Delawareonline all news updates. The most comprehensive site for news, sports, opinion, and real estate in the state of Delaware. http://www.delawareonline.com en-us Copyright 2012, delawareonline.com SaxoTech Online webmaster@delawareonline.com (Online Support Staff) http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 EST Sun, 27 May 2012 10:28:02 EST 30 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120527/NEWS06/120527005 Dispatches from emergency operations center Sun, 27 May 2012 10:27:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120527/NEWS06/120527005 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120527/NEWS/120527004 A shooting this morning in Wilmington injured on person, an official said. Sun, 27 May 2012 10:03:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120527/NEWS/120527004 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120527/NEWS/120527003 Water temperature is in the 60s Sun, 27 May 2012 05:55:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120527/NEWS/120527003 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120527/NEWS/120527002 No big winner but five tickets win $1 million Sun, 27 May 2012 05:49:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120527/NEWS/120527002 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120527/NEWS14/305270050 The convoy of local long-haul semis and Army gun trucks was rumbling eastward on a darkened Highway 1 toward Mazar-e-Sharif when the unit's gunners and commanders spotted a flashing light. It was a signal. Then the shooting began. Sun, 27 May 2012 00:22:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120527/NEWS14/305270050 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120527/NEWS/305270053 An estimated crowd of about 18,000 watched as the students received their degrees in a ceremony at Delaware Stadium. Sat, 26 May 2012 23:26:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120527/NEWS/305270053 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120527/NEWS/305270041 In the northern coastal bays of Worcester County, Md., hot weather and poor water quality contribute to killing 95 percent of bay grasses. The data comes from a May 7 survey showing an overall decrease of underwater sea grass by 35 percent. Sat, 26 May 2012 23:26:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120527/NEWS/305270041 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120527/NEWS02/305270051 The beachside antics of Memorial Day weekend may never have collided so directly with Delaware politics as they did here Saturday afternoon, where the state's latest boisterous candidate for U.S. Senate called for the ouster of Democratic Sen. Sat, 26 May 2012 23:19:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120527/NEWS02/305270051 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120527/NEWS/305270044 After nearly a decade of Memorial Day services at the Bethany Beach Bandstand, the American Legion Post 24 will not hold its service there this year. After trying to reach Town Manager Clifford Graviet without any success, Post 24 Cmdr. Sat, 26 May 2012 23:14:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120527/NEWS/305270044 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120527/NEWS/305270034 Drivers, find your spaces. Another season of competitive parking at the beach has begun. 'This is the most difficult part of coming down here - finding parking,' said Eli Eisenhard, a 96-year-old Pennsylvanian. Sat, 26 May 2012 23:14:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120527/NEWS/305270034 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120527/NATIONAL/305270052 After 33 years, someone has confessed to killing 6-year-old Etan Patz. And people immediately start speaking of "closure." Patty Wetterling hates the word. Since 1989, she and her husband have writhed in the same hell as Stan and Julie Patz. Sat, 26 May 2012 22:37:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120527/NATIONAL/305270052 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120527/NEWS/305270039 Last year, about three dozen of Rehoboth Bay Marina's slips were empty. This year, they're nearly full as boaters, spurred by an improving economy and gas prices that are actually lower than last year, return to the water. Sat, 26 May 2012 22:23:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120527/NEWS/305270039 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120527/NEWS03/305270033 On a recent afternoon, students lounging in the commons near the University of Delaware's agriculture faculties were treated to some unusual study snacks. Homemade taro, cassava and batata root chips. And, for dessert, carrot cake ice cream. Sat, 26 May 2012 18:17:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120527/NEWS03/305270033 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120527/NEWS/305270035 None other than Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker - a Democratic lightning rod of late - will headline the state Democratic party's annual Jefferson-Jackson dinner in a couple of weeks. It's a big event. Bill Clinton is a past (2009) keynote speaker. Sat, 26 May 2012 18:15:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120527/NEWS/305270035 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120527/BUSINESS10/305270012 Some tips from the experts that will help you save money even if you don't want to build your life around couponing. Sat, 26 May 2012 11:01:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120527/BUSINESS10/305270012 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120527/BUSINESS08/305270016 What the self-defined sense of American exceptionalism built in the physical world, it is now building in the digital one. Sat, 26 May 2012 11:01:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120527/BUSINESS08/305270016 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120527/BUSINESS05/305270013 Maryland regulators are probing the consumer loan business that helps fund J. Paul Reddam's wildly successful investment in horses. Sat, 26 May 2012 10:58:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120527/BUSINESS05/305270013 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/NEWS03/305270020 In their freshman year at the University of Delaware, the two young students met at a bowling event hosted by an organization on campus. The girl was drawn to the 'quiet, mysterious one' at the gathering. The shy-looking young man couldn't understand Sat, 26 May 2012 23:06:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/NEWS03/305270020 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/NEWS01/305260062 Across America, as the Patzes wait to see if they will at last get justice for their son, Etan, other parents of missing children wait for closure. Sat, 26 May 2012 18:15:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/NEWS01/305260062 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/NEWS02/305260060 Obama says in his weekly radio and Internet address he will mark Monday's holiday with veterans and their families at Arlington National Cemetery and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Sat, 26 May 2012 16:22:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/NEWS02/305260060 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/NEWS01/305260059 Following are excerpts from some of the letters Judge Glenn Berman received as he considered the sentence for Dharun Ravi, who was convicted in March of invasion of privacy, bias intimidation and other charges for using his webcam to see roommate Tyler Clementi kissing another man. Clementi committed suicide days after the September 2010 invasion. Berman sentenced Ravi to 30 days in jail. Sat, 26 May 2012 16:02:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/NEWS01/305260059 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/NEWS04/120526007 Drawn this afternoon Sat, 26 May 2012 14:14:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/NEWS04/120526007 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/NEWS04/120526006 Drawn this afternoon Sat, 26 May 2012 14:12:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/NEWS04/120526006 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/NEWS04/120526005 Drawn this afternoon Sat, 26 May 2012 14:10:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/NEWS04/120526005 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/NEWS14/120526004 Veterans gathered at the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Friday to plant flags on each grave for the Memorial Day holiday. Sat, 26 May 2012 13:52:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/NEWS14/120526004 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/LIFE05/305260058 SELBYVILLE - The strawberry picking is so good right now that Ellen Magee says customers can stand in one spot in her field and fill their containers. Sat, 26 May 2012 12:38:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/LIFE05/305260058 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/NEWS02/305260057 When Harrah's Chester Casino & Racetrack opened its doors in this struggling city in January 2007, it was the state's third casino, a novelty that pulled in Philadelphia-area gamblers thrilled not to have to drive to Atlantic City. Five years later, Pennsylvania has 11 casinos, four in the Philadelphia area. Harrah's casino in Chester, a long-downtrodden city in the southern suburbs, also is closer to competition in Delaware and Maryland. Sat, 26 May 2012 12:30:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/NEWS02/305260057 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/NATIONAL/305260056 An 18-year-old gunman killed two people and wounded seven early today in a random shooting in a southern Finnish town, police said. The man, who had no criminal record, surrendered peacefully and has acknowledged the shootings, police said. He has been arrested. Sat, 26 May 2012 12:18:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/NATIONAL/305260056 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/NEWS01/305260055 A 35-year-old Wilmington man is in the hospital with a gunshot wound to the arm after an argument broke out at the Bankshots Bar in Stanton this morning, Delaware State Police said in a news release today. Sat, 26 May 2012 11:44:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/NEWS01/305260055 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/NEWS01/305260054 The accident happened at about 7:06 p.m. Friday on I-495 south at the Christina River Bridge. Sat, 26 May 2012 11:25:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/NEWS01/305260054 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/NEWS01/305260053 The Newark woman was standing beside her disabled car in the roadway, when her boyfriend saw a vehicle, later described as a silver Jeep, headed east, Master Cpl. Gary E. Fourier, of the state police, said. The boyfriend told police that he tried to pull her out of the way, but the Jeep her car and then her without stopping, Fournier said. Sat, 26 May 2012 10:42:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/NEWS01/305260053 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/NEWS06/120526003 Dispatches from emergency operations center Sat, 26 May 2012 10:24:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/NEWS06/120526003 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/NEWS/120526001 Water temperature is in the 60s Sat, 26 May 2012 06:41:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/NEWS/120526001 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/NEWS/305260022 Police on Friday identified a man found dead with gunshot wounds late the night before as a New Castle-area resident. He was Jerray Wilson, 31, of the 200 block of Christiana Road (Del. 273) near New Castle, Wilmington Police Sgt. George Pigford said. Fri, 25 May 2012 23:02:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/NEWS/305260022 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/NEWS/305260040 Despite the warm winter, environmental officials say water temperatures are right where they should be leading into the summer. Fri, 25 May 2012 22:56:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/NEWS/305260040 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/NEWS/305260039 No matter how hot the sun or how short his trip, Keith Duncan of Hockessin dons a helmet and armored gear before getting on his Yamaha motorcycle. Fri, 25 May 2012 22:51:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/NEWS/305260039 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/NEWS01/305260038 Prosecutors this week opened their case against a man who is accused of killing his former girlfriend's son in October 2009 and wounding his ex and a second son before engaging in an hours-long standoff with Wilmington police. Fri, 25 May 2012 22:50:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/NEWS01/305260038 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/NEWS/305250102 A Newark man who was an international jet-setter and represented himself as the head of an investment company was apparently living a double life, according to federal prosecutors, scamming one man out of $700,000 while keeping his Delaware wife in the dark about a home in Maryland and maintaining a series of alternative identities and passports. Fri, 25 May 2012 22:50:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/NEWS/305250102 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/BUSINESS08/305260036 Even as U.S. beer consumption overall is flat, the craft brew market is booming, with double-digit sales growth last year. Fri, 25 May 2012 22:44:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/BUSINESS08/305260036 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/NATIONAL/305260024 Profits at big U.S. companies broke records last year, and so did pay for CEOs. The head of a typical public company made $9.6 million in 2011, according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data from Equilar, an executive pay research firm. Fri, 25 May 2012 21:49:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120526/NATIONAL/305260024 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120525/NEWS01/120525014 Master Cpl. Gary E. Fournier said rocks were thrown through vehicle windows on Turnstone Circle at Rehoboth Crossing, Truman Court in Keys of Marsh Harbor, on Church Street in Edgewater Park, Chelmer Drive in The Grand at Canal Point and many other locations. Fri, 25 May 2012 22:38:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120525/NEWS01/120525014 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120525/BUSINESS06/305250103 That was up more than 6 percent from the previous year and is the second year in a row of increases. The figure is also the highest since the AP began tracking executive compensation in 2006. Fri, 25 May 2012 22:32:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120525/BUSINESS06/305250103 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120525/NEWS02/305250101 Revel expects more than 100,000 people to come through its doors today through Monday. Many of those who had already done so, during a preview period that began with the casino's opening April 2, came away impressed. Fri, 25 May 2012 21:59:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120525/NEWS02/305250101 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120525/NEWS01/120525013 The 20-year-old filed "an allegation of sexual misconduct" against a trooper, based at Avondale, following her arrest in February, according to a statement by Harrisburg-based Sgt. William E. Tucker of the Pennsylvania State Police Bureau of Integrity and Professional Standards, Internal Affairs Division. Fri, 25 May 2012 21:13:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120525/NEWS01/120525013 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120525/NEWS01/305250094 Delaware State Police are investigating a single-vehicle personal-injury crash that occurred today on Del. 9 north of Landers Lane near New Castle. The accident happened at about 2:42 p.m. Fri, 25 May 2012 19:58:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120525/NEWS01/305250094 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120525/NEWS01/305250093 Sandusky's attorney asked a Centre County judge to dismiss the charges last week, arguing some counts are too vague to defend and others involve victims whose identities haven't been determined. Fri, 25 May 2012 19:43:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120525/NEWS01/305250093 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120525/NEWS01/305250092 Several people are facing drug, alcohol and prostitution charges following a monthslong investigation into illegal activities at the Circles Restaurant Bar and Grill in Milford, Milford police said in a news release today. Fri, 25 May 2012 19:29:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120525/NEWS01/305250092 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120525/NEWS02/305250089 Biden tells families of fallen soldiers that the grief was such that he understood why some people contemplate suicide. But he says that in time the ache becomes more controllable. He credits his turnabout to meeting and later marrying his wife Jill. Biden spoke today at the 18th annual TAPS National Military Survivor Seminar and Good Grief Camp in Arlington, Va. Fri, 25 May 2012 18:59:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120525/NEWS02/305250089 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120525/NEWS02/305250088 Carper faces a primary challenge from fellow Democrat Keith Spanarelli, of Smyrna, a political newcomer. The Delaware GOP has nominated businessman Kevin Wade to challenge Carper in November. Dewey Beach businessman Alex Pires announced during a cable television appearance earlier this week that he will run as an independent for the Senate seat currently held by Carper. Fri, 25 May 2012 18:45:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120525/NEWS02/305250088 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120525/NEWS01/305250086 The lawsuit says Graham Spanier wants the emails so he can better recall events, citing emails sent between 1998 and 2004. Fri, 25 May 2012 18:31:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120525/NEWS01/305250086 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120525/NEWS02/305250084 U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Eagles did not indicate what the problem was after meeting with prosecutors and defense lawyers for about 35 minutes, but when she reopened the courtroom, she admonished the jury before dismissing them until Tuesday. Monday is a federal holiday in the U.S. Fri, 25 May 2012 18:18:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120525/NEWS02/305250084 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120525/NEWS/305250065 31-year-old was found in alley with multiple gunshot wounds Fri, 25 May 2012 18:02:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120525/NEWS/305250065 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120525/NEWS03/120525012 The headmaster and two co-presidents spoke at the ceremony before a benediction was given and diplomas were distributed. Fri, 25 May 2012 17:31:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120525/NEWS03/120525012 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120525/NEWS/305250072 Driver uninjured east of Delmar Fri, 25 May 2012 17:02:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120525/NEWS/305250072 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120525/HEALTH/305250081 Person treated after exposure to animal, the fifth in state found to have rabies this year Fri, 25 May 2012 17:00:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120525/HEALTH/305250081 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120525/NEWS01/305250080 Two individuals have been arrested and charged in a burglary that occurred between May 16 and May 17 at the Key Advisor Group on 31 Saulsbury Road in Dover, police said in a news release today. Dover police said the suspects entered the building through a rear window between those dates and removed computer equipment before fleeing. Fri, 25 May 2012 16:34:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120525/NEWS01/305250080 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120525/NEWS/120525011 Drawn this afternoon Fri, 25 May 2012 16:08:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120525/NEWS/120525011 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120525/NEWS01/305250078 Dover police said that two male suspects entered the business by prying open a side door. Once inside, police said they broke a glass display case and took knives before fleeing in a southeast direction on foot. Fri, 25 May 2012 16:08:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120525/NEWS01/305250078 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120525/NEWS15/305250068 With all of the lanes now open, engineers turned on the lights Thursday night for the first time. The blue LED lights will be on each night. Fri, 25 May 2012 15:56:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120525/NEWS15/305250068 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120525/NEWS01/305250077 A manager of a Domino's Pizza who was walking to his vehicle with the night deposit bag after closing the restaurant this morning was robbed, the Dover Police Department said today. Fri, 25 May 2012 15:26:00 EST http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120525/NEWS01/305250077