Energy

Governor O'Malley is taking a third shot at pushing a wind-energy bill through the General Assembly. Should Marylanders subsidze one of first wind farms off the east coast? We ask Malcolm Woolf, former director of the Maryland Energy Administration.
And trend stories in the media tell us that online dating is hurting monogamy .. and the so-called "sexting app"  called Snapchat  is erasing what's left of modesty among American teenagers. What else is the Internet ruining? We ask our social media analysts, Nathan Jurgenson and P.J. Rey.

Last month BGE requested a gas and electric distribution rate adjustment with the Maryland Public Service Commission--which regulates gas, electric and water companies and sets utility rates.

Bad timing?

Johns Hopkins physicist Bruce Barnett joins Midday Science contributor John Monahan to explain the discovery of the Higgs boson, or "God particle," for those who still don't get it. Also, on the heels of the recent derecho and heat wave, a look at extreme weather cycles as they relate to global warming, with University of Maryland climate scientist Raghu Murtugudde. Plus, taking electric lines underground to avoid outages like those that left hundreds of thousands of BGE and Pepco costumers without power for several days.