A fire this morning in a downtown Baltimore building near the Inner Harbor was confined to an air-conditioning unit on top of the six-story structure and was quickly extinguished, according to a spokesman for the city Fire Department.

The fire was out by 11 a.m. but Light Street between Lombard and Baltimore streets remained closed for the four fire engines that responded to 26 Light St. Black smoke was visible from as far away as Interstate 83 and North Avenue.

Chief Kevin Cartwright, the Fire Department spokesman, said the building is in the process of being gutted and that several firefighters took one hose line to the top of the building and put out the fire. No one was injured, Cartwright said, but late morning traffic was backed up downtown.

Bessemer Venture Partners Expands India Team Industry Veteran Devesh ...

LARCHMONT, N.Y., Oct. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Bessemer Venture Partners, the oldest venture capital operation in the United States, today announced that Devesh Garg has been named a Managing Director of the global investment firm's India practice. Mr. Garg brings more than 20 years of high-tech industry experience to the existing nine-person Mumbai based investment team.

In addition to Mr. Garg, Bessemer has dedicated five other partners to the India effort, including Anil Sarin, who joined Bessemer last year from Prudential ICICI, where he was co-head of equities.

Student's death at NYOS School investigated

For the first time, state agencies are speaking about the investigation into a little boy's fatal injury at school. Friends and family are preparing to lay 7-year-old Tevin Park-Flowers to rest, more than a week after a teacher found him suspended from a bathroom hook at NYOS Charter School.Police were first on scene when the teacher found Tevin in cardiac arrest, but the investigation extends beyond the Austin Police Department."Anytime there's a concern with a possibility of abuse or neglect at school... CPS conducts that investigation," said Chris Van Deusen, spokesperson for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, the parent agency of CPS.Like police, CPS is interviewing students, staff, and parents."We operate completely on the civil side of the law, and it's really about making sure children are safe," said Van Deusen.It will likely take more than two months for CPS to complete its report, which will be sent to NYOS and state education authorities, including the Texas Education Agency.

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Voters pass school expansion referendums in Unit 5

UPDATED 11:15 p.m. NORMAL -- Voters gave Normal-based Unit 5 school district a solid go-ahead to build new schools and renovate existing schools, but only barely approved a tax increase to cover extra operating expenses.The mood of about 30 supporters of Unit 5's referendum stayed optimistic Tuesday night as they watched results come in at Sugar Creek Elementary School. In a gym decorated with balloons in the district's colors of orange and black, the activists watched results on a big projection screen or huddled around a computer.The referendum to issue $96.7 million in building bonds passed 11,796 to 8,351, and the proposal to raise property taxes by 10 cents per $100 equalized assessed valuation passed 10,402 to 9,888.“We're very glad and happy with the outcome. It reflects the community's value of a strong education system," said Carl Tiechman, co-chairman of the Citizens for Unit 5, from the poll-watching party.