Jewelry

If all goes as planned, sometime this morning a spacecraft will blast off from its launchpad in Cape Canaveral, Fla., and ride a fiery plume of contrails upward through the pre-dawn darkness to begin a two-week journey to the International Space Station and back. But the flight won't be just another NASA resupply mission. Instead, the Falcon 9 rocket and its unmanned Dragon cargo capsule built by Space Exploration Technologies Corporation - SpaceX for short - will be the first commercially owned and operated vehicle ever to rendezvous with the station's orbiting astronauts.

West Belvedere Avenue 2500 block, between 9 and 9:30 a.m. April 26. Wallet with ID and cash stolen from Blue Point Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Man left wallet in sweatshirt pocket in his room while he went to bathroom and returned to find wallet missing. Croydon Road 100 block, between 2:30 and 2:45 p.m. Aril 23. Copper drainpipe stolen from outside of house. Derby Manor Drive 3800 block, between 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. April 27. 40-inch Toshiba TV, Kindle Fire, 32-inch Vizio TV stolen from residence.

Baltimore health officials ordered an Edmondson Avenue business to stop selling children's jewelry found to contain lead levels exceeding limits set by the city. The jewelry includes the "Neon Leaf Anklet Chain," and the "Neon Heart Anklet Chain" sold at JH Dollar & Party at 4618 Edmondson Ave. Both were found to have lead levels in excess of 600 parts per million, which is the city limit. For more information about the items and the city's campaign against lead in jewelry, visit baltimorehealth.

The following is compiled from police reports from the Cockeysville Precinct. Our policy is to include descriptions only when there is enough information to make identification possible. Monkton Gerting Road , 16900 block, between 8 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Feb. 29. Jewelry stolen. Front door kicked in to gain entry. Parkton English Saddle Court , unit block, between 7 p.m. Feb. 22 and 8 p.m. Feb. 26. Cash and men's jewelry stolen. Entry through unlocked basement door.

- Federal regulators are recalling more children's jewelry because of high levels of the toxic metal cadmium. This time it's charm bracelets with a "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" theme sold at dollar-type stores. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says the items should immediately be taken away from children and thrown away. Cadmium emerged as a major safety concern this year after an Associated Press investigation reported that some children's jewelry contained as much as 91 percent of the heavy metal, a carcinogen that also can damage kidneys and bones.

The following is compiled from police reports from the Cockeysville Precinct. Our policy is to include descriptions only when there is enough information to make identification possible. Monkton Gerting Road , 16900 block, between 8 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Feb. 29. Jewelry stolen. Front door kicked in to gain entry. Parkton English Saddle Court , unit block, between 7 p.m. Feb. 22 and 8 p.m. Feb. 26. Cash and men's jewelry stolen. Entry through unlocked basement door.

The following is compiled from police reports from the Cockeysville Precinct. Our policy is to include descriptions only when there is enough information to make identification possible. Parkton York Road , 17300 block, between 7:15 a.m. and 7:35 a.m. Nov. 29. Two Hereford High School students were outside when male tried to kiss female, then fondled her. Stablers Church Road , 800 block, between 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Dec. 11. Woman accepted a ride from a man in Silver Spring, Md. She fell asleep and woke up to find him massaging her leg. When she told him to stop, he said he was taking her to his house.

If we are to take our cues from GQ magazine, men are no longer rushing for gold — no diamonds, no elaborate chains or any other flashy jewelry. May cover model Jake Gyllenhaal's sole hint of bling is an understated $15 silver tie bar. Looking inside the issue's 162 pages, we find exactly four editorial subjects wearing jewelry beyond wedding rings or watches: a thin chain link bracelet on Lou Dobbs, a David Yurman dog tag and wooden beads on San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum, studs on L.A. Dodgers center fielder Matt Kemp and a class ring on Drums guitarist Jacob Graham.

Kenneth Jay Lane has long been known as jeweler to the stars, having designed pieces for Jackie O, Elizabeth Taylor and Audrey Hepburn. Now he's venturing into new territory, creating his own Home Gift Collection of jewelry-inspired frames, napkin rings, votive candle holders, place-card holders and boxes, all available to the public. Pictured above, center, is the Elaborate Pave Frame With Carved Stone, which fits a 3 1/2 -by-5-inch photo and retails for $300. Animals and other critters feature prominently in his jewelry as well as in this collection.

City officials have cited two local businesses for selling children's jewelry that contains lead levels in excess of the federal standard of 300 parts per million. Rainbow Kids was selling a Princess and the Frog necklace and bracelet set, and Youngworld Store was selling a Princess Expressions purple crown bracelet that violated standards. Both are in Mondawmin Mall and will no longer be permitted to sell the items. The Baltimore Health Department tested seven products in June for lead, a neurotoxin that can cause cognitive impairment and neurological problems in small doses and more severe illness and death at higher doses.

Harford County Sheriff's deputies and Maryland State Police report: Aberdeen Paul R. Woodruff, 46, of the 300 block of Stevens Circle, was charged on an arrest warrant Thursday with two counts of theft more than $500. Steven Jacko, 35, of the 600 block of Cornell Street, who was being held at the Harford County Detention Center, was arrested on two bench warrants Friday in cases where he was charged with fourth-degree sexual offense and two counts of second-degree assault.

Marjorie G. Gilbert, a retired certified public accountant who co-owned a Baltimore County jewelry business, died of pneumonia complications Feb. 13 at Sinai Hospital. She was 88 and lived in Owings Mills. Born Marjorie Gross in Newark, N.J., she was a 1939 Weequahic High School graduate. In a interview she gave to her employer, she recalled aspiring to be a scientist. Her father suggested she pursue business. After two years at the College of William and Mary she transferred to Penn State University, where she thought the social life would be better, and earned an economics degree.

We feel like slackers. Megan Auman is not only a jewelry designer and metalsmith, but an educator and entrepreneur. Auman, 30, began her eponymous jewelry line after graduate school in 2006, and her work, found at meganauman .com, is sold at more than 60 stores. In 2009, she created Designing an MBA at designinganmba.com, which focuses on business thinking for designers. "I love that my job involves a mix of running my own creative business and helping others do the same," Auman said, Auman, who teaches at Towson University and MICA, shared with b the jewelry she never leaves home without and much more.

The following is compiled from police reports from the Towson and Cockeysville precincts. Our policy is to include descriptions when there is enough information to make identification possible. Cockeysville Pickburn Court, unit block, between 6:45 a.m. and 9 p.m. Jan. 24. Laptop computer stolen. Front door destroyed. York Road, 10800 block, between 5 p.m. Jan. 14 and 1:16 p.m. Jan. 15. Cash, jewelry and postage stamps stolen from Robyn's Nest Clothing Consignment Shop.

Phyllis J. Rouzer, a homemaker and former jewelry sales associate, died Dec. 27 of cancer at Lorien Assisted Living in Mount Airy. The longtime resident of Poplar Springs, Howard County, was 92. The daughter of a radio station executive and homemaker, the former Phyllis J. Rhoads was born in Syracuse, N.Y., and moved to Baltimore with her family when she was a child. A 1937 graduate of Eastern High School, Mrs. Rouzer attended a secretarial school and worked briefly as a legal secretary before her marriage to George William Rouzer in 1939.

North Calvert Street 2900 block, between 6:40 p.m. Dec. 15 and 88 a.m. Dec. 16. Blue, 2007 Jeep Liberty with Maryland tags 1AL1846 stolen. North Charles Street 3400 block, between 2 and 2:30 p.m. Dec. 13. Eight purple and nine yellow money bags belonging to Columbia Refreshment stolen from van. Chestnut Avenue 3500 block, between 11 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Dec. 11. Cash, Xanax stolen from residence. Rear door unlocked. Hickory Avenue 3600 block at 9:44 a.m. Dec. 16. American Legion Mahool-Potts Post No. 2 broken into.

From its dominant perch on Catonsville's main street, the stately 19th-century house has over the decades been the home of a neighborhood post office, a newspaper, a pharmacy and a long list of retail shops, selling everything from dry goods to tobacco. Now a $300,000 restoration has returned the 1830 Albert Smith House, once home to a founding family of Catonsville, to its Victorian grandeur and again given it a prominent role in commerce. The remodeled two-story stone building at Frederick Road and Bloomsbury Avenue now holds a jewelry store, tobacco shop and smoking lounge with walk-in humidor.

The following is compiled from police reports from the Cockeysville Precinct. Our policy is to include descriptions only when there is enough information to make identification possible. Parkton York Road , 17300 block, between 7:15 a.m. and 7:35 a.m. Nov. 29. Two Hereford High School students were outside when male tried to kiss female, then fondled her. Stablers Church Road , 800 block, between 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Dec. 11. Woman accepted a ride from a man in Silver Spring, Md. She fell asleep and woke up to find him massaging her leg. When she told him to stop, he said he was taking her to his house.