Aurora

Katie Medley is in the hospital, having joyously given birth to her first child, baby Hugo, while one floor away the new father, Caleb Medley, lies in an induced coma after being blasted by the heavily armed gunman who attacked a crowded theater in Aurora, Colo., last week. While the shooter was stockpiling guns and ammunition, the Republican party and Maryland Rep. Andy Harris were right there fighting any attempt to limit his ability to buy thousands of rounds of ammo along with oversize magazines for his semiautomatic weapon.

After a two-week break, our favorite fairytale drama is back and luckily things have changed. Aside from the premiere, "Into the Deep" has been the only episode this season to not have character flashbacks. This was great in terms of plot momentum and I hope it continues because it will make my recaps less complicated to write. The Walking Dead Remember that giant beanstalk where Emma left Captain Hook to rot? We find out Hook made it out alive, except Cora is not happy with him. She doesn't have time for Hook's games and accuses him of betrayal, saying that she'll have to complete her journey to Storybrooke alone.

WASHINGTON — Two service members were among the dozen moviegoers killed Friday in Aurora, Colo., military officials said. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jesse Childress, 29, of Thornton, Colo., and Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class John Larimer, 27, of Crystal Lake, Ill., died in the attack at the Century 16 movie theater. Both were stationed at Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora. Another sailor and another airman were wounded in the shootings at the premiere of "The Dark Knight Rises. " Both were treated and released.

Katie Medley is in the hospital, having joyously given birth to her first child, baby Hugo, while one floor away the new father, Caleb Medley, lies in an induced coma after being blasted by the heavily armed gunman who attacked a crowded theater in Aurora, Colo., last week. While the shooter was stockpiling guns and ammunition, the Republican party and Maryland Rep. Andy Harris were right there fighting any attempt to limit his ability to buy thousands of rounds of ammo along with oversize magazines for his semiautomatic weapon.

On February 15, 2003, AURORA I. MILLER of Severna Park and Millersville, MD; beloved wife of the late Matthew F. Miller; devoted mother of the late Joan Kwiatkowski and Matthew B. Miller; also survived by five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and one great-great granddaughter. Friends may call at the BARRANCO & SONS P.A. SEVERNA PARK FUNERAL HOME, Ritchie Hwy at Robinson Rd on Thursday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday 10 A.M. at Holy Trinity Church.

Aurora M. Denisch, a retired registered nurse and active churchwoman, died of respiratory failure Thursday at the Oak Crest Village retirement community in Parkville. She was 71 and formerly lived in Lutherville. She was born Aurora Marilou Copeland in Miami and was raised there and in West Palm Beach, Fla. She was a 1955 graduate of the Jacksonville Memorial Hospital School of Nursing and took psychiatric training at Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital in Towson. In 1956, she married Dr. David A. Denisch, a Baltimore dentist, and worked for several years as an obstetrical nurse at the old Hospital for Women of Maryland before joining her husband's dental practice.

AURORA, Colo. - When people ask Mayor Paul E. Tauer where he's from, he uses "the D-word," even though his hometown is larger than Orlando, Fla., or Birmingham, Ala., or Newark, N.J. "We're overshadowed by the fact that we're immediately adjacent to what I always refer to as our suburb to the west - Denver," says Tauer, who has run Aurora for 14 years. Aurora is the biggest city in the United States you've probably never heard of, a city defined by what it is not. It is not Denver. Denver is over there.

On February 26, 2003 KATHERINE A. MURSCH, age 55, in Aurora, CO. She was born November 8, 1947 in Philadelphia, PA. She is survived by her husband Robert J. Mursch, Aurora, CO; her son Kevin Mursch and his wife Michele, of Taneytown, MD. and son Keith Mursch, of Aurora, CO. She is also survived by the light of her life, her grandson Zachary Mursch. A Memorial Service on Monday, 10:30 A.M. at the Horan & McConaty Family Chapel, 3201 S. Parker Rd., Aurora, CO. 80014. In lieu of flowers, donations suggested to Hospice of Metro Denver or the American Cancer Society.

After a two-week break, our favorite fairytale drama is back and luckily things have changed. Aside from the premiere, "Into the Deep" has been the only episode this season to not have character flashbacks. This was great in terms of plot momentum and I hope it continues because it will make my recaps less complicated to write. The Walking Dead Remember that giant beanstalk where Emma left Captain Hook to rot? We find out Hook made it out alive, except Cora is not happy with him. She doesn't have time for Hook's games and accuses him of betrayal, saying that she'll have to complete her journey to Storybrooke alone.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Arie Luyendyk wasn't interested in sitting around and waiting for someone else to make a move; he had been subjected to too much drama during last year's time trials for the Indianapolis 500. So, at 4: 30 p.m. yesterday, Luyendyk decided it was high time to make a run at the pole position.With track conditions ideal, Luyendyk, the 1990 Indy 500 champion who had been quickest all month at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, went out and captured the pole for the 81st renewal of the 500 when he toured the 2.5-mile oval in a four-lap average of 218.263 mph.Luyendyk, who also won the pole in 1993, will make his 13th Indy 500 appearance and fourth start on the front row, alongside Team Menard driver Tony Stewart (218.

What happens now - if it hasn't already - is that we adapt to another form of insanity. We add movie theaters to the list of places where random violence might erupt. Some of us look for online tutorials in how to survive a mass shooting at the cinema. Others, taking no chances, get guns and permits to carry them. "No place is safe," I heard a retired Marine say the other day. There are too many guns - almost one for every American by now - and too many people with untreated mental illness.

Sitting there in an Arapahoe County District Court room with his bright orange-red hair, his eyes downcast and manner withdrawn, James Eagan Holmes didn't have much to say in his first court appearance Monday morning. There was precious little to reveal what could possibly have caused the 24-year-old graduate student in neuroscience to kill a dozen people and wound 58 others in a crowded Colorado movie theater last week, as police allege. There is no rational justification for such behavior, of course, and even knowing whether it was the result of delusion or sickness, madness or uncontrollable rage probably won't produce much comfort for the victims, their families or their fellow Americans.

WASHINGTON — Two service members were among the dozen moviegoers killed Friday in Aurora, Colo., military officials said. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jesse Childress, 29, of Thornton, Colo., and Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class John Larimer, 27, of Crystal Lake, Ill., died in the attack at the Century 16 movie theater. Both were stationed at Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora. Another sailor and another airman were wounded in the shootings at the premiere of "The Dark Knight Rises. " Both were treated and released.

Typically, Orioles first-round draft pick Kevin Gausman tries to hide the fact that he's from Aurora, Colo., the site of Friday's tragic movie theater shooting. “I say that I'm from Centennial, [Colo.], because Centennial's a little nicer of an area,” the 21-year-old pitcher said in a phone interview Friday evening. But after 12 people were killed at a screening for the new Batman movie about a 15-minute drive from his home, Gausman said he became a proud Auroran. The newfound hometown pride was the result of a very stressful day in his life.

Alliances *Athena Environmental Services Inc. and Aurora Analytics LLC formed a distribution alliance under which Athena will be global supplier for Aurora's G-mark product line. G-mark products help detect alcohol use based on natural metabolites the body produces when alcohol is ingested. They are used in applications including law enforcement, employment screening and testing of racehorses. Both companies have been affiliated with the University of Maryland, Baltimore County Tech Center's incubator program.

Aurora Loan Services LLC, the mortgage-lending subsidiary of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., has laid off 160 employees in Gaithersburg as the parent company moves to scale back its home-loan business in response to turmoil in the industry and in the secondary market where investors trade mortgage debt. The layoffs were disclosed in a notice filed with the state Labor, Licensing and Regulation Department. Aurora originates both prime and subprime mortgages. A Lehman spokesman said yesterday that the company closed a regional operating center in Gaithersburg last month.

On August 6, 2004, BARBARA V. PICHLER (nee Vicio); beloved mother of Cynthia and Clare Pichler; loving daughter of Aurora and the late Vincent Vescio, Sr.; cherished sister of Aurora Vescio, Nancy Ronzan and Vincent Vescio, Jr. Services will be private. Further inquiries may be directed to the family owned Ambrose Funeral Home, Inc., 1328 Sulphur Spring Rd, 410-242-2211. Memorial donations can be made to the Humane Society of Baltimore County, 1601 Nicodemus Road, Reisterstown, MD 21136.

The state has purchased easements to preserve two Baltimore County farms. The 97-acre Jenkins property, a crop farm in the 12400 block of Park Heights Ave. in the Owings Mills area, would be preserved under a $576,480 easement purchase approved this week by the state Board of Public Works, officials said. The board also approved an easement purchase of $264,110 for the 55.9-acre Zodhiates property, a tree farm in the 4200 block of Beckleysville Road in northern Baltimore County, officials said.

There couldn't be a more timely movie version of the European immigrant experience than The Golden Door. In an era when TV newscasters can accuse illegal immigrants of spreading leprosy, this tale of a Sicilian family sailing to America a century ago shows U.S. fear of the outsider posing as pseudo-science even at Ellis Island. The Golden Door (Miramax) Starring Vincenzo Amato, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Aurora Quattrocchi, Francesco Casisa, Filippo Pucillo. Directed by Emanuele Crialese. Rated PG-13.