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VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: Thirteen shots flew into afternoon rush hour along I-95 southbound Tuesday after an enraged Jaguar driver pulled a gun on the driver of a Ford truck driver that twice had hit the shooter’s car as the pair muscled each other near a merge lane from Route 123, Virginia State Police said. […]
(Washington, DC) — DC police are investigating after a home invasion near Howard University in which students were robbed of their belongings. WJLA-TV reports six masked men burst into an off-campus home around 3 a.m. Monday. One suspect threatened a female student with a golf club and demanded money. Other suspects threatened a roommate with […]
VIA CNN: Washington (CNN) — President Obama signed sweeping health care reform legislation into law Tuesday, hailing the moment as the latest example of America facing up to major challenges for the benefit of all its people. The bill constitutes the biggest expansion of federal health care guarantees in more than four decades, and its […]
(Baltimore, MD) — There are jobs available for U.S. Census Bureau enumerators to go door to door. Seema Iyer is directing the Baltimore City Complete Count Campaign. The door to door counting will start late April through the middle of July. For job information go to baltimorecity.gov/2010census or contact the Census Bureau. Hiring will go […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: Prosecutors recommended on Tuesday that Wizards star guard Gilbert Arenas spend three months in jail for bringing guns into the Verizon Center locker room. Prosecutors also proposed that Arenas serve three years probation and perform 300 hours of community service. The recommendations came in a sentencing memo to the court that […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: Black-and-white photos of students laughing with first lady Michelle Obama and White House chefs Sam Kass and Bill Yosses hang in the entryway of Kimball Elementary School in Southeast Washington. Kimball’s students have been invited twice to visit the White House because their school has a vegetable garden. What it doesn’t […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: Towson University police say two students were robbed at gunpoint when two men forced their way into their dorm room. In a campus crime alert, police said the students responded to a knock at the door of their room in Glen Tower B, a coed residence hall, about 3:30 p.m. Monday. […]
VIA DC FAB: May 3rd Films, an independent production company led by Kirk Frasier shot a pilot and went on the daunting task of depicting the life of D.C. City Councilman Marion Barry also known as D.C.’s “Mayor for Life”. He’s not stranger to controversy from drug and corruption allegations along with his problems with […]
Be the “U” God intended: Be Honest. Be Beautiful. Be Intentional. Be Strong. Be You! In this inspirational book by popular performers Mary Mary, the heart and faith of this urban gospel duo permeates every page and motivates young women to be the “U” that God created you to be. In it, Mary Mary reminds […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: Gilbert Arenas already faces a difficult week ahead, with his sentencing for felony gun possession set for Friday. But Arenas’s troubles were magnified recently, when he discovered that his estranged mother, Mary Francis Robinson, died in Miami. Robinson passed away on March 13, but Arenas didn’t find out until a few […]