Santana

A concert review in Monday's Today section did not specify who turned off the microphones at the Lil' Wayne and Juelz Santana show Saturday night at the Clarence H. Du Burns Arena. Samuel T. Daniels Jr., the executive director of the city liquor board, ordered the microphones shut down; it was not promoter Ikon Entertainment.

James Santana left New York a decade ago, but much of his hometown is ingrained in him. It is not only in his accent but also in his upfront personality. A former telephone repair technician who jokes that the closest he came to police work in his previous life was "fixing their phones on Rikers Island," Santana was recently hired by the Howard County Police Department as the agency's first Spanish- speaking civilian interpreter. "There's definitely a need," Santana, 58, said one recent afternoon, sitting in a conference room at police headquarters in Ellicott City.

Downloaded singles 1.My Humps, Black Eyed Peas 2.Gold Digger, Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx 3.Run It! (Remix featuring Juelz Santana), Chris Brown 4.Jesus Walks, Kanye West 5.Dance, Dance, Fall Out Boy[ Courtesy iTunes] Downloaded albums 1.All That I Am, Santana 2.Speak for Yourself, Imogen Heap 3.Christmas Songs (iTunes version), Diana Krall 4.Blink-182: Greatest Hits , Blink-182 5.Wherever You Are, Third Day[ Courtesy iTunes] Video Game Sales 1.Madden NFL 06, PS2 2.NBA Live 06, PS2 3.Mario Superstar Baseball, GameCube 4.Madden NFL 06, Xbox 5.Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown, XBox [Yahoo Shopping]

LEDYARD, Conn. -- It was somewhere during the 45-minute ride between his home in Providence and his appointment with danger last night that Vinny Pazienza turned to his buddy, Kurt Reader, with tears in his eyes."

"American Me" is an Hispanic-American's Horatio Alger story: how a smart young man rises in the world. Unfortunately, the world he choses to rise in is the underworld, and the source of his anger, the fuel for his fury, the font of his savagery, is racism.The movie works out an explicit chain of consequences, representing racism as rape. In the zoot suit riots of 1943 in Los Angeles, a young Mexican woman is raped by a gang of white sailors; the child born of this union is, ipso facto, rejected by his father and develops pathologically as a result.

Concert All-Star Jam at Sonar More than 100 musicians will join together tonight at Sonar for Music Monthly's All-Star Jam No. 12. The lineup includes Santana drummer Dennis Chambers, guitarist Carl Filipi ak, blues musician Kelly Bell and rock outfits Fools and Horses and Voodoo Blue. $10. Doors open at 8 p.m. Sonar is at 407 E. Saratoga St. Call 410-327-8333 or go to sonarbaltimore.com.

Befuddled birds Changing teams and leagues didn't make Johan Santana any less imposing to the Orioles. The two-time Cy Young Award winner tossed six scoreless innings last night, scattering five hits, walking one and striking out seven. He fanned Luke Scott three times, twice looking, and catcher Guillermo Quiroz twice. Santana threw 87 pitches and left to a loud ovation after retiring Jay Payton to end the sixth and strand Aubrey Huff. Huff and Scott Moore singled twice against Santana, who held on to a 2-0 lead, and Luis Hernandez doubled.

LAS VEGAS -- Ring history repeated itself in the most bizarre fashion at Caesars Palace last night when junior middleweight Terry Norris, of Campo, Calif., was disqualified -- for the second straight time -- for knocking out World Boxing Council champion Luis Santana with an illegal punch long after the bell had ended the third round.Norris, a 12-1 favorite, dominated the first three rounds, flooring Santana in both the second and third rounds.The Dominican native had a glazed expression on his bloodied face when the bell ended the third round.

CLARIFICATION A concert review in Monday's Today section did not specify who turned off the microphones at the Lil' Wayne and Juelz Santana show Saturday night at the Clarence H. Du Burns Arena. Samuel T. Daniels Jr., the executive director of the city liquor board, ordered the microphones shut down; it was not promoter Ikon Entertainment. It had been a long Saturday night for the audience that filled two-thirds of the Clarence H. Du Burns Arena.

American MeMCA Universal Home Video This is a brutal, graphic film that unflinchingly explores organized crime and gangs in the Los Angeles barrio. It is an impressive directorial debut from Edward James Olmos, previously best known as an Oscar nominee for his work in "Stand and Deliver." Mr. Olmos, who emerged recently as one of the few, true community leaders in the wake of the L.A. riots, is an actor and a Mexican American with something to say.The message delivered here is by no means upbeat: Change must start with the people themselves.