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Actress Wendy Davis got the call in Houston while waiting for a connecting flight to her parents' home in Florida. Producers for the Lifetime show "Army Wives" wanted the Joppatowne native and Los Angeles resident back in L.A.; they had reconsidered her for one of the show's main characters and wanted her to audition again the next morning. Landing the role would mean the biggest break of her career for the actress, who was a regular on the 1996 ABC drama "High Incident" and has appeared on "Cold Case," "Grey's Anatomy" and "Martin."

Within the next week, South River senior Bre Bolden should score her 1,000 t h career point. The slashing 5-foot-9 guard, also known for her defense, averages 18.1 points, 5.8 rebounds, 6.3 steals and 3.2 assists for the Seahawks (11-2). Bolden, 17, and the Seahawks are undefeated in the Anne Arundel County league heading into Friday night's game at Glen Burnie. For the last two seasons, the Seahawks' season has ended in the regionals against North Point, but Bolden said she and her teammates are focused on breaking through to states this winter.

Charleston restaurant was presented today with the the American Academy of Hospitality Sciences' Five Star Diamond award for excellence. International trustee of AAHS, Karen Dixon, presented the award to executive chef and owner, Cindy Wolf. “Charleston exemplifies what we look for in a Five Star Diamond property. The restaurant offers a fresh approach to fine dining and an overall hospitality environment that successfully embraces its guests,” Dixon said.          

Starting this Wednesday, Charleston will offer a supper-for-two menu in the bar. Think of it as a way to soak up some of Charleston's atmosphere, and Cindy Wolf's cooking, without committing to the full tasting menu experience. The menu, which will change weekly, costs $100 for a couple. The main course for the debut supper, which is inspired by "Downton Abbey," is a lobster pie, butter poached lobster, Yukon gold potatoes and brandy cream in puff pastry. The appetizer is ham-stuffed mushrooms, and the supper includes a course of Stilton cheese and winds up with a course of mignardises -- think small cookies and petit fours -- served with a Claret ice, a sorbet made with red wine.

College of Charleston (0-0) at Maryland (1-0) When: 7 p.m. Where: Comcast Center Television: ESPNU Radio: 105.7 FM and 1300 AM Series: College of Charleston leads 1-0. Last meeting: Cougars won, 75-66, in NCAA tournament first round on March 13, 1997 Preview: College of Charleston returns three starters from last season's 22-12 team that upset North Carolina. The Cougars are coached by Bobby Cremins, who enters his 30th season of coaching (fifth with Charleston)

On May 26, 2003 CHARLESTON; devoted father of Charles, Thomas, John, Robert, Rufus, Ann and Eric. He was a loving grandfather of sixteen; great grandfather of sixteen and great-great grandfather of three. Visitation at Joseph H. Brown Funeral Home, 2140 N. Fulton Avenue, on Thursday 4 to 8 P.M. and Friday 10 A.M. to 8 P.M. The Wake will be on Saturday 12 noon at the Waters AME Church, 417 N. Aisquith St. with funeral at 1 P.M.

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Eric Burks scored 20 points and Brett Larrick added 16 to lead Charleston Southern over UMBC, 77-69, in a Big South Conference game last night.The Buccaneers (7-6, 3-0) led by as many as 13 points before UMBC (5-8, 2-1) pulled to 47-43 with 14:29 left in the game. Charleston Southern responded, scoring 12 of the next 14 as Burks scored six.HMarc Lay led UMBC with 17 points and Tony Thompson added16. Pascal Fleury scored 10.

Charleston's rich history and culture challenge many stereotypes of the South. Founded in 1670, the "The Holy City" is known for its charm, religious tolerance and superb manners. Last year, Travel + Leisure magazine named Charleston one of the top 10 cities in the U.S. Here are five things to see and do: 1 Spy on Spoleto. Celebrate the Piccolo Spoleto Festival USA. Modeled after Italy's Festival of the Two Worlds, this annual 17-day arts and entertainment explosion seizes Charleston until June 7, hosting more than 700 music, dance, theatre, visual arts, and family events from around the world, including the opera Louise, the U.S. premiere of the play Don John, jazz singer Ren?

All signs pointed to a Towson State blowout last night.The Tigers were at the Towson Center, where they had won 11 straight, and were playing Charleston Southern, headed to its fifth losing record in six seasons. After eight minutes, the young Buccaneers were down by nine and on the ropes.Towson State sweated the entire 40 minutes, however, and didn't pull away until the last two minutes for an 84-76 Big South Conference victory that was watched by 121 fans who ignored the elements."I don't think anything comes easily to us," senior center John James said.

Starting this Wednesday, Charleston will offer a supper-for-two menu in the bar. Think of it as a way to soak up some of Charleston's atmosphere, and Cindy Wolf's cooking, without committing to the full tasting menu experience. The menu, which will change weekly, costs $100 for a couple. The main course for the debut supper, which is inspired by "Downton Abbey," is a lobster pie, butter poached lobster, Yukon gold potatoes and brandy cream in puff pastry. The appetizer is ham-stuffed mushrooms, and the supper includes a course of Stilton cheese and winds up with a course of mignardises -- think small cookies and petit fours -- served with a Claret ice, a sorbet made with red wine.

Colleges No. 1 Terps men edge Charleston, 3-2, in soccer London Woodberry scored a career-high two goals to help the No. 1 Maryland men's soccer team remain unbeaten with a 3-2 win at College of Charleston (4-6). The Terps (8-0-1) overcame a 2-1 deficit to pick up their seventh consecutive victory this season. Woodberry and freshman David Kabelik , who scored the second goal of the game, became the 11th and 12th Terrapins to score this season, respectively.

Two Maryland restaurants - Cindy Wolf's Charleston in Baltimore and Briand Voltaggio's Volt in Frederick - are on a newly published list of the Top 100 Restaurants in America. The fifth annual Top 100 Restaurants in America for 2012 were determined by the Opinionated About Dining Survey, for which more than 3,000 registered voters contributed more than 70,000 reviews. Charleston placed 64th and Volt placed 72nd. The survey, which is published by the Opinionated About Dining blog, relies on the opinons of passionate diners who describe how strongly they would recommend a restaurant and why. Here are the survey's top 10 restaurants.

Charleston, Woodberry Kitchen, The Prime Rib and Volt are among the 100 restaurants on Open Table's latest group of Diners' Choice Awards -- the top 100 restaurants in the United States that specialize in American food. The list of winners is derived from more than 10 million reviews submitted by Open Table diners for more than 12,000 restaurants in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Woodberry Kitchen's sustainability program is featured in this article in Nation's Restaurant News.

Charleston restaurant was presented today with the the American Academy of Hospitality Sciences' Five Star Diamond award for excellence. International trustee of AAHS, Karen Dixon, presented the award to executive chef and owner, Cindy Wolf. “Charleston exemplifies what we look for in a Five Star Diamond property. The restaurant offers a fresh approach to fine dining and an overall hospitality environment that successfully embraces its guests,” Dixon said.          

SATURDAY'S MEN'S BASKETBALL TELEVISION HIGHLIGHTS Hofstra@Wright State ESPNU11 a.m. Duquesne@Dayton CSNNoon Pittsburgh@St. John's ESPNNoon Villanova@DePaul MASNNoon Virginia Tech@Virginia 5, 541 Notre Dame@West Virginia 13, 91 Austin Peay State@Fairfield ESPNU1 Colorado@Kansas ESPN2 Army@Navy CBSCS2:30 Iona@Liberty ESPNU3 Oregon State@Oregon CSN4 Boston College@North Carolina ESPN4 Rutgers@Syracuse MASN4 Michigan@Iowa BIGTEN4:30 Missouri State@Valparaiso ESPN25 Vermont@College of Charleston ESPNU5 Washington@Arizona ESPN6 Northwestern@Indiana BIGTEN7 George Washington@La Salle CSN7 George Mason@Northern Iowa ESPN27 Cincinnati@Providence ESPNU7 Georgetown@South Florida MASN7 Houston@Texas-El Paso CBSCS9 Illinois@Michigan State ESPN9 Utah State@St.

After Maryland's opening game, coach Gary Williams resisted lavishing too much attention on promising guard Pe'Shon Howard or Maryland's other first-year players. "This is one game," was the coach's mantra then. After the season's second game Wednesday night, it proved increasingly challenging for Williams not to single out Howard for praise. Capping a night in which he repeatedly made big plays, the confident freshman swished in a basket with three seconds left to lift Maryland to a 75-74 victory over College of Charleston.

HAGERSTOWN -- Dave Morgan hit two homers and drove in five runs to lead the Hagerstown Suns over the first-place Charleston (W.Va.) Alley Cats, 10-2, in a Single-A South Atlantic League game last night.

College of Charleston (0-0) at Maryland (1-0) When: 7 p.m. Where: Comcast Center Television: ESPNU Radio: 105.7 FM and 1300 AM Series: College of Charleston leads 1-0. Last meeting: Cougars won, 75-66, in NCAA tournament first round on March 13, 1997 Preview: College of Charleston returns three starters from last season's 22-12 team that upset North Carolina. The Cougars are coached by Bobby Cremins, who enters his 30th season of coaching (fifth with Charleston)

Zagat released its 2011 Washington, DC/Baltimore Restaurants Survey last week. Across the four major categories of top food, top decor, top service and most popular, the top-ranked restaurants for Baltimore and surrounding areas were, respectively, Charleston , Charleston, Charleston and Woodberry Kitchen . Charleston placed a far-from-shabby second in that last category, most popular, which I guess allows for a little je ne sais quoi:...