Barber

The two women came barreling down the street, wailing as they sprinted over the downtown light rail tracks and towards the crime scene in front of a barber shop. "Please tell me [my brother's] not shot," one shouted, holding a cell phone. "Please tell me no. " A gruff police commander walked over. "How do you know he's been shot? We don't even know who it is," he said. After catching her breath, the woman replied, "It was on Facebook. " Just before 5 p.m. Saturday, police found a man shot several times inside the Focal Point barber shop in the 200 block of W. Saratoga St. Police identified the victim Sunday as Dwight Taylor, 25, confirming the women's fears.

As expected, there has been chatter on the message boards and talk radio about the possibility that the Ravens will sign former Giants running back Tiki Barber now that he is coming out of retirement . You can be sure the guys over at The Castle will talk about it for a few minutes, too, because they have discussions about pretty much every available player. I doubt that conversation will last long, though, despite the expectation that the Ravens will be in the market for a running back or two this offseason.

Each week, The Sun's John McIntyre presents a moderately obscure but evocative word with which you may not be familiar -- another brick to add to the wall of your working vocabulary. Use it in a sentence in a comment on his blog, You Don't Say, and the best sentence will be featured next week. This week's word: REBARBATIVE Not one of the nice words, rebarbative means unattractive, objectionable, annoying, repellant. It comes to us directly from the French rebarbatif, meaning literally to "face each other, beard to beard.

A 24-year-old Columbia barber who claimed Howard County police beat him during an arrest this spring was found not guilty Wednesday of assaulting police and resisting arrest, but was found guilty on two other charges. Melvin J. Yates Jr. was sentenced to unsupervised probation before judgment for disorderly conduct and failing to obey a police officer during a melee just after midnight April 10 outside Cazabe's restaurant in Jessup. He filed a $50 million federal civil suit Sept.

More than two decades after pronouncing that greed is good, Gordon Gekko returns to movie screens this fall in "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps." On TV, "The Office" and "Mad Men" take divergent views of corporate America. And "Enron" the play recently ended a Broadway run. Business has been big business on stage and screen for years. One of the latest theatrical productions to take a cue from the business world made its debut this weekend at the Fells Point Corner Theatre as part of the 29th annual Baltimore Playwrights Festival.

Frank Bruno, a barber who was sought by both stars and sinners, died of cancer Thursday at Oak Crest Village's nursing center. He was 87 and lived in Rosedale. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of Sicilian immigrants who operated a grocery store on the eastern fringes of downtown Baltimore. He grew up along the shops of Gay Street in Oldtown and never completed high school. He told his daughters that as a child he sold flowers on East Baltimore Street, known as the Block. "He started out as a nothing kid," said his daughter, Toni Kocun of Towson.

Dallas Cowboys running back Marion Barber could start the playoff game against Minnesota on Sunday after his sore left knee held up well during practice Thursday. "He's listed as limited, although he did practice and did run some and ran pretty well," coach Wade Phillips said. "That was an encouraging sign with him. We'll see what he does tomorrow, but it's looking better and better I think for him to be able to play." Barber left the last playoff game after only three carries because coaches could tell he wasn't running at full strength.

After a long illness, on Friday, December 25, 2009 MARY E. "BETTY", of Ellicott City, loving daughter of the late Camilla G. "Jeanne" and William Barber; devoted sister of the late Charles "Buddy" Barber. She is survived by several cousins and friends. Family will receive friends at Church of the Resurrection Chapel, Paulskirk Drive, Ellicott City, MD at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, January 7, 2010 followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. Private interment at a later date in New Cathedral Cemetery.

Lenny Clay's West Baltimore barbershop, a sounding board for prominent Baltimoreans for the past five decades that stands alone on a block where most buildings have been razed, was dark Monday as activists stood outside decrying an arrest that left the 73-year-old at home with a broken arm. Police say Clay had to be removed from his vehicle after he struck a parked car and ignored officers' attempts to pull him over about 9 p.m. Dec. 23. Officers...