<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Howard</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/md/howard?nav=rss_metro/md/howard</link><description>Howard</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Officer Linked to Gambling]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8015-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8015-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:48:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ During the day, Michael Anthony Thorn was a police officer in Howard County, where for 18 years he worked to uphold the law. At night, police say, Tykie Thorn was the manager and pit boss of an illegal Texas Hold 'Em poker casino run out of a warehouse in Anne Arundel County.]]></description><author> Allison Klein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Howard Crime Watch]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7105-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7105-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:48:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<em> The following were among incidents recently reported by the Howard County Police Department. For more information, call 410-313-2236.</em>]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Columbia Comes of Age]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5272-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5272-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:48:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Recently, I wrote a  story about a teacher at Wilde Lake Middle School who was robbed at gunpoint in her classroom early one morning. As a crime reporter for the Post, I'm not naive. Still, somehow a holdup seemed almost incomprehensible at the middle school where I learned algebra from a very patient Mr. Longo and cried my eyes out while reading "The Yearling" by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings.]]></description><author> Allison Klein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Season May Seal Fate of Pavilion]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49816-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49816-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:48:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  The Grammy-winning alternative rock band Maroon 5 will launch Merriweather Post Pavilion's 2005 concert season Saturday.]]></description><author> Mary Otto and  Miranda S. Spivack</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Howard Animal Watch]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4634-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4634-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:48:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<em>The following were among animal cases handled recently by the Howard County Division of Animal Control. The Howard County Animal Shelter is open for pet adoptions from 1:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. other weekdays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays, except holidays. For more information, call 410-313-2780.</em>]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Howard County Calendar]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4399-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4399-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:48:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Thursday 21 <br>   COLUMBIA BOOK DISCUSSION,  "A Judgement in Stone," by Ruth Rendell. Sonsored by the Noontime Book Club; noon, Howard County Central Library, 10375 Little Patuxent Pkwy. Free; registration required. 410-313-7860.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Farmers' Marketing]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49819-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49819-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:48:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  For years, R.J. Caulder sold the jams and honey she made on her West Friendship farm at the Howard County Farmers Market along with her signature goat's milk soap.]]></description><author> Dina ElBoghdady</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[School Renovations Given $15 Million]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49818-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49818-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:48:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Howard County received a bonus from the Maryland General Assembly before it adjourned this week when lawmakers approved a total of $15.2 million for school construction, nearly $10 million more than county officials had anticipated.]]></description><author> Susan DeFord</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big Concerts May Reprise In Columbia]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48238-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48238-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:48:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Merriweather Post Pavilion's corporate owners, who have insisted for two years that the outdoor amphitheater is obsolete and should be converted to a smaller, indoor concert hall, reversed course yesterday and said they want to make it a centerpiece of a more vibrant downtown Columbia.]]></description><author> Miranda S. Spivack</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman Gets 1-Year Term  For Abducting Md. Grandson]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38797-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38797-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:48:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A Delaware woman who admitted abducting her 3 1/2-year-old grandson from her daughter-in-law in Gaithersburg because she feared for the child's safety was sentenced yesterday to a year in jail.]]></description><author> Fredrick Kunkle</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fruits of Their Labor]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31250-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31250-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:48:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[No sniffing, no swishing, no spitting  --  this is a Linganore wine tasting. So drink up, and don't be a snob about it.]]></description><author> Elizabeth Williamson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[County Residents' Commutes Inch Up]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31239-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31239-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:48:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Howard County residents spent 30 minutes a day on average  --  125 hours a year  --  traveling to work in 2003, a recent U.S. Census Bureau survey found.]]></description><author> Dina ElBoghdady</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some Projects Not In Robey's Budget]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31238-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31238-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:48:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  The $235.3 million capital budget proposed by Howard County Executive James N. Robey provides a hefty 14 percent spending increase to cover new school buildings, additions to the community college, a public safety training center and part of an expansion at Howard General Hospital.]]></description><author> Susan DeFord</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Md. Students Celebrate Marrow Donor Bill]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32754-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32754-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:48:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ For three long years  --  a lifetime for most teenagers  --  the girls of Sister to Sister at Oakland Mills High School in Columbia have toiled on a bill that would lower the age of consent for bone marrow donations. Club members helped draft the original legislation, lobbied politicians and testified before the General Assembly.]]></description><author> Ylan Q. Mui</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Napa Valley, Bordeaux . . . and Brookeville?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31309-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31309-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:48:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[No sniffing, no swishing, no spitting  --  this is a Linganore wine tasting. So drink up,  and don't be a snob about it.]]></description><author> Elizabeth Williamson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civil War-Era Casket Vandalized in D.C.]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32750-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32750-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:48:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Construction workers digging outside a Northwest Washington apartment building have unearthed a cast-iron casket that experts believe probably dates to the late 19th century.]]></description><author> Serge F. Kovaleski</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Atholton Teacher Has Winning Chemistry]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31240-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31240-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:48:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Bonnie Luepkes scurried around her classroom at Atholton High School in a white lab coat looking over students' shoulders and answering their questions.]]></description><author> Ylan Q. Mui</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Homeless Shelter  Budgeted for Growth]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13036-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13036-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:48:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Howard County's only homeless shelter could get a long awaited expansion with the help of $1.5 million earmarked for the project by County Executive James N. Robey.]]></description><author> Mary Otto</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Residents Fighting Rezoning Decisions]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13035-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13035-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:48:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A group of county residents, determined to undo rezoning actions on more than 100 properties, is taking its cause and clipboards to supermarkets, libraries, parks, churches and schools.]]></description><author> Susan DeFord</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Easter Gospel With  A Twang]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5572-2005Mar27.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5572-2005Mar27.html?nav=rss_metro/md/howard</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:48:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Hymns poured forth yesterday for Easter in churches big and small, in sanctuaries bedecked in lilies and the finery of worshipers. And then there was the drafty converted barn in Howard County, where the songs came with a country twang and the congregation came with cowboy hats.]]></description><author> Susan Levine</author></item></channel></rss>