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All the news that happens outside Havre de Grace that we think might matter to people inside the 21078 zip code.A Harford County man accused of beating his child to death received a 10-year prison sentence after accepting a plea deal Monday. Kareen Abdul-Raheem Brown, with addresses in Edgewood and North East, was handed the 20-year sentence by Cecil County Circuit Court Judge O. Robert Lidums, who suspended 10 years of it. Brown was charged with the death of his 1-year-old child, Kalea Brown, after Cecil County police received a report on June 8, 2009 of an unconscious baby. Paramedics arrived at Cedar Hill Apartments in North East where Brown was living with his girlfriend and the child. The child …