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WASHINGTON -- Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco gave no ground to Capitol Hill critics yesterday, saying she and other state officials did all they could to save lives after Hurricane Katrina and that she feared Congress' focus on missteps was an excuse to deny more money for reconstruction. Blanco offered her first public accounting to Congress on her handling of the crisis as House and Senate negotiators wrangled over a new aid package for the states hit by the powerful storm.

At first glance, the Metro Gallery's Saturday night bill seems like an odd pairing: Dope Body - one of Baltimore's noisiest, most abrasive bands in years - and Mykki Blanco, a gender-bending, impressively nimble rapper from New York. But watch some live YouTube clips of each act, and the show makes more sense. Dope Body and Mykki Blanco command attention immediately, and both are capable of consistently winning over new audiences through sheer force and charisma. It doesn't matter that their albums would be categorized at opposite ends of the store.

On Monday, October 10, 2005 IRWIN R. "WIN" BARR beloved husband of Dorothy W. Barr. He was predeceased by Florence Lenore Skliar Barr the mother of his beloved children, Mary Ellen Barr Megee of New York City, Betty Alice Barr Mackey of Wayne, PA, Joan Ann Barr Blanco of Columbia, MD and Alan Howard Barr Ph D of Pasadena, CA; loving grandfather of Edward Mackey, Alan Mackey, Octavio Blanco and Roberto Blanco. No public ceremony is planned. Arrangements by Lemmon Funeral Home of Dulaney Valley, Inc.

Baltimore City police have arrested two men in connection with the shooting of a 32-year-old man Saturday night following an argument at an East Baltimore bar. Police arrested Erasmo Sandobal, 32, of the 5500 block of Bel Air Road, and Alberto Ramos, 30, of the 1700 block of Patterson Park Avenue. The men have been charged with attempted first-degree murder, according to Sgt. Anthony Smith, a police spokesman. The victim was shot in the arm and torso at about 7:10 p.m. inside El Rancho Blanco Tavern, at 100 S. Fagley St. in the Baltimore Highlands neighborhood, Smith said.

The county and the town of Sykesville have filed an appeal of a Circuit Court decision that would allow a cellular telephone tower to be built on Hollenberry Road.They join Kathy Blanco-Losada in the suit, which will be heard in the Court of Special Appeals. Ms. Blanco-Losada lives near the tower site."I am pleased they have joined me," said Ms. Blanco-Losada, who has spent $10,000 to oppose the tower. "We are hoping we have a reply from the court by December."In a ruling issued July 6, Carroll Circuit Judge Luke K. Burns Jr. said West Shore Communications, contractor for the 200-foot tripod tower, could resume construction.

Baltimore police yesterday identified two people who were shot to death over the weekend. One was a Southern High School teen-ager, and the other lived in Harford County.No arrests had been made, and no motive is known.Homicide Detective Joseph Kleinota said Larry Knox, 15, of the 1700 block of Ensor St. in East Baltimore was gunned down about 11: 45 p.m. Saturday outside a senior citizen social club in the 500 block of N. Patterson Park Ave.Kleinota said Knox was shot once in the head and once in the chest and was pronounced dead at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

All weekend long Ernesto Blanco felt lousy. The 73-year-old mail clerk could barely keep his eyes open. He had a heavy cough and was struggling for each breath. On Oct. 1, he walked into Cedars Sinai Hospital in Miami to see a doctor. "He thought there was something strange going on," Mari Orth, his stepdaughter, would later say. Blanco was right, but it would take two weeks to learn why. Doctors initially said he had pneumonia, and it wasn't until Monday that they made a startling announcement: Blanco had inhalation anthrax.

In the nearly nine years since graduating from Centennial High School, Matthew Lennon and a group of boyhood friends from Ellicott City often gathered for impromptu reunions. The last get-together came two weeks ago, when Lennon flew up from Florida to visit his family. With three other friends, he spent the evening at Nottingham's, a favorite nightclub hangout in Columbia. "It was pretty serendipitous," recalled Mani Kahn, who had come from New York City the same weekend to see his family.

BATTING LINE OF THE DAY Henry Blanco, Cubs C AB R H RBI HR 5 3 3 1 1 PITCHING LINE OF THE DAY Aaron Small, Yankees IP H R BB SO 9 5 0 2 3 WHO'S HOT Chris Carpenter of the Cardinals is the first NL pitcher with 10 straight road victories since Bob Gibson won 12 in a row in 1970. WHO'S NOT The A's have been shut out an AL-worst 11 times this season and have lost three of four overall, scoring just one run in the losses.

A 26-year-old Howard County native was shot and killed in an apparent murder-suicide in South Florida over the weekend, police said. Matthew Lennon, a 2000 graduate of Centennial High School who had moved to Florida two years ago, was shot once in the chest by a man who believed Lennon had assaulted a mutual friend, according to the Broward County Sheriff's Office. The incident occurred about 12:30 a.m. Saturday. Police said Lennon and friend Jack Benrube stopped by an apartment in Dania Beach after spending the evening watching college basketball at a bar. During the visit, Benrube suffered an asthma attack and was crawling across the floor to get to a balcony for some air, police said.

A 32-year-old man was in critical condition Saturday night after being shot during a fight at an East Baltimore bar, police said. The man was shot in the arm and torso at about 7:10 p.m. inside El Rancho Blanco, at 100 S. Fagley St. in the Baltimore Highlands neighborhood, according to a statement from Sgt. Anthony Smith, a police spokesman. Two people entered the bar and argued with the victim before he was shot, Smith said. Patrons of the bar detained the shooter but the other person who argued with the victim fled, he said.

From: Vinos de Madrid, Spain Price: $12 Serve with: Grilled seafood, Asian cuisine Even after more than 25 years of reviewing wines, there are new discoveries to be made. Malvar is a little-known white wine grape indigenous to Spain. This example is quite distinctive, with a piercing but refreshing acidity balanced by generous flavors for orange, grapefruit, lime and spices. With no oak influence, it's a real wake-up call for a tired palate and an excellent value in a dry white.

If the ageless Cuauhtemoc Blanco has come to represent Mexican soccer's recent past, then the babyfaced Javier Hernandez is the country's immediate future. So it seemed only natural that they should meet in the middle in chilly Polokwane on Thursday to make sure Mexico's present doesn't end prematurely. With both players coming off the bench in the second half to score, Mexico rolled to a 2-0 win over France that all but guarantees El Tri a spot in the World Cup's second round.

In the nearly nine years since graduating from Centennial High School, Matthew Lennon and a group of boyhood friends from Ellicott City often gathered for impromptu reunions. The last get-together came two weeks ago, when Lennon flew up from Florida to visit his family. With three other friends, he spent the evening at Nottingham's, a favorite nightclub hangout in Columbia. "It was pretty serendipitous," recalled Mani Kahn, who had come from New York City the same weekend to see his family.

A 26-year-old Howard County native was shot and killed in an apparent murder-suicide in South Florida over the weekend, police said. Matthew Lennon, a 2000 graduate of Centennial High School who had moved to Florida two years ago, was shot once in the chest by a man who believed Lennon had assaulted a mutual friend, according to the Broward County Sheriff's Office. The incident occurred about 12:30 a.m. Saturday. Police said Lennon and friend Jack Benrube stopped by an apartment in Dania Beach after spending the evening watching college basketball at a bar. During the visit, Benrube suffered an asthma attack and was crawling across the floor to get to a balcony for some air, police said.

I get my hair cut at this place called Tight-N-Up. It has pretty much all the basic barbershop amenities. You've got your TV, you've got your back issues of Sports Illustrated and Jet, you've got your spirited debates about sports, politics and music. Best of all, you've got a price tag on the sunny side of reality: Give the barber a twenty and you'll get change. I invite John Edwards to drop by sometime. We learned recently that the Democratic presidential aspirant paid $400 each for two haircuts in California.

ERMUA, Spain -- White bed sheets stitched with black cloth wreaths hang from the balconies of apartment houses in the town where Miguel Angel Blanco lived.Blanco's picture adorns walls and windows; his soft face and warm eyes seem to follow pickup soccer games and twilight strolls in the main square.He was one man. He was every man. And now, he is a national martyr in a deadly fight for independence in Western Europe, whose violence is exceeded only in Northern Ireland.When the 29-year-old unpaid town councilman was abducted July 10 and murdered two days later by a Basque separatist group called ETA, the simmering national trauma ignited national fury.

WASHINGTON -- Apparently, Brownie wasn't the only one. You remember the grief that fell on Michael Brown, former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency last month after the release of some embarrassing e-mails. They revealed that as Hurricane Katrina was submerging New Orleans and shredding Biloxi, Mr. Brown and his aides were exchanging e-mails on trivial matters, including the question of which clothes would make him "look more hard-working" on television. The e-mails were released at the request of a Democratic congressman to embarrass Mr. Brown, whose agency is widely felt to have bungled the federal response to the storm.

WASHINGTON -- Apparently, Brownie wasn't the only one. You remember the grief that fell on Michael Brown, former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency last month after the release of some embarrassing e-mails. They revealed that as Hurricane Katrina was submerging New Orleans and shredding Biloxi, Mr. Brown and his aides were exchanging e-mails on trivial matters, including the question of which clothes would make him "look more hard-working" on television. The e-mails were released at the request of a Democratic congressman to embarrass Mr. Brown, whose agency is widely felt to have bungled the federal response to the storm.

WASHINGTON -- Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco gave no ground to Capitol Hill critics yesterday, saying she and other state officials did all they could to save lives after Hurricane Katrina and that she feared Congress' focus on missteps was an excuse to deny more money for reconstruction. Blanco offered her first public accounting to Congress on her handling of the crisis as House and Senate negotiators wrangled over a new aid package for the states hit by the powerful storm.