies increase in Maryland.
August 2, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff After two years of improvement, vacancy rates for nurses in Maryland hospitals are climbing again, a new survey by the Maryland Hospital Association shows. Nursing vacancy rates increased to 13 percent in...

Taylor Avenue building in Baltimore County sold.
August 2, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff An affiliate of Pennsylvania-based Preferred Real Estate Investments Inc. sold a 147,000-square-foot industrial building at 1400 Taylor Ave. in Baltimore County for approximately $4.7 million, according to...

Rockville-based Human Genome Sciences narrows loss.(Financial report)
August 2, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Drug development company Human Genome Sciences Inc., of Rockville, said its second-quarter loss narrowed with the help of significant payments from collaborations with Novartis AG and GlaxoSmithKline. Human...

Md. firm targets vaccine at travel illness.
August 2, 2007... Byline: Karen Buckelew "Montezuma's Revenge," "Delhi Belly," the "Aztec Two-Step" -- any name for travelers' diarrhea is music to the ears of executives at Iomai Corp. The Gaithersburg-based biotechnology company announced Wednesday...

Former Maryland Stadium Authority chairman defends Alison Asti's job guarantee.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Louis Llovio Maryland Stadium Authority Chairman Frederick W. Puddester is trying to prove that a portion of Executive Director Alison Asti's contract protecting her other role as general counsel is invalid because of a conflict --...

Lawyer disbarred by Maryland Court of Appeals despite favorable peer review.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Caryn Tamber An attorney panel's recommendation that charges of professional misconduct against Hekyong Christina Pak be dismissed could not prevent bar counsel from pursuing the charges -- nor could it save Pak from disbarment....

Maryland technology firms announce staffing changes: August 3, 2007.
August 3, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff RWD Technologies Inc., a company that develops and implements organizational performance solutions, promoted Michael Bray to the position of chief operating officer. Bray is responsible for the operational...

The League for People with Disabilities names new chief executive officer.
August 3, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff David A. Greenberg is the new chief executive officer of The League for People with Disabilities. Greenberg's unique experience in the health care and nursing system will provide a fresh approach to The...

Fetus murder charge against Ocean City taxicab owner switched.
August 3, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Murder charges against an Ocean City taxicab company owner accused of killing her unborn fetus last week were dismissed Thursday -- but Christy Freeman then was charged with murder in the death of another,...

Phony Talbot and Anne Arundel County social worker sentenced.
August 3, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Jennifer Mast Rinehart, of Cordova, pled guilty in the Talbot County and Anne Arundel County circuit courts to charges that she practiced social work without a license while employed by the social services...

Crop rail station in Havre de Grace pondered.
August 3, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff A new agriculture rail station in Havre de Grace could give Eastern Shore farmers a new link to send crops to market. Harford and Cecil counties are using a $40,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to...

Baltimore-based Metastorm Inc. acquires Proforma Corp.
August 3, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Metastorm Inc., of Baltimore, a developer of business automation and Web-based workflow software, said it acquired Proforma Corp., of Southfield, Mich., a provider of software for business process modeling...

Maryland Dept. of General Services slices vendor fees.
August 3, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff The Maryland Department of General Services announced the elimination of all vendor-related fees for eMaryland Marketplace, the state's Internet-based procurement system. The department is encouraging vendors...

Morris & Ritchie Associates promotes associate in Abingdon office.
August 3, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Morris & Ritchie Associates Inc., a mid-Atlantic land planning, engineering, and architectural firm, recently promoted G. Fred Sheckells to associate with the firm's headquarters in Abingdon. Sheckells has...

Maryland schools announce staffing changes: August 6, 2007.
August 3, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff The University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business announced that Anand Anandalingam, Ralph J. Tyser Professor of Management Sciences, has been named the school's senior associate dean. He will...

Vertis Communications appoints VP, division manager of N.J. location.
August 3, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Vertis Communications appointed Ted LeBow as vice president, division manager for its North Brunswick, N.J., location. Bringing more than 15 years of experience to Vertis, LeBow has successfully transformed...

Maryland boards announce staffing changes: August 3, 2007.
August 3, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff j-ref, a small-business financier in Howard County, announced its board of directors for the 2008 fiscal year. Christopher Young of the Business & Technology Law Group in Columbia is the new chair of the...

Maryland banks announce staffing changes: August 3, 2007.
August 3, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Provident Bank has hired Mark G. Dorney as president and program manager of the Provident Investment Company, a subsidiary of Provident Bank. Dorney will oversee a sales force licensed in the purchase and...

Leadership Howard County honors 2007 award recipients.
August 3, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Leadership Howard County recently honored their 2007 award recipients. They include: Dick Story, HC Economic Development Authority, Distinguished Alumni Award; Judith S. Pittman, Association of Community...

Cannon Design announces promotions at Baltimore office.
August 3, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Cannon Design, a nationally ranked architectural, engineering and planning firm, announced that John W. Rietz has been named principal and Scott R. Thomas has been named vice president in the firm's Baltimore...

Sale rumored for Bethesda-based USEC Inc.
August 3, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff USEC Inc., of Bethesda, a global energy company that supplies enriched uranium fuel for commercial nuclear power plants, may be bought by Energy Solutions Inc., of Salt Lake City, if the companies win a joint...

Integral Systems receives contract from U.S. Air Force.
August 3, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Integral Systems Inc., of Lanham, a provider and operator of satellite ground control systems, said it received an award from the U.S. Air Force valued at $5.8 million in connection with the modification of a...

Columbia-based W.R. Grace completes asset sale.
August 3, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff W.R. Grace & Co., of Columbia, a specialty chemical company, said it completed the sale of its washcoat product line and Cincinnati, Ohio, site assets to Rhodia Silcea, France's largest specialty chemicals...

Rockville-based Vanda Pharmaceuticals reduces loss.
August 3, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Rockville, which develops drugs to treat disorders of the central nervous system, reported a second-quarter net loss of $16 million, or 60 cents per diluted share, versus a net...

Germantown-based MiddleBrook Pharmaceuticals cuts loss.
August 3, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff MiddleBrook Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Germantown, formerly Advancis Pharmaceutical Corp., which develops novel anti-infective products, reported a second-quarter net loss of $9.5 million, or 21 cents per...

Bethesda-based Marriott International expands buyback.
August 3, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Marriott International Inc., of Bethesda, the world's biggest hotel company, plans to buy back as many as 40 million shares. In a statement, the company said its board authorized the repurchase, which...

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Dean Phillip J. Closius seeks to upgrade U of Baltimore law school.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Liz Farmer Newly appointed Dean Phillip J. Closius said the five-year plan he announced this week for the University of Baltimore School of Law revolves around one key issue. Your people have to be your selling point, he said...

Dolan Media Co. goes public, raises $195.1 million in IPO.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Andy Rosen Shares of Dolan Media Co., the parent company of The Daily Record, got a strong start Thursday as the company's stock went public on the New York Stock Exchange. Investor interest exceeded the Minnesota company's...

Gaithersburg-based MedImmune Inc., Ahold top deals list.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Andy Rosen Merger and acquisition activity heated up in Maryland during the first half of 2007, with deals for Gaithersburg-based MedImmune Inc. and U.S. Foodservice of Columbia outstripping last year's most heavily publicized...

Maryland accounting firms announce staffing changes: August 3, 2007.
August 3, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Clifton Gunderson made the following promotions in the firm's Baltimore office. Tamara Barnes and Melissa Jones, who work in the firm's health care group, were promoted to senior manager. Page Heath, Pete...

Commentary: Charitable Giving: Calling all partners: City schools will need your help in many ways.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Betsy Nelson On Aug. 27, more than 80,000 students will begin another school year in the Baltimore City Public School System. While many things remain the same as when their summer break began in June, there will be one big change...

Week in Review.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Staff and wire reports Travel illness vaccine Iomai Corp., a Gaithersburg-based biotechnology company, announced Wednesday its travelers' diarrhea vaccine seemed to make visitors to Mexico and Guatemala less likely to contract...

Commentary: Tech Talk: Internet users beware -- your new 'friend' could be a sexual predator.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Larry Fiorino Social networking is one of the fastest-growing trends on the Internet today. Each day thousands of people sign onto one of the many social Web sites to create profiles, meet new friends and explore their interests....

State must look harder for evidence.
August 3, 2007... Byline: LIZ FARMER Prosecutors must try harder — much harder — to comply with convicted rapists' and murderers' requests for post-conviction DNA testing, the state's highest court held Wednesday. It's not enough to look in...

Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler issues warning.
August 3, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler issued a warning to consumers about potentially dangerous, Chinese-manufactured tires that may have been sold to Maryland drivers of light trucks, sports utility...

Commentary: Regional Perspectives: Transit plan is long on hope, short on dollars.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Joe Nathanson Outlook 2035 is out on the street for review and comment. Unless you're a local planning buff and follow these matters closely, you may not have heard of this recently released planning document. But you might want to...

Commentary: It's a Gimme: Don't stress out over the shanks.
August 4, 2007... Byline: Joe Rahnis The dreaded shank shot. It's a grossly miss-hit shot that basically goes perpendicular to the intended target line. All golfers can be subjected to its humiliating wrath, from the expert all the way down to the beginner....

Commentary: Dividend resurgence means opportunity for investors.
August 4, 2007... Byline: Dena S. Frenkel Investing for dividends has always been a tactic to produce stable monthly income for retirement. However the investment climate changed in the 1990s when stock prices soared to unprecedented highs. Even some of...

Place to Be.
August 4, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Ongoing The Severna Park Farmers’ Market will remain open every Saturday until Oct. 27. The market will carry annuals and perennials, herbs, jams, jellies, baked goods, cheese and spring greens. ...

White Marsh-based Williams Scotsman International's rosy report.
August 6, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Williams Scotsman International Inc., of White Marsh, a provider of mobile office and storage units, said Friday its second-quarter profit rose as rental revenue grew. The company earned $14.6 million, or 33...

Baltimore-based Constellation Energy's coalfield deal.
August 6, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Constellation Energy Partners LLC, the oil and gas producer created by Baltimore-based Constellation Energy Group, the largest U.S. power marketer, agreed to buy properties in Oklahoma's Cherokee Basin from...

Baltimore-based Legg Mason shares upgraded by Citigroup.
August 6, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Shares of Baltimore-based Legg Mason Inc., lagging behind peers as the company has struggled to increase sales of its stock mutual funds, were upgraded by Citigroup Inc. because they are "too cheap to...

New order for Bethesda-based Chindex International.
August 6, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Chindex International Inc., of Bethesda, which provides health care products and services in China, said it received a $5.2 million order for medical equipment, to be sold under a loan agreement between the...

Rockville attorney says with a fee award, pro bono cases can pay.
August 6, 2007... Byline: Liz Farmer If family law lawyer Jo Benson Fogel has one message to other pro bono lawyers, it's this: Just because you take a case pro bono doesn't mean you can't request fees from the court, the Rockville lawyer said. Fogel,...

Maryland atty. recounts his first out-of-state argument.
August 6, 2007... Byline: Cynthia Dipasquale The notion of a victim becoming a quasi-party to a criminal case is relatively new in Maryland. Russell Butler, executive director at the Maryland Crime Victims Resource Center, and his colleagues pioneered the...

Profile in Leadership: Judge Pamila Brown.
August 6, 2007... Byline: Caryn Tamber Judge Pamila Brown believes that lawyers can make a big difference in the lives of domestic violence victims. Brown, a district judge in Howard County and a 2005 Leadership in Law winner, is chairwoman of the...

Seeking options for human trafficking victims in Baltimore area.
August 6, 2007... Byline: Cynthia Dipasquale Zipora Mazengo's story is uncommon, but not as uncommon as some might think. The 27-year-old Tanzanian woman came to the United States in 2000 to work for a minister in the Tanzanian embassy and his wife, in...

Maryland's task force in 'beginning stages'.
August 6, 2007... Byline: Cynthia Dipasquale Baltimore City State's Attorney Patricia C. Jessamy was active in lobbying for a new state law just passed by the General Assembly this year, recognizing the criminality of modern-day peonage, extortion and sex...

Baltimore-based FTI Consulting's earnings bloom.
August 6, 2007... Byline: Staff and wire reports FTI Consulting Inc., of Baltimore, a global business advisory firm, said its second-quarter earnings rose 82 percent due to growth across all lines of consulting. FTI's second-quarter earnings rose to $23.1...