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When the Orioles take to the field on Monday, one of its least visible but most beloved members will be missing from the team.

Even though the Orioles have made plans to honor late public relations director Monica Barlow as part of a pregame ceremony on Opening Day, O's players would like to have another way to remember her.

On Wednesday, the Orioles announced their plans for Opening Day, which include the traditional pregame introductions as players and coaches run down the orange carpet.

The wills of Maryland's most affluent shed light on their wealth and, many times, their hobbies. The wills, obtained by The Baltimore Sun from the Baltimore County Register of Wills, can often be illuminating.

The new and redesigned spaces at University of Maryland Shock Trauma accommodate the most sophisticated equipment and processes that speed the flow of care, according to those who work there.

Today's Nobel Prize for Literature, awarded to Canadian Alice Munro, is a departure from recent prizes. More often the judges have appeared intent on raising awareness of authors who have toiled largely outside the American media marketing machine.

Late writer was an exceptional writer, student of military history and friend

Tom Clancy, the Baltimore-born author whose novels include "The Hunt for Red October, "Red Storm Rising" and "Patriot Games," died Tuesday at Johns Hopkins Hospital after a brief illness. He was 66.

'Red October' author parlayed book success into films, video games

When Orioles principal owner Peter G. Angelos purchased the team in 1993, a group of local investors -- including Tom Clancy, the best-selling author who died Tuesday at age 66 -- helped to finance the deal.

Tom Clancy, the Baltimore-born author whose novels include "The Hunt for Red October, "Red Storm Rising" and "Patriot Games," died yesterday after a brief illness at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was 66.

Tom Clancy, whose death was announced today, almost single-handedly created the techno-thriller genre and some of his books, including "The Hunt for Red October," have become classics.

The life of an independent bookstore owner is perilous these days. Still, you wouldn't imagine that an indie owner could end up near the top of the Central Intelligence Agency. Until Avril D. Haines came along.

In a database with a lot of numbers, this one jumped out: $55,000. How on earth could a condo at the prestigious Ritz-Carlton Residences ¿ where author Tom Clancy owns a sprawling multimillion-dollar penthouse ¿ have an assessed value that low?

The most buzzworthy gaming titles include 'Borderlands 2,' 'Assassin's Creed 3,' 'Halo 4' and 'Grand Theft Auto V'

Property taxes on the 10 homes with the biggest bills and the 10 commercial properties at the top of the heap come to an eye-popping $20.5 million, according to a Baltimore Sun analysis. As city officials try to expand Baltimore's tax base, they say they're very glad for these big payers.

Electronic readers will make their debut Wednesday at Anne Arundel County public libraries, when 200 e-readers become available for patrons to take home. The move puts the county's libraries on a growing list of libraries across the state, including Baltimore city and Howard County, that have added pre-loaded e-readers to the items that patrons can borrow.