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Ellicott City's historic center braced for a difficult, days-long cleanup of coal, overturned train cars and smashed vehicles after a Tuesday train derailment that crushed two 19-year-old women to death on a bridge. Investigators said the town's uneven topography along the Patapsco River in Howard County added obstacles to an already complex recovery. In addition to the cleanup efforts, local state and federal officials began an investigation into the deaths, the derailment, and the potential impact of thousands of pounds of coal on local waterways.

Wesley Case is a features reporter for the Baltimore Sun and b. Since October 2008, he's covered Baltimore's burgeoning music and arts scene, including b cover stories on Dan Deacon, Beach House and Rome Cee . Between March and August 2011, he launched and wrote a pop music blog for b called Louder Now. He now handles the Midnight Sun nightlife blog. Before working in Baltimore, he grew up in New Jersey (30 minutes from Atlantic City and Philadelphia), played guitar in a five-piece emo band, graduated with an English degree from the University of Delaware and backpacked through Europe.

The men who play baseball and soccer at Towson University, run track at the University of Delaware and wrestle, swim or golf at any number of other colleges all heard the same reason when their teams were cut: Title IX. To meet the federal law's goal of providing equal opportunities for athletes of both genders, schools have eliminated men's teams to keep their overall rosters in line with the number of women playing sports. But a growing chorus is crying foul. "People are really upset that they're dragging Title IX through the mud to cut sports teams," said Towson University graduate Scott Hargest.

The presidents of Maryland's leading public universities are modestly compensated compared to peers in other states, according to a survey being released today by the Chronicle of Higher Education. C.D. "Dan" Mote Jr., president of the University of Maryland, College Park, made $498,284 in salary and retirement benefits, according to the survey of the 2008-2009 school year. But Mote ranked 60th among 186 public university presidents across the nation. William E. Kirwan, chancellor of the university system, made $490,000, almost $60,000 less than the previous year, and turned down $100,000 in deferred salary.

Kerry Stephens , of Cockeysville, Tamunotari Inyeinengi , of Stevenson, and Rachel Bradley , of Towson have been named to the fall 2012 dean's list at the Savannah College, Savanah, Ga. Caroline Hale and Julia Pfund , of Lutherville were among top students in the University of Delaware Honors Program recognized in a special ceremony on Nov. 4, in Newark, Del. Kristina Kemp , of Towson, received a master's in anthropology from...

John and Anne Gessner, of Bel Air, have announced the wedding of their daughter, Gina, of Arlington, Va., formerly of Bel Air, to John Condi Jr., also of Arlington, Va., son of John and Susan Condi, of Newtown Square, Pa. The bride is a cum laude graduate of the University of Delaware where she received her B.S. in nursing. She is employed as a clinical faculty member at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C., and is a master's degree candidate in Nursing Education at Georgetown University.

Some 700 mourners filled the pews Friday for a funeral Mass for 19-year-old Elizabeth Conway Nass, who died after being "at the wrong place at the wrong time," Monsignor John A. Dietzenbach said, referring to this week's tragic train derailment in Ellicott City. Ms. Nass, who died along with her friend, Rose Louese Mayr, was remembered at the Church of the Resurrection as a fun-loving, spirited woman who was studying at James Madison University in Virginia to be a special-education teacher.

Catonsville resident Christina Eichelman graduated from the University of Delaware in May with a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing. During her collegiate career, she earned dean's list recognition for eight semesters; was president of the Student Nurse Organization; earned the School of Nursing Award and was presenter of the undergraduate student address. Eichelman has accepted a critical care internship position at the Christina Care Health System in Newark, Del. Tom and Helen Eichelman are her parents.

In the days after her sister, Rose, died in a train derailment, Anna Mayr felt as if her younger sibling were upstairs sleeping while friends swapped stories on the family's Ellicott City porch until the early hours of Sunday. Anna Mayr, a May graduate of the University of Maryland, had just moved to New York City to start a career in finance when her father called Tuesday to tell her the unimaginable news: Rose was killed when a CSX train ran off the tracks and buried her and one of her best friends, Elizabeth Conway Nass, in coal.