Doggett

LOS ANGELES - After nine seasons and countless conspiracies, The X-Files will finish its run on Fox at the end of this season, series creator Chris Carter says. "This has been an incredible decade of my life," he says. The show has taken a hit in the ratings this season, the first not to feature David Duchovny as Agent Fox Mulder, whose dogged pursuit of the conspiracy to hide alien life from the people drove the show's mythology for much of its run. Duchovny appeared in only half of last season's episodes, and sued producer 20th Century Fox TV over his share of profits from syndication sales.

Dr. Charles Clifford Doggett, a clinical psychologist who specialized in neuropsychology, psychodiagnostics and developmental disabilities, died of colon cancer Friday at Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care in Towson. He was 51 and lived in Randallstown. Dr. Doggett was chief psychologist and an expert on behavior-management for the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's Office of Health Care Quality. "I've never worked with anyone more professional and confident," said William Dorrill, deputy director of the health care quality office.