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A week into training camp, Maryland coach Randy Edsall is ready to tinker with the depth chart. "There will be some changes," the coach said Tuesday during Media Day at the football complex. Edsall is more secretive about player moves than his predecessor, Ralph Friedgen . He declined to speculate on who may be moving up or down. But Edsall, hired from Connecticut in January, did say that freshman running backs Justus Pickett and Brandon Ross were making a "push" for playing time.

Long-time angler Sid Rosenberg asks: I fish the Severn River a lot. What is the website to find out the tides on the Severn? Outdoors Girl replies: Remember the days when you'd clip the tide chart from the newspaper, do a little math to adjust for a more localized time and then promptly lose it? I don't, either. I do, however, remember once accidently throwing out the chart and, while pawing through the garbage on the night before a fishing weekend, encountering a skunk. likes to use XXXX.

This wasn't supposed to be the year the Orioles returned to the playoffs. It wasn't even sold as a decent facsimile of the seminal "Why Not?" 1989 season. No, it was marketed as a year of tangible steps forward, when the respected, wily manager would begin shepherding a mix of homegrown talent and veterans with one-year commitments out of the baseball wilderness. Instead, halfway through this season, it has been more of the same dreaded darkness that has permeated Baltimore baseball for the past 13 years: the majority of the young lambs looking confused and overmatched and many of the veterans clearly meandering down the wrong side of the talent hill.

In February, the Decemberists found themselves at a place they never expected to be: No. 1 on the Billboard 200. This is a band that makes folksy, literary rock, often with obscure and historical references — rarely chart-topping material. Tellingly, No. 2 that week was "Kidz Bop 19," the family-friendly anthology of top-40 hits featuring artists like Katy Perry, Bruno Mars and David Guetta. "It's not something you set your sights on," said drummer John Moen. "I've been playing music for a long time.

Jacob for boys and Sophia for girls were the most popular baby names for Maryland newborns last year, the Social Security Administration reported, with Jacob rocketing up from No. 7 and Sophia from No. 6 the previous year. Nationally, the names Jacob and Isabella were "king and queen of the crib for another year," according to the federal agency, which released 2010's most popular baby names Monday. Sophia was ranked No. 2 nationwide. Isabella was No. 4 among Maryland newborns. Nationally, Maci — name of a prominently featured mother in "Teen Mom" — and Kellan, the name of the actor who portrays Emmett Cullen in the "Twilight" series — has the biggest jumps in popularity nationwide.

Viewers see first the beast's ravenous mouth, with six fangs increasing in size and as pointed as daggers. The fiend is wearing a "Vote" button with an image of the American flag, and its tail snakes into a dollar sign. Even before gallery-goers scan the caption — "Monstrous costs: Total House and Senate campaign expenditures" — they have a good idea which dismal fact of modern life is being illustrated. Moreover, they know exactly how artist Nigel Holmes feels about the increase.

When Sara Bareilles' new album was released, it surprised many by heading straight to the top of the charts. It was a shock not just because it was just Bareilles' second album, coming off 2007's "Little Voice," but also because of the kind of music she makes. At a time when dance-infused hip-hop is dominating the Billboard charts, here was a 13-track album of upbeat, traditional pop nestled at No. 1, with 90,000 units sold, according to Nielsen Soundscan. "There's a lot of stuff out there that's dance and club-oriented," Bareilles said.

Six players from Maryland and a Boston College transfer highlight Towson's 20-man football recruiting class. Tigers coach Rob Ambrose announced the signings Wednesday of the following local players: Calvert Hall defensive end Stefan Janik, Old Mill linebacker Joe McCargo, Calvert Hall offensive lineman Spencer Sutton and Northwestern running back Terrance West. Largo defensive end Olatungie Coker and Damascus quarterback Connor Frazier rounded out Towson's in-state class. "This recruiting class is going to be a special one," Ambrose said in a news release.

Usher is once again dominating the charts with another club anthem, " DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love," which plays up his euro-pop side. The R&B singer's outsized ambitions will be on display Wednesday, when he brings his OMG Tour to 1st Mariner Arena . Usher's album "Confessions" was the last to have sold more than 10 million copies in the U.S., according to the Recording Industry Association of America. His follow-up, "Raymond v. Raymond," which covered his recent divorce, disappointed critically and commercially when it was released in March; it's stalled at about a million copies sold.

Player name (Games played) DT Sam Adams (20) FB Obafemi Ayanbadejo (8) DB Robert Bailey (20) QB Tony Banks (14) OL Orlando Bobo (7) OLB Peter Boulware (20) LB O.J. Brigance (20) OLB Cornell Brown (18) DE Rob Burnett (20) TE Ben Coates (20) DT Lional Dalton (20) LB Anthony Davis (18) WR Billy Davis (20) QB Trent Dilfer (13) TE Pedro Edison (0) FB Chuck Evans (5) G/C Mike Flynn (20) OT Spencer Folau (13) FB Sam Gash (19) SS Corey Harris (20)