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Orb's path to the finish line in the second leg of the Triple Crown remains uncrowded. Normandy Invasion, the fourth-place finisher in the Kentucky Derby, dropped from contention for Saturday's 138th running of the Preakness on Sunday. Trainer Chad Brown and owner Rick Porter decided to stick with their original plan and point the horse toward prestigous races for 3-year-olds later in the summer. That leaves Orb, the colt co-owned by Baltimore County resident Stuart Janney III and Ogden Mills "Dinny" Pipps' stable, with only seven confirmed challengers at this point.

The one-liners never stop when you're around Team O'Neill. Sometimes all that's missing is a brick wall, a stool and a microphone stand. Take the other day, for instance. Jockey Kevin Krigger has Goldencents out for his regular morning gallop in preparation for Saturday's Preakness. Trainer Doug O'Neill and his crew are watching it from the press box high atop Pimlico Race Course . As Krigger walks the Santa Anita Derby winner onto the track, the jockey looks up and waves.

I have to tell you right off. I liked the Christmas special better.That episode of "Doug" was about a half-hour long. And a half-hour of "Doug" is about as much "Doug" as anyone, of any age, can reasonably be expected to withstand at a time. The "Doug" universe is too sweet and too light to travel into the big, wide, often indelicate territory of feature films.Pub Date: 3/26/99

Doug O'Neill is back in Baltimore, this year to spoil a Triple Crown instead of take the next step toward winning one. A year after bringing I'll Have Another to Baltimore just two days after winning the Kentucky Derby, then frantically absorbing as much of Baltimore as he and his crew could before winning the race, the Southern California trainer arrived Sunday to join this year's entry, Goldencents. The mood around the same Barn D stalls he occupied last year was more workmanlike Monday, even after O'Neill watched the disappointing 17th-place Derby finisher roar down the Pimlico stretch under jockey Kevin Krigger.

Doug Devilbiss of Westminster knows what racing is all about.TheDevilbiss name is well-known on the area's oval tracks. Doug's olderbrothers, Slim and Butch, were household names in the 1960s and '70s.Slim won track titles at Lincoln Speedway in Hanover, Pa., in 1967 and 1971. It was only natural for the younger brother to follow in those footsteps.But Doug didn't rush into racing. At first, he was satisfied working on his brother's cars. He says he still would be working on cars if it wasn't for friend, Butch Lewellyn.

An incorrect wedding date was given in the Just Married feature in Sunday's Arts & Society section. Tracy Brinkley and Doug Baumgarten were married on April 25.The Sun regrets the errors.Family and friends are the most important part of Tracy Brinkley and Doug Baumgarten's relationship. It's been that way since her sister, Pamala Adams, introduced the couple in 1986, when Doug was a senior and Tracy was a sophomore at Lansdowne Senior High School.Some members of the Brinkley and the Baumgarten families were already acquainted with one another through their work in the Lansdowne Volunteer Fire Company.

When Doug Genne started using an Internet service for singles, he didn't expect it to change his life. "I was not looking for my future wife," says Doug, but, that's who he found on www.matchmaker.com. Constance Thomas was hours away from finishing her trial membership in 1999 and ending her visits to the Web site when Doug sent her "an amazing e-mail" using humorous words like "golly" and "gee-willikers." "I just thought it was really cute," says Constance. Doug, who grew up in Plainsboro, N.J., had been living in the Washington area for more than four years and was discouraged by the dating scene.

In our small corner of suburbia, the passing seasons are marked by a produce stand in the rear parking lot of a liquor store. Up on the highway, other, larger vegetable markets come and go, never working their way into the psyche of the locals the way the striped tent at Doug's Produce has over the years.Doug's fruits and vegetables, jams and honeys, cider and Christmas trees are a fragile link to nature we are otherwise too busy to notice as we scurry from place to place. Seasons have almost disappeared from the produce aisles of the supermarket.

.. Doug Duerksen is familiar with the grim task of consoling the families of soldiers killed in war. As an Army chaplain, Duerksen has delivered tragic news to many families - sometimes even about his friends. Now the chaplain and his family are the ones grieving, after the death of their 19-year-old daughter from a noncombat gunshot wound in Baghdad, Iraq, last month. "I'd much rather be the caregiver than the receiver," said the father, who is based at Aberdeen Proving Ground. "It's an unusual role to be in."

CHASE -- While Marie and Douglas Wilkinson sipped coffee yesterday in their kitchen, a man punched holes in the walls of their two-bedroom home to install a security system -- the most visible sign that their lives had been changed irrevocably. The Wilkinsons and their 4-year-old son spent the past few days sheltered in their house, like many people, glued to television coverage of the 97-hour siege of Joseph Palczynski. But they were special observers. They, too, had been his captives.

On Wednesday at Churchill Downs, a crowd clad mainly in Louisville basketball shirts gathered at Barn 45 to watch Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino as he visited a horse of which he owns five percent. Pitino, a month removed from becoming the first coach in NCAA history to win Division I basketball national championship tournaments with two different schools, appeared at trainer Doug O'Neill 's barn shortly after 8 a.m. and joined an entourage following Goldencents.

Doug Schreiber was a two-time, first-team All-American midfielder at Maryland who led the 1973 squad in assists with 33 en route to the program's national championship. But when it was time for Tom Schreiber to pick a school at which to play lacrosse, he did not seriously consider his father's alma mater. “I kind of narrowed it down to Princeton, Georgetown, Duke and Hopkins,” said Schreiber, a first-team All-American midfielder in 2012 who plays for Princeton. “I never visited Maryland.

Long before Doug Masiuk became a serious runner, he had to learn how take his lifelong battle with Type 1 diabetes one step at a time. Diagnosed when he was a toddler, Masiuk, now 38, played soccer through high school at Severna Park. Once his soccer career ended, Masiuk had to find another physical activity to help him combat a life-threatening auto-immune disease that prevents the pancreas from producing insulin and can cause dangerously high blood-sugar levels. Several years ago, Masiuk turned to long-distance running.

Former Montgomery County Executive Doug Duncan is preparing a run for his old job in 2014, potentially setting up a high-stakes political battle in Maryland's largest county. Duncan, who led Montgomery County from 1994 until he ran for governor in 2006, has discussed his plans with several Democratic supporters, but has made no official announcement. Duncan, who is 57, did not immediately return a call seeking comment. Citing clinical depression, Duncan dropped out of the 2006 Democratic primary against then-Mayor Martin O'Malley.

Former Orioles third baseman Doug DeCinces was indicted Wednesday, along with three friends, by a federal grand jury in California on securities fraud charges, for allegedly cashing in on inside information about the acquisition of an Orange County medical company, prosecutors said. The criminal indictment is the latest fallout related to the acquisition, which previously resulted in DeCinces and Hall of Fame former Oriole Eddie Murray — who was not named in Wednesday's indictment — paying civil settlements to the Securities and Exchange Commission last year and in August, respectively.

Hardly anyone could blame Ray Rice if he got a little excited after learning Tampa Bay Buccaneers rookie Doug Martin had rushed for 251 yards and scored four touchdowns in last Sunday's 42-32 win against the Oakland Raiders - who are the Ravens' opponent this Sunday. But Rice said he fully expects Oakland to spend this week of preparation fixing the run defense and containing Rice and rookie Bernard Pierce. “That's a prideful bunch,” Rice said Wednesday. “I'm sure they are going to come in here with a high motor.

Whether he's on the wrestling mat or participating in Howard County's work-study program, Atholton wrestler Doug Ramsey is always on the go. A senior, Ramsey leaves school early three days a week to help build houses in the River Hill area in cooperation with Columbia Builders. Two days a week, he participates in Howard County's Association of Retarded Citizens program, helping people to adjust both vocationally and recreationally. But by 2:45 p.m., Ramsey is in the Atholton practice room, setting a relentless pace against teammate Scott Radik, his workout partner, and driving himself nearly to exhaustion.

"My favorite book is The Hungry Fox and the Foxy Duck by Kathleen Leverich. I like the duck and the fox because the fox wants to eat the duck, but the duck already knows about it. The duck lies to the fox because she does not want to be French toast. This is a good book. I really liked it." -- Sora Rivka Goliger Norbel Elementary "My favorite book is Doug Cheats by Linda Garvey, Danny Campbell and Kimberly Campbell. I like this book because Doug has a big history test coming and every time he starts studying he has to do something or he falls asleep.

Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler has reached a settlement with California-based CleanWell Company and OhSo Clean Inc, the makers of a hand sanitizer that claimed it was "proven to kill 99.99 percent of germs that can make you sick. " Gansler's investigation revealed no actual proof that those statements were true. CleanWell must pay $100,000 in penalties and costs, and will no longer be allowed to assert that its hand sanitizer can prevent disease or infection. “Companies that make unsubstantiated claims about their products deceive consumers into spending their hard-earned money on something that may not live up to its billing,” Gansler said in a statement.

His team had just been shut out, 27-0, when legendary Howard County football coach Doug DuVall was corralled for a post-game interview as he walked off the field. So, coach, how do you feel after the loss? "It's just great fun, coaching these kids," he said with a grin. 'It's like herding cats. " His smile broadened. "My biggest job is snapping helmets (on) and tying shoes. And every once in awhile I get the chance to coach. " Forgive DuVall his nonchalant reaction to the loss.