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Into each life a little hurricane must fall.Lafayette Courts high rise public housing lasted 42 years, which is longer than a lot of stuff they build these days.The Weaver family settlement with the Justice Department proves that if you are going to get yourself killed by a cop, it better be a federal cop.The scandal of the Simpson trial is its revelation that the University of North Carolina teaches screen writing.

WASHINGTON -- Scientists say they have the first direct evidence that viruses can mutate and become deadly because of nutritional deficiencies in the hosts they infect.In their experiments, researchers found that a human virus normally harmless to mice mutated and became a heart-damaging agent in mice suffering from a nutritional deficiency. Once changed, they said, the virus also was able to infect and damage the hearts of nutritionally well-balanced mice.This is the first time that a nutritional deficiency in a host has been shown to alter viruses to make them permanently more virulent, the scientists said in a report published in the May 1 issue of the journal Nature Medicine.

Almost 1,000 people filled St. Mary's Catholic Church in Annapolis yesterday to say goodbye to Kevin Reichardt, 20, a University of North Carolina student who was killed in a random shooting in Chapel Hill, N.C., last week.Mr. Reichardt, who grew up in Riva, was a lacrosse star at St. Mary's High School and won a lacrosse scholarship to UNC. His teammates from UNC filled the first two pews in the church. Five of Reichardt's teammates served as pallbearers.Article, 1B

W. Keith Saunders, a retired journalist, author and travel editor who flew 200,000 miles and visited about 45 countries, died Wednesday of pneumonia at his home in Chevy Chase. The former Evening Sun reporter was 84.He was born and reared in Elizabeth City, N.C., where his father, W. O. Saunders, published the Independent, a crusading newspaper that earned a national reputation for its crusades against racism, political corruption and religious zealotry. In 1962, he chronicled his father's life and newspaper career in a published biography, "The Independent Man."

School: Glenelg High SchoolHometown: GlenelgAge: 17 Meagan serves as president of the school's Student Government Association. She has been involved in the organization since she entered high school. She was a student representative to the Board of Education last year."I thought it was a good way to get around and meet people," she said. "I'm interested in politics. It helps to get involved now."She is editorial page editor of the school newspaper, the Shield, and is active in peer mediation.

The Baltimore CFL Colts announced the signing of two beefy offensive linemen and a cornerback yesterday, bringing the roster of signees to 12.Joining the Canadian Football League expansion team will be offensive guard Dietrich Lockridge (6 feet 3, 292 pounds) of Jackson State, offensive tackle Shahriar Pourdanesh (6-6, 290) of Nevada-Reno and cornerback Tony Tellington of Youngstown State.The 5-9 Tellington, who doubles as a kick returner, spent the 1992 season on the Miami Dolphins' practice squad.

Raleigh. -- For a generation, America's universities served the military-industrial complex of the Cold War. Today, corporations continue to tap academic-based research for their own profit.Now comes the question: Could our colleges and universities, into which we've poured so much of our public and private wealth, do more to help the urban regions of a nation deeply afflicted by rising crime and racial and class polarization?Ira Harkavy, chief of the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Community Partnerships, argues that ''universities cannot afford to remain shores of affluence, self-importance and horticultural beauty at the edge of island seas of squalor, violence and despair.

There are several new books on antique furniture, with an emphasis on the durable oak pieces that have been in favor with buyers and collectors since the late 19th century.First of all, there is the three-volume "American Oak Furniture, Styles and Prices" by Robert W. and Harriett Swedberg (Wallace-Homestead, an imprint of Chilton Book Co.).Volume I is, in essence, a tour through an oak-filled Victorian home, room by room, from the entry hall, with its hall trees, mirrors and benches, to the bedrooms, with their beds, bureaus and washstands.

Ryan Wade, a 165-pound lacrosse midfielder, isn't the kind of guy to back down from a good challenge.The 19-year-old Severn graduate and Davidsonville resident left Wednesday for Vail, Colo., where he'll play club lacrosse for Baltimore's Mount Washington Tavern.His teammates include such luminaries as World Lacrosse Team member Quint Kessinich (John Hopkins, goalie), Brown University's Darren Lowe (the NCAA's Player of the Year) and Jim Buczek (the University of North Carolina's Midfielder of the Year)

Jacob UmanskyFled Russian revolutionServices for Jacob Umansky, a retired tailor who was born in Russia and emigrated to North America after the 1917 Russian revolution, will be held today at 2 p.m. at the Sol Levinson & Bros. Home, 6010 Reisterstown Road.Mr. Umansky, who had lived with his son, Paul, in Baltimore for the past 25 years, died Friday of heart failure at Baltimore County General Hospital.He was 93.Born in the Russian town of Berezovka, Mr. Umansky learned his trade at his father's knee.