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A cabal of corrupt corrections officers and members of the Black Guerrilla Family gang enjoyed nearly free rein inside the Baltimore City Detention Center, federal authorities allege, smuggling drugs and cellphones into the jail and having sexual relationships that left four guards pregnant. An indictment unsealed Tuesday names 25 people - including 13 women working as corrections officers - who face racketeering and drug charges. Twenty of the accused also face money-laundering charges.

Junior midfielder Sara Lessans scored six goals and added an assist to lead Park past Friends, 15-12, in the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland B Conference championship game Saturday at Gerstell Academy in Finksburg. Senior midfielder Rachel Hettelman chipped in with four goals and an assist for the top-seeded Bruins (13-2), who earned a conference-best fifth title for coach Robin Cardin Lowe. Sophomore midfielders Sabina Diaz-Rimal (three goals) and Natalie Rudin (two)

A District Court hearing in the Baltimore murder trial of Jonathan Miller, who is accused of participating in a stabbing at the Great Blacks in Wax Museum last month, was postponed Tuesday until Jan. 26. Miller has yet to be indicted by the Baltimore Circuit Court, potentially signaling trouble ahead. The higher court typically takes on such cases. The state's attorney's office declined to comment, and defense attorney Jack Rubin would only say that his client is innocent. "The kid had nothing to do with killing anybody or stabbing anybody," he said.

With thunderstorms in the area expected to linger until after sunset, the coaches of No. 1 McDonogh and No. 9 Maryvale postponed their IAAM A Conference girls lacrosse semifinal until tomorrow at 4 p.m. The teams waited about 30 minutes past the 4:30 p.m. start time Wednesday, but a storm lingered nearby. McDonogh coach Chris Robinson and Maryvale coach Jessica Randisi agreed that they did not want to start the game and be forced to stop if another storm rolled past McDonogh's Owings Mills campus.

A state judiciary committee decision on recommending a statewide policy that could ban electronics such as cell phones from Maryland courthouses, was postponed Friday. The committee wants to redraft the policy to allow cell phones, but their use would be "very controlled," said Sandra F. Haines, the reporter for the Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, an arm of the state court system. The move raises issues of inconvenience for the public and access for journalists, but proponents say it would protect witness identities by preventing cell phone pictures of them, and minimize disruptions.

The Maryland Terrapins, who have won their four Atlantic Coast Conference games at Comcast Center by an average of 19points, finally encountered an insurmountable foe in their backyard: the weather. Maryland's game with Virginia, originally scheduled for tonight, was postponed until Monday because of the second powerful winter storm to hit the region in the past five days. The postponement means Maryland (16-6, 6-2 ACC) must play three games in five days, beginning Saturday at first-place Duke, which leads the Terps by a half-game.

Because of the threat of ice and snow Tuesday evening, athletics events in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll and Harford counties were postponed along with all other evening events at schools in those systems. Greg LeGrand, coordinator of athletics for the Anne Arundel County public schools, said that even though the snow was forecast for later in the evening, especially with the potential for ice, it was better to err on the side of safety. "All the projections ... say that we're going to get some kind of freezing rain sometime during the time that we would have our games," LeGrand said.

A previously scheduled auction of the former Talking Head Club in downtown Baltimore was postponed Wednesday at the request of a lender that had initiated foreclosure proceedings against the owner. The three-story building at 203-205 Davis St. has housed a series of music clubs, including The Ottobar, Talking Head Club and Chambers, that gave local and national bands a place to perform. The auction, by Alex Cooper Auctioneers, was a foreclosure sale on behalf of PNC Bank.

Construction on a stretch of Interstate 695 between Interstate 83 and Charles Street has been postponed until January because of the weekend's heavy snow, according to the State Highway Administration. Agency spokesman David Buck said the work could begin as early as Jan. 4 or 5, but for now highway workers will be dealing with snow and ice. The months-long construction project will require a temporary split of the lanes along the east-bound Inner Loop as workers replace concrete on the bridge over the light rail tracks.

A snow and ice storm caused the postponement of Navy's basketball game at Army yesterday. The game was tentatively rescheduled for Feb. 28.

Laurel Boys and Girls Club officials have not only decided to put off plans to open a charter high school in their Montgomery Street headquarters indefinitely, but they will not renew the lease of its current tenant, Princeton Day Academy, for next year. According to club president Levet Brown, the charter school is being delayed because club officials have not been able to raise the money needed to bring the building up to code in order to house a school in the facility. Brown said Princeton Day, a private high school with about 40 students, was using space in the annex portion of the building free of charge.

College students taking out subsidized federal student loans will see their interest rate double in July unless Congress comes to the rescue. The rate on subsidized Stafford loans is a fixed 3.4 percent, but that's set to expire and revert to 6.8 percent for new loans issued starting in July. (Old loans stay at their current rate.) Subsidized loans, for which the government pays the interest while students are in school, are awarded to those in financial need. Unsubsidized loans, for which borrowers pay the interest, already charge 6.8 percent interest.

The Orioles' scheduled interleague series opener against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday, which was postponed by rain, will be made up as part of a split-doubleheader on Saturday. Games will be at 1:05 p.m. and 7:05 p.m. After a one-hour, 48-minute delay that included constant showers and intermittent lightning, the Orioles announced they would postpone Friday's contest. The Dodgers are making their first visit to Camden Yards since 2002. Tickets for Friday's game can be used for admission to the first game of the doubleheader.

After defeating three Middle Atlantic Conference opponents, Stevenson breaks up its league slate with a non-conference tilt with Roanoke Tuesday night. The game was initially scheduled to be played at Mustang Stadium in Owings Mills on Wednesday, March 6, but a storm forced the contest to be postponed. Finding a later date proved impossible until Stevenson offered to travel to Salem, Va., and both sides agreed to Tuesday night at Donald J. Kerr Stadium. “We wanted to keep the game,” Mustangs coach Paul Cantabene said Monday.

A maritime rescue drill scheduled for Wednesday morning on the Severn River near Annapolis has been postponed because of a small-craft wind advisory, a Coast Guard spokesman said. The drill, involving a 64-foot cabin cruiser in distress and billowing smoke, was to be a training exercise for local Coast Guard units, members of Natural Resources Police, and rescue crews from Anne Arundel County, Annapolis and Kent Island. The National Weather Service has issued an advisory for the Maryland portion of the Chesapeake Bay and the lower tidal Potomac River.

Rihanna postponed her 1st Mariner Arena concert scheduled for Tuesday night due to the flu and laryngitis, Live Nation announced today. Baltimore fans are instructed to keep their tickets, as a rescheduled date will be announced at a later date. Rihanna canceled Sunday's Boston date of her Diamonds World Tour because of sickness as well. She plans to perform again Thursday in Philadelphia, according to Live Nation. #sigshell { padding: 10px; float: left; width: 320px; height: 52px; margin: 20px 0px; display: block; }

The mutual decision to postpone Wednesday night's showdown between UMBC and Maryland means that the top-ranked Terps will now have seven days between their last contest (March 2 at Duke) and their next one (March 10 vs. Stony Brook). It's the longest layoff of the regular season for Maryland, and coach John Tillman acknowledged some concern. “I think kids, you get them in a rhythm and get into a kind of systematic repetition and I think kids really flourish in that,” Tillman said Wednesday.

As anticipated, Wednesday night's annual showdown between UMBC and top-ranked Maryland at Byrd Stadium in College Park has been postponed indefinitely because of the snowstorm blanketing the Baltimore-Washington, D.C. area, and a makeup date is unlikely. Retrievers coach Don Zimmerman and Terps coach John Tillman discussed the situation earlier Wednesday morning, and both universities canceling classes Wednesday aided the decision to call off the contest. “We know how important it is to the kids, and I'm sure Coach Zim would like to play it, too,” Tillman said.