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Ravens 30, Chiefs 7 Fourth quarter: 4:26 Baltimore Touchdown - Willis McGahee up the middle for 25 yards. (Billy Cundiff extra point is good). Ravens 23, Chiefs 7 Third quarter: 0:27 Baltimore Touchdown - 4-yard pass from Joe Flacco to Anquan Boldin. (Billy Cundiff extra point is good). Ravens 16, Chiefs 7 Third quarter: 4:20 Baltimore Field Goal - 29-yarder by Billy Cundiff. Ravens 13, Chiefs 7 Third quarter: 6:36 Baltimore Field Goal - 29-yarder by Billy Cundiff.

Here's what umpire crew chief Gerry Davis told me about the delay on today's replay review on Rays right fielder Matt Joyce's eventual home run ball in the Orioles' 3-1 loss to the Rays: "[Orioles manager] Buck [Showalter] wanted to know whether the ball was, in fact, fair. We got together as a crew to discuss whether the ball was fair or foul, whether any of us had anything differently than [first-base ump Dan Iassogna] had. We did not. So the ruling on the field was that it was a fair ball in play.

INDIANAPOLIS — Mike Hart rushed for the only touchdown of the game late in the fourth quarter as the Colts kept the Chiefs out of the end zone to knock off the last remaining unbeaten team 19-9. Peyton Manning had a pedestrian day, completing 26 of 44 passes for 244 yards with an interception for the Colts (3-2), who rebounded from a last-second loss at Jacksonville in Week 4. Hart and Joseph Addai each rushed for 50 yards, Reggie Wayne led the receiving corps with 75 yards on six grabs, and Indy's defense held Kansas City to 261 total yards.

Robert M. Douglass, former chief engineer of Baltimore Gas & Electric Co.'s Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant, died Monday of cancer at his home in Port Republic, Calvert County. He was 88. The son of an electrical engineer and a homemaker, Robert Mann Douglass was born in Hartford, Conn., and raised in Wethersfield, Conn., where he graduated in 1942 from Wethersfield High School. He served as a paratrooper with the 11th Airborne in the Pacific and with occupying forces in Japan during World War II. After the war, he enrolled at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., where he earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 1950.

The Kansas City Chiefs have released former Ravens offensive tackle Jared Gaither. The 6-foot-9 left tackle signed with the Chiefs this summer after he and the Ravens parted ways. He was active for 10 games this season, but was a backup to Chiefs starter Branden Albert. Gaither subbed in for Albert during Sunday night's 13-9 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers and was flagged for a false start on his very first play . Gaither will be placed on waivers and any team can put in a claim for the enigmatic lineman.

Kevin Cowherd Ravens 30, Chiefs 10 Ravens are rested, loving the no-huddle offense and vowing to become more punishing on defense again. Chiefs' offense has looked so bad fans are actually clamoring for Brady Quinn to replace Matt Cassel at quarterback. Yes, that Brady Quinn. Edward Lee Ravens 23, Chiefs 14 Jamaal Charles is the type of running back who can give defenses headaches. But the Chiefs' one-dimensional offense will eventually stall, and Ray Rice should find success on the ground.

I find it hard to fathom that just one month ago, the City Council and mayor just couldn't find the funds to support our city firefighters and police officers, and now suddenly funds have magically appeared to provide raises for deputy chiefs of the fire department ("City fire chief seeks raise for top officers," July 24). What a slap in the face to the men and women who risk their lives daily to protect this city. The justification from the fire chief is these raises are needed to achieve salary equity and attract candidates to fill the positions.

Ravens head coach John Harbaugh talks after the Ravens' 9-6 win over the Chiefs. (J. Matthew Rhea/for The Baltimore Sun)

1. Convert in the red zone. Kansas City has the AFC's worst red-zone defense, giving up 26 touchdowns on 37 possessions inside its 20-yard line (70.3 percent failure rate). The Ravens have the NFL's 22nd-ranked red-zone offense. 2. Ed Reed continues hot streak. The Pro Bowl safety has picked off multiple passes in his past two games and has seven interceptions in the playoffs (which is tied for best among active players). The Chiefs have turned the ball over 14 times, the second-fewest in the NFL. 3. Jump out to a lead.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — While instructing the Chiefs quarterbacks, Jim Zorn ducked and dipped his shoulders, shifted his hips, pump-faked the football and nimbly moved his feet. It was just as he did in his days as a scrambling passer for the expansion Seattle Seahawks. And just as he was depicted in a poster on the bedroom wall of a young Todd Haley. "I thought he was a cool lefty who played hard and looked cool in the new-fangled Seattle uniform …" Haley said admiringly of Zorn, the Chiefs' new quarterbacks coach.

Why doesn't Baltimore's schools CEO need teaching experience, like other superintendents in the state? It was a question on the mind of many education observers last week, after hearing that the city's schools chief is not bound by the same requirements. It was also an issue of confusion for city school officials who, early in the day Tuesday, believed Tisha Edwards, 42 - who will soon become the city's interim schools CEO - would need to apply for a state waiver because while she has been a principal, she has never been a teacher.

David Waldemar Gjerde, a retired Procter & Gamble executive who became a restaurant investor and consultant to his sons, Spike and Charlie, died of a heart attack May 2 at his Cockeysville home. He was 75. Born in Mankato, Minn., he was the son of Waldemar Gjerde, an engineer, and the former Ferne Sorenson, a church organist. Raised in Cedar Falls, Iowa, he earned an engineering degree from the University of Iowa. He served in the Army National Guard. He joined Procter & Gamble in Iowa and moved to Maryland in 1968 with his wife, the former Alice Silletto, and their two sons.

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake appointed an executive with a disaster response company Friday to lead Baltimore's Transportation Department at a time when the agency continues to struggle with its speed camera program. Her pick, William Johnson, has worked since 2005 as a senior manager at O'Brien's Response Management, which billed itself as a provider of emergency preparedness, response management and crisis services when it merged last year with another firm. Johnson has 20 years of public- and private-sector experience in urban transportation, public works, and emergency preparation and response, the mayor's office said.

Education observers were split Tuesday on whether the city's school board should launch a nationwide search to replace schools CEO Andrés Alonso or give the job of taking on the district's daunting challenges to his hand-picked successor. Some, such as principals union president Jimmy Gittings, said they'll push for the board to name interim CEO Tisha Edwards as permanent superintendent. School officials said late Tuesday that Edwards, Alonso's chief of staff, would not have to obtain a state waiver despite lacking the teaching experience typically required by state law for the post.

After less than a year on the job, Larry Tolliver is calling it quits as chief of the troubled Anne Arundel County Police Department. Tolliver, 67, said his resignation — or "return to retirement," as he called it — will take effect May 21. "I am resigning today because the department needs a chief who can focus solely on the department's mission, something that is challenging to do in the current environment," Tolliver wrote in a statement...

Baltimore schools CEO Andrés Alonso tearfully announced his resignation Monday, ending a six-year tenure marked by bold yet often divisive reforms and casting uncertainty on the future of the long-troubled school system. Under Alonso's leadership, city schools saw growth in test scores, graduation rates and enrollment, but his administration was dogged by fiscal problems and cheating scandals. "I have enjoyed being the superintendent of the school system in ways that are so astonishing," Alonso said, choking back tears.

Many club level seats were empty in the third quarter of Sunday's final regular season home game against Oakland. One ticketholder said many fans prefer to socialize inside the club level's renovated mezzanine. Others simply stay home. When Chiefs executive Mark Donovan arrived in Kansas City last year, he was facing a worst-case scenario. The team was mired in the worst period of losing in franchise history, the nation's economy had tanked, and work had begun on a major renovation to Arrowhead Stadium that would cost $375 million — an investment that, in part, would pay itself off with luxury seating in a high-dollar club level.

Veteran Anne Arundel County firefighter Michael E. Cox Jr. was named acting fire chief Wednesday, following the retirement of Chief John Robert Ray. "Chief Cox has demonstrated a lifelong commitment to personal and professional development and brings a level of energy to the position that is critical to our county's future," County Executive Laura Neuman said in a prepared statement. Cox, a division chief with more than 25 years of experience in career firefighting, has held numerous positions throughout the department.

While former Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold works in a food bank to satisfy the community service requirement of his sentence for misconduct in office, accusations stemming from his legal troubles are reaching another former county official. The ACLU of Maryland said Tuesday that it would seek to add former county Police Chief James Teare Sr. to its civil lawsuit against Leopold and the county. The rights group said a recorded interview between a police officer and a supervisor suggests Teare was involved in Leopold's use of his security detail to create dossiers on political enemies.