WEATHER
Today's forecast calls for rain and a high temperature around 49 degrees. The low temperature is expected to be around 39 degrees with more rain tonight.
TRAFFIC
Here are today's morning traffic issues.
FROM LAST NIGHT...
Fire damages Elkridge motel, closes U.S. 1: A two-alarm fire caused serious damage to a motel in Elkridge on Monday night, closing U.S. 1 for hours and drawing fire units from surrounding counties.
Baltimore plans roundabout for Key Highway, Light Street crossing: City traffic engineers are working on the final design for a $7 million traffic circle at the intersection of Key Highway and Light Street.
Elkton family business sold jackpot-winning Powerball ticket: On Christmas morning, an unidentified man called the restaurant and liquor store Wesley's in Elkton and asked for the winning Powerball numbers. When a clerk read the numbers over the phone, the mystery caller said, "Looks like I am the winner."
Laurel police: Man turns in self for N.Y. slayings: A 24-year-old man who walked into the Laurel police station on Christmas Eve and confessed to a double murder on Long Island, according to police, is being held pending an extradition hearing as early as Tuesday.
TODAY'S FRONT PAGE
City 'affordable housing' fund destroys more houses than it builds: Created by then-Mayor Martin O'Malley six years ago, Baltimore City's Affordable Housing Program has spent three-fifths of its original budget so far -- most of it for tearing houses down, not putting them up.
Port investor offers $250B plan to confront joblessness: A Maryland financier who helped privatize the Seagirt Marine Terminal in 2009 is trying to sell Congress on an ambitious, $250 billion plan he says would modernize the nation's crumbling infrastructure while creating millions of jobs.
City, suburban residents try hand at fish farming: Inspired at least in part by news reports about food tainted by pesticides, bacteria and even radiation, area residents are raising their own fish in order to gain more control over their food sources.
[Compiled by Dean Jones Jr.]