Pursuit

Editor's note: Each week, InsideMdSports.com provides this blog with a Maryland recruiting feature that previously appeared as premium content on its site. Maryland joins Miami, West Virginia, Florida, Memphis and a few others in strong pursuit of junior power forward Junior Etou , said Rex Morgan, his coach at Arlington Country Day (Fla.). Which schools have offered? “I think everybody, really,” Morgan said. “They're all just waiting for him to make a decision.” Maryland saw Etou several times last summer and was set to scout him in Florida this season before he suffered several torn ankle ligaments five weeks ago. “They were going to come out [before the injury]

A 22-year-old woman was killed and her infant daughter injured Monday night after a man eluding city police ran a red light and plowed into her vehicle in West Baltimore, authorities said. The accident occurred two weeks before Jordasha Rollins was to celebrate her daughter's first birthday, and, in a twist of fate, she knew the driver of the vehicle that took her life. But as family and friends hung balloons and flowers Tuesday at the site where the accident occurred, their anger was not directed at the driver but at police.

Police officers on Thursday shot and wounded a man driving a car linked to an armed robbery after chasing the vehicle nearly 30 miles from southern Anne Arundel County to Lansdowne, according to a Baltimore County police spokeswoman. During the chase up Interstate 97, police said the man waved a handgun out of the window of the car. The pursuit involved troopers from the Maryland State Police and officers from Baltimore City and Baltimore and Anne Arundel Counties. Det. Cathy Batton, the Baltimore County police spokeswoman, said the chase began about 11:07 a.m. on Solomons Island Road, southwest of Annapolis, and ended about 11:48 a.m. at Virginia Avenue and Fenor Road in the Baltimore Highlands neighborhood.

Wasn't this country founded out of the pursuit of religious freedom? If so, why is that basic right under constant attack, especially from the radical left? The birth of our country and the pursuit of religious freedom are indelibly entwined in the very fabric of this great nation. While the U.S. was and maybe still is predominantly Christian, we have first and foremost been the sanctuary for all religions and belief systems. The Founding Fathers were extremely tolerant and protective of the rights of others.

A man sought on drug offenses was killed last night when a pickup truck he was driving crashed in Rosedale, ending a pursuit by police officers in a narcotics task force, authorities said. The pursuit began in Northeast Baltimore about 9 p.m. when city police officers searching for a man wanted on felony drug violations spotted him driving a red Ford pickup truck on Hazelwood Avenue in the Cedonia neighborhood and attempted to stop him. Instead, the man sped off, leading officers on what police described as "a controlled pursuit" through Cedonia and into Baltimore County, with a police helicopter crew following overhead, said Col. Robert Stanton, chief of the city police Criminal Investigation Division.

A favorable medical report has increased the list of suitors for Ben McDonald, with the New York Yankees joining the Milwaukee Brewers in pursuit of the Orioles' former No. 1 pick."

A man police suspected was drunk led state troopers on a high-speed chase that began in Carroll County and ended in Baltimore County when the driver veered off a highway ramp, flipped his car three times and died in the crash, authorities said yesterday. Troopers said the Friday night chase reached speeds up to 100 mph as they pursued Richard B. Shipley, 45, of Elkridge. Police said the pursuit began after they received a report of a possible drunken driver on Route 140, west of Sandymount Road.

County police have drawn up new pursuit guidelines to prevent fiascoes such as the one last July, in which officers threw flares and fire extinguishers from bridge overpasses during a high-speed chase to slow a fleeing suspect.The guidelines do not allow officers to pursue suspects in so-called minor cases. Pursuit is allowed in cases of suspected drunken driving, when a weapon has been used or in a crime resulting in serious injury or death."The policy narrows down the amount of discretion an officer has during the pursuit," said Maj. A. Lee Apperson, who heads the Bureau of Patrol.

Baltimore County police officials are investigating whether an officer violated procedures in chasing a car several miles on West Baltimore streets early yesterday before it crashed on Edmondson Avenue, killing a teen-age passenger."

Happiness, n. 1. The quality of state of being happy. 2. Good fortune, pleasure, contentment, joy. - Random House Webster's College Dictionary Understanding happiness seems even more elusive than attaining it. Who can define such an ephemeral goal? But the pursuit of happiness - suggested by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence as being at the heart of what America is all about - has become a major subject of inquiry in this troubled world. Millions of copies of self-help books, by writers ranging from the Dalai Lama to M. Scott Peck, have been purchased by readers seeking road maps to happiness.

The historic Linwood estate has been known for many things, from hosting a Confederate general to its current mission to help children and adults with autism live a better life. But if the National Christ Child Society gets its way, the antebellum property in Ellicott City might one day become sacred ground. For it was in the whispers of a Linwood wheat field 134 years ago that an 11-year-old Mary Virginia Merrick felt the call of God on her heart and knelt among the golden stalks in prayer.

Gary Vikan, who has been a dynamic force at the helm of the Walters Art Museum for 18 years, will leave the post of director in June 2013, or when his successor is in place. "I really made the decision in November 2008, when I was 62," Vikan said, "but that's when the stock market was plummeting. So I picked 65. " The museum weathered the economic downturn successfully, thanks to Vikan's leadership, said Walters board chairman Douglas Hamilton Jr. "Gary has carried us through the economic downturn," he said.

Editor's note: Each week, InsideMdSports.com provides this blog with a Maryland recruiting feature that previously appeared as premium content on its site. Maryland joins Miami, West Virginia, Florida, Memphis and a few others in strong pursuit of junior power forward Junior Etou , said Rex Morgan, his coach at Arlington Country Day (Fla.). Which schools have offered? “I think everybody, really,” Morgan said. “They're all just waiting for him to make a decision.” Maryland saw Etou several times last summer and was set to scout him in Florida this season before he suffered several torn ankle ligaments five weeks ago. “They were going to come out [before the injury]

Ravens officials watched, occasionally with jaws dropped, as Ray Rice danced and darted around opposing defenders in his first four NFL seasons. Now the time has come for the Ravens to wrap up Rice and make sure that the diminutive running back remains one of the focal points of their offense going forward. Monday marks the first day teams are allowed to place the franchise tag on one of their own unrestricted free agents, meaning that the Ravens are officially on the clock in their effort to sign Rice to a contract extension.

A man pulled over on Interstate 95 early Tuesday morning was able to flee in a Baltimore County police cruiser before being fatally shot by officers just inside the city line, officials said. The man's identity was not immediately released. UPDATE: The suspect was identified Tuesday night as Monpreet Chona, 36, of Halethorpe. At a news conference, Baltimore Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said the incident unfolded in the early morning hours when the man refused to pull over for operating his vehicle without headlights and crashed near an exit for Interstate 695. The man “began to engage the officer in a fight, and the suspect told the officer he had a gun and would shoot the officer,” Guglielmi said.

Police officers shot and wounded a man Thursday who was driving a car linked to an armed robbery after chasing the vehicle nearly 30 miles from southern Anne Arundel County to Lansdowne, according to a Baltimore County police spokeswoman. During the chase up Interstate 97, police said, the man waved a handgun out of the window of the car. The pursuit involved state troopers and officers from Baltimore City and Baltimore and Anne Arundel counties. Detective Cathy Batton, the Baltimore County police spokeswoman, said the chase began about 11 a.m. on Solomons Island Road, southwest of Annapolis, and ended at 11:48 a.m. at Virginia Avenue and Fenor Road in the Baltimore Highlands neighborhood.

Mark Root's pager sounded, and the familiar message on the display sent a jolt of adrenaline shooting through his system. He rushed to the phone to alert a friend: "We've got a runner!" The two Southern California men, one in Riverside and the other in Diamond Bar, flicked on their televisions and soon became transfixed. A stolen bus careened along three freeways, dodging cars and spewing a shower of sparks from disintegrating wheels while a line of police cars trailed close behind. "That was spectacular," Root rhapsodized later.

A 22-year-old woman was killed and her infant daughter injured Monday night after a man eluding city police ran a red light and plowed into her vehicle in West Baltimore, authorities said. The accident occurred two weeks before Jordasha Rollins was to celebrate her daughter's first birthday, and, in a twist of fate, she knew the driver of the vehicle that took her life. But as family and friends hung balloons and flowers Tuesday at the site where the accident occurred, their anger was not directed at the driver but at police.

Police officers on Thursday shot and wounded a man driving a car linked to an armed robbery after chasing the vehicle nearly 30 miles from southern Anne Arundel County to Lansdowne, according to a Baltimore County police spokeswoman. During the chase up Interstate 97, police said the man waved a handgun out of the window of the car. The pursuit involved troopers from the Maryland State Police and officers from Baltimore City and Baltimore and Anne Arundel Counties. Det. Cathy Batton, the Baltimore County police spokeswoman, said the chase began about 11:07 a.m. on Solomons Island Road, southwest of Annapolis, and ended about 11:48 a.m. at Virginia Avenue and Fenor Road in the Baltimore Highlands neighborhood.