NEWS
By Joe Burris, The Baltimore Sun | March 1, 2013
A Baltimore City Sheriff's Office deputy suffered a gunshot wound after unintentionally firing the deputy's own firearm in a non-public area of the Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center on Friday morning, Sheriff's Office officials said. Maj. Sam Cogen of the Sheriff's Office said that at approximately 8:02 a.m., a deputy unintentionally discharged one round from the service weapon while preparing for a duty shift and was struck in the left hip area. First aid was administered at the scene, and the deputy was transported to Maryland Shock Trauma with non-life-threatening injuries, Cogen said.
NEWS
October 2, 2012
Gov. Martin O'Malley taxes and "fees" still continue. There was a letter sent out by the Maryland Department of the Environment in September to industrial waste water dischargers in Maryland. It is important to note that even those industries that take in and then discharge water from rivers or the Chesapeake are considered an industrial discharger even if it is only used as non-contact cooling water. For decades industries have paid fees to withdraw the water and discharge the very same water with zero added chemicals of any kind.
BUSINESS
By Eileen Ambrose, The Baltimore Sun | July 29, 2012
Borrowers overwhelmed by private student loan debt often discover an ugly truth too late — these loans can't be discharged in bankruptcy like other types of consumer loans. A new report on private student loans by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the U.S. Department of Education suggests it may be time to change that. The agencies say these loans offer so little flexibility to struggling borrowers that Congress might consider revising the bankruptcy law given today's tough economy.
NEWS
June 12, 2012
This big, deep, dark, mystery being investigated by the Baltimore City Department of Public Works and the Maryland Department of the Environment is more of the city's (and state's) cover-up of deplorable conditions at the Inner Harbor. Kimberly Burgess, the city's director of surface water management, won't confirm or rule out a sewage spill or leak. Meanwhile, a spokesman for the Department of the Environment discounts the odor complaints as likely a continuation of the algae bloom that generated noxious smells and killed fish in the harbor.
NEWS
By Steve Kilar, The Baltimore Sun | May 28, 2012
A Baltimore County woman had about $340,000 in student loan debt discharged by a federal bankruptcy judge this month because Asperger's syndrome prevents her from holding a job. Carol Todd of Nottingham pursued college degrees "as a stepping stone toward a measure of liberation … and perhaps to help her achieve something closer to a normal life," according to the May 17 opinion of Judge Robert A. Gordon, a bankruptcy judge for the District of...
NEWS
By Scott Dance and Yvonne Wenger, The Baltimore Sun | May 4, 2012
Three people were killed Friday after a car lost control on a curve and crashed into a milk truck in Phoenix, Baltimore County police said. A Volkswagen Jetta was traveling northbound on Jarrettsville Pike when it crossed the center line into the path of the truck, police said. The Jetta overturned on its left side. The truck struck a tree and remained upright, but its tanker turned on its left side, police said. The crash occurred at 6:09 a.m. in the 12600 block of Jarrettsville Pike, just north of the intersection with Dulaney Valley Road.