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ANNAPOLIS - Corey Simmons, 24, was indicted by an Anne Arundel County grand jury Friday on one count of first-degree murder in the Sept. 11 stabbing death of a fellow inmate, Lamont Waller, 22, at the Maryland House of Correction in Jessup. Simmons was sentenced in July 1998 to two consecutive life terms after he pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree rape in Baltimore. Simmons is behind bars at the Maryland House of Correction Annex in Jessup.

Some of the state's most spectacular gardens will be on display over the next three weekends as part of the 2008 Maryland House and Garden Pilgrimage. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today, the public can visit 11 sites in Kent County, including Eastern Shore plantation homes and 19th-century townhouses in Chestertown. Tomorrow, the tour comes to Baltimore's Mount Vernon district from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and includes Washington Monument and Four Parks, the Knabe House, 4 East Madison Inn, Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church, Asbury House, the Garrett-Jacobs Mansion and a restored 19th-century home on West Mount Vernon Place.

An article in Monday's editions incorrectly described Sen. Thomas L. Bromwell's legislative background. Mr. Bromwell, a Baltimore County Democrat, served in the Maryland House of Delegates for four years and has been in the Senate since 1983.The Sun regrets the errors.

An article and a caption under a photograph of Republican Del. Nancy R. Stocksdale on Page 3B Sunday about Carroll's proposed redistricting might have given the impression that Stocksdale has not made up her mind about seeking re-election. She will seek re-election to the Maryland House of Delegates.

The hours for the open houses on the Maryland House an Garden Pilgrimage were incorrect in Sunday's editions. The houses are open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For information, call (410) 821-6933.The Sun regrets the errors.

Mary Montague: In the obituary for Mary Montague in yesterday's editions of The Sun, a son, Del. Kenneth C. Montague Jr. of Baltimore City, was incorrectly identified as a former member of the Maryland House of Delegates.The Sun regrets the error.

The Maryland House of Delegates gave its approval yesterday to legislation that would allow Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. to form a holding company, a measure the company says it needs to retain its competitive flexibility.The bill passed on a vote of 102 to 23. An identical measure is pending in a Senate committee.Several delegates spoke against the bill, saying it could potentially allow the company to merge with other holding companies without scrutiny by state regulators.But the bill's proponents said the state Public Service Commission would be able to review such mergers.

One inmate was stabbed to death and another seriously wounded today when a fight broke out among four prisoners returning from the recreational yard at the Maryland House of Correction in Jessup.Leonard Sipes, a spokesman for the Division of Corrections, said the wounded inmate was in serious condition at the Maryland Shock-Trauma Center in Baltimore.The names of the inmates were withheld pending notification of next-of-kin. convictionsMr. Sipes said the fight broke out about 9:30 a.m. as inmates were returning to their cells.

A 26-year-old inmate at the Maryland House of Correction was flown to Maryland Shock Trauma Center late Tuesday after a stabbing in a fight that injured his chest and neck, prison officials said. The fight at 8:45 p.m. in a prison dormitory caused a partial lockdown of the maximum-security prison, said Capt. Priscilla Doggett, a spokeswoman for the Division of Correction. The man, whose name was not released pending notification of family, is serving a 14-year sentence, Doggett said.

John R. Aubuchon, a Maryland Public Television reporter who covered the General Assembly and was last year's National Press Club president, died yesterday of complications of lung cancer at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington. The Edgewater resident was 57. Born in St. Louis, he was raised in Annapolis and graduated from an armed forces high school in Taiwan while his father was a U.S. naval officer there. He attended the University of Missouri and University of Maryland, College Park.