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Private Planes Can Land Again at National
Private planes are scheduled to start landing at Reagan National Airport today for the first time since a hijacked jet crashed into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.
Only 48 general aviation flights will be allowed in and out of the airport each day, and all must follow rules set by the Transportation Security Administration. An armed sky marshal will be aboard each flight, background checks will be performed on everyone, and passenger and crew manifests must be submitted a day in advance.
MARYLAND
5 in Running to Head Up Ehrlich Probe
Abbe D. Lowell, the Democrats' chief investigative counsel during impeachment proceedings against President Bill Clinton and a veteran of Washington scandal wars, is among five finalists to oversee the legislative probe into Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s personnel practices, according to a source with the committee conducting the investigation.
Lawmakers interviewed eight candidates for the task of organizing legislative hearings, selecting witnesses and determining whether state personnel laws left longtime state employees vulnerable to shifting political winds. Ehrlich has denied accusations that he targeted Democrats for dismissal after taking over in 2003 as the state's first Republican governor in a generation.
The other finalists who are expected to be presented to the full committee today are: former federal prosecutor Andrew Radding; Baltimore litigator Ward B. Coe III; Andrew J. Graham, former chairman of the Maryland State Bar Association's ethics committee; and Stanley Brand, a one-time aide to then-House Speaker Tip O'Neill who advised former Clinton aide George Stephanopoulos during allegations of White House snooping into FBI files.
Man Shot in Road-Rage Incident Dies
A man who was shot last week in an apparent road-rage incident at a busy Clinton intersection died yesterday, said Ramon Korionoff, spokesman for the Prince George's County state's attorney's office.
Keith L. Ingaharra of Clinton was shot "approximately four times" with a .45-caliber Glock pistol, according to a police charging document. The shooting occurred Wednesday during evening rush hour at Old Alexandria Ferry Road and Virginia Avenue. Ingaharra had been hospitalized in critical condition since the shooting.
The charging document alleges that Alfred L. Evans, 39, of Upper Marlboro shot Ingaharra and was identified as the attacker by two witnesses. Evans was arrested shortly after the attack and provided a written statement acknowledging that he committed the shooting, the charging document said.
O'Malley Gets First Labor Endorsement
Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley picked up the first labor endorsement in Maryland's 2006 gubernatorial election yesterday, winning the backing of Service Employees Union International Local 1199.
"This is not just an endorsement in words; it's an endorsement in human resources," John Reid, executive vice president of the union's Maryland/District division said at a rally for O'Malley (D) in Baltimore, during which the group of health-care workers pledged to work for his election.
