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Former NFL players, coaches share football wisdom

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Football University in Severn brings ex-pros and young athletes together

Five-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Andre Rison demonstrates a catch-and-run drill to campers at Football University. "I always tell them, 'Don't trust us, trust the technique,' " Rison said. "Once they have success using it, they listen and are ready to learn."

Aberdeen tests military's Cougar

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Heavily armored troop carrier refitted for Afghan terrain

Heavily armored troop carrier refitted for Afghan terrain

Sweeping change for city trash

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:30:43 -0400

Louis Gibson's aim is true as he tosses a garbage bag in the 100 block of E. Gittings St. in South Baltimore. Garbage and recycling collection days will be changing this week for city residents.

Math taught in Md. schools seen as insufficient for college

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

What is taught in high schools seen as insufficient for college

Maryland's public schools are teaching mathematics in such a way that many graduates cannot be placed in entry-level college math classes because they do not have a grasp of the basics, according to education experts and professors.

Word puzzlers convene in Baltimore

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 07:31:23 -0400

Police investigate death of woman, 83, found in freezer

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Anne Arundel County police are investigating the death of an 83-year-old woman whose body they found Friday evening in a home freezer in Glen Burnie. Doris Lea Cooke had several medical conditions and had been bedridden for years, family members and witnesses told detectives. When she died several weeks ago, relatives allegedly placed her body in a freezer in the 7400 block of Furnace Branch Road. An autopsy will determine the cause of Cooke's death.

Sharing Harry Potter name not magical for some in Md.

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

But sharing one with Rowling characters is not magical for some in Md.

It isn't enough of a coincidence that he shares a name with the most famous literary character on the planet. He would have to have a scar on his forehead, starting between his eyes and snaking up his forehead in a line - just like the boy wizard created by J.K. Rowling.

Orioles head into break with win

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:06:00 -0400

Bergesen, Roberts spark 4-2 victory over Blue Jays

Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts will spend the All-Star break in Baltimore, trying to rid himself of an upper respiratory infection that has dogged him for the entire month.

Skinny-dippers plunge in hope of a world record

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:27:57 -0400

Jean Marbella: 'Aspirational shopping' endures

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

I t was a time warp, for sure, but I couldn't decide if I was hurtling back to the past or off into the future.