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Celtics@Pistons 7 p.m. [ESPN] Boston is on a roll again, but Detroit has been struggling of late, having lost eight of its past 12. That raises questions about the integration of Allen Iverson (left) with the Pistons.

BRAD DELP, 55 Lead singer of Boston Brad Delp, the lead singer for the rock band Boston, was found dead Friday. Police responded to a call for help at 1:20 p.m. and found Mr. Delp dead in his home in southern New Hampshire. Lt. William Baldwin said the death was "untimely" but that there was no indication of foul play. Mr. Delp apparently was alone at the time of his death. The cause of his death remained under investigation. Police said an incident report would not be available until tomorrow.

College basketball Kansas @ Georgia Tech 7 p.m. [ESPN] The Jayhawks are 10-0, and some of that was done without their starting lineup intact. No. 3 Kansas takes its show on the road against the 4-4 Yellow Jackets. The Jayhawks have been tested just twice, by Arizona and Southern California, and have rolled over everyone else. NHL Ottawa @ Boston 7 p.m. [Versus] A Northeast Division battle between the first-place Senators and the second-place Bruins. The toast of the Great White North, the Senators are on a five-game winning streak.

On April 22, 2007, GRATTON M. BOSTON. On Thursday friends may call at the VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERAL SERVICES, 5151 Balto. Nat'l Pike from 3:00 - 8:00PM. On Friday, Mr. Boston will lie instate at Grace AME Church, 67 1/2 Winters Lane, where the family will receive friends from 11:00 - 11:30AM with services to follow. Inquiries to 410-233-2400.

A man wanted by authorities in a shooting death in Boston has been arrested in Baltimore after the popular television show America's Most Wanted highlighted the case. Earnest E. Ferguson, 34, who apparently had been working construction jobs in Baltimore and had been wanted for nearly two years, was arrested by the Regional Warrant Apprehension Task Force about noon April 16 on Furrow Street in Southwest Baltimore. Two viewers from Baltimore called the TV show's tip line the day after the program aired April 14 with detailed information that placed Ferguson on Furrow Street working in construction, said Michelle Sigona, who is based in Bethesda as the national correspondent for America's Most Wanted.

Nov. 9 1872 Fire destroyed nearly 800 buildings in Boston. 2006 CBS newsman Ed Bradley died in New York at age 65.

One by one, friends and colleagues of Charlene Cooper Boston, a 37-year veteran of the city school system and the departing one-year interim chief executive officer, thanked her for her service yesterday and asked what she plans to do next. "Relax," Boston said to the well-wishers during receptions in her honor at the school system's North Avenue headquarters. Today is Boston's last official day as the top administrator in the city school system. Yesterday, she told well-wishers that she is planning to take a vacation when the new CEO, Andres Alonso, takes over Sunday.

Second chance Miguel Tejada hit his 250th career home run, and 10th career grand slam, in the third inning to give the Orioles a 5-4 lead. But he shouldn't have been batting. The previous hitter, Nick Markakis, appeared to strike out - for the third out - but third base umpire Tony Randazzo ruled that Markakis checked his swing. Markakis then walked to bring up Tejada. Seattle Mariners starter Horacio Ramirez and manager John McLaren were furious. Costly mistake Tejada was involved in another critical moment in the sixth.

NBA Pistons @Celtics 7 p.m. [ESPN] First-place Boston (Atlantic Division) vs. first-place Detroit (Central) is a possible NBA Eastern Conference finals preview. It's not even Christmas yet, but the 20-2 Celtics are on a record-setting pace and undefeated at home. The Pistons (17-7) have been hot, winning nine of their past 11 and playing superior defense.

BOSTON -- Can there be a more unlikely All-Star than Texas Rangers pitcher Jeff Zimmerman?Check the history of this mid-summer classic and you won't find many rookie middle relievers, especially those who were pitching in Single-A last season and in two other countries before that.So what's he doing here, sitting among baseball's elite? Judging by his numbers, he's blending in nicely.Zimmerman has been crucial to the Rangers' success this season, going 8-0 with one save and a 0.86 ERA in 35 appearances.

On September 18, 2009, IDA MAE BOSTON. On Thursday, friends may attend the memorial service for Mrs. Ida Mae Boston at Vaughn C. Greene Funeral Services, 5151 Baltimore National Pike, 21229. Wake 6 to 7 P.M with services to follow. In

They will not play the Boston Red Sox again in a game with any sort of meaning until late April of next season, giving the Orioles more than seven months to lick their wounds. The Orioles' final game against their tormentors in 2009 played out like so many before it. The Red Sox pounded an Orioles starting pitcher, secured a seven-run lead and were never threatened in a 9-3 victory Sunday at half-empty Camden Yards, where the only disappointment for the legions of Boston fans at the stadium came when the final score of the New York Jets-New England Patriots game appeared on the scoreboard.

BOSTON - - It was a perfect way for the Orioles to encapsulate a dozen years of losing baseball. Seven Orioles pitchers combined to give up six home runs and five walks. Thirteen Orioles batters managed a grand total of five hits and no runs. The predictable result was a 10-0 drubbing at the hands of the Boston Red Sox, who have scored double-digit runs five times against the Orioles this season. The Orioles clinched their 12th consecutive losing season by watching the Red Sox turn Tuesday night's series opener at Fenway Park into a glorified round of Home Run Derby.

BOSTON - -After what had transpired on this nine-game road trip, there was very little that was going to allow the Orioles to board a plane here Sunday night feeling good about themselves or the future of their organization. But over seven innings Sunday afternoon against a lineup that has doomed so many Orioles pitchers before him, rookie right-hander David Hernandez delivered the finest and longest start of his young career and provided the organization with one positive to take home from an extremely difficult trip.

BOSTON - - Major League Baseball rules stipulate that, barring rain or another unusual occurrence, a team must get the final three outs of the ninth inning for a game to be official. Yet, there was a sense of finality Saturday night when David Ortiz's three-run homer off Jeremy Guthrie landed in the center-field bleachers. And the first inning hadn't even ended yet. Jon Lester was on the mound for the Boston Red Sox, and the Orioles were at Fenway Park, making the end result all too predictable.

BOSTON - -In the continued search for a silver lining in what is shaping up to be another brutal second half, the Orioles can say that, at the very least, they're not being blown out. It's certainly no consolation for a team that has won just one of its seven games since the All-Star break with the latest narrow defeat coming on Friday in a 3-1 loss to the Boston Red Sox in front of an announced 38,058 at Fenway Park. It is, however, an early departure from past second halves when the Orioles have suffered one lopsided loss after another, one more humiliating than the next.

BOSTON - A fate the Orioles couldn't even imagine when they led by seven runs with their ace, Jeremy Guthrie, on the mound in Friday's series opener became a reality Monday amid too many defensive miscues, poor relief outings and fruitless at-bats. The Boston Red Sox completed a four-day humbling of the visitors with a 12-1 victory before a Patriot's Day announced crowd of 37,865 at Fenway Park, the Orioles' fifth straight loss, dropping them below .500 for the first time this season. It was their ninth straight defeat at Fenway Park, where they are 6-25 since the beginning of the 2006 season, and their seventh straight loss overall to the Red Sox. In Boston's first four-game sweep of its American League East foes since September 2002, the Orioles were outscored 30-7 after taking a 7-0 lead in the top of the second inning of Friday's series opener.

BOSTON - Orioles utility player Ryan Freel met with president of baseball operations Andy MacPhail before Wednesday's game in Texas to discuss his role with the club. Freel, who was acquired from the Cincinnati Reds this offseason in the Ramon Hernandez trade, started in Friday's series opener against the Boston Red Sox, just his second start in 10 games. He acknowledged that he has struggled to adapt to being a full-time reserve. "I'm a very impatient person," said Freel, who entered Friday's game 1-for-9 with three walks.

Southwest Airlines is scheduled to announce plans Tuesday to offer nonstop service from Baltimore to Boston, adding a second major market to its portfolio in little more than a week as it works to build business despite the downturn in travel amid the recession. Beginning Aug. 16, Southwest will schedule 10 flights daily to Boston's Logan International Airport, including five each from BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport and from Chicago. Last week, the air carrier began booking flights to New York's LaGuardia Airport from Baltimore and Chicago.

On April 5, 2009, CHRISTINE BOSTON of Back River. Survived by two children Arthur and Helen Brooks, three grandchildren; three great-grand; two sisters, and a host of other relatives and friends. Friends may call at the William C. Brown Community Funeral Home, P.A., 321 S. Philadelphia Boulevard, Aberdeen, Friday 5 to 8 P.M. and family will receive friends Saturday at the St. Stephens A.M.E. Church, 1601 Old Eastern Avenue, 10 A.M. Funeral 10:30 A.M.