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DETROIT — A federal judge ordered life in prison Thursday for a Nigerian Muslim who turned away from a privileged life and tried to blow up a packed international flight with a bomb concealed in his underwear. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who was on a suicide mission for al Qaeda, was the same defiant man who […]

Dozens of students at George Washington University are recovering from norovirus.

Today's funeral procession for Alexandria paramedic Joshua Weissman will have a major impact on travel in the area.

Defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth‘s brief tenure with Tampa Bay ended Wednesday, when the Buccaneers cut him after an eight-game stint. The Bucs lost every game of Haynesworth’s stop in Tampa. Meanwhile, the Patriots won 10 consecutive games after releasing Haynesworth in Week 10. Haynesworth, on the other hand, closed out his year with a personal […]

ANNAPOLIS — Two House panels on Tuesday passed Gov. Martin O’Malley’s same-sex marriage bill, sending it to the chamber floor with help from the state’s first Republican delegate to speak in favor of the legislation. TO READ THE WHOLE STORY – CLICK HERE

Republican who blew the whistle on former D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr.’s surreptitious habit of stealing from the city is among those who filed petitions to appear on the ballot in the special election to replace the disgraced ex-legislator from Ward 5. Tim Day turned in his petitions late Tuesday and is part of […]

Prosecutors see no reason why former Prince George’s County Executive Jack B. Johnson — who has more than $200,000 in the bank — can’t pay a $100,000 fine associated with his extortion conviction before he heads to prison. Three days before Johnson’s 87-month prison sentence is scheduled to begin, prosecutors filed a motion Wednesday requesting […]

TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he will order flags flown at half-staff at state government buildings Saturday in memory of Whitney Houston. The governor says Houston was a “cultural icon” who belongs in the same category in New Jersey music history as Frank Sinatra, Count Basie and Bruce Springsteen. TO READ […]

Ten of the nation's 15 wealthiest counties are located in the Washington, DC area.

A 62-year-old Elkton-area woman will serve six months of home detention for illegally giving an abortion pill to a pregnant 16-year-old.