NOTE: Due to many requests, YWN has now added the Baltimore, MD area to the YWN morning news roundup. (Thanks to YW-MD03, the YWN Baltimore & Washington DC correspondent for putting it together.)

*Foul weather Monday forced the U.S. Coast Guard to stop searching for a female passenger who fell overboard from a cruise ship 45 miles northeast of Atlantic City on Sunday. The ship was headed for Bermuda from NYC when the 46-year-old woman went overboard at about 7:50 p.m., cruise officials said.

*A former NYPD officer has pleaded guilty to stealing handguns from a Queens police evidence room and putting them on Long Island streets for a profit, Nassau prosecutors said.

*The Brooklyn Bridge is 125 years old this month and New York City is getting ready to celebrate from May 22 through Memorial Day. Plans include a large firework display, and other exciting plans.

* The drunken driving case against former Rockland legislator and Assembly member Ryan Karben will go to trial later this year after a South Nyack Village Justice yesterday rejected a request to dismiss the charge.

*A big new waterfront development in South Williamsburg is quietly making the rounds in the land use review process. The development is called Rose Plaza on the River. It would be a three-building project south of Schaefer Landing and immediately north of the big power plant that Con Ed is in the process of demolishing after early denials.

*Tri-State Weather: It will be a breezy and cool day, and highs will be just below the 70 degree mark, according to the National Weather Service. Wednesday will be a gorgeous day with sunny skies and highs in the mid 70s.

*MARYLAND — About 4,600 homes and businesses in Maryland remain without power in the aftermath of Monday’s storm. 
That number includes more than 4,300 outages in the Baltimore Gas & Electric service area and about 240 in Pepco’s service area in the Washington suburbs.

Numerous roads were closed because of high water, and firefighters reported receiving phone calls from stranded motorists who had to be rescued.  One of those instances was in Gambrills in Anne Arundel County where a man had to be rescued from his car.

*COLUMBIA, Md. — Some residents of Columbia are objecting to plans by one of the town’s six interfaith centers to place a 16-foot cross on the exterior of a new building.

The cross would be visible at the Wilde Lake Interfaith Center, but some longtime residents say the cross wouldn’t fit with Columbia’s harmonious and inclusive character.

*BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. — Maryland Lottery officials said Monday that a $250,000 ticket was sold at F&N Crown on Merritt Boulevard in Baltimore. The winner hadn’t come forward Monday morning.
The winning numbers were 16, 31, 43, 46, 56 and Mega Ball 22.

*ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) – A controversial measure allowing genetic material to be taken from people who haven’t been convicted of a crime was due to be signed into Maryland law Tuesday, when Gov. Martin O’Malley planned to put his pen to dozens of bills in his third bill signing since lawmakers left Annapolis.

O’Malley also planned to sign into law walking as the state exercise and stiffer criminal penalties for attending a dogfight or cockfight. Other bills headed for signature into law were a measure extending a deadline for low-phosphorus dishwashing detergent, and a measure to study the death penalty.

*PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY, Md. –A suspect was shot and killed by police after a wild chase in Prince George’s County Monday. Police say the suspect was a notorious car thief and indicated he had a gun while officers chased him.

(YW-MD03 / YWN Desk)