BETHESDA, Md., June 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lockheed Martin's (NYSE: LMT) Board of Directors today named Maryanne R. Lavan as the corporation's new Senior Vice President and General Counsel. Lavan, who currently serves as Lockheed Martin's Vice President of Internal Audit, succeeds James B.

BETHESDA, Md., June 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) today announced that Senior Vice President and General Counsel James B. Comey will leave the corporation to take a position with Bridgewater Associates, LP.

Once known as the murder capital of the United States, Richmond now attracts attention for its success in combating violence. Yesterday's Wall Street Journal published a story about Project Exile, a program that has helped Richmond stanch the bloodshed.

WASHINGTON _ In choosing his new attorney general, President Bush departed Monday from one of his more unshakable core values: the known commodity.

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' replacement - whoever that may be - faces a potentially nasty Senate confirmation and a beleaguered Justice Department badly in need of leadership.