By: Alexander Pyles

The gambling issue may not be dead, as Gov. Martin O’Malley lashed out at House of Delegates leadership and House Speaker Michael E. Busch, D-Anne Arundel, said a compromise could still be reached.

Meanwhile, the lottery commission decided a Caesars Entertainment Corp.-led group was qualified to receive a slots license despite the questionable history of one investor, setting up action by the slots commission.

• The Associated Press reports that archaeologists have found Maryland’s first capital.
• The Daily Record sits down with outgoing Baltimore Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III.
• Patch.com reports on an ambiguous rule in the Baltimore County charter that may — or may not — allow the county executive to work outside of his job.
• The Washington Post reports that O’Malley is watching the gambling fallout from afar.