. >>> montgomery county's sheriff raymond knight is cutting off deputies ' request for tuition assistance for outside training until an internal probe can run its course. the tuition assistance program is under investigation. the sheriff says his office has denied five recent applications for training in martial arts and shooting. >>> city attorneys are asking a federal appeals court to reconsider a decision that check points in a troubled washington neighborhood were unconstitutional. police in dc stopped cars last summer in the trinidad neighborhood. they refused to let in motorists who did not prove they lived in the area or revealed their destination. >>> well, nearly seven out of eight state workers in maryland have already taken a furlough, and more could be coming. administration official says meetings have been held to discuss possible furloughs in order to help cut costs. last time employees took least two furlough days and any one that was a state employee making $40,000 a year or more well, on on tional two orthree for uryoce grory gollar. y,xt time you fe wasa you feway, you c