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In the wake of WWE's Over the Limit pay-per-view, a new Intercontinental champion has been crowned, four other champions continue to hold onto their titles and John Laurinaitis remains employed. Sunday night's show delivered an evening of quality entertainment and good in-ring performances. On a non-major PPV event, WWE delivered a product that surpassed the expectations of many. Here's a match-by-match look at the show: Battle Royale This last-minute addition to the card was a means of crowning a No. 1 contender for one of the midcard titles.

In its fifth year, the Park Quest program run by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources closed its registration for 1,000 families in less than two hours Monday. Told that the spots went as fast as Springsteen tickets, program director Barb Knisely said, "That's what everyone is saying. " Those signed up for the free program have between May 26 and Sept. 3 to complete 10 quests at the 23 participating state parks to qualify for the program's Rendezvous extravaganza at Patapsco State Park on Sept.

Navy Lt. Mark Tedrow has no problem reconciling an air show with a commemoration of the War of 1812, an era that precedes flight by almost a century. The Blue Angels pilot said he looks forward to flying over the Inner Harbor, Middle River and Fort McHenry - birthplace of the national anthem - during a bicentennial celebration in June. "It will be outstanding to perform multiple maneuvers over Fort McHenry," he said. "It will show just how far we have come. " Tedrow and his co-pilot flew into Martin State Airport in Middle River on Thursday to give a small preview of what the Navy's renowned flight team will do for the bicentennial maritime and air festival that kicks off June 13. "Stake out your places on the waterfront so you don't miss a thing," said Lt. Cmdr.

I wondered why I wasn't seeing more restaurants in Baltimore offering Preakness promotions. It's simple, really. They don't have to. Add commencement exercises at Notre Dame and Loyola into the mid-May mix, and you've got a pretty sweet weekend for the hospitality industry. Hotels are booked heavily (but not fully) this weekend, and restaurant reservation books are bulging -- The Preakness is the kind of event where visitors make reservations at the same places year after year. (If you want to rub shoulders with racing insiders after the race, by the way, Aldo's in Little Italy has evolved into the race's unofficial post-race 19th hole, a destination for the visiting media, trainers, jockeys and other insiders.)

I'm not part of the black helicopter crowd. I don't think the census will be used to track my movements or steal my DNA. Still, I don't see any advantage in filling out the form and returning it. My county knows who and where I am, and I trust that locally my family is accounted for. I religiously pay my taxes, so someone somewhere knows I exist. I don't want the federal government spending any more money on my behalf. I don't want them to spend money on my census form, I don't want them to pay people to come to my house, I don't want them to pay someone to tabulate the data from my form.

The port of Baltimore has sent its last haul of dredge material from the Baltimore Harbor and Chesapeake Bay channels to Hart-Miller Island, and the spit of land near the Back and Middle rivers in Baltimore County will enter the final phase of its conversion into a wildlife refuge and recreational area. Some 100 million cubic yards of material has been formed into 1,100 acres during the past 25 years. The island is now home to more than 200 species of birds, other animals and plants. Thousands of people also use it for boating, fishing, camping and other activities.

Here's a task that new parents should tackle after the baby shower but before the thank-you notes: Fill out product registration cards. Once an opportunity for companies to glean marketing information from consumers, product registration cards now are a means for manufacturers to promptly and directly notify families and caregivers about recalls. Under new federal law, the registration cards must be included with many infant and toddler nursery items manufactured after June 2010.

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A state order that Spencer Sand & Gravel Inc. stop all surface mining prompted Harford County officials to investigate and cite the rubble landfill for zoning violations, an administration official said Friday.The county also is looking into possible grading violations at the 55-acre rubble fill, said Jefferson L. Blomquist, deputy attorney for the county.County zoning authorities have cited the rubble fill operator for mining outside the permitted area and for improper land filling, concrete reprocessing and top soil reprocessing, Mr. Blomquist said.

U.S. Rep. Wayne T. Gilchrest has urged state environment officials to carefully study an Abingdon rubble fill in a letter supporting citizens who have questioned operations at the dump.In the letter to the state Department of the Environment, the 1st District congressman expressed concern over health and environmental threats posed by the Spencer Sand & Gravel Inc. rubble fill."I am aware of a concerted effort by Harford citizens to find answers to these troubling problems surrounding the Spencer fill," Mr. Gilchrest said in the letter.

Food Network star Giada De Laurentiis says that her mother would make frittatas, the Italian egg dish, with whatever leftovers she had in the refrigerator. " That was the joke," she tells viewers in segment of her cooking show. "What's in the frittata today, Mama?" What better dish to serve Mom on Mother's Day? A frittata is quick and easy, and the kids can help. As a bonus, Mom wakes to a clean fridge. An omelet without the fold and a quiche without the crust, the frittata has its own selling points: It can be sliced and eaten, hot or cold, with a fork or fingers.

Howard County police have charged a man with holding up a pharmacist in Columbia with a syringe filled with blood that he claimed was tainted with the AIDS virus according to authorities. Police said the man got away with $27,000 worth of prescription drugs. The authorities said they confirmed the syringe contained blood and are testing it to determine if it indeed carried the virus. The suspect has been identified as Benjamin Frederick Blessing, 52, of the 5200 block of Golden Sky Court in Columbia.

Let's begin with the premise that no team ever comes out of the NFL draft and says: "Well, that didn't go very well. " No team ever says: "Boy, we really screwed that up. What were we thinking?" Instead, every team says it had a productive draft. And got exactly the players it wanted. And is (pick one) thrilled, ecstatic, euphoric to have them. So what are we to make of the Ravens' 2012 draft, now that the whole thing is finally over? (Tell me, can the league and the TV networks drag the draft out any further?

Orioles center fielder Adam Jones, whose eighth-inning solo homer was the deciding run in the Orioles' 5-2 win over the Blue Jays on Thursday, said he's not paying attention to the American League East standings. Thursday night's win, which completed Baltimore's first three-game sweep of Toronto since Sept. 13-15, 2010, kept the Orioles in first place in the division, tied with the Tampa Bay Rays at 12-7. But to Jones, who is off to a sizzling start to the season, filling Camden Yards will be a truer indicator of the team's success.

After New England traded up with Denver in the first round to secure the No. 25 overall pick and select Alabama inside linebacker Dont'a Hightower, there was a strong possibility the Ravens were going to trade out of the first round at No. 29. It was a good move by the Ravens. The Ravens traded their 29th pick to the Minnesota Vikings, and got the Vikings' No. 35 pick overall (second round) and their No. 98 pick (fourth round). They now have two picks in the second round and two in the fourth round.

The Pro Bowl guard is gone. The bookend tackles aren't great. So how does a center become the player most linked to the Ravens' first-round pick? For Peter Konz, at least, it's by offering a quick fix and a long-term answer. With left guard Ben Grubbs off to New Orleans, the Ravens need immediate help at one interior line position. With center Matt Birk's uncertain future, they'll need help at another before long. That's where Konz comes in. Among the handful of prospects the Ravens could consider Thursday night with their No. 29 overall pick, perhaps none better accommodates the team's best-player-available criteria and front-five uncertainties than the versatile Wisconsin center.

The Maryland Lottery has signed a contract with eLottery Inc. that will let customers fill out Lotto and Big Game subscription forms online, the company announced yesterday. The service builds on an existing one that lets lottery customers download a subscription form, fill it out and return it through conventional mail. Customers will still have to send checks through the mail or drop them off at a lottery office because state law forbids the agency from accepting charge cards for ticket purchases.

I LIKE THE QUOTE from the developer who justifies a massive housing and commercial development along the banks of the Potomac River as "in-fill." I hadn't seen or heard the term before it showed up in The Sun over the weekend. Edward Podboy, president of the company that wants to build a city of 12,000 people on one of the largest expanses of woodlands remaining on the Potomac, said such a development does not constitute suburban sprawl because it will occur in an area already infested with suburban sprawl.

DiPasquale's may be a ways from Little Italy, but nothing says Italian quite like this no-nonsense market/restaurant near Patterson Park. Go for lunch and head for the deli case to the right of the registers. Peruse a menu. The owner will take your order, give you a check and a number for your table. Your food will arrive soon. Go to the little table opposite the rest room for napkins and to the front of the store for drinks. Then sit and enjoy the food and the warm feel of the place.