Queen

GREENBELT -- Even in a breakaway ex-colony, the queen of England drew thousands to the barricades to gawk and cheer and wave the Union Jack. She stopped traffic with her long black motorcade and moved inside a bubble of efficient black-suited security men. But not even the queen could alter the laws of orbital mechanics. That's why longtime managers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center began planning more than a month ago for Queen Elizabeth II's visit yesterday - and for a royal conversation with astronauts aboard the International Space Station.

Keep your elbows off the table. Address the gal with the tiara as "Your Majesty." And after it's all over, issue a press release. "President Hrabowski Dines with Queen Elizabeth II at British Embassy," says the headline from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. About 120 people can say they had dinner with Queen Elizabeth at the British ambassador's residence last week. Just a few were actually at Her Majesty's table. Not Hillary Clinton. Not Martin O'Malley. But UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski scored big-time Britannic bragging rights.

THE FIRST time I met Jean Queen was at my son's Back to School night four years ago. Parents of students in her Honors Intermediate Composition course filled the classroom, sharing stories their sons and daughters brought home. Queen had quite a reputation among the students. She was tough. She was good. And even the brightest students went into her classroom with a sense of awe.Then, she walked into the classroom, a petite brunette dressed in a tailored suit. She gathered her papers, marched up and down the aisles -- and every parent stopped talking and sat up straight.

"I enjoyed reading 'Rumpelstiltskin' by the Grimm Brothers. It was about a miller's daughter who became queen and gave birth to a baby. But before that happened, she had to spin straw into gold! Along came a troll who agreed to spin straw into gold. Later the queen had to guess his name to avoid a disaster. The good queen guessed the troll's name and the royal family lived happily ever after."-- Willis Zhang, Jacksonville Elementary" 'I'm a Princess' by Kirsten Hall is my favorite book because it is about a little girl who pretends to be a princess.

After deliberating for five hours last night, a Prince George's County jury found 18-year-old Cochise I. "Cody" Queen guilty of involuntary manslaughter and second-degree assault in last year's beating death of Gilberto Hernandez, a Salvadoran immigrant.Queen, of Laurel, could receive up to 20 years in prison and be fined $2,500 when he is sentenced Nov. 5 by Circuit Judge Alan Shepherd. He remains in the Prince George's County Detention Center.Said Queen's attorney, Paul Christian: "Obviously we were hoping to get an outright acquittal, but Cody is relieved that he will not be spending the rest of his life in prison."

Attorneys representing an 18-year-old Laurel teen-ager charged in the death of Salvadoran immigrant Gilberto Hernandez last year attacked the credibility of the prosecution's two major witnesses as the trial began yesterday.Steven Jacoby, an attorney representing Cochise I. "Cody" Queen, said the victim's younger brothers, Tomas and Juan Hernandez, changed their original statements to Laurel police after being coached by several community leaders."Thirteen months to the day, Tomas and Juan told the police that they did not know who attacked their brother," Jacoby told the Prince George's County Circuit Court jury in Upper Marlboro.

A Randallstown man who tried to join the Maryland State Police is suing Howard County officials because, he claims, they illegally released incorrect juvenile arrest information to state police recruiters.In a lawsuit filed last week, Clayton M. Queen says Howard County police told state police recruiters that Queen allegedly committed drug-selling offenses in 1989, when he was a juvenile.That information was incorrect -- Queen has no criminal record as an adult or juvenile, he says -- and should not have been released under Maryland law.Howard County officials agreed.

Judi Dench was almost apologetic after receiving her Best Supporting Actress award for her imperious take on Queen Elizabeth in "Shakespeare In Love."Noting that she was only on camera for about eight minutes, Dame Judi said, "That's why I didn't reckon that I would be standing here with this...I certainly thought it would go to somebody who had the full length of the film."Asked if she saw similarities between her take on Elizabeth and her acclaimed performance as Queen Victoria in last year's "Mrs.

As the prosecution wrapped up its case yesterday against an 18-year-old Laurel teen-ager charged in the death of Salvadoran immigrant Gilberto Hernandez, attorneys for the defendant continued to attack the credibility of the state's witnesses.In a deal struck with the Prince George's state's attorney's office last year, Gerald D. Culbreath, 16, David Burley, 20, Sharif A. Sinkler, 17, and Anthony Barclay, 17 -- who were originally charged in the killing -- agreed to testify against Cochise I. "Cody" Queen in exchange for immunity.

Oakland Mills and Arundel worked 80 minutes of regulation and 20 more in extra time for a deciding answer on offense yesterday.One never came.Strong play in goal, tough marking, and an inability to finish on both teams' parts resulted in a 0-0 draw in Columbia.Arundel, focusing on getting the ball to senior striker Abria Queen, had the better chances, particularly in the two overtime periods.But Oakland Mills' answers were back Stephanie Amponsah, who stayed step-for-step with Queen, and 13 saves by senior goalkeeper Nicole Petro.

The boys, then ages 3 and 5, called Phillip Queen "Uncle Snake"- and Jabari, the younger one, feared him. He clung to his mother whenever Queen called for him, and when his mother, Gladys Stocks, found an unexplained bruise on the boy's chest, she privately confronted her boyfriend but never called police. It was easier to avoid the fighting and the police, she testified, than to confront reality and send her boyfriend back to jail. At the urging of his mother, Queen, 29, pleaded guilty Tuesday to the second-degree murder of 3-year-old Jabari Stocks moments before the victim's elder brother, now 7 and the sole witness to the crime, was to have testified before a Baltimore jury.

On June 14, 2009, MR. QUEEN. Visitation Thursday 4 to 8 P.M at John Wesley UMC, 6922 Ritchie Highway. Family will receive friends at the church Friday 10:30 A.M. Funeral to follow at 11 A.M.

On Monday, November 17, 2008 Nora Frye Private memorial service at a later date. Arrangements made by Burrier Queen Funeral Home and Crematory P.A. www.burrier-queen.com

COLLEGE PARK -- Long Reach coach Al Moraz Jr. knows a little something about high school coaching. In three years with the Lightning he has compiled a 67-10 record and took the team to its only state championship in 2006. But even he acknowledged that in yesterday's Class 3A semifinal against No. 1 Lake Clifton, he took some advice from his star forward. "I will give Obi [Ukwuoma] the credit. He convinced me in the fourth to go full-court man-to man," Moraz said. Heeding the senior's advice proved wise.

On March 3, 2008, WILLIE M.; loving son of Helen G. Queen; devoted brother of Donald, Calvin, Zoann, Wanda, Marian, Susan and Kim; six aunts, two uncles, five nieces, two nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends. Friends may visit at the Gary P. March Funeral Home, 270 Fredhilton Pass on Thursday, 12 to 7 P.M. Family will receive friends at Village Baptist Church, 100 S. Hilton St., on Friday, 10 to 10:30 A.M. with Homegoing service to follow. Interment Mt. Zion Cemetery. Arrangements by Nancy M. Wallace.

Aleah Queen, like her older sister, former Old Mill point guard Anisha Queen, is an outstanding student who contributes to her basketball team. Queen is a starting guard for the Patriots, who played in last night's county championship game against No. 3 and defending champion Arundel. This is her third varsity season with the Patriots after one year of junior varsity. Queen carries a 4.19 grade point average with a 1,540 SAT score and is a Maryland Distinguished Scholar and member of the National Honor Society and Student Government Association.

Feb. 8 1587 Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle in England after she was implicated in a plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.

On December 20, 2007 MR. QUEEN . Visitation at 2140 N. Fulton Ave. on Wednesday, 2-8pm. The family will receive friends Macedonia Baptist Church, 718 W. Lafayette Avenue, on Thursday at 10:30am. Funeral at 11am .

LONDON -- Glamorous is not exactly the first word that springs to mind when you think of Queen Elizabeth II, who became the oldest reigning monarch in British history yesterday. Consistent? Yes. Dedicated? Definitely. But glamorous? That would be like describing one her famed corgi dogs as lissome. Yet British Vogue has named this little old lady one of the world's 50 most glamorous women, along with Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, and the queen's screen alter ego, Helen Mirren. It's not that the 81-year-old queen has undergone some kind of dramatic makeover.

You gave Barack Obama a breakfast, Mr. Mayor, but you're giving us a lunch!" said I to Mike Bloomberg, adding, "And we're not even running for anything."