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DATE INDEX | WHAT HAPPENED ON DECEMBER 19, 2004

NEWS

Indoor play useful refresher By Nancy Menefee Jackson | Nancy Menefee Jackson,SPECIAL TO THE SUN

`I didn't believe it,' says a national champion, 12 By LOWELL E. SUNDERLAND

David S. Johnson, 80, NOAA meteorologist By Laura Vozzella | Laura Vozzella,SUN STAFF

Comeback Kid By C. Fraser Smith

Harkins ponders possible tax cut By Ted Shelsby | Ted Shelsby,SUN STAFF

Rouse buyer encounters resistance By William Wan | William Wan,SUN STAFF

On the sails of education By Karen Nitkin | Karen Nitkin,SPECIAL TO THE SUN

Defense seeks boost in intelligence role By NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE

Development rules have officials at odds By Childs Walker | Childs Walker,SUN STAFF

Volunteers get sneak peek of health clinic By Athima Chansanchai | Athima Chansanchai,SUN STAFF

Rouse buyer meets friction By William Wan | William Wan,SUN STAFF

Arundel planning director, attorneys disagree on rules By Childs Walker | Childs Walker,SUN STAFF

Home Front By Lori Sears | Lori Sears,Sun Staff

As money trickles up, school libraries suffer By Dan Rodricks

Carroll business, technology park lands its first tenant By Mary Gail Hare | Mary Gail Hare,SUN STAFF

You can always count on a canine By Dave Barry | Dave Barry,Knight Ridder / Tribune

River town's wall of worry By Ted Shelsby | Ted Shelsby,SUN STAFF

Hops and flaps create dances about the birds By Matthew Kasper | Matthew Kasper,SPECIAL TO THE SUN

Health clinic gives volunteers a sneak peek By Athima Chansanchai | Athima Chansanchai,SUN STAFF

Crucial wall keeps river town worrying By Ted Shelsby | Ted Shelsby,SUN STAFF

A generous, joyous dance of give and take By Susan Reimer | By Susan Reimer,Sun Columnist

At reserve, hopping and flapping creates lessons about the birds By Matthew Kasper | Matthew Kasper,SPECIAL TO THE SUN

Howard's rights to venue set to expire By William Wan | William Wan,SUN STAFF

Schooner sailing on to further education By Karen Nitkin | Karen Nitkin,SPECIAL TO THE SUN

All Shopping All the time By Stephen G. Henderson

Deaths of detainees held by U.S. tend to occur under the radar By Gail Gibson | Gail Gibson,SUN NATIONAL STAFF

Stem cell funding sought By Andrew A. Green | Andrew A. Green,SUN STAFF

Three more men charged in Charles County arson By Michael Dresser and Ryan Davis | Michael Dresser and Ryan Davis,SUN STAFF

Collection of wit, wisdom puts season in perspective By G. Jefferson Price III

Conservatives campaign for religious meaning of Christmas By Ellen Barry | Ellen Barry,LOS ANGELES TIMES

Game over, but no time to quit By Mike Klingaman | Mike Klingaman,SUN STAFF

U.S. is slashing world food aid contributions By John Murphy | John Murphy,SUN FOREIGN STAFF

Warfield Project lands first building tenant By Mary Gail Hare | Mary Gail Hare,SUN STAFF

For rail fans, a nostalgic subway ride By David Kohn | David Kohn,SUN STAFF

Gay marriage opens political rifts in Canada By NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE

Where bait sells alongside sushi By Chris Guy | Chris Guy,SUN STAFF

Owners seek to save house By Josh Mitchell | Josh Mitchell,SUN STAFF

Iraq opens legal proceedings against former regime leaders By Liz Sly | Liz Sly,CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Baby sitters: Online, they're a hot commodity By Kate Shatzkin | By Kate Shatzkin,SUN STAFF

Reaching for a cure when hope flickers By DIANA K. SUGG | DIANA K. SUGG,SUN STAFF

Coming through at crunch time By Phillip McGowan | Phillip McGowan,SUN STAFF

Old retaining wall continues to worry river town residents By Ted Shelsby | Ted Shelsby,SUN STAFF

11 suspects arrested, 12th sought in alleged Baltimore heroin ring By William Wan | William Wan,SUN STAFF

Mo. town where fetus was stolen has had trouble before By KNIGHT RIDDER/TRIBUNE

U.N. peacekeepers implicated in sex abuse scandal in Congo By Maggie Farley | Maggie Farley,LOS ANGELES TIMES

To shop for a gardener, think like a gardener By Susan Reimer | Susan Reimer,Sun Staff

A holiday reflection By Raymond Daniel Burke

Identifying a mystery pest will lead to controlling it By Jon Traunfeld and Ellen Nibali | Jon Traunfeld and Ellen Nibali,Special to the Sun

Festive Servings By Elaine Markoutsas | Elaine Markoutsas,Universal Press Syndicate

Hockey team plans to leave Odenton practice rink By Childs Walker | Childs Walker,SUN STAFF

Classic Maryland seafood dishes as you remember them By ByElizabeth Large | ByElizabeth Large,Sun Restaurant Critic

Style File By Maria Blackburn | Maria Blackburn,SPECIAL TO THE SUN

Complaint embroils kosher meat plant By Gayle Worland | Gayle Worland,CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Is our culture really coarsening? By Richard Walter

Dwight S. Thompson, 76, Army officer, Howard Co. deputy state's attorney By Laura Vozzella | Laura Vozzella,SUN STAFF

Friends, relatives keep family on track By Laura Cadiz | Laura Cadiz,SUN STAFF

Husband working to get wife back across border By Lynn Anderson | Lynn Anderson,SUN STAFF

Hockey team plans to leave practice rink By Childs Walker | Childs Walker,SUN STAFF

What ibuprofen, acetaminophen do best By Joe Graedon and Teresa Graedon | Joe Graedon and Teresa Graedon,SPECIAL TO THE SUN

TOPIC

Recalling America's sacrifices in WWII By Michael Hill | Michael Hill,SUN STAFF

Readers deserved better account of changes By Paul Moore

Civil rights activist thrust into spotlight By Greg Barrett | Greg Barrett,SUN STAFF

ENTERTAINMENT

Story of fear, racism and murder in 1925 Detroit By Michael Ollove

Some holiday CDs are never in season By Ben Wener | Ben Wener,KNIGHT RIDDER/TRIBUNE

Poignant tale of love, loss By Victoria Brownworth | Victoria Brownworth,Special to the Sun

Indelible Images By SUN STAFF

Shoppers with cells show and tell By Susan Campbell | Susan Campbell,HARTFORD COURANT

Written On The Wind By Candus Thomson | Candus Thomson,Sun Staff

Stalin's years of tyranny wrought permanent legacy of fear By Kathy Lally | Kathy Lally,Special to the Sun

Magical realism: a crutch for an author By Clare McHugh | Clare McHugh,Special to the Sun

For holidays and after, CDs to savor By Tim Smith | Tim Smith,SUN MUSIC CRITIC

`The Wire': A different kind of reality TV By Doug Donovan | Doug Donovan,SUN STAFF

A black superhero kicks stereotypes By Maisha Elonai | Maisha Elonai,KNIGHT RIDDER/TRIBUNE

BUSINESS

Mortgage applications fell as refinancing and home buying declined By BLOOMBERG NEWS

Send In The Clones By Meredith Cohn | Meredith Cohn,SUN STAFF