Dancy

On September 23, 2005, BETTY M. LESLIE-MELVILLE STEELE, beloved wife of VADM (Ret.) George P. Steele; loving mother of Rick Anderson and his wife Bryony of Nairobi, Kenya, Dancy Bruce Mills and her husband Carder of Glen Arm, MD, and the late Mc Donnell Bruce; dear daughter of the late Richard and Ida Mc Donnell; cherished grandmother of Garrick and Rex Anderson, Liza Mills, Coale and Jock Bruce, Alice Devaney and Michael Behrens; caring aunt of Dick...

COMING UP Check out Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam tomorrow and Saturday at the Hippodrome Theatre at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center. The winner of the 2003 Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event, Def Poetry Jam brings the energy of poets such as Black Ice, Mayda Del Valle and Georgia Me to the stage. Friday's show is at 8 p.m. and Saturday's is at 9 p.m. Tickets range from $20-$45. The France-Merrick Performing Arts Center is at 12 Eutaw St. Call 410-481-SEAT. NOW OR NEVER Learn how your favorite comic-book characters have evolved at the Johns Hopkins University next Wednesday.

Because of a production error, the continuation of an article about judicial appointments in Baltimore that appeared on Page 3B in yesterday's Maryland section was incorrect. The following should have appeared:" 'While we are disappointed that the governor did not appoint a woman to the Court of Special Appeals, we are pleased that the governor's choices in Baltimore City reflect his concern for diversity,' said M. Brooke Murdock, president of the Women's Law Center."Ms. Dancy, 49, said she was 'delighted' with the appointment she had sought for so long.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Prosecutors seeking the death penalty for John Allen Muhammad said yesterday that the Army veteran roamed from Maryland to North Carolina in an apparent hunt to locate dozens of targets for murder - a task he documented with meticulous precision on a laptop computer that listed several "good spots" for stealthy getaways. Electronic maps discovered on the laptop showed the locations of three schools in Prince George's County - all close to the Bowie middle school where a 13-year-old boy was wounded - and included ominous notations at other places.

Harford Community College is pleased to announce those students named to the dean's list for the fall 2012 semester. Students on the list have achieved high academic honor. In qualifying for the dean's list, a student must receive all As and Bs grades and have a 3.50 to 3.75 GPA (grade point average). Full-time students must have completed 12 credit hours during the semester. Part-time students are eligible after having completed 12 credit hours and then completing six credit hours during the current semester.

Baltimore City Circuit Judge Elsbeth L. Bothe has decided not to wage an election fight to regain the seat on the city bench she lost when a trial nominating commission rejected her bid for reappointment."

3 men charged with trying to use stolen credit cardThree men have been charged with credit card fraud after checking into the Guest Quarters Suites Hotel in Linthicum with a credit card that had been reported stolen.County police Tuesday charged Tyrone Jennings, 27, of the 4100 block of St. Georges Ave. in Baltimore, Dancy Latif, 29, and James Lee Bradshear, 27, both of Philadelphia, with credit card theft and possession of heroin.Police were called to the hotel by the manager about 11 p.m. Tuesday after the manager received a call from Discover Card security personnel telling him that a card the three used to pay for two rooms at 10 p.m. had been reported stolen.

Isla Fisher plays Rebecca Bloomwood, the title character in Confessions of a Shopaholic, as a woman whose hand-eye coordination works at top speed only when she's grabbing for a sale item. The funny idea behind her performance is that she's so distracted by hot dreams of buying stylish goods for bargain prices that she can't keep brain and body working together. You never believe, even in a fantasy way, that Bloomwood could stumble into a job at a Manhattan-based financial magazine for a Conde Nast-like conglomerate.

"Adam" is a young-adult fantasy disguised as an offbeat romance between a man who has Asperger's syndrome, Adam Raki (Hugh Dancy), and a kindergarten teacher, Beth Buchwald (Rose Byrne), who loves him body and soul. It could have been a contender as a single-character study of Adam. As a two-hander - and a romantic dramedy, at that - it's alternately precious and awkward. The film rouses hope with its inspired, emotional stage-setting. The action begins with the death of Adam's father.

No. 3 Poly takes pride in its defense. Friday night it won the Engineers a championship. Host Poly used a mixture of defenses and a bucketful of toughness to win its 23rd consecutive game, defeating Springbrook, 31-23, in the Class 4A North region final. The Engineers will play the winner of Saturday's Gaithersburg-Northwest game in the Class 4A state semifinals Thursday at 5 p.m. at UMBC. To say that Poly's offense was having an off night would be kind. The Engineers (23-0)