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Hall of Fame coach Joe Gibbs is denying a report on WJLA-TV in Washington that has him returning to the NFL as general manager and coach of the Atlanta Falcons.Cindy Mangum, an assistant to Gibbs at North Carolina-based Joe Gibbs Racing, told SportsTicker last night, "I called Joe in the car, he laughed heartily and said, 'You can tell them I'm in my car and not headed to Atlanta and there is no truth to that.' "WJLA's report cited two unidentified sources. Gibbs has been out of the NFL for four years.

A junior varsity football assistant at North County High School, who coached seven games without the required background check, was banned yesterday by Anne Arundel County school officials after they began investigating his role in an altercation at a game last week.The volunteer assistant, Maurice Bowie Sr., also had been chosen by the newly appointed head basketball coach, Mike Francis, to coach the school's JV basketball team.Francis, 29, was named to the head coaching position last Friday in a move that has prompted a disgruntled applicant to contend he is a victim of age and race discrimination.

On May 6, 2005, HAROLD "HANK" COX, JR.; beloved husband of Sonia Cox (nee Martin); loving father of Jason Cox and his wife Lisa and Steve and his wife Tara; cherished granddad of Steven and Daniel Cox and a future one on the way; dear brother of Trisha Mangum, Alice Burrows and the late Sarah Patmode. Also survived by many loving nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. Family and friends may call at the family owned AMBROSE FUNERAL HOME OF LANSDOWNE, 2719 Hammonds Ferry Road, on Monday and Tuesday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M., where funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10 A.M. Interment to immediately follow in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

Letter writer Jonathan Reidy quoted my testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee out of context ("High-capacity magazines mean more stray bullets," Feb. 11). I would like to correct the record. I told the committee that magazine capacity was a matter of personal choice regarding my ability to protect myself and my family. We are currently limited to 20-round magazines in Maryland, yet only the law-abiding are likely to follow that restriction. After my testimony was complete, one of the senators asked me if I thought fully automatic weapons were OK on the street.

A labor dispute that caused six painters to walk picket lines at two Columbia office buildings over the past week may end today, a union representative says.Workers in the local International Brotherhood of Painters Inc. union were seeking a 40-cent increase in the hourly wages paid by 20 contractors. But L. A. Mangum and Son Inc. of Landover refused to sign the three-year agreement when the other companies did.The refusal spurred the weeklong protest outside two of his job sites, the American City Building and the Amdahl building on Little Patuxent Parkway, organizers said.

A man whose 3-year-old nephew shot himself in the head Tuesday with a gun the man kept under a mattress at their northeast Baltimore home is a convicted felon and faces prosecution in handgun violations, law enforcement officials said yesterday.Devon A. Marshall, 25, of the 3300 block of Kenyon Ave. has been charged with keeping an unsecured firearm within reach of a child, city police said. A warrant obtained by police this month charges him with battery and carrying a handgun, alleged offenses that are unrelated to Tuesday's shooting.

Kermit J. MosleyWildlife biologistKermit Jefferey Mosley, an Annapolis wildlife biologist, died Oct. 9 of kidney failure at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore after a short illness. He was 38.Mr. Mosley was a lifelong resident of Annapolis. He was a graduate of Annapolis High School, Anne Arundel Community College and Towson State University.A specialist in Chesapeake Bay environmental issues, he worked with Environmental Services Inc., the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, the State Highway Administration and the Maryland State Teachers Association.

The Dunbar girls basketball team, which has scored 100 or more points in four of its five wins this season, has faced few challenges -- until last night. Bishop McNamara saddled the No. 4 Poets with their first loss of the season, defeating Dunbar, 73-53, in a first-round game of the Holiday Hoops Invitational at Anne Arundel Community College. Junior guard Tiffany Jones led the Poets with 13 points, but their Prince George's County opponents proved to be too much on the glass, out-rebounding Dunbar 35-27.

Jessica Sewell has sparked Glen Burnie to a turnaround season, leading the Gophers in scoring and rebounds. The 6-foot-1 senior is a team captain after being "very quiet and stepping outside her shell after her sophomore season," coach Dan Mangum said. The Gophers have gone from 7-16 last season to 10-10 through last week. Sewell has played only three years of organized basketball. Softball is her best sport and the one she hopes to play in college; she plays first base. What turned things around this basketball season?