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With a greater proportion of people living in town homes, condominiums and apartments, the trend seems obvious. Growing things outdoors in containers is "the wave of the future."If the horticulture industry wants to keep up, they must cater to the potential buying publicthat people without traditional garden space represent.Seed developers are striving for plants that take up less space than the traditional offerings. There is more study of the dynamics ofroot growth in contained soil. The sophistication of the growing containers themselves has grown.

Loyola attackmen Eric Lusby and Mike Sawyer have seen a lot of different zones and man-to-man defensive combinations this season. Fairfield tried to match up with them by using two short-stick midfielders. And last Saturday, Denver played a zone that shut off Sawyer, but Lubsy blew up the Pioneers for five goals in Loyola's 10-9 NCAA quarterfinal win at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Next up for the No. 1-seeded Greyhounds is No. 4 seed Notre Dame on Saturday in the semi-finals at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass.

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court, trying to answer definitely a constitutional puzzle that has been bothering it for nearly seven decades, ruled yesterday that police have broad authority to open any closed luggage, bag or box they find in a car they search.Casting aside a 1979 ruling and maybe a 1977 decision as well, and broadening a basic 1925 precedent, the court said the time had come "to adopt one clear-cut rule to govern automobile searches."This is the rule it chose by a 6-3 vote: If police stop a car because they believe the vehicle or a closed container inside may have something illegal in it, they do not need a court-approved warrant to search the car, or to open and look inside any locked or closed container there.

Here is a question that the Ravens will have to answer in the coming weeks: Will they be comfortable going into the season without an experienced backup behind Ray Rice? Currently, the three top guys behind Rice on the running back depth chart - second-year players Anthony Allen and Damien Berry and rookie third-round pick Bernard Pierce - will enter training camp with three combined NFL carries. All of those belong to Allen, who carried the ball three times for eight yards in the Ravens' blowout victory over theSt.

Fireplace ashes stored in combustible containers have led to blazes that caused more than $137,000 in damages to three homes in the past 10 days, prompting fire officials to warn residents of the danger of ashes that might look harmless."

Container gardening: The fun art of creating and maintaining a self-contained garden. Annuals, perennials, compact shrubs, ornamental grasses, herbs, vines and even veggies, solo or in combination with each other, are what containerized gardens are made of. Creating one of your own isn't difficult; you just need to consider all these parts: Container This can be anything your imagination can muster up. Ideally, it should have bottom drainage holes and...

The body of an 18-month-old girl reported missing Sunday was found in a container on the front porch of her family's Reservoir Hill home this morning, police said.Investigators are seeking the toddler's father for questioning, said Agent Doug Price, spokesman for city police, although no charges had been lodged against him.The girl's mother, Katrina Grimes, 18, told police she realized her daughter -- Shelby Marie Smith -- was missing when she woke up at about 6 a.m. yesterday, Agent Price said.

NEW YORK - Curiosity killed a cat - almost. The latest twist on this age-old proverb happened recently at Berth 80 Maher Terminal on the waterfront in Newark, N.J. It was there early Jan. 29 that a black cat was discovered - nearly frozen to death - in a huge refrigerated wine cargo container that had been shipped across the Atlantic from a vineyard in Italy's Tuscany region. Surprised Marchesi Antinori Wines workers, who found the frost-covered feline when they opened the 1,200-case shipment, feared the worst.

Baltimore's controversial beverage-container tax moved one step closer to repeal last night when the City Council gave preliminary approval to a bill that would end the tax May 31.The measure received 13 votes. But six of the 19 members of the council abstained, contending the council should not repeal the levy without having a sure source of revenue to replace it.The container tax was imposed in 1989 as an additional source of money for a city having difficulty coming up with enough revenue to support its services.

Baltimore, founded as an inland deep-water port, now finds itself losing a competitive struggle for the container traffic that carries much of the world's commerce. The Seagirt Marine Terminal, opened 18 years ago to help the port of Baltimore compete for this lucrative business, is struggling to cope with an array of operating disadvantages that could cost hundreds of millions of dollars to remedy with no assurance of future success. A possible answer, port officials believe, is to lease the entire Seagirt facility for 30 to 40 years to a private operator willing to invest in making the facility a success.

Can politics ever be subordinated for the public good? Anyone watching Democrats and Republicans bicker today might believe that impossible. Certainly, Washington has had plenty of opportunities in the past two years on matters of budget and taxes and federal debt to rise to the occasion and has consistently failed to do so. But it doesn't have to work that way. In 1983, President Ronald Reagan and Congressional leaders, Democrats and Republicans, worked...

Not long ago, an astute reader noted that it has been nearly two years since I wrote in a column that "most experts now estimate that Iran needs about 18 months to complete a nuclear device and a missile to carry it. " His point - that those estimates were way off - was a good one, especially since experts are still estimating that Iran is 18 months away from being able to build a nuclear weapon. So what gives? Why does Iran always seem to be about 18 months away from a nuclear bomb, at least in the eyes of U.S. officials?

Maryland is clinging to a slight 45-42 lead in this series, but Virginia has won six of the last seven meetings. Both teams are trying to bounce back from losses, but this contest is the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for the reigning national champion Cavaliers (8-1). The Terps (5-2 overall and 1-1 in the league) are trying to avoid a 1-2 finish in the conference for the third consecutive year. Here are a few factors that could play a role in the outcome at Byrd Stadium in College Park on Saturday.

Chris Tillman wasn't pleased with his control Friday afternoon, but the results were good enough to help the Orioles beat the Minnesota Twins, 3-1. Tillman, who is battling for a rotation spot, allowed one run and four hits in 3 1/3 innings, throwing 28 of his 51 pitches for strikes. He was chased in the fourth after giving up consecutive singles to Chris Parmalee and Ryan Doumit and recording a forceout. Parmalee then scored on a forceout against Orioles farmhand Robert Hinton to break a scoreless tie. “You never like to give up a run,” Tillman said.

Howard County Police are warning of a spate of so-called "bottle bomb" pranks in which plastic soda containers are filled with chemicals and left to explode. County residents have reported five bottle bomb incidents to police this year. Nine incidents were reported in 2011, police said. Victims of the pranks risk injuries to the skin, eyes and lungs. Anyone who finds a suspicious container is advised to stay clear and call 911. Common instructions for the bombs found online call for a mixture of drain cleaner, water and aluminum foil.

A man was in serious condition late Wednesday following a kitchen fire on the 16th floor of a high-rise apartment building in the 500 block of N. Charles St. The man, whose age and name were not immediately available, was transported to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center for the treatment of second- and third-degree burns and smoke inhalation, Fire Chief Kevin Cartwright said. Four other occupants inhaled smoke and were treated for non-life threatening injuries, Cartwright said.

Bell Container Co. has been fined $100,000 for paying kickbacks on defense contracts to a former purchasing manager at Belcamp, Md.-based Bata Shoe Co.Richard Brateman, Bell Container's vice president, accepted the fine on behalf of the Newark, N.J., box-maker at a sentencing hearing in U.S. District Court in Baltimore.Brateman, on authorization from Bell Container's board of directors, had pleaded guilty on behalf of the company in January to one count of violating the federal Anti-Kickback Act. The fine was recommended by the government in the company's plea bargain.

Stuffed into a cinderblock high-rise in college, I bought a cheap brandy snifter at the hardware store. It was not so much a drink container (well, not so much) as an elegant vase to hold the wild chicory, dandelion, Queen Anne's lace and other weeds that grew in the cracks in the sidewalks and along the roadside. An empty soup can would have served, but the graceful lines of the glass enhanced the meager wildflower bouquets and raised them to the realm of dormitory chic. "If you've got a really good-looking container, you're way ahead of the game," says Muffin Evander, head of the garden committee at Ladew Topiary Gardens and owner of Cultivated Designs by Muffin in Baltimore.

Elger Joseph Huber Sr., a retired stationary engineer who helped produce the distinctive blue Noxzema and Bromo-Seltzer glass containers and was later a school bus driver, died of respiratory failure Monday at Howard County General Hospital. The North Laurel resident was 87. Born in Baltimore, he grew up on the grounds of Lake Roland, where his father worked for the city's Division of Water Supply. The family of 13 lived in a house in what is now Robert E. Lee Park. He attended city public schools.

A New York company that makes vanilla rugelach sold in Maryland stores is recalling the product because it contains undeclared eggs, which may cause a life-threatening illness if consumed by anyone with an allergy or severe sensitivity to eggs. Bloch's Best Inc., doing business as Laromme of Monsey, N.Y., is pulling its Laromme brand vanilla rugelach because the 14-oz. round containers do not list eggs among the ingredients. The product was distributed in stores in Massachusetts, Maryland and New Jersey, according to the release posted on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration website.