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This weekend marks the beginning of summer vacation season for many Marylanders. From graduating students to young families, singles and seniors, the preferred place to be over Memorial Day weekend is generally Ocean City or the nearby Delaware beaches. With warm weather expected, experts are already forecasting higher traffic volumes, including more than 350,000 vehicles converging on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge headed to or from the Eastern Shore over the next several days.

Researchers investigated whether people who purchased two-pack king-size chocolate bars (delightfully abbreviated to TPKSCBs) actually intended to eat their treat over more than one day. They did not, it transpired. Of the 110 subjects approached at a gas station and 33 approached at a railroad station, "91.6 percent of respondents intended to eat the TPKSCB on the same day. The most common reasons given were hunger, and not having considered the size," the article explains. And this: "The team said the indication is that consumers still perceive the entire package as one unit instead of two, because they come in the same wrapper."

Salisbury will meet SUNY-Cortland in Sunday's NCAA tournament final with an unblemished 22-0 record, a 29-game winning streak and a history that includes capturing nine national championships including last year's crown. Perhaps as a reward for their season, the Sea Gulls led all Division III programs by placing seven players on the All-American first team as published by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association ( via Inside Lacrosse). Senior Matt Cannone, who leads the country in assists (64)

Craft brewer 16 Mile Brewing Company has launched six packs in Baltimore. The Georgetown, Del.-based brewer, now three years old, stopped producing its signature 22-ounce aluminum bottles and shifted to six packs last fall.  Southern Maryland was first to receive the six packs, said company spokesman Claus Hagelman. And earlier this month, liquor stores and bars in the Baltimore area started getting theirs. The six packs will available at 30 stores in the region, including Annapolis, and about 20 bars, with plans to reach more in the future, Hagelman said.

As last weekend's performance of the Lewitzky Dance Company attested, the new Gordon Center for Performing Arts is a well-appointed theater nicely suited to viewing dance.With good sight lines, comfortable seats and a stage that could hold Ms. Lewitkzy's company with ease, the only thing out of whack was the sound of the stage manager's directions, which could be consistently heard over the music.Ms. Lewitzky, a veteran choreographer who has a solid following for her abstract works, presented three dances for her Los Angeles-based company.

A West River woman was arrested on theft charges Tuesday after a security guard at the Giant supermarket in the 1100 block of Crain Highway saw her steal more than $30 worth of tenderloin steaks, county police said.The security guard told officers the woman took three packs of steaks from the display case and put them in her purse shortly before 5:30 p.m., police said. She then left the store, but was stopped by the guard and held for police.Teresa Ann Tucker, 32, of the 800 block of Crandell Road was charged with theft.

A Pennsylvania dredging company hired by the Columbia Association to remove tons of sediment from the bottom of Lake Elkhorn is packing its equipment and leaving the job unfinished as a financial dispute continues over the massive task. Workers for Mobile Dredging and Pumping of Chester Pa. this week began vacating the work site at the 37-acre lake instead of resuming the work after a winter hiatus. Columbia Association board chairwoman Cynthia Coyle confirmed that CA did not extend an expired contract with Mobile.

There are cigarettes strewn all around Earl Weaver's house - bedroom, den and kitchen - but not a one's been lighted. Nor will they be as long as he's alive, said Weaver, the former Orioles manager who is recovering from a heart attack."

With over 300 events, Baltimore Beer Week can be dizzying. And if you're drawn in by all those free tastings, it can be downright dangerous. For advice on how to survive the week, and how to become a beer snob in 11 days, Alexander D. Mitchell IV, one of Beer Week's founders, and Steve Jones, brewer at the Pratt Street Ale House, shared some nuggets of wisdom. For starters, there's no need to be intimidated. These days, there's more variety in beer than in produce. "I've been in the business for 16 years, and I'm still trying to figure it out," Jones said.

Six months after the game's initial release, the whispers of the first expansion pack for Bethesda Softworks' "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim" have finally been confirmed . The pack is titled "Dawnguard. " The name is, as far as we know, unique within the Elder Scrolls universe, and isn't referenced in any in-game literature (according to the very useful Elder Scrolls Wiki ). If you consider the "Dawn" part of the name, the location immediately seems to point to the northern Skyrim city of Dawnstar, which is near the edge of the current playable map. Of course, "Dawn" could point to time, not location.

The crowd of more that 80 people that packed a Belair Road bar for an extended happy hour featuring $2 drinks did not deter a gunman who, police said, got by a bouncer, pushed through the patrons and found his target sitting in a secluded spot in the back. Derrick Deon Smith was shot several times in the head and body early Wednesday morning, and collapsed between the bar and breezeway, police said. The 33-year-old was the seventh person killed in Baltimore by gunfire since Friday night — the deadliest stretch this year.

A 33-year-old man sitting in the back of a bar packed with up to 80 patrons on Belair Road was shot several times in the head and body early Wednesday, one of seven people killed in the city in the past five days. Baltimore police said a gunman walked into La'Son's Bar and Grill a few minutes before 1 a.m., pushed his way to the back and opened fire on Derrick Deon Smith, who was sitting in a secluded area behind the bar. Smith, of the 3500 block of chesterfield Ave., was rushed to Johns Hopkins Hospital where he was pronounced dead early Wednesday.

Craft brewer 16 Mile Brewing Company has launched six packs in Baltimore. The Georgetown, Del.-based brewer, now three years old, stopped producing its signature 22-ounce aluminum bottles and shifted to six packs last fall.  Southern Maryland was first to receive the six packs, said company spokesman Claus Hagelman. And earlier this month, liquor stores and bars in the Baltimore area started getting theirs. The six packs will available at 30 stores in the region, including Annapolis, and about 20 bars, with plans to reach more in the future, Hagelman said.

Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul stormed through the University of Maryland on Wednesday, delivering his trademark libertarian message of noninterventionism and hands-off government to a wildly enthusiastic crowd of students who chanted his name. Paul told the 1,780 students who packed Ritchie Coliseum on the College Park campus that the government should get out of Afghanistan, repeal the Patriot Act, legalize marijuana and end the Selective Service system — ideas that repeatedly brought the students to their feet.

It is time that all Maryland voters cleaned house at the General Assembly ("Censure for Currie recommended," Feb. 17). Sen. Ulysses Currie needs to go. Fellow lawmakers talk about how nice a guy he is. I am sure there are many convicts who are nice guys. Senator Currie's explanation for his conduct is that he did not know how to fill out the paperwork or he did not understand the rules. Is this a person that we, the taxpayers, deserve? Joe Heming

In 2007, Gov. Martin O'Malley and the Maryland General Assembly enacted a number of tax increases designed to close the state's budget deficit. As this year's General Assembly session illustrates, these tax hikes did not fix the state's spending problems. Instead, they created problems for many Marylanders. For instance, the cigarette tax is driving smokers to purchase their cigarettes in other states, hurting local businesses and depriving the state of tax revenue. A cigarette tax hike may be popular with politicians and public health advocates, but Marylanders are doing all they can to avoid it. Supporters in 2007 believed cigarette tax hikes would increase state revenue and reduce smoking.

Americans consume 21.7 gallons of beer -- or nearly 39 six-packs -- a year. -- U.S. Department of Agriculture

The Ravens have a game plan going into Sunday's matchup against the New England Patriots — and so do many Baltimore-area bars. This week, bar owners have pre-ordered hundreds of extra pounds of chicken wings, rolled in more kegs of beer, and hooked up new and bigger televisions. Fans will start arriving in droves early Sunday to reserve their seats for the day, so they can watch the American Football Conference championship. The stakes are high for the team: If the Ravens win, they go to the Super Bowl.

The recent article about smoking is no different that 1,000 other articles written about the dangers of smoking ("Up in smoke," Jan. 19). It amazes me that this product is still legal. If anything in this world is certain, the suffering smoking is causing is preventable. Smoking should be outlawed. Usually smokers rationalize, saying it is their life and they will smoke, so the warning on cigarette packs are useless. The reason I quit was evidence that my smoking was harming others.