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Low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines announced Tuesday that it will be adding daily nonstop seasonal service from Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport to Myrtle Beach International Airport beginning April 25. Spirit, based in Florida, operates Airbus A319 and A320 jets on its routes, with 145 to 178 seats each. The flight from Baltimore will depart at 10:45 a.m. The return from Myrtle Beach will depart at 5:20 p.m. Paul Wiedefeld, executive director of BWI Marshall, welcomed the addition, noting that the Myrtle Beach route opens a new nonstop market and gives Florida vacationers another option for low airfares.

Women's college lacrosse McDonogh trio among IWLCA 1st-team honorees Six players who attended Baltimore-area high schools earned Division I first-team All-America recognition from the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association on Wednesday. Three of the six attended McDonogh: Duke junior defender Taylor Virden , Florida senior attacker Kitty Cullen and Maryland freshman midfielder Taylor Cummings . The other three were Maryland senior defender Iliana Sanza (St. Paul's)

Megabus.com, the intercity bus company known for its $1 fare offers, is expanding its Baltimore service with new routes serving Boston, Buffalo and Toronto. Dale Moser, president and chief operating officer of Coach USA/Megabus.com, said the company will begin selling tickets for the new routes today. He said the company will begin operating the routes Dec. 15. The rides will begin in Washington and stop at the current Megabus.com stop at White Marsh Park & Ride lot before continuing to their destinations.

An Aberdeen man was killed Wednesday morning while walking on Route 40. At about 4:50 a.m. Wednesday, Aberdeen police were called to Pulaski Highway near Beards Hill Road Extended, where CPR was being administered to a man, identified as David Robert Brooke Jr., 32, of Walnut Lane in Aberdeen, according to a press release from the Aberdeen Police Department. Brooke was walking east on Route 40 toward Havre de Grace, on the fast lane shoulder near the median, when he was hit by a 1996 Chevy Blazer being driven by a 50-year-old man from Aberdeen, according to the release.

Lee Evans did not catch a pass despite being targeted four times by quarterback Joe Flacco in the Ravens' 35-7 thumping of the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday, but that doesn't mean that the wide receiver was ineffective. Coach John Harbaugh said Evans' speed forced the Pittsburgh defense to monitor him closely, which carved out opportunities for his teammates on underneath and intermediate routes. "Lee opened up a couple crossing routes for us where he takes the top off the coverage, and if they don't run with him, Joe's going to throw to him," Harbaugh said during his post-game media session on Monday.

Parking on Annapolis's snow emergency routes remained banned on Thursday, as city crews continued to plow. So far, 16 vehicles parked on snow emergency routes have been towed to the City Dock parking lot, Annapolis police spokesman Ray Weaver said. Free parking for city residents remains available at the three city garages until further notice, he said. Officials have asked that residents keep their cars off the street so that plows can get through.

Motorists along Route 24 in Harford County will experience new traffic patterns Wednesday as the state opens a nearly $40 million overpass in Abingdon, the major part of a three-year project that included improvements to Routes 24 and 924. The changes mean less congestion and a safer ride for the more than 65,000 motorists daily who pass through one of the county's busiest intersections. The Maryland Transportation Authority began construction on a 1.5-mile stretch of Route 24 from the Interstate 95 ramp to Route 924 in 2008.

The Maryland State Highway Administration has postponed the planned closure of Route 1 at Conowingo Dam until Monday, Nov. 14, the agency said Wednesday, citing weather concerns. The SHA had planned to close part of Route 1 at Conowingo Dam all day Thursday in order to resurface and repair highway damage at the intersection of Routes 1 and Route 222 (Rock Spring Road) caused by a fuel tanker truck accident and spill Oct. 26. The same work will now be done Monday because inclement weather was forecast for Thursday, SHA spokesman Charlie Gischlar said.

As of 9 a.m. Friday, traffic was slow at Routes 482 and 27 in Westminster, due to an accident. Traffic was slow on I-895 at the Steel Bridge, due to construction activity. Light rail service is suspended between the Timonium and Hunt Valley stations due to construction work. A shuttle bus service is available instead. There are no other delays reported on Baltimore area transit systems.

The Howard County Department of Education is recruiting interested citizens to serve on a Student Walking Route Committee.The walking routes to be considered are used by the Department of Education in determining student eligibility for school bus service and/or acceptable student walking routes. The committee will be responsible for reviewing and evaluating walking routes and preparing related reports for submission to the Superintendent of Schools.Interested parties should submit their name, address and telephone number to Dr. M.E. Hickey, Superintendent of Schools, Howard County Department of Education, 10910 Route 108, Ellicott City, 21043.

Loyola saw its season come to an end Sunday in the second round of the NCAA women's lacrosse tournament, losing to No. 3 seed North Carolina, 19-9, at Chapel Hill. The Greyhounds' Taryn VanThof scored the game's first goal, but North Carolina (14-3) scored the next five, and with a 12-8 halftime lead, put the game away with seven more. Sophomore Annie Thomas (John Carroll) led Loyola (11-8) with five points on four goals and one assist, while junior Marlee Paton had four points on three goals and one assist.

The first of 70 new energy-efficient locomotives destined for Amtrak's East Coast service rolled off Monday morning from a Sacramento, Calif., assembly line. The locomotives, called Amtrak Cities Sprinters and built by Siemens Rail Systems, will replace Amtrak equipment that has been in service for more than two decades and has logged an average of 3.5 million miles. The new engines, costing $466 million, will be used on the Northeast Corridor between Washington and Boston and on the Philadelphia-to-Harrisburg Keystone Corridor.

Major League Lacrosse Streaking Rubeor scores 4 as Bayhawks rout Machine, 14-5 Attackman Ben Rubeor (Loyola High) had another big game as the Chesapeake Bayhawks manhandled the Ohio Machine, 14-5, in a game shortened to three quarters Saturday night because of lightning around Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Rubeor, who scored seven goals in a win over the New York Lizards last weekend, scored four goals and assisted another against the Machine. He now has at least one point in 32 consecutive games, and was named Player of the Game for the second straight time Saturday.

The North Harford boys lacrosse team captured its first Upper Chesapeake Bay Athletic Conference championship Monday. The Hawks, aided by a 12-2 scoring advantage over the final three quarters, beat Rising Sun, 17-5, at James R. Harris Stadium in Havre de Grace. "It's been a great year - the balls bounced our way," North Harford coach John Grubb said. On Monday, the bounces led to Max Mullin's first of a game-high five goals. Mullin finished the quarter with three goals, leading North Harford to a 5-3 advantage.

A contractor began to take down a house slated for demolition as part of a highway upgrade project in Aberdeen Tuesday and then abruptly stopped when the crew found some hidden asbestos. The home, at the corner of Route 22 and Graceford Drive, is one of 18 to be razed along Route 22 (Aberdeen Thruway) between Beards Hill Road and the Aberdeen Proving Ground gate in conjunction with BRAC-related intersection improvements along the highway. The ranch-style home at 355 Graceford was slated to be the first home demolished, according to a Maryland State Highway Administration media advisory sent Monday afternoon.

A nine-year veteran Bladensburg police officer was killed Saturday after veering his marked vehicle off an Anne Arundel County highway and colliding with a car traveling in the opposite direction, police said. Officer Brian Johnson, 38, who was off duty when the collision occurred about 9 a.m., is believed to have experienced a medical emergency just prior to the collision, Anne Arundel County Police said, though no specifics were immediately available. Police believe Johnson was traveling eastbound on Route 100 near Catherine Avenue in Pasadena when he suddenly crossed the center median.

MIAMI -- If United Airlines completes the purchase of Pan American World Airways' Latin American routes, it would bring stability to those routes for the first time in years, analysts said yesterday.United agreed late Monday to pay $160 million for the routes. It beat out American Airlines, which flies to many Latin American and Caribbean countries on routes it bought from Eastern Airlines in 1989.Robert Decker, an analyst with Duff & Phelps, said United can collect passengers from around the country to funnel them through Miami in a way Pan Am could not."

WILL THE NEW bus routes become a gnarly bit of political symbolism for Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.? The proposed rerouting could become a shorthand version of the Ehrlich administration's mission statement: Government can't be everyone's limo service. We'll need a new state motto: "Maryland, you can't get there from here." We're in the deplorably early stages of the 2006 election year, so the plan could be grist for a take-off on those political commercials the governor likes to offer in the name of tourism: "Hey, you on the street, I'm Governor Bob Ehrlich.

A collision between a motorcycle and a car on the outerloop of Interstate 695 in Parkville late Saturday morning temporarily closed all outerloop lanes and sent the motorcyclist to Maryland Shock Trauma Center in critical condition, according to Maryland State Police. State troopers responded to the accident scene, near Perring Parkway, about 11:36 a.m. and found the motorcyclist seriously injured, police said. No one else was injured in the collision, police said. The motorcyclist was transported to Shock Trauma by a state police medevac helicopter, police said.

Developers plan to build 1,700 housing units near a mixed-use business park in White Marsh, saying it will "supercharge" an area that had previously been targeted for job creation. The $100 million development, Greenleigh at Crossroads, would be part of the 1,000-acre Baltimore Crossroads @95. Baltimore County officials announced the plans Wednesday with representatives from developer St. John Properties and Somerset Construction Co. St. John officials said they'll break ground on the 200-acre project — which will include single-family houses, townhouses, condominium units and apartments — within the next year to 18 months.