Nora

We'll always have Paris," Mister Rick told Ilsa in Casablanca. The line cemented Americans' continuing affair with the City of Light as the perfect setting for romance and intrigue. And this delightfully dangerous liaison has never gone out of fashion, no matter how much our public figures deride France as a soft-sister democracy. In the appealingly amorous dramedy Broken English, opening today at the Charles, a heroine with the classic movie name Nora Wilder undertakes what has become the quintessential quest for a metropolis also known as the City of Love.

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Title: "All for Love"Author: Pat BoothPublisher: CrownLength, price: 239 pages, $22 Pat Booth's latest foray in the trash-novel genre starts predictably enough. Perky medical school student Tarleton Jones (Tari to her friends) juggles her studies and an affair with movie star flavor-of-the-month Rickey Cage. Rickey was bumped from first class (yeah, right) and seated next to her on a flight to Miami.One night, a madman attacks a physician in the emergency room, horribly maims him and seems ready to turn on others when Tari is suddenly imbued with a magic, spiritual voice.

Nobody could say "darling" like Myrna Loy, who died Tuesday at 88 after a long illness.In the six "Thin Man" films that made her a star, Myrna Loy infused that word with such possibility that she seemed almost to invent a whole new language, rich in meaning and poetry, although it consisted of a single word."

For a 25th birthday party, there sure were a lot of "proud parents" gathered on the mezzanine at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. But then, this party wasn't for just anyone. This was a celebration for Paul's Place, which had started 25 years ago in Pigtown serving meals to those in need. Now, it offers a range of programs for the neighborhood's impoverished families. While there have been various Paul's Place fundraisers over the years, in honor of its 25th anniversary its supporters were throwing their first gussied-up gala.

William Tuerke Jr.Former Tuerkes ownerWilliam A. Tuerke Jr., retired chairman and president of Tuerkes-Beckers Inc., the leather-goods chain, died Thursday of emphysema at Memorial Hospital in Easton. He was 84.Mr. Tuerke, who retired in 1983, inherited the leather-goods retailing business from his father, who had founded it in 1899.The company now has 13 stores, including several in Maryland. Shops sell luggage, handbags and other leather items, as well as an array of specialty and gift merchandise.

DR. NORA CARTLEDGE WILLIAMS. She was born in Gates County, North Carolina and died January 6, 2006 in Surprise, AZ, after a lengthy illness due to lung disease. She was an Education and Administrator in Baltimore City Schools. She leaves behind a husband, John Williams, brother Walter Eley, son Harrison Cartledge, daughter-in-law Dellareece T. Jackson and two daughters Gail and husband Danielle Sears, Francine and husband Horace Ford, grandchildren. She was a member of Delta Sigma Theata.

The underlying medical condition that contributed to the death of writer and filmmaker Nora Ephron and is forcing ABC news anchor Robin Roberts to get a bone marrow transplant is a rare and complicated disease that scientists are still trying to figure out. Both women were afflicted with myelodysplastic syndrome, a group of disorders caused when the body produces damaged blood cells. Abnormal cells can eventually outnumber good cells, leaving people with low blood cell counts and needing transfusions and other treatments.

Nora Ephron, who died this week, will be remember for writing books such as "Heartburn" and movies such as "Julie and Julia. " But around here, as Baltimore Sun columnist Susan Reimer notes, she'll also be remembered for helping to bring Baltimore to the big screen, as a setting for the classic comedy/love story "When Harry Met Sally. " "Sleepless in Seattle. " Here's an excerpt from Reimer's story: Ephron ... was called in to doctor a screenplay about a long-distance love affair between an architect in Seattle ( Tom Hanks )