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On Feb. 8, 2013, Laurel lost Jill Mooty to cancer. Jill had been president of the Baltimore-Washington Corridor Chamber of Commerce, was on the board of the Revere Bank, and was the owner of Jill Mooty and Associates, P.A., a local accounting business of decades that previously had an office on Compton Avenue and, up until the beginning of January, had an office near the hospital. She did the taxes for my business for the past 25 years and she is...

Survivors: Ethnic Albanians mourn relatives yesterday in the village of Racak, where at least 45 Albanians were massacred Friday by Serbian paramilitary police. Fighting flared again yesterday as the War Crimes Tribunal prepared to investigate. (Article, Page 9A)

Devin Michael Spence, a teacher at Manchester Valley High School who died Monday, Feb. 11, in a car accident, will be remembered for his big heart and kind soul, according to those who knew him. Spence, 23, was killed after his car crashed into a private school bus and burst into flames Monday morning. The Carroll County Sheriff's Department reported to the scene and believe icy roads played a part in the accident. A math teacher, Spence joined the staff at Manchester Valley High School last August, according to Randy Clark, Manchester Valley's principal.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Charlotte Hornets and Alonzo Mourning have reached agreement on terms for a multi-year contract, an NBA source close to the negotiations says.The agreement leaves the Hornets one step shy of ending Mourning's holdout, which has kept him out of training camp, the Hornets' entire preseason schedule and the first three games of the regular season. The team still must reduce its payroll to fit Mourning's first-season money under the NBA's $14 million-per-team salary cap.Mourning, a 6-foot-10 center from Georgetown who was the No. 2 pick in the college draft last June, could join the Hornets this week if the salary restructuring is complete.

The years fade behind us, but we continue to drape this hour in mourning cloth. So let's be clear about our intent: We mark the various anniversaries of John Kennedy's death not merely as recollections of a martyred president, but as a turning point in our own vanished lives.Thirty years since the shots in Dallas? Yes, but the thing that moves us most deeply is the memory of our own innocence, our own slain hopes. Dallas is where they were buried.Kennedy is mostly our point of reference. The man we thought we knew back then turned out to be somebody else, but we remember how it was in our own hearts when we heard the terrible news, and this is the thing that still stirs us each Nov. 22. Kennedy was a last fling an entire generation had with grand illusions.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Georgetown coach John Thompson laughed.Behind him, Jim Hadnot, a scout for the NBA's Sacramento Kings, was hastily scribbling notes as he watched Hoyas center Alonzo Mourning play."

Miami Heat center Alonzo Mourning had surgery yesterday to repair a torn patellar tendon in his right knee and a quadriceps tear in the same leg. The injury, which he suffered Wednesday night in Miami's overtime loss at the Atlanta Hawks, will almost certainly keep the seven-time All-Star sidelined for the remainder of the season. Because Mourning insists that this season is his last, that would mean his career is likely finished. "I lost a brother," Heat center Shaquille O'Neal said. "I lost a partner.

LANDOVER -- Perhaps the best test of whether an opponent has been rattled on the basketball court is when the job has been so thorough that the affected party doesn't realize what has occurred.As evidence, meet Duke's Christian Laettner, the rattled, and Georgetown's Alonzo Mourning and Dikembe Mutombo, the rattlers.The Hoyas' inside forces drove Laettner to distraction at the Capital Centre last night, and as a result, sixth-ranked Georgetown squeaked out a 79-74 win over No. 5 Duke.Laettner shot an underwhelming 5-for-22 from the floor and an uncharacteristic 4-for-7 from the free throw line for 14 points.

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghanistan's last king, Mohammed Zahir Shah, died yesterday, plunging his battered country into mourning and inspiring a wave of wistful nostalgia for better days. He was 92. Zahir Shah, an ineffectual yet beloved monarch, spent nearly three decades in genteel exile after being ousted in a palace coup in 1973. He returned to Afghanistan in 2002 after the fall of the Taliban, and although he played no significant political role, he served for many as an emblem of the country's yet-unrealized hopes for rebuilding.

Deputy Cpl. Charles B. Licato, a 14-year veteran of the sheriff's office was killed in a single vehicle accident near Darlington. Black bunting adorned the three Harford County Sheriff's Office buildings in Bel Air, Edgewood and Jarrettsville. Harford County Executive David Craig ordered that all Harford County flags be flown at half-staff in honor of Cpl Licato until sunset the day of this funeral. Cpl. Licato is the third member of the sheriff"s office to be killed in the line of duty in the history of the Sheriff's Office.

On Friday, in his moving and heartfelt statement in response to the horrific shooting in Newtown, Conn., President Barack Obama said, "As a country, we have been through this too many times. ... And we're going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics. " There's just one problem: In a democracy, politics is a synonym for "democracy. " It is through politics that people with strong feelings and strong interests peaceably hash out their disagreements.

Days after the deadly  Sandy Hook school shooting, the tragedy is still dominating news sites, social media and search traffic. The coverage is splintering a bit, but major trends include: last night's emotional speech by President Obama, the Westboro Baptist Church 's plans to protest the funerals of the victims, and more details about the ammunition and weapons that Adam Lanza used. Meanwhile, many other Americans sought to escape the grisly news and took refugee in escapist TV fare.

Calvert Hall College High School is mourning the loss of Josephine Grace Gay, 7, a victim in the Newtown, Conn., elementary school shooting whose father attended the Catholic preparatory school in Towson. Robert Gay graduated from Calvert Hall in 1978. In an email to alumni and others, school President Thomas Zoppo said Josephine died in Friday's massacre, three days after her seventh birthday. "Our particular thoughts and prayers go out to the Newtown ... community, most especially Bob, his wife Michele, and daughters Sophia and Marie," Zoppo said in a statement.

With under three minutes to play in the third quarter and his team managing a slim lead against No. 1 Mount St. Joseph, Archbishop Spalding boys basketball coach Derrick Lewis saw something he didn't like and promptly called timeout. In the huddle, he challenged his players with a simple question: "Are you guys scared to win this game?" he asked. The No. 8 Cavaliers' response was an impressive one. Along with diving for loose balls and grabbing tough rebounds — the little things Lewis wanted to see — Spalding got an inspiring second-half shooting performance from guard Jourdan Grant to pull off a stunning 81-71 home win Tuesday night in Severn.

Piled on Sheriff L. Jesse Bane's desk are stacks of unopened mail, and among the envelopes stuffed with condolences, is a black leather-bound Bible inscribed with gold lettering. Harford County's top lawman has been wrestling with leading an agency of 290 sworn officers through tragedy unlike any it has endured in the last two centuries: the back-to-back deaths of active duty officers. Sgt. Ian A. Loughran died in the hours after he began to suffer a heart attack at the funeral of his mentee, Cpl. Charles Barton Licato.

Miami Heat center Alonzo Mourning tore the patellar tendon in his right knee last night against the Atlanta Hawks. Miami spokesman Michael Lissack said an examination at Philips Arena, including X-rays, revealed the injury. Lissack said it was not immediately known whether the injury could end Mourning's season. Injuries like this typically take about three months to heal. Mourning will have more tests today. Mourning, 37, is in his 15th year in the league, including 11 seasons with Miami.

TUCSON, Ariz. -- Junior forward Alonzo Mourning and the Georgetown Hoyas, both weighted down by lofty preseason expectations, may have needed a postseason tournament to prove their true worth.Mourning, projected as an All-America pick and future National Basketball Association lottery selection, showed a large contingent of professional scouts that he still has a world of potential after being slowed by injuries most of the season. He scored 23 points, grabbed eight rebounds, blocked three shots and was 7-for-9 from the field in leading the Hoyas (19-12)

The Aberdeen Police Department is mourning the loss of Detective Mark Franklin, who died Sept. 20 after battling cancer since the first of the year. Detective Franklin , 55 , was a 13-year veteran of the city's police force, serving as the department's crime scene technician. Before joining the Aberdeen Police, Detective Franklin served two years with the Maryland Transportation Authority Police. He was a member of Local Union #26 and worked as an electrician for 15 years.

The day after a Harford County Sheriff's deputy was buried after dying in the line of duty, another sheriff's deputy has died. Sgt. Ian Loughran, 43, of Harford County, died of a heart attack sometime after midnight Thursday. Sgt. Loughran, a 16-year veteran of the sheriff's office, unknowingly began to suffer the symptoms of a heart attack Wednesday during the funeral services for his fellow deputy, Cpl. Charles Licato, who died Sept. 6 in a car accident while on his way home, according to a press release from the sheriff's office.