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On April 28, 2006 MARIE COUSIN, beloved wife of Thomas L. Cousin; loving mother of Prado E. Fauntleroy and Tracey L. Cousin; two sisters Daisy Miller and Julia Purnell; two brothers Peter C. Miller and Rufus Miller and a host of other relatives and friends. On Thursday friends may call VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERAL SERVICES (RANDALLSTOWN), 8728 Liberty Road from 4:00-8:00 p.m. On Friday, Mrs. Cousin will lie in state at Union Baptist Church, 1219 Druid Hill Ave., where the family will receive friends from 11:30-12:00 p.m. with services to follow.

A 20-year-old cousin of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake was one of two men fatally shot in separate incidents Wednesday night in Baltimore, the latest victims of the city's relentless pace of gun violence. Joseph Haskins, 20, was shot inside a house just blocks from his family's home in the Northwest Baltimore neighborhood of Forest Park. Police said the shooting appeared to be the result of home invasion robbery, but detectives still were investigating. They said it was unclear whether Haskins was targeted.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Maurice Clarett will be at Ohio State for the start of classes Sept. 24, and playing for the Buckeyes again is still a possibility, a key member of Clarett's inner circle said yesterday. While NCAA violations have cost him the 2003 season, Clarett can return to the team next year if he meets certain criteria. "All that stuff got blown out of proportion with the NFL releasing that statement," said Clarett's cousin Vince Marrow. Clarett, meanwhile, entered a not-guilty plea through his attorney on a misdemeanor falsification charge in Franklin County Municipal Court.

Loretta Dumas-Turner, a retired U.S. Department of Labor economist and world traveler, died April 18 from complications of diabetes at Baltimore Washington Medical Center. The longtime Pasadena resident was 57. The daughter of a factory worker and homemaker, the former Loretta Marie Dumas was born and raised in Macon, Ga., where she graduated from public schools. Mrs. Dumas-Turner was a 1977 summa cum laude graduate of Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn., where she earned a bachelor's degree in political science and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Howard County teachers want the school system to increase staffing, change assessment requirements, increase planning time, increase training and improve the quality of substitute teachers. Those findings -- and others -- are the result of the Candid Conversation with Teachers series -- discussions among teachers, Superintendent Sydney L. Cousin and other top administrators. Eight sessions were held during the 2006-2007 school year, and Cousin announced during a board meeting earlier this month that the series will expand in the coming school year.

Manchester Mayor-elect Elmer C. Lippy sang "alleluia" just after town officials counted the ballots that won him the office.But that was because he was at choir practice across the street from the town hall at Trinity United Church of Christ.Mr. Lippy received 238 votes, defeating second cousin John A. Riley, who received 68 votes."I had something politicians desire, and that's name recognition," said Mr. Lippy, 74, a lifelong town resident and former mayor and county commissioner. "Had I lost, the mayorship would have still been in great hands."

William G. Cousin Sr., 94, a retired painter, died Thursday at Mercy Medical Center after a brief illness.Funeral services were being held today at Sharon Baptist Church, Stricker and Presstman streets.Mr. Cousin was a resident of the Canton Harbor Nursing Center.Born in Newnan, Ga., Mr. Cousin came to Baltimore in the 1920s and worked for many years as an independent house painter. He later worked for General Instruments in Cockeysville, retiring from there in 1969 after 25 years of service.

Services for William G. Cousin Sr., a retired painter, will be held at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Sharon Baptist Church, Stricker and Presstman streets.Mr. Cousin, a resident of the Canton Harbor Nursing Center, died Thursday at Mercy Medical Center after a short illness. He was 94.Born in Newnan, Ga., he came to Baltimore in the 1920s and worked as an independent house painter for many years. Mr. Cousin later began work for General Instruments in Cockeysville. He retired in 1969 after 25 years of service.

PLANTATION, Fla. -- A .380 semi-automatic pistol apparently owned by Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Brian Blades went off early yesterday morning, killing his cousin, Charles Alfred Blades.Charles Blades, 34, was pronounced dead by Broward County Emergency Medical Services just after 12:40 a.m. One bullet went into his skull, killing him instantly.Brian Blades, a former University of Miami player, told police he was alone in the room with Charles Blades when the gun discharged. Police have ruled out suicide; they want to question Blades about the events leading to the shooting.

A 12-year-old boy has been charged with manslaughter in the shooting of his teenage cousin in the victim's West Baltimore home Wednesday afternoon, a city police spokesman said yesterday. The younger boy's name was not disclosed because he was charged as a juvenile, said Officer Troy Harris, the spokesman. Harris said the victim, Darrell Holmes, 17, of the 2200 block of Penrose Ave. in the Franklin Square community, and his cousin were playing with a loaded handgun about 4 p.m. Wednesday when the weapon discharged while the cousin was handling it, sending a bullet into Holmes' face.

An 18-year-old Baltimore resident was arrested at Old Mill High School in Millersville on Wednesday after a school resource officer stopped him and found three knives in a backpack he was carrying, according to Anne Arundel County Police and school officials. Norman Hardy of the 2100 block of N. Rosedale St. in the Walbrook neighborhood was first encountered in the school building by a student advocate about 8:50 a.m., school officials said. Hardy, who is not a student at the school, fled outside when asked why he was there, the officials said.

NEW ORLEANS - A day before the 49ers and Baltimore Ravens square off in the Super Bowl, two of the franchise's most influential figures will be up for another highly sought after honor. Former 49ers owner Eddie DeBartolo Jr. and the late Art Modell, who moved his franchise from Cleveland to Baltimore, are among the finalists for enshrinement into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The voting process, coupled with Sunday's big game, has left one retired San Jose resident with mixed emotions.

Nicole Lynndell Fishpaw and Joshua Wayne Schantz were united in marriage on Sept. 22, 2012 at Grimmel Farms in Jarrettsville. The groom is the son of Michelle Sexton of Darlington. The maid of honor was Stacy Steams, friend of bride. Bridesmaids included Jenna Grace, friend of the bride, and Lacey Szymusiak, cousin of groom. Flower girl was Evelyn Szymusiak, cousin of groom. The best man was Harry Mitzel, uncle of the groom. Groomsmen were Todd Szymusiak, uncle of the groom, and Darren Mitzel, brother of the groom.

- The Washington Redskins captured their seventh win in 13 games on Sunday, but this win came with a rookie quarterback not named Robert Griffin III. Kirk Cousins, the organization's fourth-round pick in the NFL draft, hit wide receiver Pierre Garcon for an 11-yard touchdown and then ran a quarterback draw for the two-point conversion to send Washington's game against the Ravens into overtime. Then after a Ravens three-and-out on offense and a 64-yard punt return by rookie Richard Crawford, Cousins positioned the Redskins for rookie Kai Forbath's 34-yard field goal to give the team the 31-28 win at FedEx Field.

The player that the Ravens spent all week trying to devise a way to contain was finally stopped. Robert Griffin III wasn't on the field after the Washington Redskins' rookie took one more punishing hit in an afternoon filled with them, the last by Ravens defensive tackle Haloti Ngata, injuring Griffin's knee and knocking him out of the game. All the Ravens' defense had to do was get one stop against a rookie backup quarterback and a victory and a playoff berth would have been theirs.

Who knew that the devil actually had a plan before inhabiting the body of Sister Mary Eunice? Unless that plan included slashing the throats of patients and investigators, and trying to seduce Dr. Arden, it seemed like the spirit was just winging it. In reality, every move she's made so far has been calculated. The demon wants to run Briarcliff. Last week, her actions led to Sister Jude packing her bags. This week, she exercised her control over Dr. Arden. After Grace is found bleeding, with her girl parts "scooped out," Sister Mary Eunice blames Arden for the failed sterilization attempt.

Sydney L. Cousin is contemplating retiring as head of Howard County's school system in June. Although Cousin's contract doesn't expire for more than six months, state regulations require the superintendent to inform the Howard County Board of Education by the end of January whether he wants to continue as superintendent. The board is then required to decide by the end of February whether to renew his contract. "I'm going back and forth with what I should do," Cousin said. "There is a process which must be followed."

Donta's little cousin.For Keith Booth, those three words were a label he never could seem to shake. He picked it up years ago, when he began tagging along with his cousin, Donta Bright. It stuck with him through last season, when, side by side, the cousins helped lead Dunbar High School to a national title.No matter what he did, how much he accomplished, Booth always was Donta's little cousin."That's what everybody used to call me," Booth said. "I got no recognition at all. Everybody would talk about Donta, and I'd think, 'I'd like to be just like that.

The 19-year-old man shot inside the Morgan State University student center Wednesday was on campus visiting his cousin, a member of the school's football team, according to Baltimore police. It was a football player who first spotted the victim, said Donald Hill-Eley, Morgan State's head football coach. The player, whom Hill-Eley would not identify, saw the victim collapse outside the student center, he said. The player described the victim as bleeding profusely from the mouth and torso.

Shortly before retiring this summer, Howard County school superintendent Sydney Cousin told employees in the central office that he was giving them a pay raise but did not take the matter before the school board for approval. Some board members say that while it is within the purview of the superintendent to recommend raises for nonunion employees, the board must approve such actions and several criticized what they called a lack of transparency. Cousin, however, said in an interview last week that he believed he followed the correct process.