Daily Record (Baltimore, MD) articles from May 2007

Daily Record (Baltimore, MD) archives from May 2007

Maryland Port Administration seeking $100K more in Baltimore's World Trade Center suit.
May 1, 2007... Byline: Jen Degregorio The Maryland Port Administration has upped the ante by a third in litigation that has dragged on for more than a year with a former tenant of Baltimore's World Trade Center. In an amended complaint filed last week,...

Wal-Mart brings tetanus shots to Md.
May 1, 2007... Byline: Louis Llovio As part of an initiative that will see the company open as many as 2,000 in-store medical clinics over the next seven years, the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Frederick Monday started offering tetanus shots along with...

Md. Court of Special Appeals: Standard of care for elevators isn't going down.
May 1, 2007... Byline: Brendan Kearney Elevator owners and operators owe their passengers the "highest degree of care," the same duty owed to passengers of common carriers such as public buses, the Court of Special Appeals held Monday. Relying on a...

Detective's 'urgings' void most of confession, rules Md. Court of Special Appeals.
May 1, 2007... Byline: Caryn Tamber When Cindi Renee Katherine Rush was questioned about the death of Patricia Caniglia, a detective told her that the only way to "get around" a first-degree murder charge was to talk to him about her role in the killing....

New Web site for all things Maryland launched by attorney.(Website overview)
May 1, 2007... Byline: Dori Berman DavisWiki features an article about an inexplicable section of grass sidewalk somewhere in Davis, Calif., while Bloomingpedia tells viewers the locations of recent car crashes in Bloomington, Ind. What can you find on...

Owners of Maryland's coal-fired power plants to spend billions on emission controls.
May 1, 2007... Byline: Andy Rosen The owners of Maryland's coal-fired power plants expect to spend billions to align themselves with the state's strict emission standards for several major air pollutants. Mirant Mid-Atlantic LLC, a Maryland-based...

Md. Court of Special Appeals affirms suspended sentences may include probation.
May 1, 2007... Byline: Caryn Tamber When a defendant plea bargains for a suspended sentence, the judge can impose probation as well, the Court of Special Appeals ruled Monday. The court declined to throw out the sentence of a man who claimed that when he...

Arab sheikh gifts Johns Hopkins Medicine.
May 1, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record A multi-million dollar gift from the president of the United Arab Emirates to Johns Hopkins Medicine will partially fund construction of the hospital's new 12-story, 355-bed heart and critical care building....

Turnaround for Argan Inc. of Rockville.
May 1, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports Argan Inc., of Rockville, a holding company whose three subsidiaries design and build alternative energy plants (Gemma Power Systems), provide inside-premise wiring services to the federal...

Carrollton Bancorp of Baltimore nets less.
May 1, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports Carrollton Bancorp, of Baltimore, parent company of The Carrollton Bank, reported first-quarter net income of $601,000, or 21 cents per diluted share, versus net income of $868,000, or 31 cents per...

Bright outlook at Linthicum-based Ciena Corp.
May 1, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports Ciena Corp. was upgraded to "overweight" from "market weight" at Thomas Weisel Partners LLC, following an analyst's report that the Linthicum-based computer-networking equipment maker's revenue...

Bethesda-based Hanger Orthopedic Group's ratings upgraded.
May 1, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports Hanger Orthopedic Group Inc., of Bethesda, which owns orthotic and prosthetic rehabilitation centers, announced that its ratings have been upgraded by Moody's Investors Service. The Corporate Family...

RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals Inc. of Bethesda gets FDA go-ahead.
May 1, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals Inc., of Bethesda, which develops products for repair and healing of chronic wounds and injured tissues, said it received clearance from the Food and Drug Administration...

Reznick Group PC of Bethesda launches new service.
May 1, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports Reznick Group PC, of Bethesda, an accounting, taxation and business advisory services firm, announced the launching of Reznick Talent Solutions LLC, an executive recruiters service specializing in...

University of Md.'s MTECH Ventures selects business plan winners.
May 1, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports MTECH Ventures, an initiative of the A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park, announced the winners of the 2007 University of Maryland $50K Business Plan...

Lockheed Martin Corp. of Bethesda unveils new facility.
May 1, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports Lockheed Martin Corp., of Bethesda, the world's largest defense company, officially unveiled a 22,000-square-foot, $3.7 million facility at its Middle River missile plant in Baltimore County, where...

Landmark office building in downtown Baltimore sold to Wilmington, Del.-based group.
May 1, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports One North Charles Street, a landmark, 25-story office building in downtown Baltimore, often called the Blaustein Building after Jacob Blaustein, an oil company executive who built it in the...

Md. Court of Special Appeals revisits its March decision in riparian rights case.
May 1, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports On motion for reconsideration, the Court of Special Appeals has revisited its March decision in a riparian rights case. In Gunby et al. v. Olde Severna Park Improvement Assoc. et al., the court held...

EEOC lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Baltimore settled.
May 1, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission office in Baltimore on Monday announced a settlement of its employment discrimination suit against Chesapeake Bay Golf Club LP, which operates golf...

Maryland attorney general's consumer protection division files charges against health clubs.
May 1, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports The Maryland attorney general's office on Monday said its consumer protection division filed administrative charges against six health clubs for failing to renew their registration as required under...

Shareholders of Baltimore-based First Mariner reject proposal to force Hale to give up one title.
May 2, 2007... Byline: Andy Rosen Edwin F. Hale Sr. will not be forced to relinquish either of his roles as chairman and chief executive officer at First Mariner Bancorp, after the company's shareholders on Tuesday rejected a proposal to separate the two...

News Summary.
May 2, 2007... Byline: Staff and wire reports FTI grows earnings FTI Consulting Inc., of Baltimore, a national provider of consulting and technology services, said its first-quarter earnings grew 24 percent on higher corporate finance/restructuring and...

'Pro se' litigant in Md. agrees to control his over-active client.
May 2, 2007... Byline: Caryn Tamber For years, non-lawyer Arthur W. Robinson has filed dozens of crisp, professional-looking -- and, his critics say, completely frivolous -- lawsuits against major banks and other businesses. Sometimes, companies settled...

Giuliani calls for reform to help business at summit in Georgtown.
May 2, 2007... Byline: Louis Llovio Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani told members of The Latino Coalition Tuesday that it is America's moral duty to allow immigrants who are living in the United States to stay if it can be shown they are...

Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. hopes 'smart meters' raise energy awareness.
May 2, 2007... Byline: Andy Rosen Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. can move forward with plans to measure customers' electric and natural gas use on an hourly basis, a move that could eventually decrease peak demand by making people more aware of how and...

Beltsville-based Spherix Inc. prepares to sell its revenue engine.
May 2, 2007... Byline: Karen Buckelew Spherix Inc. has taken steps to sell the only revenue-generating portion of its business to focus on its bioscience development program. The Beltsville firm announced April 26 that it had accepted a letter of intent...

Jurors given grim account of how Md. girl, 8, was killed.
May 2, 2007... Byline: Cynthia Dipasquale A medical examiner provided graphic testimony Tuesday to support her conclusion that the death of 8-year-old Marciana Ringo in 2002 was a homicide. The little girl died of "multiple cutting wounds and a blunt...

Baltimore-based FTI Consulting Inc. grows earnings.
May 2, 2007... Byline: Daily Record FTI Consulting Inc., of Baltimore, a national provider of consulting and technology services, said its first-quarter earnings grew 24 percent on higher corporate finance/restructuring and technology revenue. Net income...

Sparks-based McCormick & Co. Inc. takes Ohio company to court.
May 2, 2007... Byline: Ben Mook McCormick & Co. Inc., the world's biggest spice maker, has gone to court to stop an Ohio-based company from manufacturing spice grinder bottles it says infringes on its trademarked design. Since November 2006, Twinsburg,...

Silver Spring-based United Therapeutics Corp. has loss.
May 2, 2007... Byline: Daily Record United Therapeutics Corp., of Silver Spring, a biopharmaceutical company, reported a first-quarter loss of $2.8 million, or 13 cents per diluted share, on revenue of $40.2 million, compared with a year-earlier profit...

Bethesda-based DiamondRock Hospitality Co.'s profit rises.(Financial report)
May 2, 2007... Byline: Daily Record DiamondRock Hospitality Co., of Bethesda, a real estate investment trust that focuses on high-end hotels, reported funds from operations for its fiscal first quarter ended March 23 of $24.2 million, or 26 cents per...

Rockville-based Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. cuts loss.
May 2, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Rockville, which develops drugs to treat disorders of the central nervous system, reported a first-quarter net loss of $15.4 million, or 61 cents per diluted share, on revenue of $16.8...

More funding for Gaithersburg-based GenVec Inc.
May 2, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff GenVec Inc., of Gaithersburg, a biopharmaceutical company developing gene-based drugs and vaccines, announced it will receive an additional $750,000 through the end of 2007 by way of an existing, $3.9 million...

Sex boutique at the beach in Ocean City, Md.
May 2, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Ocean City, Maryland's only beach resort, fancies itself a family destination. So when a store called "Sex Style Adult Boutique" opened, featuring sex novelties for sale under a large "Sex Is Good!" banner, town...

Columbia building sold.
May 2, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff Manekin LLC, of Columbia, a full-service commercial real estate and residential land development firm , said it participated in the sale for $6.5 million of 10100 Old Columbia Road, a two-story,...

Business leaders lauded at Univ. of Md.
May 2, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff The Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland announced its 2007 Smith Leadership and Excellence Award winners, honoring regional business leaders and organizations. This year's winners...

FCC approves new national "Call Before You Dig" number.
May 2, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff A new national telephone number, 811, has been approved by the Federal Communications Commission for both individuals and professional excavators to call before beginning a digging project, so that underground...

Baltimore-based health media firm acquired.
May 2, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff Physicians Practice LLC, a Baltimore-based health care media company, has been acquired from parent company Med-IQ LLC by United Business Media Plc, a global business information company based in London, for an...

Baltimore District Court Judge O'Malley rests.
May 2, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff Gov. Martin O'Malley's office on Tuesday issued the following statement regarding the governor's wife, Hon. Catherine Curran O'Malley, a Baltimore District Court judge: "Judge Katie O'Malley felt faint after...

Md. Court of Appeals Judge Raker to receive award.
May 2, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff Maryland Court of Appeals Judge Irma S. Raker has been chosen by the American Bar Association to receive the 2007 Margaret Brent Award. The award, named for Margaret Brent, the first woman lawyer in America, is...

Ship's officer pleads guilty to polluting Md. waters with oil sludge.
May 2, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff The former chief engineer of a giant car carrier ship pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Baltimore to polluting Maryland waters with oil sludge, Department of Justice officials announced. Frank Coe...

Law digest.
May 2, 2007... Byline: Staff and wire reports COURT OF APPEALS Constitutional Law, State-created danger theory: McNack v. State of Maryland, CA No. 98, September Term, 2006. The circuit court was correct as a matter of law when it found that the...

News summary.
May 3, 2007... Byline: Staff and wire reports Company's acquisition looms L-1 Identity Solutions Inc., of Stamford, Conn., a publicly traded identity security company, said it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Advanced...

Resentencing killer means a whole new trial in Baltimore County.
May 3, 2007... Byline: Cynthia Di Pasquale The Harford County State's Attorney's office is in an unusual situation this week, essentially prosecuting anew a man who has already been found guilty of murder. The prosecutors are seeking the death penalty...

Nabi Biopharmaceuticals' new vaccine shows promise helping smokers kick the habit.
May 3, 2007... Byline: Karen Buckelew A new vaccine is showing promise helping two-pack-a-day smokers kick the habit, according to studies conducted in part at the University of Maryland, College Park. Nabi Biopharmaceuticals Inc. said Wednesday its...

Rental's aroma justified search of trunk, rules Md. Court of Special Appeals.
May 3, 2007... Byline: Barbara Grzincic There was no marijuana in the glove box. No marijuana in the ash tray. None in the air filter. None, even, in the hubcaps. What there was -- all there was -- was a smell: the smell of burnt marijuana in a rented...

L-1 Identity Solutions of Stamford, Conn. to acquire privately held Advanced Concepts of Columbia.
May 3, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports L-1 Identity Solutions Inc., of Stamford, Conn., a publicly traded identity security company, said it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Advanced Concepts Inc., of...

Baltimore County Savings Bank owner, BCSB Bancorp Inc., reports loss.(Financial report)
May 3, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports BCSB Bancorp Inc., which owns Baltimore County Savings Bank, said it lost $3 million, or 51 cents per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2007, compared to net income of $114,000, or 2 cents...

Less profit for Target Logistics of Baltimore.(Financial report)
May 3, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports Target Logistics Inc., of Baltimore, a freight forwarding and logistics services company, reported net income in its fiscal third quarter ended March 31 of $340,150, or 2 cents per diluted share,...

Earnings drop for Foundation Coal Holdings Inc. of Linthicum Heights.
May 3, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports Foundation Coal Holdings Inc., of Linthicum Heights, a coal mining company, said earnings tumbled 21 percent in the first quarter as lower average coal prices outweighed a modest increase in...

Sharon Pinder, head of Md. Governor's Office of Minority Affairs, leaving to head own firm.
May 3, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports Sharon R. Pinder, who for four years headed the Governor's Office of Minority Affairs, announced she is leaving state employment to head her own company. Pinder will be president and CEO of the...

Profit flat for Williams Scotsman International Inc. of White Marsh.(Financial report)
May 3, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports Williams Scotsman International Inc., of White Marsh, a lessor of mobile office and storage units, said its first-quarter profit was flat as revenue edged lower. Revenue for the quarter fell 2...

Federal Realty Investment Trust of Rockville earns more.
May 3, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports Federal Realty Investment Trust, of Rockville, an equity real estate investment trust specializing in prime retail and urban mixed-use properties, reported funds from operations in its first quarter...

Md. Court of Special Appeals affirms penalty for doctor who burned patient, then lied.
May 3, 2007... Byline: Caryn Tamber When a doctor lied to a peer review committee about his role in burning a patient during surgery, the lie itself constituted "unprofessional conduct in the practice of medicine," the state's intermediate appellate...

Slain child's parents share their pain at Baltimore County hearing.
May 3, 2007... Byline: Cynthia Di Pasquale On what would have been Marciana Ringo's 13th birthday, her parents described Wednesday how her murder has affected their lives. "It hurts me to think what my daughter was thinking," the girl's mother, Milagro...

Elite Equity Marketing of Towson retained by China-based Along Mobile Technologies.
May 3, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports Along Mobile Technologies Inc., of Xi'an, China, a provider of wireless interactive entertainment products and services in China, said it has retained Elite Equity Marketing, of Towson, to give its...

Merkle Inc. of Lanham ranked No. 31 by Advertising Age magazine.
May 3, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports Merkle Inc., of Lanham, a provider of database marketing services, said Advertising Age magazine has ranked it No. 31 in an annual list of the 50 top marketing organizations worldwide, based on...

Maryland Public Television to add 24-hour Spanish network.
May 3, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports Maryland Public Television, in acknowledgment of the state's growing Hispanic population, will add the first noncommercial programming of its kind in Maryland with a 24-hour Spanish network....

Total Site Solutions of Columbia receives awards totaling more than $15 million.
May 3, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports Total Site Solutions, of Columbia, which provides planning, design and development services for critical facilities like data centers, trading floors, call centers, laboratories and secure areas,...

BankAnnapolis Inc. offers one of the highest-yielding savings accounts in the Baltimore region.
May 3, 2007... Byline: Andy Rosen BankAnnapolis Inc. is offering one of the highest-yielding savings accounts in the region in an attempt to bolster both its deposits and its customer base, even as the company and other lenders struggle with an interest...

Ex-Baltimore Raven Michael McCrary wants business associate jailed.
May 3, 2007... Byline: Barbara Grzincic Ex-Raven Michael McCrary, who is suing two former business associates for fraud, now seeks to have one of them jailed. McCrary says Stuart C. "Neil" Fisher emptied and closed a bank account that once contained $1.7...

Organizers of Baltimore's fourth annual Green Week are looking for a color-blind focus.
May 3, 2007... Byline: Dori Berman Organizers of Baltimore's fourth annual Green Week hope the recent hype over environmental issues will send more people their way this year, though they're hoping to bring the focus from global to local. The week kicks...

Rockville-based Sequella Inc. test successful.
May 4, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff Sequella Inc., of Rockville, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on commercializing products to treat diseases of epidemic potential, said a Phase 1a clinical trial of SQ109, its new, oral...

Bethesda-based Lockheed Martin Corp. gets C-5M award.
May 4, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff Lockheed Martin Corp., of Bethesda, the world's largest defense company, said it was awarded an initial $23 million contract by the U.S. Air Force for advanced material and low-rate production for the C-5M cargo...

Bird flu vaccine milestone at Rockville-based Novavax Inc.
May 4, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff Novavax Inc., of Rockville, a drug delivery company focused on women's health and infectious diseases, said ferrets that were given its bird flu vaccine survived after being exposed to the virus. The small...

Gaithersburg-based Ace*Comm elects CEO.
May 4, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff Ace*Comm Corp., of Gaithersburg, a telecommunications and Internet service company, announced that its board of directors elected the corporation's president, Jim Greenwell, to the additional position of chief...

Chevy Chase-based JBG Cos. expands Bethesda hotel.
May 4, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff The JBG Cos., of Chevy Chase, a real estate developer and manager, announced the start of construction for the expansion of the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center. A new wing with 225 guestrooms...

When the workplace becomes intolerable.
May 4, 2007... Byline: Brendan Kearney Have you ever thought about complaining about your boss to her boss? Dan Kinsbourne, newly minted vice president of 180s Inc., did just that in October 2005. The working atmosphere at the young, high-flying...

Make way for Bethesda-based Sensatex Inc.
May 4, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff Sensatex Inc., of Bethesda, a developer and provider of smart textile materials and applications, said it will soon conduct field trials of its patented SmartShirt System, a seamless shirt designed to monitor an...

News summary.
May 4, 2007... Byline: Staff and wire reports COPT's net income drops Corporate Office Properties Trust, of Columbia, a real estate investment trust that invests in suburban office properties primarily in the Greater Washington region, said its...

Week in review.
May 4, 2007... Byline: Staff and wire reports U.S. Foodservice sold Royal Ahold NV, the Netherlands-based operator of Giant Food, Stop & Shop and other grocery chains, said Wednesday it agreed to sell Columbia-based U.S. Foodservice to a consortium of...

Maryland merger mania.
May 4, 2007... Byline: Jen Degregorio Merger and acquisition activity in Maryland about doubled in the last five years, following a national trend driven by low interest rates, rising company profits and individual wealth. Last year, the state saw 314...

Columbia-based Corporate Office Properties Trust's net income drops.(Financial report)
May 4, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff Corporate Office Properties Trust, of Columbia, a real estate investment trust that invests in suburban office properties primarily in the Greater Washington region, said its first-quarter net income dropped to...

Baltimore-based Vertis Communications Inc.'s study says credit card use is on the rise.
May 4, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff Vertis Communications Inc., of Baltimore, a provider of targeted advertising, media and marketing services, said its proprietary Customer Focus: Financial study found that 16 percent of all adults use three or...

Smoking ban urged in movies by group of 32 state attorneys general.
May 4, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler is among a group of 32 state attorneys general that sent letters to eight major Hollywood movie studios, urging them to remove depictions of tobacco smoking from films...

Food and Drug Administration upgrades health information.
May 4, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff The Food and Drug Administration announced two new initiatives to enhance online communications. A Web page, "Consumer Health Information for You and Your Family" (www.fda.gov/consumer), provides comprehensive...

Loss of Volvo Ocean Race stopover means no '09 Waterfront Festival for Baltimore's Inner Harbor.
May 4, 2007... Byline: Louis Llovio When the organizers of the Volvo Ocean Race announced Thursday that the race would not be returning to Baltimore and Annapolis for the 2008-2009 season, the first victim was the Waterfront Festival on the Inner Harbor....

Baltimore killer turned to religion with passion after breakup, jurors told.
May 4, 2007... Byline: Cynthia Di Pasquale Jamaal A. Abeokuto possesses a religious fervor that is almost "over the top," the convicted child-killer's brother testified yesterday at a sentencing hearing. Abeokuto, who was convicted of first-degree murder...

New plan for Legg headquarters, green building requirements OK'd by Baltimore Planning Commission.
May 4, 2007... Byline: Jen Degregorio The Baltimore Planning Commission Thursday gave its blessing to three major pieces of legislation, two that would advance the construction of Legg Mason's new headquarters at Inner Harbor East and another that would...

Three decades of the Baltimore Farmers' Market.
May 5, 2007... Byline: Ben Mook Starting tomorrow, the Baltimore Farmers' Market will kick off its 30th season, and thousands of visitors will eagerly flock to stalls situated under a highway overpass to pick up fresh produce, seafood, eggs and even...

New president of Montgomery County Bar Assn. announces two new initiatives.
May 7, 2007... Byline: Cynthia Di Pasquale The newly installed president of the Montgomery County Bar Association announced two initiatives Friday that the organization will launch in an effort to help the county's youth succeed. One program will send...

4th Circuit Court of Appeals says Alaska natives can be sued for discrimination.
May 7, 2007... Byline: Caryn Tamber An Alaska Native-owned business can be sued under federal anti-employment discrimination law, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has held. The decision reverses the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland...

Maryland mother got title to property through adverse possession.
May 7, 2007... Byline: Barbara Grzincic Back in 1964, when Thelma Mallonee's son was getting married, she picked out a house for the newlyweds and made the down payment on it. Within a year, Andrew Yourik and his bride had separated and the house was in...

Baltimore wedding planner aims to add environmentally conscious slant to weddings.
May 7, 2007... Byline: Louis Llovio Baltimore wedding planner Cate Buscher is on a crusade to save the world. Okay, she is smart enough to know that she's not going to single-handedly save the planet, but she has figured out how to do her part and make a...