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The 20-year-old man accused of shooting a Baltimore police officer with a rifle this week had long wanted to shoot someone and remarked that he felt nothing after wounding the officer, charging documents allege. Police arrested and charged Chey Jordan with attempted murder in the Tuesday night shooting. In interviews with detectives, Jordan showed a strong disdain for police and had "no love lost" for the Baltimore department, but Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III said a motive for the attack was unclear.

Last year, as Father's Day approached, I asked readers to answer the question, "What did you learn from your father?" The response was impressive. Men and women from all over, most of them baby boomers, took the opportunity to write loving tributes to their dads and to enumerate life lessons they'd passed along. Reading them made me happy, and envious. Many of the responses were posted on my blog, Random Rodricks. This year, we asked the same question and didn't get much of a response.

At a time when City Hall is girding for another round of budget battles, spending on lawsuits filed against the Police Department is coming under increased scrutiny. The city's budget office revealed at an investigative hearing Tuesday that it has spent $10.4 million over the past three years — an average of about $3.5 million annually — defending the Baltimore Police Department against lawsuits. Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke called for the hearing over what she called an "especially troubling" trend of the Police Department paying out millions over brutality claims while other parts of the budget, such as recreation centers, suffer cuts.

Good intentions cover a multitude of faults, but they're not quite enough to make "Red Hot + Country" (Mercury 314 522 639, arriving in stores today) the success it ought to be.Conceived and coordinated by the folks responsible for "Red Hot + Blue" and "Red Hot + Dance," "Red Hot + Country" is an all-star album intended to raise money for AIDS-related charities nationwide. Like the other "Red Hot" projects, it boasts an impressive cast of contributors -- Johnny Cash, Kathy Mattea, Brooks & Dunn, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Carl Perkins and Mary-Chapin Carpenter, to name a few -- and an eclectic blend of styles.

SALISBURY -- The College of New Jersey should not have needed a last-minute touchdown to beat Salisbury State in its first game under its new moniker, but it did. And it got it.Quarterback Pete Harteveld hit wide receiver Tino Russo along the right sideline of the end zone with 32 seconds left yesterday, lifting the Lions to a season-opening 17-14 victory at Sea Gull Stadium.TCNJ (1-0), formerly Trenton State, allowed the Gulls (1-1) just 16 plays for minus-16 yards in the second half and erased a 14-7 halftime deficit.

One by one, citizens of Baltimore who had failed to show up for jury duty stood before the judge. Some pleaded they were sick or busy, and showed letters from doctors. Most simply agreed to pick a date and sign a summons, and the judge kindly dismissed charges that could have sent some to jail for a year. Eric King brought a lawyer and requested a hearing. In the courtroom Wednesday, Robert L. Pierson of Pierson & Pierson of Towson turned to his client and asked: "Did anything happen on February 8 that caused you not to appear?"

How much more can the Cardinals take? Matt Holliday's appendectomy followed an 11-inning Opening Day loss in which the losing pitcher, Bryan Augenstein, probably wouldn't have been used if Adam Wainwright's season-ending injury had not made a starter of Kyle McClellan. … Some people think Jered Weaver ends the year with the Yankees. The guess here is that he and the Angels' other top starters, Ervin Santana and Dan Haren , are good enough to keep Mike Scioscia's team in the running all season.

Lexington, Kentucky. -- The economy, according to Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, is on the way to a slow but steady recovery.The economy, according to a far more reliable indicator, is still firmly ensconced in the Dumpster.I refer here, of course, to the local country radio station. The songs coming out of that box are a sight better at telling the truth about money than any number of economists.(George Bernard Shaw was dead right when he noted that ''if all economists were laid end to end they would not reach a conclusion.

A 21-year-old Baltimore man was sentenced yesterday to 15 years in prison for shooting another man in a dispute over a missing cell phone, the Baltimore state's attorney's office reported. Raymond Saunders of the 2200 block of Sydney Ave. pleaded guilty to attempted murder and to use of a handgun in a violent crime. Circuit Judge Robert Kershaw sentenced him to life in prison, with all but 15 years suspended, plus three years to be served concurrently for the handgun offense. Prosecutors say Saunders shot Michael Storm in the 2400 block of Wilgrey Court on April 11, 2007, after holding him captive for 11 hours in the belief that Storm had stolen his cell phone.

BOYS SOCCER Severna Park @ No. 10 Broadneck WHEN: : Tonight, 7. OUTLOOK: : Last year, Broadneck took the regular-season game and went into the postseason unbeaten before the Falcons claimed the county championship and the Class 4A East crown. After losing seven starters to graduation, the host Bruins have revamped with senior C-M Alex Workman as the experienced leader and F Tyler Fernandez stepping up to fill the scoring void. The Falcons are deep and athletic, with Colin Lay, Matt Rogers and J.D. Kershaw providing the offense and G Peter Koffler anchoring a stingy defense.