Singles

Emily Kleeman 28, Cancer Lives: Downtown HOMETOWN: Timonium Education: Undergrad: Colorado State. Grad school: University of Maryland School of Social Work. OCCUPATION: Social worker INTERESTS: Dancing, skiing, swimming and traveling TURN-ONS: Motivation, adventurousness, generosity, compassion TURNOFFS: Jealousy, egotism, arrogance, laziness. IDEAL DATE: Dinner and drinks at the hottest restaurant in town followed by a boat tour around the harbor BEST TRAITS: Outgoing, smart, motivated WORST TRAITS: Overly sensitive is the only trait I can think of. ROLE MODEL: Oprah Winfrey FAVORITE DRINK: Dirty martini with Ketel One vodka BEST MOVIE EVER: "Star Wars I-VI" BEST SONG RIGHT NOW: "Without You," David Guetta/Usher BOOK I'VE READ MORE THAN ONCE: "The Hunger Games" CLEAN LIVING OR VICES: Clean living SHOP OR SAVE: Shop CLUBS, BARS, BLACK-TIE EVENTS OR HOMEBODY: All of the above CUDDLER OR NEED SPACE: Cuddler SPORTS, ARTS OR BOTH: Both ROM-COM OR ACTION THRILLER: Action thriller Justin Kiss 24, Cancer Lives: Highlandtown Hometown: Highlandtown Education: CCBC Essex OCCUPATION: Regional sales executive INTERESTS: Golf, working...

A single-vehicle crash in Baltimore County on the outer loop of Interstate 695 past the Interstate 70 exit has closed the right traffic lane and the right traffic shoulder at 8:53 a.m., on Monday, according to the state Department of Transportation. Three outer loop traffic lanes and the left outer loop shoulder are moving unimpeded adjacent to the incident, DOT said. The Maryland Transit Administration has reported minor delays on the MARC train at 9 a.m.

Baltimore ranks among the top 10 cities for singles , according to Kiplinger. The personal finance magazine rated cities on whether household income exceeded the national average of $49,536; the percentage of singles in the city -- must exceed the national average of 49.4 percent -- and the average price of a date night that entails two movie tickets and a bottle of wine. Singles don't eat on dates? Not sure if cities were ranked in order, although Kiplinger listed Baltimore as No. 4. The average median household income here is $66,195, and the percentage unmarried households amounted to 52.9 percent.

College baseball Butler's single in 9th sends Towson to win Sophomore Brendan Butler singled in the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning as host Towson (25-27, 14-12 Colonial Athletic Association) edged Northeastern, 7-6, in the second game of their three-game weekend series Friday afternoon. The Huskies (27-24, 11-15), who were trying to clinch a berth in the CAA tournament, had overcome a 6-4 deficit in the ninth inning to tie the game. More Division I: Mount St. Mary's (10-35, 5-24 Northeast Conference)

So according to the national media, if you're still single in the Baltimore area, you're just not trying hard enough. First, over the summer, Money Magazine said that Towson is one of the country's top places to find rich singles. And now Bloomberg puts Ellicott City near the top of its list of "swinging singles" spots. Hoboken, N.J., is at the very top of the list. Arlington, Va., in our general area, ranked second. But Ellicott City made it to Bloomberg's respectable eighth position for men. Bowie, meanwhile, took the third spot when it came to women singles.

Beatrice Capra , who grew up in Ellicott City and attended McDonogh, won the U.S. Open wild-card playoff in Boca Raton, Fla., and will receive a main-draw singles wild card into the event Aug. 30-Sept. 12 in New York. Capra, 18, upset No. 1 seed Madison Brengle , 7-6 (4), 6-4. She entered the top 10 of the world junior rankings this year with a title at the Italian Open and a quarterfinal showing at the Roland Garros juniors. Capra was a quarterfinalist at the U.S. Open juniors in 2009, the same year she won her first pro singles title on the USTA Pro Circuit at the $10,000 event in Williamsburg, Va. She is No. 369 on the WTA Tour.

b and HeidnSeek Entertainment have joined forces to introduce singles of the month. Meet Mr. and Miss July. MO OVEISSI — 30, SAGITTARIUS Lives: Towson Hometown: Towson Education: Towson University Occupation: IT Support Interests: Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific, cultural activities Best personal traits: Personality, style and openness Worst personal traits: Too...

More singles than ever before are moving into the housing market.One-third of last year's first-time homebuyers were singles, up from 25 percent the previous year, according to a study by the National Association of Realtors.The study, which was released at the NAR's recent convention in New Orleans, found the trend reflects the overall growth in non-traditional households, caused by higher divorce rates and a growing tendency of young people to postpone marriage "while getting on with their economic lives," said the NAR's chief economist, John A. Tuccillo.

The county tennis season is underway with last year's singles champions back, some new teams looking to make noise in doubles, and a new coach at Westminster.Westminster senior Steve Flora will go after his third county title this spring, and last year's surprise in girls singles, Liberty junior Shen Poehlman, tries to defend her crown. Taking over the Owls' girls team is Nick Ferraro, a 1991 Westminster grad who played for boys coach Fran McCullin.Francis Scott KeyDoubles appear to be the strength for both the boys and girls teams in Uniontown.

Unfazed by a wretched exchange rate, spiraling prices for airline tickets and the slowing economy, Mary Kowalski dug into her savings account and packed up her bags in September to fly off for two months in Italy and France. "Couples necking on every corner," she sighed in a postcard from Venice. "The perfect place for a second honeymoon -- or third, or fourth, or fifth!"But at 46, Ms. Kowalski was not on her second honeymoon. Divorced years ago, with no relationship on the horizon, she was traveling with her two best women friends.

Fourth-ranked South River gave up two early runs, but came back to score five and defeat No. 5 North County, 5-2, on Friday to win the Class 4A East region baseball title. It is the first region title for South River since 2008. Brody Raimondo went 4-for-4 with a double, while Scott Mitchell went 2-for-4 with a triple to lead South River (18-5). Mitchell also pitched a complete game five-hitter with seven strikeouts. The Seahawks will face Prince George's County's Eleanor Roosevelt, the South Region winner, at 4 p.m.on Tuesday in College Park.

Well, this is a fine mess. After years of moaning about various "conspiracies" against them, conservative activists finally have a real (i.e., not manufactured by Fox or inflated by Rush Limbaugh) piece of evidence to take before the court of public opinion. Meaning, of course, last week's revelation that the Internal Revenue Service has been giving extra scrutiny to groups with the words "tea party" or "patriot" in their names. Extra scrutiny from the IRS is about as welcome as extra scrutiny from the proctologist, so one can hardly blame conservative groups for complaining, as they've done since last year.

I am writing to you to point out a particular bias that I detect in your newspaper. It seems that when alleged acts of violence occur in East Columbia, there is a need to include Oakland Mills High School either in the headline or within the article even if it has no relevance to the context of the story. For example, in the March 20 edition, the headline reads, "Four Oakland Mills HS students arrested in attempted murder. " While it is true that the students were enrolled in said high school, the alleged deed had no bearing on the school itself.

Jim Johnson's impressive regular season saves streak came to an end at 35 on Tuesday night when he allowed four singles and two runs in the ninth in the Orioles' 3-2 loss to the San Diego Padres . Johnson hadn't blown a regular season save since he gave up six runs in one third of an inning to the Oakland A's on July 27, 2012. He did blow one in the postseason - Game 3 of the ALDS in New York on Oct. 10 - but that didn't count toward the streak. Point is Johnson has been unbelievably good for the last year-plus, and so when he blows one it is newsworthy.

A Whiteford man was killed in a single vehicle accident in northern Harford County early Friday morning, Maryland State Police at the Bel Air Barrack said. The accident occurred in the 2900 block of Dublin Road (Route 440) near Poplar Road at 12:03 a.m., according to the duty officer at the Bel Air Barrack. The vehicle ran off the road and hit a tree. Harford Fire Blog on Facebook reported the victim was in grave condition when paramedics arrived on the scene. The victim, identified as Charles Garland Jr. of Whiteford, was taken by Darlington Volunteer Fire Company ambulance to Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, where he was pronounced dead, the duty officer said.

Plunging into a novel by James Kelman is like diving head-first into a chilly lake. It's a shock to your system at first, and a bit disorienting, but the trick is to keep moving. Once your muscles get warmed up and you get your bearings, the experience is exhilarating. Kelman, 66, is the Man Booker Award-winning author (in 1994 for "How Late It Was, How Late") whose novels champion the working-class people of his native Scotland. His novels are typically told through the point of view of one character, and from the opening sentence, the reader is thrust headlong into his narrator's thoughts and perceptions.

Meghan Cornwall, an Annapolis High School sophomore, outlasted German exchange student Britta Adolf of Severna Park, 6-7, 7-6, 6-3, in the girls singles final to highlight play in the 20th annual state tennis tournament at Essex Community College yesterday.Cornwall pulled ahead in the third set, as she had success in moving her opponent from side to side."We were both really tired," said Cornwall of the three-hour match that eventually saw her beat Adolf, who lives near Frankfort, for the fifth time without a loss this season.

When she set out to start a new magazine, Linda Schafer brushed off thoughts of the shaky economy, shrinking advertising budgets and other publications' struggles.She had a more pressing concern on her mind -- meeting a nice guy.The attractive, 39-year-old mother of two figured she couldn't be the only single person too busy with work and children to meet anyone. Nor could she be the only one with no inclination to cruise the bars.But a magazine might work, she decided. So with no background in publishing and only limited business experience, she is launching Singles magazine from her Pasadena home.

The moment seemed perfectly scripted for Orioles right fielder Nick Markakis. With Monday night's game against the Toronto Blue Jays on the line on a chilly night at Camden Yards, the steadiest of the Orioles' bats resonated calm at the plate. Down to his last strike, Markakis delivered the Orioles their second walk-off win in five games as his game-winning, two-out, bases-loaded single off Toronto reliever Aaron Loup gave the Orioles a 2-1 win over the Blue Jays and their fourth win in their past five games.

Baltimore County Police were on the scene Sunday investigating a vehicle crash in the Route 40 area eastbound at Martin Boulevard in the Middle River area. Police said that at 6:27 a.m., police and fire units were dispatched to eastbound Route 40 at Martin Boulevard for a crash with injuries. Responding units found a single vehicle crash involving a Ford Mustang with four occupants. Two passengers, an adult female and an adult male, were pronounced dead at the scene. The victims have not been identified and no next of kin notifications have been made, police said.