Daily Record (Baltimore, MD) articles from November 2007

Daily Record (Baltimore, MD) archives from November 2007

Civilian detention case reargued in 4th Circuit.
November 1, 2007... Byline: Deborah Elkins The en banc 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard argument Wednesday in a much-watched case that could set limits on presidential power to seize and hold civilians in the name of prosecuting the war on terrorism....

U.S. District Court in Baltimore orders church to pay $10.9M for picketing Marine's funeral.
November 1, 2007... Byline: Brendan Kearney A Kansas-based fundamentalist church and three of its principal members have been ordered to pay $10.9 million to the father of a U.S. Marine whose funeral the anti-gay group picketed. After a week-long trial in...

Hunt Valley-based Sinclair Broadcast Group's profit decreases.(Financial report)
November 1, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., of Hunt Valley, which owns or programs 57 television stations in 35 markets, reaching more than a fifth of U.S. homes, reported a 56 percent drop in third-quarter...

U.S. Senate passes airport aid bill.
November 1, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports The U.S. Senate has passed a bill aimed at restoring commercial air service to Hagerstown; Lancaster, Pa.; and Brookings, S.D. All three airports lost scheduled passenger service on Oct. 1 amid a...

Clifton Gunderson to relocate its Bel Air operations to its office at Timonium Corporate Center.
November 1, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports Clifton Gunderson LLP, the 14th largest CPA and consulting firm in the nation, said it will relocate its Bel Air operations to its office at the Timonium Corporate Center, 9515 Deereco Road, early...

Bethesda-based American Capital reports third-quarter earnings decrease.(Financial report)
November 1, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports American Capital Strategies Ltd., of Bethesda, an alternative asset management company, reported third-quarter earnings decreased 84 percent to $21 million, compared to $132 million for the third...

Columbia-based Martek Biosciences Corp. wins court injunction.
November 1, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports Columbia-based Martek Biosciences Corp., the maker of nutritional oils for foods and baby formula, won a court injunction against the Nutrinova unit of rival Lonza Group AG after a jury ruling of...

Maryland state fire marshal sees racist motive for fires in Hagerstown.
November 1, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports The state fire marshal's office says racism was the motive for two fires set by a 14-year-old white boy in Hagerstown. Deputy State Fire Marshal Jason Mowbray says the unidentified juvenile set...

Maryland's largest business groups want $200M more in new transportation funds.
November 1, 2007... Byline: Andy Rosen The state's largest business groups agreed Wednesday that the General Assembly should allocate as much as $600 million in new transportation funds rather than the $400 million sought by Gov. Martin O'Malley. But...

News Summary - 11/1.
November 1, 2007... Byline: Staff and wire reports Sinclair's profit decreases Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., of Hunt Valley, which owns or programs 57 television stations in 35 markets, reaching more than a fifth of U.S. homes, reported a 56 percent drop...

Rockville-based Vanda Pharmaceuticals' sleep drug suffers setback.
November 1, 2007... Byline: Karen Buckelew Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. will continue human testing of its experimental treatment for a sleep disorder, even though the drug showed little difference from a placebo in a recent study. Vanda, based in...

Plea deal in Fort Dix case.
November 1, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports A man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to providing weapons to a group of men accused of plotting an attack on soldiers at Fort Dix. Agron Abdullahu, 25, faces up to five years in federal prison when he...

Landmark Theatres opening seven-screen cineplex in Baltimore.
November 2, 2007... Byline: Louis Llovio Baltimore's movie business gets a competitive jolt Friday when Landmark Theatres opens a glitzy seven-screen cineplex in the city's rapidly developing Harbor East area. With gourmet concessions, a full bar,...

Commentary: The Pursuit of Justice: What skills, characteristics should our judges possess?
November 2, 2007... Byline: Steven I. Platt What are the qualities that should be identified and then sought after in an applicant for judicial office? The diverse and balanced Special MSBA Committee, which researched and deliberated on this question for two...

Baltimore-based Hord Coplan Macht adds to staff.
November 2, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Hord Coplan Macht Inc. (HCM), a Baltimore-based architecture firm, announced the addition of Scott Huot as landscape architect to the HCM team. Huot joins HCM with more than 18 years of industry experience. In...

Letters to the Editor.(Letter to the editor)
November 2, 2007... Higher education needs dedicated state funding Gov. Martin O’Malley’s plan to resolve the state’s $1.7 billion “structural deficit,” with its mixture of tax reform, budget cuts, and new revenue sources, has...

Commentary: Tech Talk: Smart Limits may help parents curb kids' cell phone use.
November 2, 2007... Byline: Larry Fiorino Cell phones have become essential to staying in touch with family and friends, yet paying the price for the portable luxury has skyrocketed as minute overages, text messages and downloads add up on the monthly bill....

Week in Review.
November 2, 2007... Byline: Staff and wire reports Its own house ANNAPOLIS — As of Thursday, Under Armour gets to protect its own house. The Baltimore-based apparel maker, which currently sells its merchandise through retailers such as Dick's...

Tax increases spur opposition in Maryland.
November 2, 2007... Byline: Andy Rosen Business groups railed against proposed changes to the state's personal income tax code and the sales tax Thursday, calling them dangerous to the state's economy and small business. The two tax proposals constitute a...

Setback for Chestertown-based Peoples Bancorp.
November 2, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Chestertown-based Peoples Bancorp Inc., in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, said it was notified on Wednesday that a large corporate borrower, whose name was not disclosed, has filed for...

Attorneys present final arguments in suit over broker's fees, services on Baltimore building.
November 2, 2007... Byline: Brendan Kearney Lawyers for real estate broker Colliers Pinkard and its former client, Wilkens Square LLLP, made their final pitches to the jury Thursday afternoon, with each side blaming the other for the lower-than-anticipated...

Maryland's MacKenzie Investment Group hires director of land development/acquisition.
November 2, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff MacKenzie Investment Group LLC has hired Robert Aumiller Jr. as director of land development/acquisition. Aumiller brings more than eight years of experience in real-estate investment to the MacKenzie team....

Maryland nonprofits announce staffing changes: November 2, 2007.
November 2, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff UCP of Central Maryland welcomes Gary Lane as its new director of finance. Lane has extensive experience in finance, management and nonprofit organizations. Before joining UCP of Central Maryland, he served...

The Daily Record's Tom Linthicum promoted to vice president.
November 2, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Tom Linthicum, executive editor of The Daily Record, has been promoted to vice president. Linthicum joined the newspaper a year ago. Previously, he was a reporter, editor and business executive at The...

Baltimore-based Warschawski adds new senior associate to staff.
November 2, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Warschawski, a full-service public relations and marketing firm, has added Natalie Sobolewski as a new senior associate to the growing agency. Sobolewski brings more than six years of consumer public...

Baltimore office of URS adds to staff.
November 2, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff The Baltimore office of URS is pleased to announce that Robert Beringer has joined the firm as regional director of the water/wastewater business line for the mid-Atlantic region after a 26-year career with...

Villa Julie College hires new executive director for career services.
November 2, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Villa Julie College has hired Art Taguding to serve as the college's new executive director for career services. He comes to the college after serving as the director of the Governor's Workforce Investment...

Maryland's Dept. of Housing and Community Development appoints director of Office of Communications.
November 2, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Maryland's Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) has appointed Jacqueline "Jacqui" Lampell as director of DHCD's Office of Communications and Marketing. As director, Lampell will lead DHCD's...

Maryland boards announce staffing changes: November 2, 2007.
November 2, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff The board of directors of Better Business Bureau of Greater Maryland (BBB) elected Paul Frey, principal engineer of Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., to serve a three-year term on the BBB board of directors....

Baltimore's K Bank promotes three.
November 2, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff K Bank announced the promotion of three employees in its construction permanent division: Brett Egloff to vice president, Heidi Dale to assistant vice president, and Capucine Pin to assistant vice president....

Marylanders receive awards: November 2, 2007.
November 2, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Stefanie Warlick, liaison & outreach services librarian at the University of Maryland, Baltimore's Health Sciences and Human Service Library and a liaison to the School of Nursing, has been named a 2008...

Gaithersburg-based Ace*Comm narrows loss.(Financial report)
November 2, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Ace*Comm Corp., of Gaithersburg, a telecommunications and Internet service company, reported that for its fiscal first quarter ended Sept. 30, its net loss decreased to $964,000, or 5 cents per diluted share,...

Silver Spring-based United Therapeutics' profit up.(Financial report)
November 2, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff United Therapeutics Corp., of Silver Spring, which develops pharmaceuticals to treat cardiovascular, infectious and oncological diseases, said its third-quarter earnings surged 75 percent, far surpassing Wall...

Rockville-based Human Genome Sciences' loss increases.(Financial report)
November 2, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Human Genome Sciences Inc., of Rockville, a drug development company primarily focused on protein and antibody drugs, said its third-quarter net loss was $67.3 million, or 50 cents per diluted share, on...

Baltimore-based FTI Consulting posts 3Q profit.(Financial report)
November 2, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff FTI Consulting Inc., of Baltimore, a national provider of business consulting and technology services, said it swung to a profit in the third quarter due to growth in its technology and economic consulting...

Foreclosure services scheme alleged in complaint filed in Baltimore City Circuit Court.
November 2, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff The Consumer Protection Division of the Maryland attorney general's office said it filed a complaint in Baltimore City Circuit Court against a group of individuals and companies, alleging they violated...

'Ponzi' scammers' assets frozen by Prince George's County Circuit Court judge.
November 2, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff A Prince George's County Circuit Court judge this week placed two companies, POS DH LLC and Metropolitan Grapevine LLC, and their CEO, Andrew H. Williams Jr., in receivership, according to an announcement by...

DPR Group Inc., of Germantown, expands.
November 2, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff DPR Group Inc., of Germantown, a full-service public relations and marketing agency targeting technology companies, announced the formation of a Supply Chain Practice Group to enhance services offered to the...

Bowie's CDR Fundraising Group signs JHPIEGO as a client.
November 2, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff CDR Fundraising Group, of Bowie, a direct-mail fundraising agency serving nonprofit organizations, said it has signed JHPIEGO, the international health organization affiliated with the Johns Hopkins...

Navy cancels General Dynamics Corp.'s contract to build ship.
November 2, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff The U.S. Navy said Thursday it is canceling General Dynamics Corp.'s contract to build a second ship in a new class of warships. Negotiations over the Navy's demand that General Dynamics assume more risk for...

Timonium's Omega Healthcare Investors sees healthier funds from operations.
November 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, reported third-quarter funds from operations available to common stockholders rose to...

Gaithersburg-based Netvantage bought by Ohio firm.
November 2, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Purepay, a Columbus, Ohio-based acquirer and operator of payment companies, announced that it acquired a controlling interest in Netvantage Inc., a remittance processing software provider focused on the...

Commentary: It's a Gimme: A stroke saving shot.
November 3, 2007... Byline: Joe Rahnis There's nothing more disappointing than thinking you've hit a terrific drive off the tee only to walk up to your ball and find it just trickled off the fairway and behind a tree. Sometimes you catch a break and the...

Place to Be.
November 3, 2007... Ongoing For 22 years, families throughout the region have celebrated the holidays with sugar plum fairies, dancing snowflakes, and mouse kings at the Baltimore School for the Arts’ performance of The Nutcracker Ballet. After taking a...

Your Money.
November 3, 2007... Byline: Metro Creative Connection For many, estate planning is a fancy way of preparing a will. However, the two are certainly not one in the same, and the belief that they are is just one of the many common misconceptions about estate...

American Capital Strategies Ltd. of Bethesda buys out Rug Doctor LP of Plano, Texas.
November 5, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff American Capital Strategies Ltd., of Bethesda, an alternative asset management company, announced it has invested in and become a majority owner of Rug Doctor LP, of Plano, Texas, the largest manufacturer and...

US Air Force orders more Advanced Boresight Equipment systems from Hunt Valley company.
November 5, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Defense company United Industrial Corp., of Hunt Valley, announced that its AAI subsidiary has been awarded a $4.5 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command for additional Advanced...

Murder convictions for Muhammad stand, Maryland CSA holds.
November 5, 2007... Byline: Christina Doran The six first-degree murder convictions for John Allen Muhammad will stand, held the Maryland Court of Special Appeals today.

Maryland assistant defender will head Wisconsin office.
November 5, 2007... Byline: Caryn Tamber Daniel W. Stiller knew 12 years ago, when he started as an assistant federal public defender in Spokane, that he wanted to lead a public defender's office one day. Stiller, now an assistant defender in the...

Bethesda-based RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals receives good news from Chinese Patent Office.
November 5, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals Inc., of Bethesda, which develops products for repair and healing of chronic wounds and injured tissues, said it has received official notice from the Chinese Patent Office that it...

Rockville-based Emergent BioSolutions Inc.'s profit falls.(Financial report)
November 5, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Biopharmaceutical company Emergent BioSolutions Inc., of Rockville, said its third-quarter profit fell 35 percent, weighed down by higher expenses and cost of sales for its BioThrax anthrax vaccine. The...

Annapolis Bancorp sees drop.
November 5, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Annapolis Bancorp Inc., parent company of BankAnnapolis, reported third-quarter net income of $662,000, or 16 cents per diluted share, a drop of 10.5 percent from third-quarter 2006 net income of $740,000, or...

Germantown's Hughes Network Systems in Czech Republic.
November 5, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Hughes Network Systems LLC, of Germantown, an international supplier of broadband satellite services, said its European operating company, HNS Europe, is supplying Czech telecommunications provider GiTy with...

Evolution of the legal secretary.
November 5, 2007... Byline: Caryn Tamber The era of the legal secretary who deciphers handwritten drafts of pleadings, takes dictation and keeps her boss's calendar is drawing to a close. Between the advent of computers and the advent of lawyers who grew...

Baltimore jury returns verdict for brokerage in fee-dispute case.
November 5, 2007... Byline: Brendan Kearney The former owner of a downtown Baltimore office building must pay commercial real estate broker Colliers Pinkard its $226,000 advisory fee for facilitating the property's sale in June 2006, a city jury has decided....

Maryland law firms announce staffing changes: November 5, 2007.
November 5, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Adding still more depth to one of the nation's powerhouses in health care law, Ober|Kaler has hired four new attorneys, including lawyers whose legal victories include the largest single health care...

On the Docket in Maryland: November 5, 2007.
November 5, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS Criminal Procedure: Basis for pretextual stop: Circuit court properly granted defendant's suppression motion where police executed a pretextual stop of defendant's vehicle due to...

Commentary: On Constitutional Law: There ought to be a law.
November 5, 2007... Byline: Mark A. Graber There ought to be a law against people like Fred Phelps. His claim that American combat deaths in Iraq are God's response to America's tolerance of homosexuals is both offensive and preposterous. His decision to gain...

Appearances count in court, too.
November 5, 2007... Byline: Liz Farmer Image. Looks. Sophistication. It's a Hollywood thing, right? A simple Internet search of the phrase "image consultant" picks up links to Manhattan weddings, fashion consultants and corporate makeovers. But to those...

Maryland Court of Special Appeals says mentally disabled can challenge placement denial.
November 5, 2007... Byline: Christina Doran Mentally disabled adults must be given a due-process hearing if they are denied placement at a state residential facility, the Court of Special Appeals held Friday. The decision declared Maryland's health care...

Whiplash plaintiff wins $11,200 by Baltimore jury; sought $500K.
November 5, 2007... Byline: Brendan Kearney A Baltimore jury has awarded $11,200 to a Denton man who suffered whiplash when an SUV rear-ended the private ambulance that was transporting him to the Johns Hopkins Hospital in February 2003. James McHenry,...

Commentary: Legal ADvice: A Candle in the Wind: Don't Move to Maryland, Elton John.
November 5, 2007... Byline: Jim Astrachan A recent New York court decision put the kibosh on the late Marilyn Monroe's rights of publicity, and exemplifies why a national celebrity must not make Maryland his domicile. The right of publicity is a state-law...

Profile in Leadership: Patrick B. Murphy.
November 5, 2007... Byline: Caryn Tamber When Patrick B. Murphy won a Leadership in Law award in 2001, he was probably the youngest county attorney in the history of Maryland. At the time, the then-31-year-old was county attorney in St. Mary's County,...

Bethesda-based USEC Inc.'s 3Q profit soars.(Financial report)
November 5, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff USEC Inc., of Bethesda, a global energy company that supplies enriched uranium fuel for commercial nuclear power plants, said its profit more than quadrupled in the third quarter as its profit margin...

Slots could hurt Maryland hotels, restaurants.
November 5, 2007... Byline: Andy Rosen Slot machine gambling in Maryland could create competition for the state's hospitality and tourism industries if slots venues include hotels and restaurants. This possibility is emerging as a major concern as the...

Maryland colleges trying to institute text message systems to send emergency alerts.
November 5, 2007... Byline: Karen Buckelew After the shootings last April at Virginia Tech, many colleges instituted text message systems to send emergency alerts to the mobile phones of students, faculty, staff or even concerned parents, no matter how...

Maryland Court Digest: November 5, 2007.
November 5, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Maryland Court of Appeals Criminal Procedure: Basis for pretextual stop: Circuit court properly granted defendant's suppression motion where police executed a pretextual stop of defendant's vehicle due to...

Maryland Court of Appeals Case Summaries: November 5, 2007.(Case overview)
November 5, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Criminal Procedure Basis for pretextual stop BOTTOM LINE: Circuit court properly granted defendant's suppression motion where police executed a pretextual stop of defendant's vehicle due to alleged window...

U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries: November 5, 2007.(Case overview)
November 5, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Evidence Admissibility of prior indictment BOTTOM LINE: Although the court gave unsound reasons for admitting the Indictment evidence, such evidence was otherwise admissible under FRE 403 because it was...

U.S. District Court, Maryland Case Summaries: November 5, 2007.(Case overview)
November 5, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Civil Procedure Article III standing BOTTOM LINE: A plaintiff who owns shares in one or several mutual funds within a family of funds has Article III standing to represent a class including investors in...

News Summary - 11/6.
November 6, 2007... Byline: Staff and wire reports New market for Martek Martek Biosciences Corp., of Columbia, which develops, manufactures and sells products from microalgae, announced an exclusive worldwide distributorship agreement for its DHA Gold...

Maryland hospital association says more nurse educators needed.
November 6, 2007... Byline: Karen Buckelew Maryland health care officials Monday unveiled a $59.2 million strategic plan to stem the state's growing shortage of nurses, which officials project would reach 10,000 vacant positions by 2015 without intervention....

Baltimore-based Under Armour gets 'Today' show boost.
November 6, 2007... Byline: Louis Llovio Broadcasting live from the Arctic Circle Monday morning, "Today" show host Matt Lauer donned a black ski cap with a gold Under Armour logo firmly centered on the his forehead and exposed the Baltimore-based apparel...

Advocates call for foster care overhaul in Baltimore.
November 6, 2007... Byline: Christina Doran Nearly two decades after exacting a plan for change, lawyers for Baltimore's foster children are asking a federal court to hold the city accountable for failing to reform its foster care system as promised. ...

City of Baltimore selects developers for west side of downtown.
November 6, 2007... Byline: Andy Rosen The Mayfair Theater site on North Howard Street headlines a list of long-vacant properties set to be redeveloped on the west side of downtown, as the city announced Tuesday that it has selected developers to help improve...

Maryland Court of Special Appeals affirms murder convictions of D.C.-area sniper John Muhammad.
November 6, 2007... Byline: Caryn Tamber In an exhaustive, at times poetic 152-page opinion, the Court of Special Appeals Monday affirmed the Montgomery County murder convictions of D.C.-area sniper John Allen Muhammad. Muhammad, who waived his right to...

New market for Biosciences Corp. of Columbia.
November 6, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff Report Martek Biosciences Corp., of Columbia, which develops, manufactures and sells products from microalgae, announced an exclusive worldwide distributorship agreement for its DHA Gold product with Novus...

Shares of Legg Mason Inc. of Baltimore take a hit.
November 6, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff Report Shares of Legg Mason Inc., of Baltimore, a global asset management firm, fell Monday after Wachovia Corp. analyst Douglas Sipkin cut his rating to "underperform" from "market perform" on concern about...

Choice Hotels International of Silver Spring named one of top 50 franchises for minorities.
November 6, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff Choice Hotels International, of Silver Spring, a hotel franchise chain, said it has been named by USA Today as one of the top 50 franchises for minorities, as selected by the National Minority Franchising...

TeleContinuity of Rockville gains patent.
November 6, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff TeleContinuity Inc., of Rockville, the developer of a backup telecommunications network that can survive a natural or manmade disaster, announced that it has been granted its first patent by the U.S. Patent and...

Dentisoft Technologies of Bethesda partners with Interactive Intelligence of Indianapolis.
November 6, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff Dentisoft Technologies Inc., of Bethesda, which provides products and services to help dental practices increase their revenue and productivity, said it is partnering with Interactive Intelligence Inc., of...

Score for Dentisoft.
November 6, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff Dentisoft Technologies Inc., of Bethesda, which provides products and services to help dental practices increase their revenue and productivity, said it is partnering with Interactive Intelligence Inc., of...

Mortgage woes hit five of Maryland's Mid-Shore counties.
November 6, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff Statistics from five Mid-Shore counties show the nation's foreclosure crisis is hitting close to home. According to data from the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, there were 205 foreclosure...

University of Baltimore writing program lauded.
November 6, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff Poets & Writers Magazine, a journal for writers both new and established, has named the University of Baltimore's master's degree program in Creative Writing & Publishing Arts as one of the nine most distinctive...