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Alayna LeVee turns 2 months old today, the day her parents will be buried. In death, as in life, Russell "Randy" LeVee and Kimberly LeVee will be inseparable. He was 28 and she was 29 when they died in a motorcycle accident Friday. Two close-knit families gathered yesterday at the Duda-Ruck funeral establishment in Dundalk to mourn a young couple who became well-known in the darts leagues of eastern Baltimore County. They were on their way to a darts tournament at a Fraternal Order of Police lodge about 7:20 p.m. Friday when a passenger car driven by a 61-year-old man made a left turn off Harford Road and into the path of their yellow Suzuki.

Oates: Milligan too good to give awayManager would OK only quality tradeSARASOTA, Fla. -- First baseman Randy Milligan has made it clear he would rather be traded than spend the season in a part-time role, but manager John Oates said yesterday that the club would not go out of its way to accommodate him."I'm not against trading Randy to give him an opportunity to play, but I am against giving Randy away," Oates said. "He's too good a player to give away just to appease Randy or lessen the burden on myself."

SEE TAI SKATE. See Randy skate. See Tai and Randy skate. See Tai and Randy win. See Randy fall. See Tai cry. See Tai drink. See Tai take pills. See Tai try to kill herself. See Tai skate.Look, the story of Tai Babilonia is an interesting and moving one, a cautionary tale for the many in our society who equate athletic prowess and fame with maturity.But the story-telling technique used in "On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story" is right out of a first-grade primer, running a dramatic Zamboni machine over this biography until it has the glossy sheen and thickness of the ice mentioned in the title.

Upset that you missed out on Pedro Martinez in your fantasy baseball draft and ended up with Tim Wakefield instead? Couldn't get Randy Johnson and got stuck with Randy Keisler? Went after Carlos Delgado and came home with Wilson Delgado? Maybe you're playing the wrong game. You might want to try Maxim Fallacy Baseball instead. Unlike fantasy baseball, in which team owners earn points for home runs, RBIs, victories, saves and other positive statistics accumulated by players they draft, Fallacy ball rewards players for producing negative statistics.

Randy Nixon was rehearsing for a school play, but Thanksgiving at the family farm was also on his mind - heightened by a forecast of snow. So he didn't think much of it when his mother arrived early Nov. 22, 1972, to pick him up from Park School. She pulled him aside and broke the news: His father had been shot to death outside his North Bond Street store in Baltimore during a robbery attempt. While Randy Nixon coped with his father's death, his mother struggled to keep the family afloat.

As Orb charged to the wire at Churchill Downs last weekend, he established his clear superiority to the other 18 thoroughbreds on horse racing's biggest stage, the Kentucky Derby. But compared to Derby champions of the past, Orb's time is less impressive - his 2:02.89 run doesn't rank among the top 10 in the race's history. It is slower than the times of many winners from the 1950s and 1960s, and well behind Secretariat's 1973 record. Blame the muddy track? Fair enough, but none of the past decade's Derby winners recorded a top 10 time either.

A "go home" Raw (the last episode before a pay-per-view event) is always watched with extra attention, mostly because critics have the same question -- did this particular show do anything to increase my interest in buying the pay-per-view on Sunday? Lately, many of these critics have answered no. Many people feel that Raw last night was no different -- that it was flat, lacked spark and didn't do very much to push the figurative "buy rate" needle. These, of course, are criticisms that always arise for this particular (mostly monthly)

April 1 is the official start to the blue crab harvest in Maryland. But don't reach for your mallet just yet. "It's not time for crabs," said Jessica Borowski, a manager at Midtown BBQ and Brew. "It's too cold out. " The crabs seem to agree. The Chesapeake Bay's water temperature hasn't risen enough for the crabs to become active - and catchable. Consumers set on Maryland crabs will see limited availability for now - and prices to match. Prices for Chesapeake Bay crabs are typically high at the start of the season, and people who want them in April will have to pay even more than usual.

Maryland cornerback Trenton Hughes started all 13 games of a junior season highlighted by a big game (seven tackles, forced fumble) in a win over a ranked North Carolina State team in 2010.  But Hughes had to make some adjustments in 2011. The Terps had a new coach in Randy Edsall, and Hughes was no longer starting. But Hughes, who is from Virginia Beach, Va., won back his starting position for the last three games. He recently signed a free-agent deal with the Miami Dolphins and leaves Thursday for rookie minicamp, which opens Friday.

Jackie Carter had it all mapped out. She would attend college year-round and graduate early, land a job in criminal justice, start paying off student loans, move into her own apartment and invest in her first smartphone. But the 22-year-old Towson University graduate has seen her life after college veer off course. Carter, who graduated in December with a degree in sociology/anthropology with a criminal justice concentration, is living with her parents in Fallston, working as an intern and wondering whether her original goals are forever out of reach.