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Two killed over weekend in separate shootings Baltimore City police reported two fatal shootings over the weekend. Names of the victims were being withheld pending notification of family members. No arrests had been made. Shortly before midnight Saturday, Northern District police responded to a report of a man shot in the 2400 block of Loyola Southway in the Greenspring community and found the victim bleeding from a gunshot wound to the head. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. About 1 a.m. Saturday, in the Broadway East section of East Baltimore, a man was shot in the head in the 1800 block of N. Regester St. and was pronounced dead at the scene by Fire Department medics.

FLINTSTONE - At the verdant Rocky Gap Lodge & Golf Resort outside Cumberland, a retired nurse from Pennsylvania strolls the banks of man-made Lake Habeeb, relishing a vacation of spa treatments and boutique shopping while her husband plays the Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course. Eleven miles away, just across the West Virginia border, a part-time factory worker and a retiree cheerfully drain money into a bank of five slot machines lining a cramped, windowless room near the regional airport, along with three other Cumberland women.

On July 10, 2008, charles Friends may call WYLIE FUNERAL HOME, P.A., 638 N. Gilmor Street on Thursday from 5 to 8 P.M. Family will receive friends on Friday, 11 A.M., Wake and 11:30 A.M., Funeral Service, Simmons Memorial Baptist Church, 601 Cumberland Street. Inquiries at www.wyliefuneralhome.com

Almost two centuries ago, Irish immigrants who fled the poverty of their native island for the promise of the New World would do almost anything to put food on the table, but thousands who turned up in Maryland got more than they bargained for. Recruited to help build what became the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in the early 1800s, many died or were injured in the construction projects, at a time when most safety precautions were...

On May 31, 2008, MS. MARSHALL Visitation at 2140 N. Fulton Ave. on Thursday, 3 to 8 P.M. The family will receive friends at Simmons Memorial Baptist Church, 601 Cumberland Street on Friday at 10A.M. Funeral at 10:30 A.M.

On May 23, 2008, CATHERINE M.; beloved wife of the late Edward Cumberland. The family will receive friends Sunday, 6 to 9 p.m. at the W. Dabrowski-Chojnacki Funeral Homes, P.A., 1005 Dundalk Avenue. Cremation private. Please omit flowers.

Patapsco Senior High School alumni from the late 1960s or early 1970s may share sweet memories of "Miss Margaret" Johnston, who as primary baker for the school for more than a decade, produced all the cakes and desserts students ate in their cafeteria. "She was always putting on an extra layer of icing for the kids, or giving them a big piece ... They always liked it when Miss Margaret was on duty," said her daughter, Carol Gay of Edgemere. Margaret Catherine Johnston died Tuesday of complications of Alzheimer's disease, at Quail Run, an assisted living center in Perry Hall.

On April 5, 2008, MAUDIE EDWARDS. Survived by three children and a host of other relatives and friends. Friends may call at the William C. Brown Community Funeral Home, P.A., 1206 W. North Avenue, Thursday 3 to 7 P.M. Family will receive friends at the Simmons Memorial Baptist Church, 601 Cumberland Street, Friday 11 A.M, Funeral to follow at 11:30.

A widening swath of the country - including the Baltimore metro area - saw home prices decline during the final three months of last year. The 1 percent decline in the median price for a single-family home in the Baltimore area was the first in 11 years, according to a quarterly report released yesterday by the National Association of Realtors. Nationwide, median prices declined in just over half the 150 metropolitan areas surveyed by the trade group. Last spring, two-thirds of the country's metro areas were still reporting price gains.