From the Towson University website:

Anonymous threat for Mon., Nov. 19 Updated: 8:04 PM 11/18/07

University police and local law enforcement agencies are actively investigating an anonymous threat to the University community. The threat specified harmful action would take place, possibly in or around Linthicum Hall, on Monday November 19, 2007. The nature of the threat calls into question its credibility. Out of an abundance of caution, for the safety and security of the community, an additional police presence will be noticeable throughout the day and evening. All persons entering Linthicum Hall on Monday November 19th are asked to use the main entrance located on Educational Walkway, Smith Hall side.

Anyone having any additional information is asked to contact the University through telephone number 410-704-4381.

Any updates to this message will be posted on the Universitys Website, http://www.towson.edu/, the University Police Website, http://www.towson.edu/adminfinance/facilities/police/ and distributed through the campus e-mail and the text messaging service.

All activities planned for November 19, 2007 will proceed as scheduled.

I first heard about this story on WBAL’s 11 p.m. (late because of football) news Sunday night. WMAR also has a report on it. WJZ has more online than other sources so far.

Around 2 this morning, Baltimore city police encountered a man with a sawed off shotgun in the 2300 block of Allendale Road. There was an exchange of gunfire and police believe the man is still barricaded in a house there. They also believe there are a few pit bulls in the house.

Heather Dinich of the Sun confirmed yesterday that this is her last week covering the Terps beat for the paper and the blog. She is leaving for a new job with ESPN.com covering ACC football. I’d like to send along congratulations and best wishes for her at the new job. Her blog coverage has been a very good complement to the newspaper coverage from what I’ve seen of it and it seems to be the way a blog attached to a newspaper should work in my opinion.

Good Morning! Today’s weather forecast is calling for a high near 60 with mostly sunny skies and winds of 5-10 mph. Tonight there will be scattered rain turning into showers later overnight with a low in the lower 40s and wind gusts up to 25 mph.

While it’s a regular Monday with all the blahs that go along with it for most people, the Brigade of Midshipmen at the Naval Academy have today off from classes following their victory over Notre Dame over the weekend. Plebes were even allowed to leave campus yesterday in a respite from the tighter rules in place this year.

The second week of the special session of the legislature kicks off tonight with the Senate convening at 6 p.m. and the House meeting Tuesday. No vote is expected on the slots and tax plan proposed by Governor Martin O’Malley until later in the week.

Police have a suspect in custody who rammed a police cruiser in southeast Baltimore and then led police on a half-hour chase that ended on Tollgate Road in Harford County Sunday evening.

Homicides in Baltimore city in October were down from October of 2006 but the cumulative total for 2007 stood at 252 homicides as of Saturday.

In sports, the Ravens are at the Steelers tonight in a Monday Night Football matchup on ESPN.

Navy ended a 43-year losing streak against Notre Dame as the Midshipment defeated the Irish 46-44 in Triple Overtime today. Stay tuned for more college football news.