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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Instead of going to sleep at a reasonable hour Wednesday night - the eve of his first NCAA tournament appearance in three seasons - Maryland coach Gary Williams decided to watch first-round tournament upsets on ESPN Classic. The first round, he said, is historically one of the toughest, and yesterday was no exception in the Midwest Regional. No. 4 seed Maryland was forced to fight back - just as it has all season - and escaped HSBC Arena with an 82-70 victory over No. 13 seed Davidson, a gritty, undersized team that proved it had every right to be here.

As a performer, Felicia Curry is lithe, liquid, refined. She must be at least three-quarters cat, because she seems incapable of making any movement, including waggling her butt, that isn't a masterpiece of unself-conscious elegance. As is true of all felines, Curry's artistry is rooted in strength, hard work and discipline. It's faintly ironic, then, that she's starring in a children's show about the importance of breaking free from constraints. If You Go The Araboolies of Liberty Street runs through Aug. 12 at Imagination Stage, 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda.

Rozalia L. Bobo, 76, restaurateur, cabdriverRozalia L. Bobo, former owner of a Pennsylvania Avenue soul food restaurant and taxicab driver, died Saturday of complications of diabetes at the Veterans Affairs Rehabilitation and Extended Care Facility on Loch Raven Boulevard. The Northwest Baltimore resident was 76.During the 1960s, Mrs. Bobo owned Rose's Soul Food in the 2500 block of Pennsylvania Ave., to which customers flocked for her sweet potato pie, seafood and chitterlings. She sold the business in 1969 and drove a cab for Checker Cab Co. until the early 1980s, when she retired.

Less than four weeks before the Nov. 3 election, Baltimore Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke and Prince George's County Executive Wayne K. Curry set aside long-standing grievances with Gov. Parris N. Glendening yesterday and endorsed him for a second term.Schmoke and Curry, who have been under mounting pressure from other Democrats to support the governor, announced their endorsement at an early morning news conference at City Hall, saying it was important to their jurisdictions to have Glendening in the State House.

Gov. Parris N. Glendening trolled for votes in Baltimore and Prince George's County yesterday, campaigning with two key allies on a day devoted to generating enthusiasm among African-Americans.Glendening outlined a new minority loan program, won the endorsement of a minority contractors group and happily put in appearances with Baltimore Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke and Prince George's County Executive Wayne K. Curry, who had feuded with the governor before offering their endorsements two weeks ago.Along the way, Glendening and other Democrats stepped up their rhetorical attacks on Republican Ellen R. Sauerbrey, casting her as a bad choice for black voters in the Nov. 3 election, someone who would "turn back the clock on African-American progress."

THOSE ARE two ungrateful palookas -- the mayor of Baltimore and the executive of Prince George's County. They've both gone and done the Larry Thing, taking their cues from Larry Gibson, endorsing that woman from Harford County and flippin' a digit at the incumbent governor of Maryland, a fellow Democrat they say cannot be trusted.Trusted to - what? - deliver badly needed funds for Baltimore and Prince George's?That can't be right.It was only April that we ran the numbers on the city's fortunes in the 1998 General Assembly - $711 million in total allocations, $50 million more than last year.

I see where the Prince George's County executive, Mr. Wayne K. Curry, wants everyone to know how happy he is with the state of Maryland - and, one assumes, its governor - for supporting his county with large amounts of cash. Curry co-signed a glowing legislative report with another grateful fellow, Montgomery County Executive Douglas M. Duncan, and it appeared in Sunday's Washington Post.Curry and Duncan boasted of getting from Annapolis a combined $114 million in additional funding for public education, as well as "record amounts of school construction funds" ($50 million for Montgomery, $35 million for Prince George's)

With this year's gubernatorial election possibly riding on the outcome, representatives of Gov. Parris N. Glendening have begun discussing demands for millions of dollars in new state aid in hopes of winning the active campaign help of two disaffected Democratic leaders.Baltimore Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke and Prince George's County Executive Wayne K. Curry -- represented by their political adviser, Larry Gibson -- have urged the governor to assume control of circuit courts across the state, according to both State House and City Hall sources.

Prince George's County Executive Wayne K. Curry is expected to formally endorse William Donald Schaefer's candidacy for state comptroller today, a move that could strengthen the former governor's standing in the Washington suburbs.Curry will announce his support of Schaefer at a news conference at his campaign headquarters in Largo, sources knowledgeable about the planned endorsement said yesterday.The endorsement would come a week after Curry delivered a brief message of support at a Schaefer fund-raiser but stopped short of issuing a formal endorsement.

Some teams have players who are taller, flashier and even more talented, but the Baltimore area may not have another that employs the team concept more effectively than the third-ranked Southern Bulldogs."

One of the worst things about getting sick and missing the first two weeks of preseason practice wasn't the time that Navy sophomore Marcus Curry spent in the hospital or in his own bed, away from his teammates. No, the worst thing was probably the time he spent on the field after practice, away from his teammates. Every day, as the rest of the Midshipmen headed to the locker room, Curry stayed behind with Joe DuPaix, Navy's slotbacks coach, and ran sprints. During Navy's second scrimmage, Curry jogged around the stadium field as the rest of his teammates played.

After South Carolina's Mark Sanford pulled his disappearing act, the Associated Press rang up the nation's 49 other governors to see if any of them were AWOL. "Where in the world are your governors?" the headline read. Martin O'Malley's story sounded fishier than most. "Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley was fishing with his 10-year-old son," AP reported. A likely story! Where'd they cast their lines, Argentina? O'Malley spokesman Rick Abbruzzese said the governor really was fishing, on Upstate New York's Cranberry Lake, with one of his sons, William, who, it turns out, is 11. "It would have been easier to point to two press conferences in the governor's reception room and private meetings in the State House," Abbruzzese said.

George W. Owings III, a former Democratic delegate and party leader from Calvert County, is "actively considering a challenge" to Gov. Martin O'Malley in next year's election, the former majority whip told The Baltimore Sun. The 64-year-old Vietnam war hero from Dunkirk, who served in Republican Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s Cabinet, said he was "45 to 60 days" away from deciding on whether to enter the 2010 Democratic primary. He acknowledged the "very long" odds of anyone unseating the governor.

On April 26, 2009, MARY O. CURRY. She is survived by Alexis Hanks, Anthony Taylor and Steven Palmer; two great-grand-children, other relatives and friends. Family will receive friends at the family owned Wylie Funeral Home, P.A., 638 N. Gilmor Street, on Thursday from 5 to 8 P.M. Services will be held Friday at Cornerstone Church of Christ, 4239 Park Heights Avenue. Wake at 10:30 A.M., followed by funeral service at 11 a.m. Interment to follow.

On January 14, 2009 LOUIS devoted husband of the late Blanche E. Curry; beloved father of Louis Curry, III and Deborah Ann Miles. Also survived by four grandchildren, one son-in-law Clinton Miles, Jr.; two sisters Adele Curry and Marie Starks; two sisters-in-law Phyllis Eley and Corinda Jones; one brother-in-law Ralph Eley and other relatives and friends. Friends may call at the Vaughn C. Greene Funeral Service, 4101 Edmondson Ave. (at Wildwood Prkwy) on Sunday from 3-7 p.m. In State at Central Church of Christ, 4301 Woodridge Road on Monday after 9:30 a.m. where family will receive friends at 10:30 a.m. Service to begin at 11 a.m. Interment Garrison Forest Veterans Cemetery.

On December 13, 2008, Marlene Curry-Taylor Beloved wife of Robert Taylor and the late George D. Curry Sr. Devoted mother of George "Dewey" Curry Jr., Robert James Curry and wife, Michelle, and Cheryl Lynn Hansford and husband, David. Loving sister of the late James Beck and Shirley Bair. Also survived by brother-in-law, Albert Bair; grandchildren, Nathan Curry and wife, Kate, Danielle Curry and husband, Roy Brown, Michael Curry and wife, Melissa, Damien Brinegar, Meghan Brinegar, Holly Curry, Branden Curry, and Kayli Curry; great-grandchildren, Hunter Curry, Kaidei Curry, Marley Curry, Elizabeth Curry, Kaden Brown, and Tristan Walker.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Edward Howell, Sr. of Catonsville, Maryland are delighted to announce the upcoming marriage of their daughter, Tracy Michelle Howell to Alan Clinton Curry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Curry Sr. of Jessup, Maryland. The future bride earned a Masters Degree in Management from the College of Notre Dame of Maryland and is currently employed with AARP as a Human Resources Business Partner. The future groom has studied Accounting at Howard Community College and is an Operations Supervisor for the United Parcel Service.

John Joseph Curry Jr., a retired accountant and World War II veteran who fought at the Battle of the Bulge and later guarded high Nazi officials before the Nuremberg trials, died of heart failure Friday at Oak Crest Village. He was 84. Mr. Curry was born in Baltimore and raised on West Saratoga Street. He was a 1942 graduate of Mount St. Joseph High School in Irvington and attended the Maryland Institute College of Art before being drafted into the Army in 1943. The Army sent Mr. Curry to the University of Oregon in Eugene, where he studied basic engineering, before assigning him to the 11th Armored Division in Europe.

One-and-dones leave void Memphis is certainly going to miss Derrick Rose. Same is true for Kansas State and Michael Beasley, Southern California and O.J. Mayo, UCLA and Kevin Love, Indiana and Eric Gordon, Arizona and Jerryd Bayless, Ohio State and Kosta Koufos, Syracuse and Donte Greene. But the coaches, teammates and fans of these preternatural talents who went straight to the NBA after one season are not alone. The sport will miss them, too, because this year's freshman class - and next year's, according to most reports - is simply not as good.

On August 29, 2008, DUANE BROWNE TILGHMAN, SR., devoted husband of the late Marian B. Tilghman; loving father of Gretchen Tilghman Curry, Sharon Tilghman Ragsdale, Gina Wood Merritt and Duane Browne Tilghman, Jr. Also survived by two sons-in-law, Ronald D. Curry and Shelley T. Ragsdale; one daughter-in-law, Tameka Brown Tilghman and five grandchidren, Lauren and Ethan Curry, Anthony Wood, Lenay Williams and Duane Brown Tilghman, III, along with a host...