The following stories have been hand-selected by the Assignment Desk at News4:
ELECTION NIGHT "ROBOCALL"
Baltimore Sun: "The Election Night "robocall" instructing Maryland voters to "relax" and stay home was the work of a controversial Democratic operative who has been on the payroll for the Republican candidate for governor, The Baltimore Sun has learned. The call was facilitated by Robodial.org, a Pennsylvania-based company that exclusively works for progressive and Democratic candidates. Informed of the nature of the call, company owner Mark Hampton, looked into records and said the call had been set up by Rhonda Russell, a former director with Progressive Maryland who now works with Universal Elections."
FIREFIGHTERS CONDUCT QUESTIONED
Fredericksburg.com: "While a five-alarm fire blazed in King George County in September, some firefighters danced around and played on a rescue stretcher, gave each other high-fives and rode a pink scooter across the lawn, according to King George Fire and Rescue officials. "The conduct was atrocious," said Floyd Allen, the department's safety officer. The behavior of the firefighters is one of many problems cited at a town hall meeting last night to discuss the incident.
King George fire officials say they believe the firefighters acting irresponsibly had responded from Maryland. No Maryland firefighters attended the meeting."
MORE DONATIONS NEEDED
Gazette: "Two years ago, United Communities Against Poverty gave emergency food supplies to about 100 people in need each month from its Capitol Heights office. This year, the nonprofit organization deals with 100 people needing food per week, forcing staff to call Desiree Griffin-Moore, executive director of the Community Foundation for Prince George's County. "People are knocking on the doors of the nonprofits, and then they're knocking on our door," said Griffin-Moore, whose foundation gives $1 million in operating money to county charities, including United Communities Against Poverty Inc. "People were struggling before things got bad. Now they're sinking deeper."
HALF NAKED BRIDE, AND A HOME INVASION
wtop.com: " A Hagerstown jury has convicted a woman of burglary, assault and reckless endangerment for breaking into her neighbor's house wearing nothing but a bridal skirt and veil on a snowy night in February. Thirty-three-year old Melissa Wagaman testified Thursday that a combination of cold medicine and marijuana apparently made her hallucinate she was getting married and that her mother was locked in her neighbor's basement."
