Hundreds turn out for funeral of officer

Hundreds of officers, family and friends filled Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in North Baltimore for the Wednesday funeral for police Officer William H. Torbit Jr., who was shot and killed Jan. 9 when four of his fellow officers mistook him for a suspect during a fight outside a club near downtown. Torbit's sergeant and a colleague spoke, along with two of his brothers, noting the 33-year-old's dedication not only to arresting drug dealers along the Pennsylvania Avenue corridor but how he returned to that street when he was off duty to help children.

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  Funeral procession detours through community Torbit patrolled

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R. Sargent Shriver, the Westminster-born public servant who launched the Peace Corps and other social programs, has died at 95. Shriver started programs such as VISTA, a domestic version of the Peace Corps; Head Start, for low-income preschoolers; and the Legal Services for the Poor. He also served on the Special Olympics board.

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