Hospitality_Recreation

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“The information, the best information and the best assessment we have today is that in fact this was not a preplanned, premeditated attack.” — U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan E. Rice

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Flanked by women who work at the Maryland Live Casino, David Cordish announces expansion plans Wednesday for table games and 24-hour gambling at the Arundel Mills casino. Approximately 150 table games will be added to the casino floor, including black jack, roulette, craps and baccarat. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is planning to close the 10,000-circulation Manassas (Va.) News & Messenger, which began publishing in 1869 but has been struggling to compete with other outlets in the Washington suburbs. (Associated Press)

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Flanked by women who work at the Maryland Live! Casino, David Cordish with The Cordish Company announces plans for the casino at Arundel Mills Mall in Hanover, Md. to add live table games and 24-hour gambling at a press conference Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Approximately 150 table games will be added to the casino floor, including Black Jack, Roulette, Craps, Sic Bo and Baccarat. The casino is prepared to immediately start the modifications necessary to bring in the new games, with the hope that they will be in place by the spring. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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David Cordish with The Cordish Company is escorted to the microphone by women who work at Maryland Live! Casino to announce plans for the casino at Arundel Mills Mall in Hanover, Md. to add live table games and 24-hour gambling at a press conference Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Approximately 150 table games will be added to the casino floor, including Black Jack, Roulette, Craps, Sic Bo and Baccarat. The casino is prepared to immediately start the modifications necessary to bring in the new games, with the hope that they will be in place by the spring. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Paula Dunsen of Aberdeen, Md. watches the electronic roulette wheel spin at Maryland Live! Casino in Hanover, Md. on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. This is one of the games that will soon be replaced with a live version, the casino announced Wednesday. They expect to add 150 live table games as soon as possible after the state has issued the necessary governing regulations, hopefully by spring. Ms. Dunsen says she actually prefers to play the electronic version, because she's had too many dealers "with attitudes." (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Merle Miller, left, of Clinton, Md. and Pablo (who did not give his last name) of Silver Spring, Md. play an electronic table version of Black Jack at Maryland Live! Casino in Hanover, Md. on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. The casino announced today in a press conference that it will be adding live table games, so many of these electronic versions will be replaced, hopefully by spring. "You just hope you get a good dealer who gets into it," says Miller, who says he plays Black Jack everywhere and is excited about the prospect of playing with a live dealer. "It's fun," he says. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Flanked by women who work at the Maryland Live! Casino, David Cordish with The Cordish Company announces plans for the casino at Arundel Mills Mall in Hanover, Md. to add live table games and 24-hour gambling at a press conference Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Approximately 150 table games will be added to the casino floor, including Black Jack, Roulette, Craps, Sic Bo and Baccarat. The casino is prepared to immediately start the modifications necessary to bring in the new games, with the hope that they will be in place by the spring. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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David Cordish with The Cordish Company announces plans for the Mayrland Live! Casino at Arundel Mills Mall in Hanover, Md. to add live table games and 24-hour gambling at a press conference Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Approximately 150 table games will be added to the casino floor, including Black Jack, Roulette, Craps, Sic Bo and Baccarat. The casino is prepared to immediately start the modifications necessary to bring in the new games, with the hope that they will be in place by the spring. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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People play slot machines at Maryland Live! Casino in Hanover, Md. on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. The casino held a press conference Wednesday to announce that it plans to add live game tables and 24-hour gambling as soon as possible after the state issues the necessary governing regulations. They hope to have the 150 new table games in place by spring. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Robert Norton, general manager of Maryland Live! Casino in Hanover, Md., walks the media through the casino on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012 to indicate where the new live table games will be added. The casino plans to bring in some 150 table games, including Black Jack, Roulette, Craps, Sic Bo and Baccarat. Some of the electronic versions of these games will remain in the casino, but others will be removed. They are hoping to have them installed by spring. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Former CIA Inspector General Frederick Hitz, shown testifying on Capitol Hill on Oct, 3, 2002. (Associated Press)

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Ms. Rucker holds a picture of her son, Jonathan Rucker, at the D.C. World War I Memorial on Monday. The District’s flag has three red stars and two red bars on a white background. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)