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UPDATE March 29: On Friday, the Harford County Sheriff's office released surveillance footage from a March 21 armed robbery at a Bel Air Royal Farms store. The video shows the suspect entering the store, collecting an undisclosed amount of cash from the counter, and then leaving the store. The Sheriff's office suspects this incident is connected to two other armed robberies, one the day before, a third the following day. Original report from March 23 is below: A third Harford County armed robbery in three days Friday night has investigators for the Harford County Sheriff's Office considering the likelihood all three are related.

Earth Day will be a big event at Linton Springs Elementary School. In fact, the school's Earth Day activities will actually span three days: April 22, 24 and 25. The theme will be monarch butterflies. Kindergartners at Linton Springs will make stained-glass butterflies and learn about the life cycle stages of butterflies. First- and second-graders will build a butterfly feeder, and they'll plant and mulch the garden beds. Third-graders will also make a butterfly feeder and weed invasive plants from stream site and surrounding areas on the school grounds.

Most of us have never caught a home run at a Major League Baseball game, which is why it's absolutely amazing that a 17-year old Orioles fan named Tim Anderson caught one in three straight games during this week's series against the White Sox at Camden Yards. The leaping grab he made to secure Alexei Ramirez's homer on Thursday night was very impressive, and the feat caught the eye of MLB.com and the "SportsCenter" crew. [ Via D.C. Sports Bog ]

UPDATE March 29: On Friday, the Harford County Sheriff's office released surveillance footage from a March 21 armed robbery at a Bel Air Royal Farms store. The video shows the suspect entering the store, collecting an undisclosed amount of cash from the counter, and then leaving the store. The Sheriff's office suspects this incident is connected to two other armed robberies, one the day before, a third the following day. Original report from March 23 is below: A third Harford County armed robbery in three days Friday night has investigators for the Harford County Sheriff's Office considering the likelihood all three are related.

Baltimore County public schools will close three days earlier than planned this year because of unused emergency closing days, a county school spokeswoman said. Classes will end three hours early on Monday, June 12 and Tuesday, June 13, according to school officials. June 13 will be the last day of classes for all students. Chief communications officer Kara Calder said yesterday that reducing the current school year by three days would allow the school system to meet the state's requirement of 180 school days and 1,170 school hours.

In almost any other year, three days of rain in October would have had Marylanders crying for relief. This time, it was the relief - a squishy, sopping gift from gloriously gray skies. The first three-day stretch of measurable rain in the Baltimore region since May has soaked the region with 1 to 3 inches of precipitation. The 1.13 inches that fell yesterday at Baltimore-Washington International Airport broke a 97-year- old record for the date. In all, the three days of rain left a total of 2.08 inches at BWI through 5 p.m. yesterday, according to the National Weather Service.

Time for a pop quiz, class. On Tuesday, Feb. 14, I will: A. Snuggle up with my boo, eating oysters and bonbons while sipping champagne in a steamy bath filled with tons of sweet-smelling rose petals. B. Nothing. Valentine's Day is out to destroy me. All those who answered A may be excused. Cookies, ice cream and a ticker tape parade await all you lovebirds outside. Enjoy. We thrill for you. Really. All you lonely Bs, however, please roll up your sleeves. We've got a lot of ground to cover, and there's little time to waste.

Calvert Hall College High School is mourning the loss of Josephine Grace Gay, 7, a victim in the Newtown, Conn., elementary school shooting whose father attended the Catholic preparatory school in Towson. Robert Gay graduated from Calvert Hall in 1978. In an email to alumni and others, school President Thomas Zoppo said Josephine died in Friday's massacre, three days after her seventh birthday. "Our particular thoughts and prayers go out to the Newtown ... community, most especially Bob, his wife Michele, and daughters Sophia and Marie," Zoppo said in a statement.

QUECREEK, Pa. - Safe in the embrace of the families to whom they had already written final notes of love, the nine men freed yesterday morning from their flooded coal mine hungrily sought what they had missed most during the three days they were trapped underground: a beer, a chew of tobacco and the surest sign from above that one is alive for another day. "He couldn't wait to see the sunrise ... and he wouldn't sleep until he saw it," said John Moryken,...

After going perfect in the first two days of training camp, kickers Billy Cundiff and Justin Tucker found a little separation on Saturday at the Ravens' practice facility in Owings Mills. Cundiff missed a 48-yard field-goal attempt towards the end of the session, pushing the kick wide left of the goalposts. It was the only blemish for Cundiff, who had connected on attempts of 20, 32, 41, 51 and 54 yards earlier in the day. Tucker, an undrafted rookie, went 7-of-7, converting attempts of 20, 30, 40, 41, 45, 51 and 54 yards.

A man was fatally shot Tuesday evening in Baltimore, adding to the city's recent spate of violence. Police said the man died at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center shortly after he was shot about 6:40 p.m. in the 300 block of Wilson Street, in the Madison Park neighborhood. He is the ninth homicide victim in Baltimore in the past three days. Also Tuesday, police identified the victims in a triple shooting earlier in the day as Brian Powell, 21; Kishawana Pinder, 20; and Tyreka Martin, 20. cwells@baltsun.com twitter.com/cwellssun

Not all great ideas are fueled by bourbon, but the creation of Baltimore's NOVO Instrumental Festival was. Five years ago, Mobtown Studios' producer and co-owner Mat Leffler-Schulman shared a few drinks at the Windup Space with bar owner Russell de Ocampo. Leffler-Schulman, a recent transplant from Washington, noticed many of the instrumental bands he enjoyed recording also played the Windup Space regularly. "Russell said, 'Hey, we have all these wonderful bands, so let's highlight them,' " said Leffler-Schulman, a 36-year-old Tuscany-Canterbury resident.

At the halfway point of recording "The Lion, the Beast, the Beat" - Grace Potter and the Nocturnals' fourth album, released last June - things seemed to be progressing smoothly. The band's hybrid of blues, rock and folk sounded locked-in and tight, co-producer Jim Scott was capturing the group's live intensity on tape and executives at Hollywood Records were happy with early material. So when Potter, the band's leader and primary songwriter, halted recording at the end of 2011, it was a major shock to everyone involved.

Heading into Saturday's game against Poly at the 17th annual Basketball Academy, Aberdeen guard Jimmia McCluskey said the Eagles figured the two teams were pretty similar with their inside strength and their speed. The No. 1 Eagles, however, turned it up a couple notches on the No. 4 Engineers. Aberdeen used its swarming defense and, at times, a devastating press to run past Poly, 64-44, at Morgan State's Hill Field House. The Eagles (13-2) started to break away early in the second quarter with a press that forced two quick Engineers turnovers and sparked a 9-2 run for a 16-6 lead.

After a year away, the Basketball Academy returns to a college campus, Morgan State, for the 17 t h annual event that combines academics and service learning with three days of top-notch high school boys and girls basketball Thursday through Saturday. Last January, The Basketball Academy games had to be moved to Lake Clifton and the academic components to Mervo after a new NCAA rule banned basketball tournaments run by non-scholastic entities from Division I campuses. The rule aimed to prevent college programs from gaining a recruiting advantage by colluding with organizers to bring events such as AAU tournaments to their campuses.

Thundering herds of "My Little Pony" fans will be descending on Baltimore next August for the fifth BronyCon, a bi-annual convention of rabid fans of the cartoon TV series "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. " Thousands of fans are expected to mass at the Baltimore Convention Center for the Aug. 2-4 event. Although targeted at a young, mostly female audience, the animated show has attracted a surprising number of young adult and teen fans - known as "bronies," short for "bro ponies.

Nobody gets sick like a man gets sick.And nobody gets sick in the peculiar way a man gets sick. You know, the kind of illness that rarely keeps them from their paying jobs, but renders them comatose at home. The kind of illness that allows them to have a perfect attendance record at work, but sends them to the sick bed on weekends or when you need them to watch the kids.My husband once covered a Cincinnati Bengals game with a temperature of 104 degrees -- from an open-air press box in arctic conditions.

An article in yesterday's Maryland/Anne Arundel section stated that the county Police Department's internal investigation of a fatal shooting in Glen Burnie Monday night would take three days. The investigation will take at least two months. The officer involved in the shooting will be on administrative duty for three days.The Sun regrets the error.Pub Date: 8/20/98

After rushing the offense at key moments Wednesday night, the No. 3 McDonogh girls basketball team settled down long enough for a late eight-point run to ensure a victory. Danielle Edwards and Deja Logan scored four points each in the surge, which closed out a 44-42 win at No. 8 Roland Park in an Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference game. The game featured two young teams working through similar growing pains with only Roland Park starting a senior - guard Beth Kelly.

Calvert Hall College High School is mourning the loss of Josephine Grace Gay, 7, a victim in the Newtown, Conn., elementary school shooting whose father attended the Catholic preparatory school in Towson. Robert Gay graduated from Calvert Hall in 1978. In an email to alumni and others, school President Thomas Zoppo said Josephine died in Friday's massacre, three days after her seventh birthday. "Our particular thoughts and prayers go out to the Newtown ... community, most especially Bob, his wife Michele, and daughters Sophia and Marie," Zoppo said in a statement.