Dawn

Scott Evans remembers the soft glow of the small television set, and the way his stepfather tried to calm him and his sister for the benefit of the neighbors in the apartment below. But who, on this night, was not celebrating? It was 1983 and the Baltimore Orioles had won the World Series. Evans, now 34 and a plumber living in Essex, has "always been an Orioles fan. " "I cried the day Cal Ripken retired," he said. "I remember the smell of Memorial Stadium. " But two years ago, Evans grew so frustrated with his favorite team that he logged onto Facebook to start a group he called "O's fans Peter Angelos has to GO. " The Orioles will begin a new season Friday, taking the field at Camden Yards to inaugurate what would become - barring some diversion from a streak that has persisted throughout the 21st century - a 15th straight losing season.

The passion of Twilight fans knows no bounds, so maybe it's not suprising that folks would get so excited to see a video of a video of a snippet of "Breaking Dawn Part 2" -- at a Target store, no less. To promote the release of the "Breaking Dawn Part 1" DVD, Target held parties at midnight Friday and offered a peek at "Part 2. " Fans who couldn't attend one of the parties can get a look on YouTube and other sites. I love the "Price Cut 699.99" sign on the TV.

Baltimore may experience a wintry mix in the pre-dawn hours Friday, when a small band of precipitation moves over the city, according to National Weather Service forecasters. A cold front moving in from the Midwest may cause rain to change into snow after 3 a.m., making roads slippery for the morning commute. No accumulation is expected. The overnight hours are expected to be mostly cloudy, with showers beginning after midnight. The chance of precipitation is 60 percent. The low temperature is expected to be around 37, with south winds between 9 and 18 miles per hour.

Everything you need to know about what's going on 11/14-11/20. MOVIES OPENING (Friday; Subject to change) Being Elmo  Happy Feet 2 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 NOTABLE TV MONDAY Basketball Wives L.A. (season finale; 8 p.m.; VH1) Clue (miniseries premiere; 8 p.m.; The Hub) The Bad Girls Club: Reunion, Part 2 (special; 9 p.m.; Oxygen) Love & Hip Hop (season premiere; 9 p.m,; VH1) Diane Sawyer interview with Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (special; 10 p.m.; ABC)

100 Years Ago More horse power "Horses, Mares, Mules; Sold for Want of Use" was the headline of an ad in the Times : " 10 Mares, 15 Horses, 2 Mares in foal, 5 Top Wagons, 2 Trucks, lot of harnesses will be sold regardless of cost. 20 Days guarantee with each animal. Used by Chesapeake Oyster & Fish. Co., during the past season. apply at Stables 205 S. Paca St. Baltimore, Md. " Guess the auto was taking the animals' jobs and they were hoping to sell in rural Howard County, where original horse power was still in use. 75 Years Ago Rale against traffic More parking in downtown Ellicott City was the focus of an article in the Times that week: "Two Frame Buildings At Depot Yard To Be Razed In Near Future; Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Gives Thirty Days To Tenants - Parking Problem Of Town Will Be Aided By Improvement The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has given notice to the two one-story frame buildings on Main Street at the Depot Yard in Ellicott City to vacate the premises within thirty days.

Marnie, er, Antonia is in full-on attack mode. High-yo, silver, away! "The sun" -- Jessica Call Bill what you will: A boorish politican, heartless-on-the-surface ruler, gold card member of Jos. A Bank. But he had a seemingly good plan to combat Marnie/Antonia's plot against all of vampire kind. And he did it fairly quickly. American Congress -- take note. MY ANTONIA: Basically, the whole Marnie as Antonia's rise to power and fast plan to wreak vengeance against vampires was the best part of this slow episode.

The sun wasn't even up yet, but the partying had already started at Union Jack's in Columbia. Royal weddings, after all, come along only once in a generation. "A wedding like this, it's history," said Union Jack's owner Gary Ouellette, whose restaurant was packed with more than 100 star-struck royal watchers by the time the London wedding ceremony of Prince William and Kate Middleton started at 6 a.m. "We may not see anything quite like this again in our lifetime. " Don't say that to Mary Anne Johnson, Frances Thomas and Cathy Graham.

It's been revealed that the Obama administration named its war against Libya -- Operation Odyssey Dawn -- after a little-known album by English progressive rock band Yes.  But what hasn't been revealed are the names of other album titles seriously considered by Obama's inner circle during the build-up to the attack. Through our well-placed sources at the White House, we present to you the Top 10 Rejected "Operation Odyssey Dawn" Names.  Here we go:  10. C-Murder,  Operation The Truest S--- I Ever Said Why it was considered:  It sounded hard-core.

In the dark and very cold hours before dawn Tuesday, the brilliant full moon will slide into the long shadow the Earth casts into space, progressively dimming to what might become an eerie copper color. It's a total lunar eclipse, the first visible anywhere since February 2008 and, if the weather cooperates, the last Marylanders will see until April 2014. "There's something a bit magical about it," said Jim O'Leary, director of the Maryland Science Center 's Davis Planetarium.

From Baltimore to New Zealand, Mark Johnson has made movies of all sizes, costs, colors and flavors. As Barry Levinson's producing partner in Baltimore Pictures, he teamed up with the prolific, versatile writer-director on some peak accomplishments, including Levinson's classic remembrance of things past, "Diner" (1982), and his radically original mobster movie, "Bugsy" (1991). When Johnson started Mark Johnson Productions, he continued to go in zigzag yet profitable directions. He immediately hired a gifted Mexican filmmaker to create a new version of Frances Hodgson Burnett's children's book "A Little Princess" (1995)