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On November 21, 2003, EVA AGNETA "Agge" MITCHELL, born December 1, 1941, native of Stockholm, Sweden; beloved wife of William L. Mitchell; mother of Karin Dodge, of Millersville, MD, Soren Mitchell, of Fairbanks, AK; sister of Soren Lagerberg, of Stockholm, Sweden. Memorial arrangements at Loring Byers Funeral Home to be determined. In lieu of flowers, contributions to the Salvation Army.

Look for powerful music on MPT this weekend, as some of London's finest musicians take on one of the greatest oratorios of western music. Franz Joseph Haydn's "The Creation," as performed by the Philharmonia and Chorus of London under Gilbert Levine's baton, airs at 9 p.m. Sunday on MPT, Channels 22 and 67. The performance, dubbed "The Jubilee Creation Concert" and taped March 26 at Baltimore's Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the...

A 13-year-old Arnold boy has been charged with making the pipe bomb that exploded in his family's garage last week, injuring him and forcing the evacuation of his neighborhood.Blaine Fairbanks of the 900 block of College Drive was charged as a juvenile with manufacturing a pipe bomb and reckless endangerment, said Battalion Chief Gary Sheckells, an Anne Arundel County Fire spokesman.The boy was fingerprinted and released Monday to the custody of his parents, Sheckells said.The incident occurred Thursday when one pipe bomb, about the size of a roll of quarters, exploded and authorities destroyed second device in the Fairbanks home, police said.

On January 11, 2004, Col. WILLIAM H.H. SHEA, M.D., predeceased by his former wife Boots and son Dan, survived by his daughter Katie Shea and her husband Mike Gwinn and daughter Sally Shea. Also his daughter-in-law Susie Shea, his grandchildren, Mary and Pat Shea, Tim and his wife Jenn and Adam Fairbanks, his great- grandsons Jake and Derek Fairbanks, and also his aunt, Jean Clark. Visitation to be held on Wednesday from 10 to 11 A.M. in Our Lady of the Angels Chapel at Charlestown Retirement Community, 715 Maiden Choice Lane, Catonsville, where a Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 A.M. Interment in St. Joseph Catholic Church Cemetery, Fullerton.

The famed iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race begins tomorrow with a ceremonial opening in Anchorage -- despite bad weather. Good weather for sled dogs is lots of snow, and this year there isn't any. Temperatures around Anchorage have been in the high 30s. So the race has been rerouted, with the real start Monday in Fairbanks instead of Wasillla. And the 65 mushers and their dogs won't even go through iditarod.

* Dorothy Revier, 89, known as "The Queen of Poverty Row" for her work in a string of low-budget silent films and early talkies, died Nov. 19 at Queen of Angels-Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles, Richard Lamparski, a film historian, said. She was born Doris Velegra in San Francisco. She was mostly cast as a femme fatale, including the villainous Milady DeWinter opposite Douglas Fairbanks in "The Iron Mask" in 1929. She was dubbed "The Queen of Poverty Row" for her work with Columbia Pictures, then a low-budget studio.

Police logSevern: Someone smashed a rear vent window of a 1996 Isuzu Rodeo parked in the 7600 block of Fairbanks Court overnight Sunday and stole a compact disc player, a remote control, several CDs, a baby stroller and playpen, a vacuum cleaner, and pots and pans, together valued at $1,868.Severn: Someone broke into a vacant home in the 1800 block of Arwell Court overnight Sunday and stole furnace parts valued at $1,500.Pub Date: 11/13/96

On July 26, 2007, MARYANNE POMEROY; of Hamilton, MD; wife of Steven Pomeroy; mother of Marcie Fairbanks; sister to Benjamin Bremer, Brother Richard McKenna, Edward McKenna and Charles McKenna. Also survived by three grandchildren and other loving relatives. A Mass will be held at St. Thomas Moore, 6806 McLean Boulevard, 11 A.M., on August 1, 2007.Interment immediately following at the Baltimore Cemetery, 2500 E. North Avenue, Memorial Contributions to be made to the Gilchrist Center of Hospice of Baltimore, in her honor.

Brendan McKinney, making his first major challenge at the top spot in the Maryland Amateur Stroke Play championship, shot 1-under-par 70 at Mount Pleasant Golf Course yesterday to grab the 36-hole lead at 139. First-round leader Kirk Lombardi came back to the field with a 73 and is tied at 140 with recent Towson University graduate Chris Baloga, who shot 71 in the second round. Phil Fairbanks, third last year, used a share of the day's low round, 69, for a two-round total of 141, followed by Moose Brown and Spring Publinx winner Ki Moon at 142. Brian Woods also shot 69 and is at 143, tied with Larry Storck and Wilbert Lynn III. There were only four rounds below par during the day, and 11 players are within five strokes of the lead.

"What's the Worst That Could Happen?" certainly doesn't live up to its title; the movie could be a lot worse. But it could - and should - have been a lot better. The raw materials are promising enough. Martin Lawrence has rung up a string of hits lately (most recently, "Big Momma's House"), and Danny DeVito always brings something to the party. Plus, the film is based on a book by Donald E. Westlake, whose work has produced such intriguing screen fare as "The Grifters." But what keeps the film from being more than an average comedy/caper/buddy film is a painfully bad and out-of-left-field ending and a distressing conflict of tones.