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James Franklin Moss, a retired Eastern Shore construction worker, died of cancer Feb. 22 at Christiana Hospital in Wilmington, Del. The longtime Chestertown resident was 72. Mr. Moss was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, and raised in Valley Stream, N.Y., and Newport, Del. After graduating from high school, he was an agricultural and construction worker. In 1953, he married Elease Cotton, and during the 1960s the couple worked as housekeeper and chauffeur for members of the du Pont family in Greenville, Del. Mr. Moss took a job in the early 1970s with Ernest DiSabatino & Sons Co., an Eastern Shore construction company.

On November 28, 2007, Mrs. MOSS. Visitation 2140 N. Fulton Avenue Tuesday 2-8 P.M. Family will receive friends at Ebenezer AME Church, 20 W. Montgomery Street, Wednesday 10:30 A.M Wake. Funeral to follow at 11 A.M.

Here the Ravens were, having a perfectly lovely NFL draft weekend, instilling a fresh dose of hope into this season and the next several, when along come the New England Patriots to screw up their entire blueprint. Actually, the Patriots' acquisition -- or, more accurately, theft -- of Randy Moss from the Oakland Raiders yesterday morning, a couple of hours before the Ravens went on the clock for Day 2, didn't derail the Ravens' train one bit. The expectations everyone had for them next February, though?

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Arizona Cardinals are a good story.The Minnesota Vikings are a good football team.That's why today's divisional playoff game between the Vikings and the Cardinals isn't even expected to be a speed bump on the Vikings' road to the Super Bowl.The 10-7 Cardinals are the feel-good story of this football season, but they don't figure to be a match for the 15-1 Vikings.The Vikings, favored by 15 1/2 points, are the highest-scoring team in NFL history, while the Cardinals are 21st in defense.

EastWR Randy Moss will get his first chance to duel CB Deion Sanders tomorrow night when the Minnesota Vikings play host to the Dallas Cowboys. Sanders was out with a toe injury last Thanksgiving when Moss played his first game against the Cowboys. The Cowboys say Sanders can shut down Moss even though he had problems with the Colts' Marvin Harrison last week. But the Cowboys have to stop Cris Carter, who has 46 catches to 35 for Moss. Coach Chan Gailey said, "They're still trying to get the ball to Moss.

Brian Billick was a happy but frustrated man yesterday.The Minnesota Vikings offensive coordinator was happy that his team's 41-21 victory over the Arizona Cardinals left him two victories from a Super Bowl ring, but he's frustrated that if he gets it, he won't be able to interview for a head coaching job for another three weeks.He was able to interview with the new Cleveland Browns during the bye week, but the league won't allow him to do any more interviews until after his team finishes the season.

Paulina C. Moss, a retired social worker and volunteer with the Howard County Center of African American Culture, died Thursday of leukemia at Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care in Towson. She was 79 and lived in Columbia.After retiring about 15 years ago from the District of Columbia Department of Human Services, she became a docent and researcher at the center for the study of African-American history. She also wrote for its newsletter, the Compass."She was a real stalwart of the museum," said Wylene S. Burch, director of the center.

Barely within the radar of the Bowl Championship Series rankings, Marshall University is likely to be the only undefeated Division I-A team not playing for a national championship this season. Given its nickname, the Thundering Herd is something of a misnomer. It is college football's quiet powerhouse.Sort of a poor man's Virginia Tech.With the schools' rise from mediocrity to dominance and their out-of-the-way locales -- Marshall is in Huntington, W. Va., more than 150 miles northwest of Virginia Tech's campus in Blacksburg, Va. -- there are many similarities between the two programs.

PHILADELPHIA -- Early in this decade, Patricia Moss-Vreeland discovered memory's powerful hold on her. The 48-year-old artist found it increasingly painful to visit art museums in New York City that she had loved as a child. Why? The city resonated with her late mother, who had been her mentor and champion, and who was inexorably linked by Moss-Vreeland to her own creativity. She felt isolated -- until she began to explore memory.Could she change its hold on her?Her answer lies in a space 50 feet by 25 feet in the lobby of a downtown Philadelphia office building.

Kurt Moss, a retired maire d' who had worked at Washington hotels and the National Press Club, died of an abdominal aneurysm Thrusday at his home in Silver Spring.He was 86, and a longtime resident of the Washington area.Born in Germany, Mr Moss fled to the United States to escape the Nazis, arriving in New York in 1937 with $5 and not knowing a word of English, his family said.He joined th U.S. Army in 1941, and participated in the invasion of North Africa.After the war, he learned that his mother had died in a concentration camp.

1 Patriots play keep-away. New England controls the ball offensively, ranking second in the NFL in time of possession (35:56). If the Ravens' defense can't stop the Patriots on third down, Joe Flacco will be a spectator at Gillette Stadium. 2 Jump balls to Randy Moss. Everyone knows how the Ravens struggled against San Diego's big receivers. The challenge doesn't get any tougher than Moss, a 6-foot-4 playmaker who has 26 receptions this season (the most he has ever had after three games)

The Ravens' defense might be the most well-informed unit when it comes to New England Patriots wide receiver Randy Moss. Cornerback Fabian Washington and secondary coach Chuck Pagano played with Moss when the trio was with the Oakland Raiders in 2005 and 2006, and cornerback Domonique Foxworth matched up against Moss during those same two seasons when Foxworth played for the Denver Broncos. "Yeah, I know a lot about Randy," Washington said Wednesday. "A lot of guys have been talking to me, picking my brain about what I know.

1 Injuries hit wide receivers. Derrick Mason and Mark Clayton have been durable throughout their careers, but both have dealt with significant injuries in the past year. This already criticized group doesn't have the depth to deal with any losses. 2 Steve Hauschka struggles in his first year as kicker. No one is under the fans' microscope more than Hauschka, who has the unenviable task of replacing Matt Stover. But the real pressure will come when he attempts his first potentially game-winning kick in the fourth quarter.

Almost 5,000 E-ZPass subscribers in the state closed their accounts last month after a $1.50-a-month fee took effect, the Maryland Transportation Authority said Friday. The 4,990 customers who dropped their accounts in July were the most for any month since the authority voted in January to impose the fees. According to spokeswoman Teri Moss, Maryland continues to have 557,000 active subscribers to the electronic toll collection plan. She disputed published reports that 19,000 customers had filed requests to drop their accounts, saying that was a tally of inquiries about possible cancellation.

On July 20, 2009, MRS. JANICE CAROL MOSS. Loving wife of Mr. William F. Moss and devoted mother of Ms. Kwesi Moss. On Friday, friends may call Vaughn C. Greene Funeral Services (EAST), 4905 York Road, where the family will receive friends from 4 to 8 P.M. On Saturday, services will be held at Vaughn C. Greene Funeral Chapel, 4905 York Road, where the family will receive friends from 10 to 10:30 A.M with services to

Two new ramps linking Interstate 95 to the Baltimore Beltway are scheduled to open for today's morning rush hour, part of the Maryland Transportation Authority's $1.5 billion project to add express toll lanes to the heavily traveled north-south highway. The ramps connect southbound I-95 to eastbound Interstate 695 toward Essex, and to westbound I-695 toward Towson. Motorists headed toward Essex will now use the right lane to exit, instead of the left lane. Teri Moss, an MdTA public information officer, said the configuration is a safety measure true of all the ramps involved in the project.

Question: : My irises haven't bloomed for three years. Leaves come up, but no flowers. Answer: : Your irises may be planted too deeply. This is a classic reason why they fail to bloom, even when foliage is present. The top of the rhizome should be showing at the soil's surface. Irises also require at least six hours of sun a day to bloom, and cannot be allowed to dry out, especially in the critical spring months when buds are set. At the same time, if they are over-watered then you may get some rot, so watering should be done carefully.

A Baltimore man filed a $210 million civil lawsuit yesterday against the city Police Department, a former commissioner and several officers in connection with a 2006 incident during which he says a band of rogue cops held him at gunpoint in the street, stripped him and searched his rectum in front of about 30 onlookers. The federal suit is the second filed since March in U.S. District Court in Baltimore alleging "widespread and persistent" civil rights violations by police officers who belonged to an elite "Special Enforcement Team" that worked mainly in the southeastern part of the city.

Redskins RB Clinton Portis vs. Ravens LB Ray Lewis Portis has great vision and makes cuts easily. He is a threat out of the backfield as a receiver and is one of the best blockers in the NFL among running backs. He is tough and a workhorse. Lewis, after a slight decline, has had strong back-to-back seasons. He is running well sideline to sideline and is one of the best tacklers in the league. Edge:: Lewis: Redskins WR Santana Moss vs. Ravens CB Samari Rolle Moss can flat-out fly. He is basically Derrick Mason with speed.

Haggling - it's not just for flea markets anymore. "My wife thinks I am nuts, as I view retail prices as list [prices] that are quite negotiable," says Richard Hughen, vice president for sales and marketing at CSA Medical Inc., a Baltimore-based medical technology company. "Many times they, in fact, are." With the weak economy persuading more people to shop hard for bargains, many seem to be resorting to good old-fashioned haggling. Not only is technology making it easier, thanks to Web sites that make comparison shopping a breeze, but some stores are even taking tiny steps to encourage it. And it's the big-ticket technology toys that seem to be targeted most often.