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VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: Prince George’s County sheriff’s deputies shot and wounded a man early Thursday morning after the man apparently rammed one of them with a car outside Club Elite in Temple Hills, authorities said. The incident started shortly after 1 a.m. in the parking lot of the club, which is located in the […]
VIA WTOP: The family of slain D.C. middle school principal Brian Betts will receive friends and well-wishers at a public service Wednesday afternoon. The service will be held at the Pierce Funeral Home at 9609 Center Street in Manassas, Va. from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. A private funeral and burial service will be held […]
VIA WUSA: The driver of a van accused of causing an accident in SE Washington Monday that claimed the life of a 37-year old woman and sent 4 children to hospitals in critical condition has a long record of alleged driving violations, a search of Maryland court records shows. 34-year-old Agene Jones, who has no […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: A woman who starved her 1-year-old son to death at the behest of a religious cult leader has been given a suspended sentence and probation. Ria Ramkissoon pleaded guilty to child abuse resulting in the death of her son, Javon Thompson. The plea agreement contained an extraordinary provision: If Javon is […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: The Washington Post’s Ben Pershing reports that House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer has announced that a D.C. voting rights bill will not come up this session, in part because of opposition to an amendment that would have eliminated most of the District’s gun-control laws. “At this point in time I do […]
Are you ready for some Washington Football Team football? Although the start of the 2010 season is still months away, the official 2010 football schedule has been announced. Check out the dates right here. Sept. 12: vs. Dallas Cowboys (night) Sept. 19: vs. Houston Texans Sept. 26: at St. Louis Rams Oct. 3: at Philadelphia […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: The D.C. Council unanimously approved a bill Tuesday to allow chronically ill patients to receive a doctor’s prescription to use marijuana and buy it from a city-sanctioned distribution center. Under the bill, which passed without debate, a patient who suffers from HIV, glaucoma, cancer or a “chronic and lasting disease” may […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: Officials at the District’s Water and Sewer Authority (WASA) are advising customers in certain Northwest neighborhoods not to use water until further notice due to a higher-than-normal chlorine concentration. The boundaries of the area are: West Boundary: MacArthur Boulevard NW North Boundary: Western Avenue and Eastern Avenue NW East Boundary: Amtrak […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: Dressed in black, Nardyne Jeffries held up two photos of her 16-year-old daughter as she prepared Monday to address the D.C. Council. The first, her daughter’s broad smile from a 10th-grade class picture. The second, from a funeral home, with a gunshot to her head. Jeffries was among the parents and […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: D.C. Council member Vincent C. Gray, a Democratic candidate for mayor, said Monday that he will not support the D.C. voting rights bill pending before Congress unless substantive changes are made to the provision that restricts the city’s ability to set its own gun-control laws. Gray, whose position puts him at […]