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A cabal of corrupt corrections officers and members of the Black Guerrilla Family gang enjoyed nearly free rein inside the Baltimore City Detention Center, federal authorities allege, smuggling drugs and cellphones into the jail and having sexual relationships that left four guards pregnant. An indictment unsealed Tuesday names 25 people - including 13 women working as corrections officers - who face racketeering and drug charges. Twenty of the accused also face money-laundering charges.

Jake Brown and Sully Gerety each had four goals and two assists to lead the host John Carroll boys lacrosse team past Friends, 15-9, in a Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association B Conference semifinal Tuesday. The Patriots (12-5, 11-1) advance to Friday's championship and face Sts. Peter & Paul, a 10-9 winner over Archbishop Curley, at 5:30 p.m. at Johnny Unitas Stadium. The Quakers finish 7-10, 7-5. John Carroll's last won the championship in 2010. Baseball St. Vincent Pallotti 5, Severn 4: The host Panthers (17-7, 10-4)

Bart Aldridge (Delaware, Loyola High) scored three goals and had an assist en route to capturing Most Valuable Player honors as Lax World defeated Westchester/Beck & Wheatley, 16-14, for the Central Atlantic Lacrosse League title last night at Norris Field.Westchester, the defending CALL champion, jumped to a 3-1 lead when Michael Hoynes fed fellow West Point alum Rob Betchley with 5:53 left in the first quarter.But Lax World's Tom Gravante, a former Hobart star who coaches Mount St. Mary's, scored the last goal of the first quarter and the firstof the second to begin a 6-1 run that gave Lax World a 7-4 halftime lead.

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A review of Motor Vehicle Administration procedures found the agency's internal security lax and chastised the MVA for not spelling out security policies to employees, state Transportation Secretary O. James Lighthizer said yesterday."

Bart Aldridge scored three goals and had an assist en route to capturing Most Valuable Player honors as Lax World defeated Westchester/Beck & Wheatley, 16-14, for the Central Atlantic Lacrosse League title last night at Norris Field.Westchester, the defending CALL champion, jumped to a 3-1 lead when Michael Hoynes fed fellow West Point graduate Rob Betchley with 5:53 left in the first quarter.But Lax World's Tom Gravante, a former Hobart star who coaches Mount St. Mary's, scored the last goal of the first quarter and the first of the second as Lax World ran off five straight goals to build a 6-3 lead with 2:13 left in the first half.

Spaces remain for teams interested in the second-annual LAX Shoot-Out Indoor Lacrosse Tournament, which will be held Monday, Feb. 15, at the Four Seasons Sports Complex in Hampstead.The tournament offers boys and girls divisions in categories for ages 7-8, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14 and 15-17.Teams are guaranteed a minimum of three 24-minute games.For more information, call 410-363-8610 during the day or 410-486-7286 in the evenings.Pub Date: 2/07/99

If nothing else, the pilot for LAX proves one thing: Heather Locklear does romantic comedy as well as anyone on television this side of Debra Messing in Will & Grace. But, while that was perfect for her role in ABC's Spin City sitcom, is that a good thing given that her new NBC series about backstage life at Los Angeles International Airport is supposed to be a drama - particularly, a drama that opens with the suicide of the airport manager in the series premiere (tonight at 10 on WBAL , Channel 11)

The Motor Vehicle Administration's failure to deposit checks promptly and its lax internal controls have cost taxpayers an estimated $275,000 a year and made the agency more vulnerable to employee theft, legislative auditors say.A report to be made public today criticizes the agency for at least 20 accounting problems and gives the MVA an overall "poor" management rating.The auditors from the legislature's Department of Fiscal Services said they gave the agency such a low rating because they found many of the same problems 2 1/2 years ago.The problems vary from not keeping tabs on registration stickers to a hefty 207-day backlog in correcting registration information.

Richard Mollett is bringing a college all-star lineup to the 26th Vail Lacrosse Shootout. But even the coach doesn't expect his Lax World team to bring home a title."

The No. 8 C. Milton Wright softball team was coming off a loss to unranked Broadneck. Jenny Lynch (3-for-3) got the Mustangs started with a solo homer in the second inning as they beat No. 7 Chesapeake-AA, 8-4, Tuesday. C. Milton Wright fell, 11-1, to the Bruins on Monday. Emily Kirby hit a leadoff double to start a three-run first inning for the Cougars (2-3). Hunter Royston had an RBI single, and a fielding error allowed two more runs to score. The Mustangs (4-1) would hold Chesapeake scoreless for the next five innings and surrender only a single run in the top of the seventh.

Mount St. Joseph lacrosse coach Dave Slafkosky wasn't looking for cupcakes for his team's Easter Lax Day. Tough challenges, he thought, could only help his young squad heading into the core of its Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference schedule. The No. 13 Gaels found more than they could handle in their opener Saturday against Westminster. The Owls, who lost to South River in the Class 4A-3A state final last season, took 14 of the game's first 15 shots, getting four goals each from midfielder C.J. Nichols and attackman Ryan Drenner in a 15-7 win. "Westminster ran by us and played tougher than us in every aspect," Slafkosky said.

With four players over the age of 40 and nine eligible to compete in a 35-and-over softball league, the Lax World Lacrosse Club has grown to expect some good-natured ribbing from its opponents."

Harvard University has agreed to pay $775,000 -- the second largest sum ever for violating federal drug regulations -- to settle civil claims that sloppy record-keeping and lax security at its campus pharmacy allowed a technician to steal more than 7,500 doses of codeine-laced cough syrup.The settlement with the U.S. attorney's office also covers claims that the university pharmacy never verified computer information on refills, never reported shortages of anti-anxiety drugs to federal authorities and delivered drugs to clinics at its law, business and medical schools and to Dillon Field House without proper prescriptions.