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(Washington, DC)  — Dozens of DC teachers should get their jobs back and receive back pay .  That’s the ruling by an arbitrator in the case of 75 probationary instructors who were fired in July 2008 by then city schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee.  The Washington Teachers’ Union will have more to say about the ruling this afternoon.  […]

Washington, DC- The 2011 Radio One DC Media Appreciation Day Awards Lunch will be held onWednesday, February 9th, 2011 from 11am-12:45pm. This year, the stations will salute Jim Vance of WRC-TV who is celebrating 42 years at NBC-4 and Avis Thomas Lester of The Washington Post who is celebrating 22 years at The Post. 

(Washington, DC)  —  DC Police want more red light cameras in the nation’s capital.  Police released dramatic video to make their point.  It shows a truck blowing a red light and t-boning a car, which slams into another car.  Assistant Police Chief Patrick Burke told WJLA-TV the cameras are about safety, but many motorists say they’re […]

(Washington, DC)  —  We’re getting an interesting new look at handgun ownership in the District.  Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court ended DC’s handgun ban, hundreds of residents have armed themselves.  The “Washington Post” reports many of the new gun owners live in the most well-to-do neighborhoods.  More than 14-hundred guns have been registered with […]

(Washington, DC)  —  The DC Fire Department responded to a report of a fire on the grounds of the Smithsonian’s Museum of Natural History near 7th Street and Constitution Avenue, Northwest.  A large plume of smoke could be seen rising above the museum complex shortly before 8 a.m.  So far, there are no reports of […]

(Washington, DC)  —  President Obama’s faith advisory council has some new appointees.  The Christian Post says the leader of the National Association of Evangelicals and the Episcopal Church USA are included in the new appointees.  NAE president Leith Anderson and Episcopal Presiding Bishop the Most Reverend Katharine Jefferts Schori are joined by Lynne Hybels, co-founder of […]

Washington Washington Football Team defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth has been charged with simple assault in Virginia. Police say he threw a punch at a fellow motorist Wednesday in a Washington, D.C., suburb. Fairfax County authorities told The Washington Post that Haynesworth, 29, plans to turn himself in next week through his attorney. But Haynesworth’s agent, […]

(Washington)-President Obama welcomes Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to the White House today.  The two are expected to discuss what could be a major border/trade deal.  It would be aimed at easing the flow of goods and people across the northern border.  It would also beef up perimeter security. Copyright © 2011 Metro Networks Communications […]

(Washington, DC)  —  Pepco’s customers are already fed up with the poor-performing utility, and now it’s possible they’ll have to pay more because of that poor performance.  That doesn’t add up for gas station owner Armand Brick, who tells TBD News he already lost a lot of money last week when the power went out and […]

(Washington, DC)  —  Pepco’s customers are already fed up with the poor-performing utility, and now it’s possible they’ll have to pay more because of that poor performance.  Last week some customers spent up to five days without power, and the Post says Maryland regulators have made it possible for Pepco to temporarily raise rates to […]