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Restaurant’s tab for injury To your health Woman awarded $110K after Marriott, Lockheed on list of best breaking ankle in fall at J. Paul’s. 12A companies for healthy lifestyles. 3A Thursday, July 3, 2014 Volume 125 | Number 188 TheDailyRecord.com Error nixes T RSK-Y BUSINESS I was just horrified to think that the volunteers were murder being prevented from doing what they love and what conviction is such an important part of our history. CSA orders new trial based on prosecutor’s closing argument BY STEVE LASH [email protected] The prosecution’s challenge to an ac- cused murderer’s testimony came too late, a Maryland appeals court has held, over- turning the man’s conviction and life sen- tence. In closing arguments at trial, the pros- ecutor attempted to catch Antomar Jones in a lie about what he was doing in the car MAXIMILIAN FRANZ where Corey Alexander was shot and The USS Torsk submarine is docked next to the National Aquarium. Members of the killed on Feb. 1, 2012. Jones said he Burke family, from Miami, take a self-guided tour of the submarine while passing through bought marijuana, charged his cell phone Baltimore Wednesday. — which was “definitely not” an iPhone — and then headed home. But Assistant Baltimore City State’s At- Volunteers in dispute with museum, vow they’re done working on sub torney Angela C. Worthy, during closing arguments, showed the jury a photo of a BY JENNY HOTTLE members say they no longer feel wanted media releases and background checks. charger that was found in the car that [email protected] by Historic Ships, the maritime mu- He said he discussed the requirements See charger 14A seum that oversees the submarine. And with members of the group before the Gil Bohannon spent nearly every Sat- after years of devotion to the Torsk, policies went into effect. urday for 17 years aboard the USS Torsk, they’ve stayed away since April. Torsk Volunteer Association mem- archiving photographs, books and other For its part, Historic Ships is mysti- bers said they were unaware of the documents. Bohannon and a band of 25 fied, executive director Chris Rowsom changes. Amid the speeches, to 30 volunteers, part of a larger group of said Wednesday. “No one’s told us about that,” said Bo- mostly naval veterans, their families and The nautical standoff appears to cen- hannon, a network engineer and a ship’s historians, often averaged eight hours a ter on volunteer paperwork requirements historian for the association. day restoring the shark-painted World instituted a few months ago by the mu- Volunteers say they feel disrespected $84 million in cuts War II submarine docked near the Na- seum. and unappreciated by the museum. And tional Aquarium. Rowsom said the association’s mem- they are miffed about the need for the ap- Board of Public Works These days, you’ll see tourists visiting bers have not been allowed to return to plication after 17 years of loving and car- the Torsk, but you won’t find Bohannon service because they have failed to com- ing for the old submarine. trims state’s budget and his fellow volunteers. plete the museum’s new application The Torsk Volunteer Association process, which includes release forms, See torsk 8A BY BRYAN P. SEARS [email protected] ABOUT THE USS TORSK ANNAPOLIS — Maryland’s tax col- HISTORY: Name is Norwegian for a gadoid fish. Built and launched in 1944 at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine. lector called on statewide candidates in the 2014 election to stop bickering COMBAT MISSIONS: Served in World War II. Sank three vessels off coast of Japan. Fired the last torpedo and sank over a faltering economy and have an the last Japanese naval combatant of the war. “honest conversation” that resulted in OTHER USES: Was employed during the U.S. blockade of Cuba solutions. in 1962 and in the Mediterranean Sea during the 1960 Lebanon Maryland’s outgoing governor said crisis. Took part in NATO exercises. Used primarily as a it was time to stop focusing on bad training submarine. economic news and appreciate the improving climate in Maryland. RETIREMENT: Decomissioned on March 4, 1968. Amid the dueling characteriza- Assigned to the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. tions of Maryland’s economic picture, TODAY: Transferred to the state of Maryland in 1973 the state’s three-member Board of and established as the Maryland Submarine Memorial, Public Works unanimously approved moored at the Inner Harbor in Baltimore. more than $84 million in combined Source: Torsk Volunteer Association See cuts 7A A publication of Auction sales 19B Lawyer to lawyer 20A $269 per year For subscriptions INDEX Calendar 6A Public notice 1B call 1-800-451-9998 or email Employment 13A Sealed proposals 4B $2 per copy [email protected] 2A TheDailyRecord.com Thursday, July 3, 2014 ONLINE TODAY BLOGS UPCOMING SPECIAL Politics and resumes Inner Harbor ice rink agreement approved often don’t mix PUBLICATIONS AND READ It's nearly the Fourth of July, so Baltimore residents are Tracey Paliath thinking about one thing — ice skating. 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AUGUST 2, 2014 ORIOLE PARK AT CAMDEN YARDS With Baltimore Orioles Outfielder NICK MARKAKIS CaseyCares5k.org Thursday, July 3, 2014 TheDailyRecord.com 3A No breakthrough for Hopkins, union Union representatives declined to staff, maintenance workers and envi- Hospital, workers have do so. ronmental services employees, includ- But union spokesman Jim McNeill ing floor technicians and area cleaners been in negotiations said the workers’ bargaining committee responsible for changing patients’ made “a number of compromises” Tues- linens, sterilizing rooms and floors, and since March day. He pointed the finger at Hopkins discarding medical waste. for refusing to budge on certain key The two parties have been in nego- BY ALISSA GULIN points. tiations since March, when the previ- [email protected] “We made progress Tuesday, but the ous labor contract ended. Union hospital needs to make more move- members went on strike for three days The dispute between the Johns ment to reach a settlement that pro- in April. Other employees, such as Hopkins Hospital and the union rep- vides the fair wages that workers need nurses, covered those workers’ shifts resenting about 2,000 of its workers still and deserve,” McNeill said. during that period. hasn’t been resolved, with both parties Tuesday’s negotiations were sched- A previous round of negotiations implying the other is to blame. uled after Gov. Martin O’Malley stepped stalled last week when the medical in- All-day talks Tuesday broke down in to stop a four-day strike that had stitution and the union failed to agree that night after representatives from been planned for last weekend. O’Mal- on a minimum wage for all Hopkins 1199SEIU United Healthcare Work- ley asked the parties to take a one- workers, with the union pushing for ers East and hospital administrators week cooling off period, which ends $14 an hour and the hospital settling on failed to agree on key wage-related pro- Friday. $12.25. visions in the workers’ contract. Union representatives agreed to call Windsor said Hopkins has now “We really think that what we put on off the strike, but now — after again agreed to immediately implement a $15 the table at the end of the day yesterday failing to reach an agreement with hos- FILE PHOTO minimum wage for employees with 20 was a very good offer,” said Bonnie pital management — the workers still In April, workers at Johns Hopkins Hospital years of experience, but that the two Windsor, vice president of human re- might decide to hit the picket line.