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News8NewsTalk

  1. Thanks! @ChuckThies: On @News8NewsTalk, Scott Bolden, Sam Ford + Bruce on the Gray campaign scandal. One of the best discussions I've heard.
  2. Live at 10am on NewsChannel 8: 2nd Gray campaign aide indicted, DC Vote protest shuts Hill office, #Facebook IPO is a debacle. News8 .net
  3. The link to today's show, with Bob Ehrlich on clemency reform and Michael Williams on the high price of sports tickets: tbd.ly/KaZPLe
  4. Calls to Rep. Trent Franks' office go straight to voice mail, but mailbox is full. "We can't get through either," switchboard op says.
  5. Live at 10am on NewsChannel 8: Former Gov. Bob Ehrlich, sports commentator Michael Williams and reporter @ABC7Kris. Online: news8. net.
  6. Leggett endorses plan to build express transit system in Montgomery Co. "We will move forward," he says. 'The question is how quickly.'
  7. Correction: The last quote was from task force member David Hauck.
  8. "We are not building a bus system," task force member David McDonough tells reporters. "We're building a transformational transit system."
  9. "If we are to remain the economic engine of Maryland, we must do this," task force chairman Mark Winston says of ambitious transit proposal.
  10. Montgomery Executive Ike Leggett accepts recommendation to build a 160-mile "rapid-transit vehicle" network over the next 20 years.
  11. Live at 10 on NewsChannel 8: Uncertainty in Greece worries U.S. investors; NATO meets on Afghanistan & the PGA wants you to play more golf.
  12. Anyone else hearing bleed-over from the Nats radio broadcast on the MASN telecast? #Nats