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WJZ meteorologist Bernadette Woods is leaving the CBS-owned station to join a non-profit firm in New Jersey focused on climate change, she said Wednesday night. Woods, who has been with WJZ for seven years, said she will remain at the station helping with the transition for the next month. After that, she, her husband and their two children will be moving to Princeton, N.J., where she will join Climate Central as staff meteorologist. "I'm very excited about the opportunity in Princeton," she said.

The No. 3 Duke women scored the game's first nine goals while holding visiting Navy off the scoreboard for nearly 20 minutes in rolling to a 19-10 victory. The Midshipmen trailed 11-2 at halftime and 17-3 midway through the second half. Navy (9-2) got two goals each from Danielle Vivonetto and Mandrin Hill . The Blue Devils (9-1), whose only loss this season came to No. 2 Maryland, earned their fifth straight victory. More Division I: Visiting UMBC (6-3) scored seven of the final 10 goals and rallied to a 9-7 victory over Delaware (2-5)

HAGERSTOWN -- Fayetteville scored two runs in the sixth and held off the Hagerstown Suns, 2-1, last night in the first of a four-game series at Municipal Stadium.Carlos Burguillos' RBI single drove in the first run in the sixth for the Generals (8-5). Fayetteville scored its other run on a Hagerstown fielding error.The Suns (6-7) scored in the seventh on Tommy Evans' RBI single.Trevor Miller (4-8) pitched 7 2/3 innings for the win, and John Grimm picked up his 10th save. Losing pitcher Andy Dolson (6-5)

The Blast, which will begin the Major Indoor Soccer League playoffs Friday, closed the regular season Sunday with a 19-12 loss to the host Philadelphia KiXX. Philadelphia took leads of 10-2 and 14-4 before the Blast rallied to within 14-12 heading into the fourth quarter on two goals by rookie Max Ferdinand , including one on the power play, and one each by Carlos Garcia and Mike Lookingland . Pat Morris ended the Blast's run with a goal at 3:07 of the fourth quarter to put the KiXX on top, 16-12, and Ptah Myers scored a last-minute three-point goal against Baltimore's sixth attacker to hand the Blast the 19-12 loss.

BOWIE -- Junior quarterback Darrell Foote took care of the offense and the Bowie State defense and special teams took full advantage of the sloppy playing condition yesterday, and the Bulldogs defeated Fayetteville State, 18-0, in a Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association game at Bulldog Stadium.The win was the second straight for the Bulldogs, who are 3-1-1 in their past five games after losing their first four games. The win finished Bowie's CIAA schedule at 3-4-1 and dropped Fayetteville (5-4 overall)

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - You don't need a military public affairs officer to tell you something's going on here. You can see it at the malls, where parking lots are less than a quarter full on a normally busy Saturday afternoon, and where there are few couples because one spouse is on alert; in restaurants, where lunch meetings are canceled because the military people can't get there; in churches where congregants are starting support groups for military families...

HAGERSTOWN -- Mike Darr hit a grand slam in the sixth inning to lead Fayetteville over Hagerstown.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Craig Tyson, a scholarship basketball player at the University of Arkansas, was arrested here over the weekend and charged with possession of cocaine with intent to deliver and possession of drug paraphernalia. Both are felonies.Tyson, a 6-foot-4 junior forward from Baltimore's Southern High, hasn't played for the Razorbacks because of a series of knee injuries. He transferred to Arkansas this year from Southern Idaho Junior College.Tyson, 23, was arrested at his Fayetteville apartment Sunday night as part of a joint operation by the Drug Enforcement Agency, Fourth Judicial Drug Task Force and Fayetteville Police Department.

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- Corey Parker led a five-run fifth inning with a two-run double as the Fayetteville Generals defeated the Hagerstown Suns, 8-4, in a Single-A South Atlantic League game last night.Fayetteville got four hits from Parker, an RBI double from Pete Feeley and RBI singles from Tim Thomas and Roberto Rojas for a 5-1 advantage.Winner Blas Cedeno (5-5) went 5 2/3 innings and gave up five hits and two runs. Loser Brad Cornett (9-7) pitched five innings and gave up eight hits and five runs.

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- Chris Scwab's sacrifice fly in the top of the 10th scored Fernando Seguignol and lifted the Delmarva Shorebirds over the Fayetteville Generals, 3-2, in Game 1 of a South Atlantic League Northern Division playoff series last night.The Shorebirds can clinch the best-of-three series with a win tonight at home.Pub Date: 9/04/96

The host Mariners (3-0) made six sacks, forced seven turnovers and held the Fayetteville Guard to 69 yards of total offense, winning, 59-0, and becoming the first team in American Indoor Football Association history to record a shutout. Armar Watson had an interception, Adam Goloboski had 2.5 sacks and 2.5 tackles for a loss, and Brian Bradford had two interceptions. Running back Isaiah Grier rushed for three touchdowns and had one receiving. "Overall this was our best effort of the season.

The Mariners of the American Indoor Football Association will take on the Fayetteville Guard at 4 p.m. today at 1st Mariner Arena. The Mariners are looking to improve to 3-0, while the Guard is making its season debut. The Guard was founded in South Carolina in 2003, moved to Fayetteville in 2005 and is entering its eighth season of indoor football play under new coach Webbie Burnett . - From Sun staff and news services

On August 26, 2008, E. PERSHING, age 90 of Aberdeen, survived by wife Mary Ellen (Stark) Volkart and daughters Anne V. Wood of Havre de Grace and Barbara E.V. Brooks of Fayetteville, NC, also survived by granddaughter, Mary Anne Brooks of Fayetteville, NC. Friends may call at the family owned Tarring-Cargo Funeral Home, 333 S. Parke St., Aberdeen, on Friday, August 29 from 1-3pm and 5-8pm. Funeral Service will be held at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 201 Mt. Royal Ave., Aberdeen, on Saturday, August 30 at 11am.

Russell E. Denbow, a longtime attorney in Baltimore, died Friday of dementia and related ailments in the VanDuyn Home in Syracuse, N.Y. The Fayetteville, N.Y., resident was 86. He worked for 30 years as a lawyer for USF&G, a Baltimore insurance company, until he retired in 1985. Born in Woodsfield, Ohio, he served with the Army in Europe between 1942 and 1945. He graduated from Ohio University and received a law degree from Cornell University. He wed Betty Jean Baker in 1952. They lived in Lutherville and later in Cockeysville.

On June 30, 2006, MILTON A. GAINEY, of Durham, NC; loving husband of Wilma Gainey; devoted father of Milton and Alphonza Gainey. Mr. Gainey taught in the Baltimore City School system for 33 years. He retired in 1995 from Westport Elementary School. A wake will be held on July 5 from 6-7 P.M. at Scarborough and Hargett Funeral Home Chapel, 306 Roxboro Street, Durham, NC. Funeral Services will be held on July 6, at Saint Joseph AME Church, 2521 Fayetteville Street, Durham, NC 27707.

KATHRYN S. GRUEL, 90, of Flat Rock and formerly of Baltimore, MD passed away Tuesday, June 6, 2006 at the Elizabeth House. She was the daughter of the late John and Sarah Gruel. She graduated from Seton High School in Baltimore, attended Baltimore Business College and retired from Baltimore Gas and Electric Company after many years. She was a Past Worthy Matron of the Daughters of JOB Chapter O.E.S. and Past Royal Matron of the Amaranth. Kathryn loved her church, her friends, enjoyed her bowling league and her many travels.

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- Reliever Lee Daniels gave up two runs before halting an eight-run rally in the eighth by the Fayetteville Generals as the Hagerstown Suns won, 12-11, in a Single-A South Atlantic League game last night.Daniels went on to earn his eighth save and make a winner of starter Brad Cornett (7-5). Hagerstown took a 12-1 lead in a five-run seventh.

Marion Sherin Tupper, a retired administrative assistant for the Social Security Administration, died Jan. 30 of heart failure at Fayetteville City Hospital in Arkansas. She was 87 and had moved to Fayetteville in 1996.Mrs. Tupper, who retired in 1975 after 20 years with SSA in Woodlawn, lived in Catonsville for 31 years before moving to Sarasota, Fla., with her second husband, George M. Tupper, who died in 1988.Her first husband, John R. Sherin, whom she married in 1933, died in 1956.A Baltimore native, the former Marion Brookes was in Forest Park High School's first graduation class in 1927.

On April 19, 2004 FRANK SHEEHAN, beloved father of Bernard V. Sheehan of Fayetteville, NC; Sandra A. Miles of Oldsmar, FL., and Donaleigh Sheehan of Lutherville, MD. He is also survived by 8 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. A memorial service will be held on Saturday May 1, 2004 at 11 A.M. at the William Hill Manor, 501 Dutchman's Lane, Easton, MD.

David Stanley Peterson, a retired General Motors Corp. foreman and former Essex resident, died of an apparent heart attack Saturday at his home in Fayetteville, N.C. He was 63. Born and raised in Rawlings, Va., Mr. Peterson worked as a steelworker in Bridgeport, Conn., before moving to Baltimore in the early 1970s. He was an assembly-line worker and later foreman at GM's Broening Highway plant in Southeast Baltimore for 30 years. He retired last year and moved to Fayetteville. Mr. Peterson was an avid fisherman and reader.