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Orb's path to the finish line in the second leg of the Triple Crown remains uncrowded. Normandy Invasion, the fourth-place finisher in the Kentucky Derby, dropped from contention for Saturday's 138th running of the Preakness on Sunday. Trainer Chad Brown and owner Rick Porter decided to stick with their original plan and point the horse toward prestigous races for 3-year-olds later in the summer. That leaves Orb, the colt co-owned by Baltimore County resident Stuart Janney III and Ogden Mills "Dinny" Pipps' stable, with only seven confirmed challengers at this point.

Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger, the Notre Dame football walk-on immortalized in the 1993 film "Rudy," threw out the first pitch before Thursday afternoon's Orioles series finisher against Tampa Bay. Ruettiger's nephew John Ruettiger is an outfielder in the Orioles' minor league system. He batted .280 and stole 28 bases at three stops this season. The runt-sized Rudy Ruettiger recorded a sack on the final play of the final home game of his senior year in 1975.

On April 5, 2006, EMORY E. RUDY; beloved husband of Harriett H. Rudy (nee Hoy); devoted father of Glenn B. May III, and Todd C. May and his wife Michele; beloved son of Margaret P. Rudy and the late Emory Emanuel Rudy; dear grandfather of Dulaney Hope May. Also survived by many loving family members. Friends may call at the family owned Ruck Towson Funeral Home, Inc., 1050 York Road (beltway exit 26A), Friday, 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. where a Funeral Service will be held Saturday at 9 A.M. Interment Boonsboro Cemetery, Boonsboro, MD. The family suggests Memorial Contributions in his name to Stella Maris Hospice, 2300 Dulaney Valley Road, Timonium, MD 21093.

There's a new eatery in Columbia that offers Turkish and Italian dishes as well as American flair and a menu for kids. Rustem “Rudy” Keskin is the brains behind Rudy's Mediterranean Grill & Diner, which opened in the Gateway Plaza in Columbia earlier this year. Keskin grew up helping in the kitchens of relatives' restaurants in his hometown of Istanbul, Turkey. Later, as a Howard County resident, Keskin says he learned quite a lot as a waiter and in the kitchen of the Double-T Diner in Ellicott City, where he worked prior to establishing his own restaurant.

On November 17, 2003, RUDY; beloved husband of Agnes and devoted father of three daughters and three sons. Visitation at Calvin B. Scruggs Funeral Home, 1412 E. Preston St., on Thursday, from 1 to 7 P.M. Family will receive friends on Friday at Memorial Baptist Church, Caroline and Preston Streets, from 10 to 10:30 A.M., at which time funeral service will begin. Interment Arbutus Memorial Park.

On Sunday, September 4, 2005 RICHARD J. RUDY; beloved husband of Pauline Rudy (Nee Justice); devoted father of Nathaniel Richard Rudy of ME; loving grandfather of August Rudy of Maine; brother of Sally Hines of PA; 2 half sisters, Edith Rudy of MI, and Eleanor Gongaware of FL. Friends may call at Loring Byers Funeral Directors, Inc., 8728 Liberty Road (2 miles west of beltway exit 18B), Wednesday, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 PM. Additional visitation Gaut-Bacha Funeral Home, 2072 Route 130, Pleasant Unity PA, 15676.

WASHINGTON -- Most experienced adults acknowledge at some point in their lives that love is a form of temporary insanity. If only Rudolph W. Giuliani would admit as much. Then we might shed a sliver of light on his profoundly odd habit of taking cell phone calls from his wife, Judith, while in the midst of a speech. Love at least has clouded his judgment. Rudy 'n' Judi have been making public woo since they first locked gazes in a New York cigar bar. We know from the Mrs. that Mr. Giuliani is a "really high-testosterone guy," and nobody doubted it for a minute.

At first, Russell Harrell didn't get the joke. He was playing on the Joppatowne junior varsity football team a few years ago when an assistant coach dubbed him "Rudy," which perplexed Harrell. "Who is Rudy?" Harrell asked. The coach then explained that Harrell reminded him of the main character in the movie Rudy, the true story of Daniel E. "Rudy" Ruettiger, who didn't have the greatest amount of talent but worked his way up to the Notre Dame varsity squad and eventually dressed for the last home game of his senior year.

The celebration began with the blast of a tin horn.It was silly, really. But Rudy Walter loved the theater of it. He blew the horn to alert St. Nicholas to scamper back up the chimney.With equal relish, he would pull back the curtain - sheets stretched across a clothesline - to reveal the bounty St. Nick had left behind: Brightly wrapped presents, stockings stuffed with candy, nuts and other goodies.The family basked in the glow of the candles that lighted the impossibly huge Christmas tree in the corner of the tiny West Baltimore home.

At the height of the Friday dinner frenzy in the kitchen of Rudys' 2900 in Finksburg, the chef's softly German-accented voice rises above the clatter, calling attention to the rockfish with corn relish and red-pepper beurre blanc. If more than one order goes to the same table, he says, make sure the cuts are the same, either both center, belly or tail, for consistent plate appearance. There are other such exchanges. There's a chat between the chef and a young cook about rice pilaf: when to stir and when not. An exchange between the chef and another young cook about the precise plate placement of the two egg-shaped scoops of mousse -- one dark chocolate, one white chocolate -- in relation to the berry-cluster garnish and the vanilla-sauce puddle.

With just 26 days remaining before the United States men's basketball team tips off in London against France, the roster is finally starting to take shape. Chairman Jerry Colangelo told Chris Tomasson of Fox Sports that nine players will be held over from previous Olympic and World Championship teams. Carmelo Anthony, Kobe Bryant, Tyson Chandler, Kevin Durant, Lebron James, Kevin Love, Chris Paul, Russell Westbrook and Deron Williams will all be guaranteed a spot on the 2012 Olympic roster.

Rudy's Mediterranean Grill & Diner has a pretty descriptive name, suggesting a menu filled with typical diner fare — omelets, sandwiches, a few Greek specialties. But with roots planted on the Turkish side of the Mediterranean, Rudy's adds a new twist to traditional fare. Owner Rudy Keskin moved to the U.S. in 1998, leaving his native Istanbul, where he spent summers working in family restaurants — he calls his hometown, "the most interesting city in the world. " At Rudy's, Keskin shares his passion for Istanbul via well-executed traditional Turkish recipes (Keskin himself isn't behind the stove, though his chef is also a Turkish native)

There is peace on Lake Kittamaqundi. The teenage brothers who write the entertaining 2 Dudes Who Love Food blog posted all the way back in early February about their visit to Rudy's Mediterranean Grill & Diner. The newish big-menu serves breakfast, lunch and dinner seven days a week but things really get interesting after 4 p.m., when Rudy's rolls out its Turkish menu. The 2 Dudes had traveled to Turkey last year, and they were pretty pleased with what they found at Rudy's.

It was partly "Rudy" that led Eric Atkins to Notre Dame. But not for the reasons you might think. It was 2009, and the point guard was looking ahead to a college career after he graduated from Mount St. Joseph the following year. Notre Dame was high on the list of schools recruiting him. Atkins was enticed by the possibility of early playing time and his respect for Irish coach Mike Brey. Then came an emotional assist from "Rudy," the 1993 dramatization of Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger, the pint-sized Irish walk-on football player.

Rudy and Margaret Jacobs are celebrating their 69th wedding anniversary. They were married Nov. 5, 1942 at Southern Methodist Church, in Aberdeen. They still reside in Aberdeen.

Ruth H. "Rudy" Brady, a homemaker and traveler, died Friday of complications from Alzheimer's disease at Heartland House, a Grasonville assisted-living facility. She was 84. Ruth McNeal Herring, the daughter of an architectural engineer and a homemaker, was born in Baltimore and raised on Aigburth Avenue in Towson. After graduating from Towson High School, she attended the College of Notre Dame of Maryland for two years. After marrying Robert L. Brady Jr., a career naval officer, in 1945, the couple lived overseas and at Navy bases on the East and West coasts.

When outrider William J. Rudolph, known to everyone as Rudy, met with the woman at Social Security, she looked at him in amazement."You sure this is right?" she said. "We don't get people in here who've kept the same job for 33 years."Rudolph shrugged."I just thought that's what you did," he said.That was, after all, what he did: work 33 years at Maryland thoroughbred tracks as an outrider, chasing down loose horses in the morning and leading post parades in the afternoon.But on this Labor Day at Timonium, after a career that endeared him to nearly everyone, Rudolph will retire -- quietly, he hopes, without fanfare, because in his mind, he has done nothing spectacular.

W. Dana Rudy spent his adult life in Westminster and Baltimore. But he never forgot his small hometown church, St. James' Episcopal Church in Mount Airy.In his will, the retired state motor vehicles administrator left more than $600,000 to the Main Street parish -- four times the 125-member church's annual budget.When the estate's trustee called the Rev. Robert D. Herzog to tell him about the bequest, the startled rector had to call him back and ask the trustee to repeat the message."We have started to realize the enormity of the impact it's going to have," Herzog said.

Rudi Bethke Sr., a retired master blacksmith who produced parts not found in a catalog, died of cancer Feb. 1 at the Virtua Garden State Hospital in Marlton, N.J. The former Gardenville resident was 69. During his 22 years making snowplow parts and water meter-reading devices for Baltimore City agencies, Mr. Bethke was the go-to man when a metal component broke. Newspaper articles said he could make almost anything, although the one task he did not perform was shoeing a horse. "An imposing, broad-shouldered man," said a 2004 Baltimore Sun article, he "saunters through the city garage like John Wayne in a cowboy movie."

On February 1, 2010, Rudi Bethke Sr., beloved husband of Charlotte Bethke (nee German); devoted father of Rudi Bethke Jr.; dear grandfather of Katelyn and Bryan Bethke; dear son of the late Hans Wenk and Margarete Scho`nig Bethke. Relatives and friends are invited to call at the Schimunek Funeral Home Inc., 9705 Belair Road, (Forge Road) on Saturday and Sunday 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 PM. A Funeral Mass will be held on Monday at St Joseph Fullerton Church at 9:30 AM. Interment