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"We Ain't Done Yet Holladay Jam" lets concertgoers see several young music stars at once. Scheduled performers include Bow Wow (above), Ciara, Omarion, Chris Brown and Marques Houston. The show is Wednesday at 7 p.m. at 1st Mariner Arena, 201 W. Baltimore St. Tickets are $25-$42.50 and are available by calling 410-547-SEAT or at ticketmaster.com.

In the stop-and-go world of Baltimore-area traffic, there's a lot more braking than commuters and transportation officials would like. Take Russell Allen, a Federal Hill resident who gets in his silver Ford Edge every weekday morning before 7:30 and steers south toward Fort Meade and the region's biggest bottleneck: Baltimore-Washington Parkway and Route 175. The trip starts fine. But around Route 100, Allen's windshield relfects a dazzling array of red taillights. "And it stays that way until I get to work - four miles and 20 minutes later," said Allen, 52, who works for the Army.

Jessie L.V. Ahlfeldt of Annapolis wrote requesting a recipe for Ginger- Pear Jam, which she says she had many years ago. The recipe that tester Laura Reiley chose came from Beth Edelstein of Timonium. Ginger-Pear Jam Makes 7 pints 2 quarts chopped, peeled pears, about 10 pears 1/2 cup water 6 cups granulated sugar 1/4 cup grated fresh ginger or more to taste Combine pears and water in a flat-bottomed kettle; cover and simmer 10 minutes. Add sugar and ginger. Cook over low heat, stirring occasionally until sugar dissolves.

Caught with a couple of joints he didn't get the chance to light up, Eric Staton was ordered to appear before a Baltimore judge. Two weeks later, in a basement courtroom on North Avenue, prosecutors said they would drop the possession charge if Staton agreed to pick up trash for five hours. Staton, 42, hesitated before taking the deal. "Ten grams is nothing," he told a spectator during the hearing. "They should legalize that marijuana. " In recent years, Maryland has taken small steps to scale back laws against possession of marijuana.

A rally of motorcyclists commemorating the Sept. 11 attacks will be departing the Pentagon in Northern Virginia at about 6:45 a.m. Saturday, according to America's 911 Foundation Inc. The convoy will be taking I-395 to the Baltimore-Washington Parkway. They will then be going from the parkway to I-95 for a stop at the Maryland House rest area, about 24 miles north of Baltimore City in Harford County. They plan to depart Maryland House at about 9:30 a.m. and continue north on I-95 to Delaware.

Like commuters caught in a Beltway tie-up, Marylanders find themselves coping with the consequences of a collision that was none of their doing: A plume of warm, moist air from the tropical Atlantic has plowed into a cold front stalled in an atmospheric traffic jam. The result has been a seemingly endless succession of showers and thunderstorms, with heavy - sometimes torrential - rains that have dumped more than 10 inches on parts of the state....

All Star JamWhen: May 6, 8 p.m.Where: Max's On BroadwayDonation: $2Call: 444-3776 or 675-6297Ask Susie Mudd, the editor of Maryland Musician, how she came up with the idea for her publication's annual All Star Jam, and she almost seems embarrassed by the explanation."

Driving along Route 53, you're not likely to find Brookside Cottage without help from a native Mainer. "Take the first dirt road on your left. Drive a little, and you'll see it on your left," one road worker directs.Sure enough, there it is, graced with a beautiful English garden in front and vegetable garden off to the side. Behind the cottage is a brook that is unusually quiet from the dry weather.But the real draw of Brookside Cottage isn't the landscape, it's what's cooking inside: wild blueberry jam.Angela and Ray Towle own Brookside Cottage and the business of the same name.

In Cajun and zydeco music the lyrics are simple, the beat is thumping and the accordion is the hottest instrument in the band.This weekend, the Gumbo Jam -- a Cajun, zydeco, bluegrass and blues festival debuting in Crownsville -- is serving up plenty of the music born on the banks of the bayou and now enormously popular in the Baltimore-Washington area."

Most bands' backstory starts with a few friends jamming in a basement or at a club, hitting it off and hitting the road. The Benevento/Russo Duo's story sounds something like that, but ultimately it came down to lunch money. In January 2002, drummer Joe Russo scored a gig Thursday nights at the Knitting Factory in New York City. Since it paid only $100, he knew he couldn't get three more people to jam with him, so he called up his old buddy Marco Benevento, a keyboardist, and they split the pot. "We were like `all right ... $50 each,'" Benevento said.

Traffic Morning commute snarled by accidents, including two with injury Several accidents, including a fatal crash in Baltimore County, hampered Thursday morning's traffic, according to the state Department of Transportation. The morning commute became snarled at 5:41 a.m., due to a deadly accident involving three vehicles that closed all lanes and both shoulders of the Interstate 695 inner loop near Belair Road in the Overlea area of Baltimore County, DOT said. One adult was killed in the accident, and at least one adult and one child were injured and transported to area hospitals in critical condition, a Baltimore County Fire Department dispatcher confirmed.

The Maryland Transit Administration is experiencing "massive delays" on local bus lines and the light rail system, a result of thousands of football fans attending the Baltimore Ravens parade and breaking through barricades controlling their routes through the city. "We put every available resource we had out on the system today, and the crowds were simply larger than the system could accommodate in the short time frame in which people were attempting to ride," said Terry Owens, a MTA spokesman.

Two separate traffic accidents caused major delays in the Baltimore region early Wednesday morning — one affecting southbound traffic on Interstate 295 in Anne Arundel County and the other affecting southbound traffic on Interstate 795 in Baltimore County. An accident involving one vehicle on southbound Interstate 295 between Route 175 and Route 32 in Anne Arundel County stalled traffic headed toward Washington early Wednesday, closing multiple lanes for about 7 hours, according to U.S. Park Police.

Wizards @Heat Tonight, 6 TV: Comcast SportsNet The first time Washington Wizards rookie Bradley Beal attempted to embarrass an opponent with a thunderous jam, he got a painful lesson on the need to think before dunking. Beal picked the wrong target when he elevated for a throw-down on Atlanta Hawks forward Josh Smith, one of the NBA's best leapers and shot blockers, and crashed on his backside after Smith stuffed the ball. Forced to sit out the next two games last month with a sore left back, Beal was a little more cautious about when to showcase his surprising hops.

Brenda Frese wasn't about to let No. 10 Maryland relive its indignation of three years ago against Towson. That's when her nationally ranked Terrapins came to the Towson Center for an early season tuneup only to watch the Tigers pull off perhaps the biggest upset in school history. This time around, there would be no letdowns. Alyssa Thomas had a game-high 23 points and 13 rebounds in just 23 minutes, as Maryland held host Towson without a basket for spans of more than 8 minutes in the first half and 6 minutes in the second, building an insurmountable early lead on its way to an 88-43 win. "Different team.

Some might see an odd destiny - if not exactly Jerry Garcia's “long strange trip” - in the formation of the 3-year-old Jazz Docs band. Its five members form a sort of Venn diagram - with Ellicott City dentist Hank Fasteau somewhere in the middle - with a complexity approaching the jazz compositions they practice every Wednesday at the Damon Foreman Music Academy in Glenwood. Fasteau on drums and fellow dentist Gary Anderberg on trumpet are joined by Glenwood internal medicine specialist Scott Maurer on bass, retired piano teacher Kathy McGinn of Columbia back on her instrument, and guitarist Damon Foreman of the eponymous music academy on guitar.

When many people think of live poetry, they picture their favorite cafe's open-mike night. The national tour of a Tony Award-winning theatrical event is the last thing on their minds. Those people have no idea what they're missing. Since 2002, Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam has pushed performance poetry into the mainstream, winning the 2003 Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event. After a successful international run, the encore tour hits the Hippodrome Theatre for a three-night series tonight through Saturday.

O.A.R. Jam band O.A.R. performs at the Patriot Center at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. tomorrow. Little Brother opens. Show starts at 7:30 p.m., and tickets are $32. To order tickets, call 410-547-SEAT or 703-993-3000 or visit ticketmaster.com.

A bullet grazed the leg of a Baltimore County police officer Wednesday when her weapon discharged during a struggle at University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center, police said Thursday. The suspect, Brian Dargan, 30, will be charged upon his release from the Towson hospital, police said. Dargan is being held on $25,000 bail for unrelated burglary charges and was taken to St. Joseph from District Court for medical treatment. Police did not know a permanent address for Dargan.