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The Cleveland Cavaliers yesterday renounced their rights to guards Dan Majerle and Harold Miner and waived center Brad Daugherty, who has not played since 1994 and retired July 22.Waiving Daugherty frees $5 million from salary cap.Daugherty, the first overall pick in 1986, missed the final 29 games of the 1993-94 season with a herniated lumbar disk. He missed all the following two seasons after undergoing surgery to remove two herniated disks in his spine that were pressing against nerves.

A Glen Burnie disc jockey was slashed early Sunday morning by a man who attempted to take his compact discs during a dance at a Crain Highway club.Bobby Miner of the 7300 block of E. Furnace Branch Road told county police he was working at Dietrichs Tavern when a man tried to take the discs. The two argued and fought on the dance floor.The man pulled a knife and slashed Mr. Miner on his chest, arm and head, police said.The assailant then ran away.Robert George Hedges of the 100 block of Stevens Road in Glen Burnie, who police said was arrested near the tavern, is charged with assault with intent to commit murder, assault with intent to injure, assault with a deadly weapon and battery.

Joanne Franklin Moroney, who worked in the Howard County Department of Recreation and Parks for more than 15 years, died Friday of cancer at the Johns Hopkins Oncology Center in Baltimore. She was 52.The department's former coordinator of special events organized the annual Holiday Mart crafts show, Sunset Serenades at Centennial Park and Wine in the Woods festival in Symphony Woods. Her responsibilities ranged from gathering vendors to renting space to arranging catering."Joanne was full of energy and enthusiasm no matter what the situation," said Shirley Miner, a friend and co-worker.

Shirley Miner's much-used brown photo album, "My Columbia house book," is a relic of East Columbia's history. At the bottom of the first tattered page is a colored Polaroid of a blue and white street sign. It reads: "Sleeping Dog Lane. You've got to be kidding!"Twenty-five years later, Ms. Miner and other residents on the street know Columbia's developer wasn't joking. And most have probably gotten used to the name."We all like the name. It's silly. We all get a laugh," Ms. Miner said. "You tell somebody you live on Sleeping Dog Lane, and they will say, 'You must live in Columbia.

PHOENIX -- After Miami Heat reserve guard Harold Miner put the final touches on his second NBA slam-dunk competition, he could hear teammate Glen Rice screaming."

In his inaugural speech, Harford County Sheriff Joseph P. Meadows said he was inheriting an agency in "critical" condition.""The 'critical' description was accurate," the new sheriff said Tuesday, his first full day on the job. It was the same day he fired the chief deputy, Lt. Col. Thomas Broumel, and Paul Hastmann, the warden at the county Detention Center."The agency is in dire straits," the sheriff said. "The budget is out of control, and we have a critical manpower shortage on road patrol.

A 23-year-old Baltimore County man was arrested yesterday and held on $150,000 bond yesterday on assault with intent to murder and other charges tied to the June 8 theft of a license tag from a car parked at Cranberry Mall.John Miner, of the first block of Sacred Heart Lane in Glyndon, was charged with two counts of assault with intent to murder, two counts of conspiring to assault with intent to murder, two theft counts and one battery count.Cpl. Rick May, a Westminster police spokesman, said Mr. Miner had lived in Taneytown but could not be located when police went to his home there to arrest him this summer.

Close your eyes and listen to Miami coach Kevin Loughery's litany of reasons for his team's disappointing 8-18 start this season, and you can almost transpose the speech word for word with ones by Wes Unseld, whose Washington Bullets play the Heat at the Capital Centre tonight."

SALT LAKE CITY 2- As a high school and college basketball legend in Los Angeles, Harold Miner earned the nickname "Baby Jordan" with his flamboyant style reminding the media of the Chicago Bulls superstar.Miner has failed to live up to all the hype while struggling as arookie with the Miami Heat this season, but last night he even brought smiles and congratulations from Jordan after winning the All-Star Slam-Dunk competition.Leading from his opening slam, the former Southern Cal star posted scores of 47.0, 48.0 and 49.4 on his final three dunks for a total of 97.4.

SALT LAKE CITY -- No formal trade announcements were made, but the Los Angeles Lakers, who have been in a serious decline since the retirement of superstar Magic Johnson, are expected to trade starting forward Sam Perkins and center Vlade Divac in separate deals with the Seattle SuperSonics and Dallas Mavericks.According to a Lakers source, Perkins would be sent to Seattle for unsigned rookie guard/forward Doug Christie of Pepperdine. Los Angeles also would have to pick up the expensive multi-year contract of reserve 7-foot center Benoit Benjamin, a major disappointment with the Sonics.

Corine Schramke isn't complaining. The Baltimore area has not experienced much extreme summer weather thus far, so the Ellicott City resident has enjoyed more time on her deck. Her utility bills are lower, too. "In the late afternoon and evening, I throw open all the windows and get the fresh air in, and it's been wonderful," said Schramke, who works from home. "This is an enormously pleasant surprise this year." Temperatures at the weather station at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport didn't climb above 90 degrees at all in May or June, according to National Weather Service data, defying the area's reputation for sweltering summer heat and humidity.

Donald K. Miner Sr., a retired Maryland Transportation Authority maintenance employee and avid camper, died of melanoma June 8 at his Bel Air home. He was 48. Mr. Miner was born in Baltimore and raised in Dundalk. He was a 1979 graduate of Patapsco High School. Before retiring last year on a medical disability, Mr. Miner worked for the Maryland Transportation Authority for 27 years. The authority maintains state roads and rights of way, and Mr. Miner was a maintenance technician and crew chief.

On June 8, 2008 DONALD KELLY MINER, SR. of Bel Air, MD beloved husband of Mildred Yvonne Hall Miner; devoted father of DJ Miner, Jr., Brittney A. Atwell and Kelli E. Frye and her husband Nick; loving son of Dolores Marie Haney Miner and the late John Ambrose Miner; brother of Thomas M. Miner and wife Marie, John J. Miner and wife Debra, Shawn S. Miner and wife Jennifer and Patricia Feige and husband William. Also survived by two grandchildren Landen K. Atwell and Niki E. Frye. Services will be held at the Trinity Reformed Baptist Church, Joppa, MD on Thursday, June 12, 2008 1:00 p.m. Interment will be in Gardens of Faith Cemetery, Baltimore, MD. Friends may call at the family owned McComas Funeral Home, P.A., Abingdon, MD on Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Memory tributes may be sent to the family at mccomasfuneralhome.

I have just returned from seeing Body Worlds 2, the popular exhibit at the Maryland Science Center that uses real bodies to display the human anatomy and makes us realize it's a good thing we have flesh covering our insides, or we'd all look like extras in a George Romero movie. The bodies are preserved by a process called plastination, which involves extracting bodily fluids and soluble fat and replacing them with polymers, something half of Hollywood is probably looking into right now. There has been some controversy surrounding Body Worlds, mainly rumors that some of the body donations have not exactly been voluntary.

On Thursday, February 14, 2008, RALPH DAVID MINER,JR., of New Carrollton, MD, formerly of Bowie, MD; husband of Linda A. Miner; loving father of Kirstyn and Joshua Miner; devoted son of Ralph David Miner, SR. and the late Wilma Jean Miner; dear brother of Deborah Hoppe, Patricia Holmes and the late Robert and Marlene Miner. Also survived by many nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. Family will receive friends at the family owned BEALL FUNERAL HOME, 6512 NW Crain Hwy. (Rte. 3 South) Bowie, MD., on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 11 A.M. at St. Matthew's United Methodist Church, 14900 Annapolis Road, Bowie, MD. Interment private.

A swirling mass of thunderstorms moved southeast across Maryland last night, bringing down power lines and trees, and dropping hail in some spots. Despite warnings, no tornadoes were reported. Lightning struck a home in the Parkton area about 5:40 p.m. and a Brooklyn house about five minutes later, fire officials said, but no injuries were reported. About 5,500 BGE customers were without power about 9 p.m., with as many as 1,000 out in Essex and Elkridge. The National Weather Service issued the first tornado warnings for Harford and Baltimore counties just before 5 p.m., when Doppler radar indicated rotation in the approaching thunderstorm.

Lena K. Lee, an educator and attorney who was one of the first African-American women elected to the Maryland General Assembly, died in her sleep Thursday evening in her home in the 1800 block of Madison Ave., where she had lived since 1940. She had celebrated her 100th birthday last month. The daughter of a coal miner, Mrs. Lee taught in the city schools, earned a law degree in her 40s and wasn't elected to state office until she was 60. But her life and devotion to public service were praised yesterday by a number of political and civic activists.

Paul Lincoln Miner, who made radio commercials and had worked in the broadcast industry, died Monday after collapsing in the lobby of the North Baltimore condominium building where he lived. He was 88. Born in Cedar Falls, Iowa, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Iowa and later studied at Drake University. He moved to New York City many years ago and became an announcer and program director for radio stations WINS and WABC. He later worked for the Voice of America.

Doctors thousands of miles apart were looking for signs of neurological activity yesterday as two men - a world leader and a coal miner - slowly emerged from medically induced comas. The doctors had similar reasons to place Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and West Virginia miner Randal McCloy in states of deep sleep: to give their brains a rest from injuries that nearly killed them. Sharon suffered a massive brain hemorrhage requiring three operations, and McCloy suffered carbon monoxide poisoning while trapped in a West Virginia mine.

On May 5, 2005, CHARLES "RICHARD" ZIEGLER of Ocean Pines, beloved husband of Sharon (nee Bernadyn) Ziegler, devoted father of Donald Ziegler, Rick Ziegler, Stephanie Rossi, Lisa Miner and Renee Kirby, loving son of Betty (nee Payne) Ziegler, dear father-in-law of Kristie Ziegler, Mark Rossi, Bob Miner and David Kirby, loving brother of Craig Ziegler and his wife Dot. Also survived by 11 grandchildren. Funeral liturgy will be held on Monday at 10 A.M. from Church of The Resurrection, Paulskirk Dr. at Chatham Rd., Ellicott City.