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Amateur skateboarders will descend on Baltimore this summer to compete in the the 10th annual Gatorade Free Flow tour at Canton's Charm City Skatepark, event organizers announced Monday. The tour, which kicks off May 22 in New Hampshire and will arrive in Baltimore in time for the July 24 competition, is a skateboarding and BMX biking tour that travels the nation during the summer. Competitions are open to male and female competitors 21 years old and younger. The entry fee is $15, and minors must have a parent or guardian sign a liability waiver before competing.

Women's Division I lacrosse poll         Inside Lacrosse  women's Top 20   No. School Rec. Prev. 1. North Carolina 13-1 2 2. Northwestern 12-1 1 3. Maryland 14-1 3 4. Virginia 12-3 4 5. Penn 10-3 7 6. Duke 11-4 5 7. Dartmouth 9-2 6 8. Vanderbilt 11-3 8 9. Towson 10-3 9 10. Syracuse 9-4 10 11. James Madison 10-3 12 12. Notre Dame 9-4 11 13. Georgetown 8-5 14 14. Loyola 10-5 13 15. Stanford 10-5 15 16. Boston College 10-4 17 (t)

Inside Lacrosse women's Top 20 No. School Rec. Prev. 1. Northwestern 6-0 1 2. Maryland 8-0 2 3. Duke 9-1 3 4. Penn 6-1 4 5. North Carolina 7-1 5 6. Virginia 6-2 6 7. Syracuse 4-2 7 8. Notre Dame 4-1 9 ...

Every four years, for more than three decades, voters in Maryland and the District of Columbia have been going to the polls for primary elections in September after the kids are back in school and the summer travel season had ended. But after the 2010 elections, the traditional September primary might become as anachronistic as the hand-counted ballot, as states begin abiding by a new federal law designed to make voting easier for overseas service members. As part of a defense spending bill approved in October, Congress enacted the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act, which requires that service members receive absentee ballots at least 45 days before the November general election.

The Senate cleared an $18 billion jobs bill for President Barack Obama's signature Wednesday, a down payment on what Democrats hope will be a significant election-year investment in boosting the economy. The measure passed 68-29, with 11 Republicans joining all but one Democrat present - Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson - in support. The bill had passed the Senate once but the House tweaked it, requiring the second Senate vote before it could go to the White House. Obama has praised the legislation in the past and plans to sign it. Though relatively small compared to last year's economic stimulus package, the measure represents the first clear legislative shot in months aimed squarely at persistent unemployment, and a rare bipartistan achievement from a Congress dogged by partisan squabbling.

Three Baltimore natives have been selected to play in the Jordan Brand Classic all-star basketball game. Lake Clifton point guard Josh Selby, Brewster (N.H.) Academy small forward Will Barton and Oak Hill (Va.) Academy forward Roscoe Smith were all chosen to participate, Jordan Brand -- a division of Nike -- announced Thursday. The game is scheduled for April 17 at 8 p.m. at Madison Square Garden in New York. It will be televised live on ESPN2. Selby, the No. 7 senior in the country according to ESPN.

Preseason Inside Lacrosse Div. I media poll School (2009 record) '09 rank 1. Northwestern (23-0) 1 2. Maryland (21-1) 4 3. Penn (15-3) 2 4. North Carolina (16-5) 3 5. Duke (15-6) 5 6. Syracuse (14-5) 6 7. Georgetown (13-6) 9 8. Notre Dame (16-5) 7 9. Princeton (14-4) 8 10. Virginia (11-8)

Margaret Dabney Stellmann, a former WMAR-TV graphic artist and an avid horsewoman, died Monday of undetermined causes at her Butler farm. She was 46. "The results of an autopsy are pending regarding a cause of death," her husband of 11 years, Peter Boyd Stellmann, an insurance broker with Maury, Donnelly & Parr in Baltimore, said Thursday. Margaret Dabney Lancaster was born in Baltimore and raised in Roland Park. She was a 1981 graduate of Roland Park Country School, where she was an outstanding field hockey, lacrosse and basketball player during her four years at the private girls' school.