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VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: Tonette Sivells, the first in her family to graduate from college, saved her money to achieve another dream: buying her first home, in Congress Heights. But when a community group suggested opening a home for at-risk youths, she and other neighbors opposed it, because there are four programs to help the […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER: A proposed tax on sugary drinks in the District of Columbia has the Big Soda lobby all shook up. Dozens of soft drink workers and advocates — many of them decked in the bright reds and blues of Coke and Pepsi — flooded the city council Friday to protest against a […]
VIA WTOP: Police continue to investigate the murder of a Ballou High School senior who interned for D.C. Council member Michael Brown. The body of Alonte Sutton, 18, of Southeast was pulled out of a ravine in a wooded area near the 200 block of Newcomb Street in Southeast Sunday morning. The area is near […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER: Attorney General Peter Nickles is lashing out at Councilman Marion Barry, accusing D.C.’s ex-mayor of race baiting in comments about city hiring practices. Barry, D-Ward 8, is raising questions about the city’s health care finance agency, which he says is excluding blacks from top jobs. At a hearing earlier this week, […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER: Metro experienced another near miss Wednesday morning when one Red Line train operator had to push his emergency brake to avoiding hitting another train ahead of it. The incident is ringing alarm bells for how the agency’s safety system failed to stop the trains from getting so close again, but also […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: State police say Virginia saw declines in violent crimes and other offenses in 2009. The Virginia State Police’s 2009 Crime in Virginia report says violent crimes fell by 9.7 percent compared to 2008. Motor vehicle and other property thefts and drug offenses also decreased, the report said. Juvenile arrests also declined […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: Howard University has submitted a $1.1 billion plan to move its hospital and health sciences operation to the Walter Reed Army Medical Center campus after the facility closes next year and the District assumes control of its more than 62 acres from the federal government. University officials say the ambitious proposal […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: When Jelani Freeman came home after school one day, his mother was gone. Eight years old, he waited, realizing as the hours passed that she would not be back. She was mentally ill and in need of treatment. His father was in prison. “I just knew that was it,” he recalled. […]
VIA MYFOXDC: Customers can expect lengthy delays of up to 30 minutes this weekend (May 7-9) as old track components are replaced on the Red and Orange lines, causing inbound and outbound trains to take turns sharing one track on portions of the rail system. Red Line Track Upgrades Metrorail customers traveling between the Grosvenor-Strathmore […]
VIA MYFOXDC: There is a new warning from police. Robbers are hip to new chat technology. A seemingly innocent meeting with someone could prove dangerous. Prince William County Police are investigating a case that happened April 12. A 28-year-old Manassas man downloaded a text chat application to his cell phone. Police said he exchanged pictures […]