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DETROIT -- Attorney David Ware, one of two agents representing Barry Sanders, said yesterday that the retired superstar running back is thinking about a return to the NFL if the Detroit Lions will release him or trade him.Lions chief operating officer Chuck Schmidt said the team is taking Sanders at his word -- that he is retired -- and has no reason to think about trading him.And, Sanders -- as usual -- said nothing."

When Gooch Ware Travelstead dreamed, he dreamed big. When he built, he built on a gargantuan scale -- skyscrapers looming over midtown Manhattan; desolate London docklands transformed into a glittering new city; a spectacular tower on a beach in Barcelona.Product of a modest Baltimore upbringing, Travelstead lived with abandon, outspending ordinary millionaires at posh restaurants and resorts.He planned a ski resort with the shah of Iran; helped Margaret Thatcher muscle her capitalist vision through Parliament; charmed Prince Charles into endorsing his splashy constructions; bought Bruce Babbitt's Arizona ranches when his old friend became secretary of the interior; lent $8,000 to Sidney Biddle Barrows, the "Mayflower madam," to hire a lawyer.

A soured relationship led Darris Ware to kill his former fiancee and her friend in a jealous fury, an Anne Arundel County prosecutor told jurors yesterday at the start of the retrial of Ware's capital murder case."

After renting a house in Walbrook Junction for 31 years, Doris Ware and her two elder siblings were getting too old to climb their crumbling steps, fix the damaged pipes and protect themselves from crime.Finally, Ware, 70, told her sister, Eura Randall, 75, it was time to leave the 1500 block of Clifton Ave.Last month, the sisters gave away most of their belongings and moved into a two-bedroom apartment in the newly opened Park Heights Place, which will have maintenance staff available.Their brother, who had been living with them, found another residence.

Killer Darris A. Ware began fighting for his life yesterday, bringing in his aunt, a social worker and jail counselors to tell Anne Arundel County Circuit Court jurors who will sentence him that the two murders they convicted him of were an aberration."

The fathers of two murder victims wept on the witness stand yesterday as they told an Anne Arundel County Circuit Court jury that will decide whether to execute their daughters' murderer how his crimes shattered their families.On Monday, the same jury convicted former Navy seaman Darris A. Ware, 28, of first-degree murder in the fatal shootings of his ex-fiancee Betina "Kristi" Gentry, 18, and her friend, Cynthia V. Allen, 22, in the Gentry home in Severn.The same 10 men and two women turned their attention to sentencing yesterday.

A friend of two women slain in 1993 in a Severn home gave prosecutors yesterday the most damning words against Darris A. Ware, the man accused in the killing: The friend told an Anne Arundel County Circuit Court jury that while on the telephone with one of the victims, he learned that Ware was at the house, then heard screams and gunfire before being disconnected.Edward Love Anderson's testimony is critical: Only it puts Ware, 28, at the scene, linking him to the fatal gunshots. No physical evidence, such as fingerprints, places Ware there.

An Anne Arundel County Circuit Court jury convicted Darris A. Ware yesterday of first-degree murder in the death of his ex-fiancee and her friend, and that opens the way for a decision this week on whether the former Navy seaman should be executed.Relatives of the victims hugged and smiled through tears as Ware stood expressionless at the end of the first part of his retrial. In 1995, Ware was convicted and sentenced to death, but that was overturned on appeal.If sentenced to death again, Ware, 28, will join 16 prisoners on Maryland's death row. All are housed in Baltimore at the Maryland Correctional Adjustment Center.

The fathers of two murder victims wept on the witness stand yesterday as they told an Anne Arundel County Circuit Court jury that will decide whether to execute their daughters' murderer how his crimes shattered their families.On Monday, the same jury convicted former Navy seaman Darris A. Ware, 28, of first-degree murder in the fatal shootings of his ex-fiancee Betina "Kristi" Gentry, 18, and her friend, Cynthia V. Allen, 22, in the Gentry home in Severn.The same 10 men and two women turned their attention to sentencing yesterday.

Killer Darris A. Ware began fighting for his life yesterday, bringing in his aunt, a social worker and jail counselors to tell Anne Arundel County Circuit Court jurors who will sentence him that the two murders they convicted him of were an aberration."

Of all the cable and network news channel plans to commemorate the attacks of 9/11 this week with special programs, none seems more timely and relevant than that of CNN. The cable news network has sent a team of correspondents led by anchorman Anderson Cooper into Afghanistan to do a week's worth of nightly broadcasts on the status of the fight against the Taliban. The series starts Monday night and culminates in an hourlong wrap-up at 8 p.m. Saturday. "Anderson Cooper 360" will broadcast live from Afghanistan, with the help of international correspondent Michael Ware, medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta and CNN national security analyst Peter Bergen.

Top-ranked Broadneck never considered the possibility that its season could end with anything but a state championship. The Bruins had suffered a devastating blow during the summer when head coach Jim Ware died. They also had the motivation of having lost to Chesapeake-AA in the regional finals the past two years after beating the Cougars in league play. None of this was lost on coach Reese Kiple, who was an assistant to Ware and understood his responsibility to be a guiding force for his players.

From owner Steve Bisciotti to coach John Harbaugh, the Ravens have made it clear they want to bring back Ray Lewis. But the Pro Bowl inside linebacker could be laying the groundwork to go elsewhere when free agency begins Friday. According to Cowboys linebacker DeMarcus Ware, Lewis said it's his "dream" to play in Dallas and repeatedly expressed his desire to sign there. "When we played Ray Lewis and Baltimore at the end of the season, he came over and pointed to my helmet. He said: 'I want to wear this star on my helmet.

Cowboys WR Terrell Owens vs. Ravens CB Samari Rolle Owens is still one of the best receivers in the NFL and is at his best when teams aren't pressing him at the line of scrimmage. He still has great speed and hands. Rolle can run with Owens, but he isn't physical enough to jam and hold him at the line. Rolle has played well the past couple of weeks, but look for the Ravens to give Rolle help over the top with a safety. Edge:: Owens: Cowboys OLB DeMarcus Ware vs. Ravens OTs Willie Anderson and Jared Gaither Ware is one of the best pass rushers in the league.

At the beginning of the season, the key to success for the Ravens was the development of the offensive line. Now, near the end of the season, the key for their postseason hopes is for the offensive line to take its game to a higher level. When the Ravens meet the Dallas Cowboys tomorrow night in the last game at Texas Stadium, they will face the best defensive line they have seen this season. Pittsburgh has the No. 1-rated defense in the NFL, but the Steelers don't have the combination of strength and speed that the Cowboys have up front, beginning with All-World outside linebacker DeMarcus Ware and nose guard Jay Ratliff.

Prosecutors have decided not to file charges against a Howard County teenager who was shot accidentally in April by an undercover officer during a suspected drug deal, according to the Howard County state's attorney's office. Garcia Wilson, who was 15 when the shooting occurred, was grazed in the arm after the officer drew his gun to approach Wilson and another teen who police suspected were making a drug deal in Jessup. The incident occurred about 5:20 p.m. April 7 in the 8300 block of Pleasant Chase Road, police said.

Court upholds cryptologist's life sentences in '93 deaths The Maryland Court of Special Appeals yesterday upheld the life-without-parole sentences for a former National Security Agency cryptologist whose two previous death sentences in the 1993 killing of his former fiancee and her friend had been overturned. The families of victims Betina "Kristi" Gentry, 18, and her friend, Cynthia V. Allen, 22, had asked Anne Arundel County prosecutors not to pursue death sentences against Darris Alaric Ware (now 35)

The Insurgency, a Frontline documentary that airs tonight at 9 on PBS (MPT, Channels 22 and 67), is a detailed and brave piece of down-the-middle journalism that tackles the most important part of the most important news story in the world. With help from Time magazine Baghdad bureau chief Michael Ware, the Frontline team sets out to find who is behind the Iraqi insurgency, what their goals are and how quickly the U.S. military is preparing Iraqi security forces to take over the fight.

On February 12, 2005, ROSA LEE BYNUM wife of the late William H. Bynum, mother of Curtis Ware and Dennis Floyd Bynum. Visitation Wednesday February 23 10:30 until service at 11 A.M., at Ebenezer United Methodist Church. Arrangements by Jenkins Funeral Home.

Mr. and Mrs. Randy Ware, of Friedens, PA, have announced the marriage of their daughter, Susan Lindsay Ware, to Mr. Robert Scott Gahs, son of Mrs. Marie Gahs and the late Mr. Kenneth Gahs, of Jarrettsville, MD. The wedding ceremony took place on October 23, 2004, at Friedens Lutheran Church. A reception followed at the University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown. After a honeymoon in Hawaii, the couple resides in Frederick, MD.