http://thedailyrecord.com Maryland's trusted source for business and legal news Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:06:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/22/obama-helps-break-ground-on-black-history-museum/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/22/obama-helps-break-ground-on-black-history-museum/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:48:03 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/22/obama-helps-break-ground-on-black-history-museum/ WASHINGTON  — President Barack Obama heralded a new national black history museum as “not just a record of tragedy, but a celebration of life” as he marked Wednesday’s groundbreaking of the long-sought-after museum on the National Mall. During his brief remarks, Obama said the museum — the 19th in the Smithsonian Institution — would help future [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/22/obama-helps-break-ground-on-black-history-museum/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/22/the-prime-rib-to-open-at-maryland-live-casino/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/22/the-prime-rib-to-open-at-maryland-live-casino/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:36:40 +0000 Melody Simmons http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/22/the-prime-rib-to-open-at-maryland-live-casino/ The Prime Rib is getting some prime real estate. Baltimore’s celebrated steak house said Wednesday it will open a restaurant and piano bar at the Maryland Live! Casino at Arundel Mills. The Prime Rib will join a culinary circle that includes Bobby’s Burger Palace, Phillips Seafood and the Cheesecake Factory at the Hanover casino that last week [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/22/the-prime-rib-to-open-at-maryland-live-casino/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/22/baltimore-grand-prix-management-contract-approved-by-board-of-estimates/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/22/baltimore-grand-prix-management-contract-approved-by-board-of-estimates/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:57:39 +0000 Maria Zilberman http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/22/baltimore-grand-prix-management-contract-approved-by-board-of-estimates/ The city’s Board of Estimates voted 3-2 Wednesday to approve a contract with Downforce Racing LLC for the right to run the Baltimore Grand Prix for the next five years. Comptroller Joan M. Pratt and City Council President Bernard C. “Jack” Young  voted against the contract. Mayor Stephanie-Rawlings Blake, who has long touted the economic benefits of [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/22/baltimore-grand-prix-management-contract-approved-by-board-of-estimates/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/22/t-mobile-asks-fcc-to-block-verizon-cable-deal/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/22/t-mobile-asks-fcc-to-block-verizon-cable-deal/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:56:26 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/22/t-mobile-asks-fcc-to-block-verizon-cable-deal/ NEW YORK — T-Mobile USA, which just had its acquisition by AT&T blocked by regulators, is urging the federal government to block another deal in the wireless world: Verizon’s planned purchase of spectrum from cable companies for $3.9 billion. In a filing late Tuesday, T-Mobile USA said the Federal Communications Commission [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/22/t-mobile-asks-fcc-to-block-verizon-cable-deal/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/22/maryland-senate-delays-debate-on-gay-marriage-bill-2/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/22/maryland-senate-delays-debate-on-gay-marriage-bill-2/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:25:27 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/22/maryland-senate-delays-debate-on-gay-marriage-bill-2/ ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Senate is delaying the debate on a bill to legalize gay marriage. Republican leaders asked that discussion of the bill and potential amendments be postponed until Thursday. Sen. President Thomas V. Mike Miller said the Senate could gather into the evening that day to consider the bill, which barely passed the House of [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/22/maryland-senate-delays-debate-on-gay-marriage-bill-2/feed/ 1 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/22/baltimore-county-approves-transgender-discrimination-ban/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/22/baltimore-county-approves-transgender-discrimination-ban/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:07:20 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/22/baltimore-county-approves-transgender-discrimination-ban/ Baltimore County has become the fourth local government in the state to approve a measure protecting transgender people from discrimination. The County Council approved the measure on Tuesday. It prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender identity and expression and sexual orientation when it comes to housing, employment, public accommodations and financing. Council members did not add [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/22/baltimore-county-approves-transgender-discrimination-ban/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/22/home-sales-jump-more-than-4-percent-in-january/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/22/home-sales-jump-more-than-4-percent-in-january/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:35:17 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/22/home-sales-jump-more-than-4-percent-in-january/ WASHINGTON — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes rose in January to the highest pace in nearly two years, a hopeful sign ahead of the spring-buying season. The National Association of Realtors said Wednesday that home sales increased 4.3 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.57 million. [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/22/home-sales-jump-more-than-4-percent-in-january/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/22/frederick-county-makes-english-official-language/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/22/frederick-county-makes-english-official-language/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:58:41 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/22/frederick-county-makes-english-official-language/ FREDERICK — Frederick County officials have passed an ordinance making English the official language of county government. The Board of County Commissioners voted 4-1 for the measure Tuesday after a nearly three-hour meeting. It requires official actions of Frederick County to be taken only in English. However, there are many exceptions. For example, other languages can be [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/22/frederick-county-makes-english-official-language/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/22/jurors-getting-murder-case-of-former-u-va-lacrosse-player/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/22/jurors-getting-murder-case-of-former-u-va-lacrosse-player/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:56:32 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/22/jurors-getting-murder-case-of-former-u-va-lacrosse-player/ CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Jurors in the murder trial of a former University of Virginia lacrosse player began deliberating Wednesday whether he battered his ex-girlfriend to death in a drunken, jealous rage or if his intent to talk with her spiraled out of control, leaving her bleeding and dying in her bedroom. The jury has been presented [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/22/jurors-getting-murder-case-of-former-u-va-lacrosse-player/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/22/bill-to-expand-gambling-in-maryland-to-get-senate-hearing/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/22/bill-to-expand-gambling-in-maryland-to-get-senate-hearing/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:51:22 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/22/bill-to-expand-gambling-in-maryland-to-get-senate-hearing/ ANNAPOLIS — A Senate committee will hold a hearing on a measure to expand gambling in Maryland. The Senate Budget and Taxation Committee is scheduled to discuss the bill that would pave the way for table games like blackjack. The measure also would allow a casino to be built in Prince George’s County. Even if General Assembly [...]

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