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VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: Montgomery County detectives are investigating the death of District middle school principal Brian Betts as a homicide, county Police Chief J. Thomas Manger said Friday afternoon. “At this point we don’t believe he was a random victim,” Manger said. “We suspect it is a homicide. We are investigating it as such.” […]
The Northern Virginia Urban League (NOVAUL) has raised an astounding $70,000 for student scholarships that will be awarded at the sold out 20th Annual Community Service and Scholarship Awards Dinner on April 30, 2010. Thirteen of Northern Virginia’s brightest students will receive scholarships toward their college education, and NOVAUL will honor Eric A. Adolphe, Esq., […]
VIA WTOP: Prince George’s County Police suspended a second officer after a video showed police repeatedly striking a student with batons following a University of Maryland basketball game against Duke University. The tape has outraged people across the country. Police say they have identified all officers in the tape and will suspend at least two […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: Congressional leaders intend to revive a D.C. voting rights bill on the House floor as early as next week, despite opposition from city leaders to an amendment that would strip most of the District’s gun-control laws. The final details of the bill were being worked out Wednesday, but House Majority Leader […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: When the transit authority postponed track work at Rosslyn Station after the big February snowstorms, it did so with great reluctance. The Presidents’ Day weekend project took a long time to arrange, and it was a window of opportunity to get a big job done all at once when relatively few […]
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VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: The backlash is building against Mayor Adrian M. Fenty’s (D) proposal to use increased parking fees and traffic tickets to help close the city’s budget shortfall, including raising the cost to park at some meters to $3 an hour. At a news conference this morning, the leaders of AAA Mid-Atlantic decried […]
WYCB Spirit 1340 AM would like to say goodbye to a beloved member of our promotions department, Ms. Ethel Young, who has gone home to glory. The funeral for Ms. Ethel Young will be Saturday April 17th @ The St. Judah Spiritual Baptist Church. 43 Anacostia Rd. N.E. 20019. Rev. Linwood Grant, Pastor. The Wake […]
VIA WASHINGTON EXAMINER: The Metrobus operator who was charged with soliciting sex from an undercover police officer while driving his bus was fired on Monday, according to the transit agency. Shawn W. Todd had been on paid administrative leave since he was arrested in the early morning hours of April 3, as first reported in […]