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First, let's get the JFK Jr. question out of the way.No, Victoria Hagan did not decorate his apartment -- even though her husband is Kennedy's business partner in the much-publicized new political magazine, George. Kennedy didn't hire anyone to do his decorating, Hagan says. "He did his own. He's got great taste."Furthermore, don't expect any other tell-all celebrity decorating tales from this up-and-coming young designer. Her dreamy, white-washed rooms appear often on the pages of Architectural Digest, House Beautiful, Metropolitan Home and Vogue, but she isn't into dishing on her clients.

AKRON, Ohio -- On a bright Midwestern morning, they stood at the top of the hill, the father and son, gazing down the long, steep expanse in silence. The track that sloped away below them -- 900-plus feet of smooth, dedicated asphalt, marked off in three lanes of precisely equal width -- descended sharply at first, then more gradually, toward a finish line that seemed so far away you had to squint to see it through the summer's haze. Jim and Chris Hagan had been here before -- four times, in case you're keeping track.

College Park -- He tried to explain it to them, the magnitude of today's homecoming game, the storied rivalry between the programs in bordering states and their coaches. Blank faces stared back at Maryland coach Ralph Friedgen. While the young squad might not grasp the history between Maryland and Virginia, it seems to understand the future implications of a loss to - or a win against - the No. 19-ranked Cavaliers (3-0, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) at noon today. The 2-2 Terps are 0-2 in Byrd Stadium, and 1-1 in the ACC. The toughest part of the schedule has yet to come, with Virginia Tech, Florida State and Boston College looming in the latter half of the season.

FireTaneytown: Firefighters responded at 1: 22 p.m. Wednesday to an open 911 telephone line on O'Hagan Drive. Units were out 10 minutes.

A 44-year-old man was in critical condition after he was punched and fell, a Baltimore police spokesman said. Security guards were escorting Lee McCoy, 44, from the Baltimore Behavioral Health Center on the 1000 block of W. Pratt St. just before 10 p.m. Wednesday because he was intoxicated, said the spokesman, Kevin Hagan. As they passed another patient, Carrell Andrews, 38, McCoy pretended to throw a punch at him, Hagan said. Andrews then punched McCoy one time, apparently knocking him unconscious, and McCoy struck his head on the floor, according to Hagan.

A 44-year-old man was in critical condition after he was punched and fell, a Baltimore police spokesman said. Security guards were escorting Lee McCoy, 44, from the Baltimore Behavioral Health Center on the 1000 block of W. Pratt St. just before 10 p.m. Wednesday because he was intoxicated, said the spokesman, Kevin Hagan. As they passed another patient, Carrell Andrews, 38, McCoy pretended to throw a punch at him, Hagan said. Andrews then punched McCoy one time, apparently knocking him unconscious, and McCoy struck his head on the floor, according to Hagan.

Baltimore police are investigating the fatal shooting of a man in Northeast Baltimore on Tuesday night, a spokesman said. An officer responded to a report of a shooting in the 5600 block of Pilgrim Road in the Harford-Echodale-Perring Parkway neighborhood about 11:15 p.m., said Detective Kevin Hagan, a Baltimore police spokesman. When police arrived, medical crews were treating the victim, who was found lying next to a 2000 Buick with a gunshot wound in his head, Hagan said. The man was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:50 p.m., Hagan said.

Baltimore police are investigating the fatal shooting of a man in Northeast Baltimore Tuesday night, a spokesman said. An officer responded to a report of a shooting in the 5600 block of Pilgrim Road at Roselawn Avenue in the Harford-Echodale-Perring Parkway neighborhood at about 11:15 p.m., said Detective Kevin Hagan, a Baltimore Police spokesman. When they arrived, medical crews were already treating the victim, who was found lying next to a 2000 Buick with a gunshot wound in his head, Hagan said.

A 14-year-old boy was in critical condition at Maryland Shock Trauma Center after he was shot Wednesday night by a city police officer during an attempted robbery of a University of Maryland medical student not far from the school, said a city police spokesman. The boy's name was withheld pending notification of family members, and he has not been formally charged, said Detective Kevin Hagan, the spokesman. A BB pistol believed used by the youth was recovered at the scene. Hagan said the Western District officer, whose name was not released, was in uniform and driving a marked police car to police headquarters in the 600 block of E. Fayette St. about 7:50 p.m. when he saw an armed robbery in progress in the 700 block of W. Lexington St. near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

On December 10, 2003, LILLIAN BERMAN (nee Harrison), beloved wife of the late Sidney Berman, loving mother of Marlene Berman Hagan of Baltimore and Charles Nathan Berman of Charlotte, NC, devoted sister of Dorothy Kafferman, Harry, Alexander and Charles Harrison. Adored grandmother of Kelly and Shannon HaganServices and Interment at Beth El Memorial Park, Randallstown, on Friday, December 12 at 11 A.M. Contributions in her memory should be directed to Hospice of Carroll County, 95 Carroll St., Westminster, MD (21157)