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KEYW Corp., a Hanover-based defense contractor that offers cybersecurity and counterterrorism solutions to government agencies, said Monday that it will sell 6.5 million shares of stock in a new public offering to raise money to pay down debt and complete a recently announced company acquisition. The publicly traded company said last week that it intended to acquire Poole & Associates Inc., of Annapolis Junction, for $126 million in cash and stock. The company last week also announced the acquisition of Sensage Inc., of Redwood City, Calif., for nearly $35 million in cash and stock.

Police in Howard County are investigating a string of break-ins of shops and other businesses in Columiba, all committed late Tuesday into early Wednesday, and all in close proximity. Here is a list from the Howard County Police Department: "6400 block of Dobbin Center Way : Tan Stand: Front glass door of business shattered. Cash was taken. Pei Wei: Front glass door of business shattered. Unknown what was taken at this time. Max Muscle: Glass at front of business shattered.

East Belvedere Avenue 1100 block, between 9 p.m. Aug. 15 and 6:55 a.m. Aug. 16. GPS, Dell laptop, headphones, cash stolen from vehicle. 500 block at 5:10 p.m. Aug. 15. Black leather purse with gold chain shoplifted from Tuesday Morning store. Cedarcroft Road 200 block, between 3 p.m. Aug. 16 and 9:20 a.m. Aug. 17. Wallet, Maryland driver's license, personal documents stolen from vehicle. North Charles Street 3700 block, between 7 p.m. Aug. 16 and 8:30 a.m. Aug. 17. Magellan GPS stolen from vehicle.

The following is compiled from police reports. It is the Baltimore Messenger's policy to include descriptions only when there is enough information to make identification possible. If you have any information about these crimes, call the Baltimore City Police Department's Northern District at 410-396-2455. East Belvedere Avenue 500 block at 5:48 p.m. Aug. 26. Bike stolen from bike rack on rear of vehicle. Owner witnessed theft. 1100 block, between noon and 6 p.m. Aug. 27. Air mattress, floor fan, Sanyo 32-inch TV damaged, but not stolen.

In our haste to give tax breaks to developers and homeowners with the cash to install complying green energy sources, has anyone put forth a plan to make up the accompanying cash shortfall to the county? Where will the lost revenue be made up? If there is a plan, great! If there's not a plan, that means the average mom and pop homeowner will be subsiding developers and those with the cash to comply. It will also mean that Calvin Ball and the rest of our County Council with good intentions will be bitten by the law of unintended consequences.

How many millions? That would be 500 (up from 476 earlier today) of them if you win this week's eye-popping Mega Millions prize. It's hard to get one's head around, no? In Baltimore, that's enough money to help the city buy, say, a few historic landmarks, a couple of rec centers and -- why not -- free swimming all summer at every municipal pool. After a dip, everyone could then towel off with a ten. This morning people are going crazy over the news that they have a chance to win what would be the largest Mega Millions pot in history.

The following is compiled from local police reports. Our policy is to include descriptions when there is enough information to make identification possible. If you have any information about these crimes, call the Wilkens Police Station at 410-887-0872. Hollins Ferry Road, 3900 block, Feb. 3, 11:15 p.m. Two people were struck in the head in parking lot. Two assailants were chased off by witness. Washington Boulevard, unknown block, Feb. 2, between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. Woman who accepted a ride while waiting at bus stop was taken into Morrell Park and sexually assaulted at knifepoint.

Members of the Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants are answering readers' tax questions in advance of the April 17 filing deadline. I got a statement from my broker for proceeds from a fraction of a share. I didn't get the share, I got cash in-lieu, which was $25.71. I have no idea where I report this -- on my Form 1040 or Schedule D, and where on those forms, or how. Do I report the full amount? You report the amount received on Form 1040, Schedule D. The $25.71 is the selling price.

Where: 8949 Baltimore St., Savage. Phone: 301-725-8838. Hours: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday; 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Prices: $3.95 to $6.95. Credit cards: Cash only.

Winston-Salem, N.C.--Last weekend several hundred serious historians, with a few dozen journalists thrown in, gathered on the sedate campus of Wake Forest University here in the changeless hills of the North Carolina Piedmont for a most unusual celebration: The 50th anniversary of the publication of a book entitled "The Mind of the South."Written by an eccentric and enigmatic Carolinian named Wilbur Joseph Cash, this is not a widely known book, nor one that I would especially recommend to the casual reader.