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Man dies in Md. police shooting
Update, 8:42 p.m. A man armed with an icepick was shot fatally by a Montgomery County police officer during a confrontation Saturday evening in downtown Silver Spring, a county police spokeswoman said. The shooting occurred about 5:15 p.m. outside the...
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| February 19, 2011; 8:22 PM ET |
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One killed, 2 others shot in NW
Updated, 9:58 p.m.: One person was killed and two others wounded Saturday night in a shooting incident in the Columbia Heights area of Northwest Washington, authorities said. D.C. Council member Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) said the fatality was a female...
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| February 19, 2011; 7:25 PM ET |
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Pr. George's firefighters called in
All Prince George’s County firefighters are being called to duty as a result of numerous wind-driven brush fires in the county.
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| February 19, 2011; 1:34 PM ET |
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Resources on suicide, depression
If you or someone you know is struggling with suicide or depression, there are many places you can go for help and information. There are multiple phone numbers that you can call to speak to someoene immediately: - 800-SUICIDE (800-784-2433)....
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| February 19, 2011; 1:00 PM ET |
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Thousands without power in region
More than 12,000 customers were were without power in the District, Maryland, and Northern Virginia on Saturday morning.
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| February 19, 2011; 12:33 PM ET |
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National Christmas Tree blown over
High winds have blown over the National ChristmasTree, the majestic Colorado blue spruce that stood near the White House on the Ellipse, according to Bill Line, a spokesman for the National Park Service.
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| February 19, 2011; 12:20 PM ET |
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Wind-driven fire destroys Md. home
Prince George's County fire officials say a home in College Park was destroyed Saturday morning by flames fanned by heavy winds.
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| February 19, 2011; 11:42 AM ET |
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Giant gives to Salvation Army after clash
Giant Food stores have made a $75,000 donation to the Salvation Army of the national capital region after the grocery chain cut the amount of time bell ringers could seek donations for the charity's holiday Red Kettle campaign.
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| February 19, 2011; 10:54 AM ET |
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Man struck by freight train in Northeast
A pedestrian was seriously injured Friday night when he was struck by a freight train in Northeast Washington, authorities said. The incident occurred around 10:30 p.m. at 24th and Channing streets NE, they said....
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| February 18, 2011; 11:35 PM ET |
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High winds hamper D.C. firefighters
High winds Friday night impeded efforts to fight a Northeast house fire, said D.C. fire department spokesman Pete Piringer.
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| February 18, 2011; 11:00 PM ET |
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3 convicted in mortgage scheme
Federal prosecutors say three people have been convicted in a mortgage scheme that defrauded more than 1,000 investors of $78 million. A federal jury in Greenbelt on Friday convicted 48-year-old Michael Hickson of Commack, N.Y.; 48-year-old Isaac Jerome Smith of...
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| February 18, 2011; 7:24 PM ET |
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Driver killed on Beltway identified
Maryland State Police have identified the tractor-trailer driver killed Tuesday night in a fiery three-vehicle crash that temporarily shut down portions of the Capital Beltway as Osborne H. Bailey, 57, of Charleston, S.C. Maryland State Police said in a news...
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| February 18, 2011; 5:11 PM ET |
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D.C. Council aide pleads guilty to felonies
A former top aide to D.C. Council member Jim Graham pleaded guilty Friday to accepting illegal gratuities, bringing an 18-month-old prosecution to a close. Ted G. Loza, who served as Graham's chief of staff, was arrested and charged in September...
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| February 18, 2011; 4:12 PM ET |
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Arlington, Fairfax 911 systems back
UPDATE: Officials in Fairfax say normal operations have been restored for its 911 system. Beginning about 9:10 a.m. Friday, an electronic equipment malfunction in the county's switching office redirected 911 calls, said Harry J. Mitchell, a Verizon spokesman. The equipment...
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| February 18, 2011; 3:52 PM ET |
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Woman gets traffic tickets in Md. deaths
The Frederick County Sheriff's Office says it has issued two traffic tickets to a woman who accidentally killed three fellow churchgoers with her car in Emmitsburg in August. Cpl. Jennifer Bailey said Friday that 63-year-old Mary Camilleri, of Fayetteville, Pa.,...
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| February 18, 2011; 3:37 PM ET |
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Pr. George's fire truck, jeep in accident
Six people -- including three children -- were taken to the hospital Friday afternoon after a Prince George's county fire truck en route to a fire crashed with a Jeep Liberty in the Bladensburg area, authorities said. The incident occurred...
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| February 18, 2011; 12:49 PM ET |
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Va. lottery to improve disabled access
The Virginia Lottery has agreed to take steps to ensure that its games are accessible to the disabled. The agreement settles a lawsuit filed in 2005 on behalf of several disabled Virginians. The Virginia Lottery and the Virginia Office for...
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| February 18, 2011; 10:54 AM ET |
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Animal advocates seek tougher penalities
After recent high profile cruelty cases, animal rights supporters — including Anne Arundel County's chief executive — pushed Thursday for tougher penalties for people who shoot or burn animals. House lawmakers listened as supporters made their case for a bill...
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| February 18, 2011; 10:28 AM ET |
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Plea hearing in D.C. bribery case
A plea hearing has been scheduled for Friday afternoon in the corruption case against Ted G. Loza, a former top D.C. Council staffer accused of accepting bribes, according to court officials. Loza was indicted in 2009 on charges of accepting...
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| February 18, 2011; 9:41 AM ET |
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Rare Lincoln papers, animal cruelty in Maryland, a library book thief. Here's our morning collection of some of the top headlines from other news sources in D.C., Virginia and Maryland. Come back to PostLocal.com for updates on all the top headlines of the day.
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| February 18, 2011; 7:42 AM ET |
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Fatal shooting in Prince George's
Database: 2010 homicides in Prince George's County A person was shot to death in the South Laurel area of Prince George's County Thursday night, authorities said. Cpl. Clinton Copeland, a spokesman for the Prince George's County Police Department, said officers...
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| February 17, 2011; 8:14 PM ET |
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Md. moves closer to same-sex marriages
Legislation that would legalize same-sex marriages in Maryland was approved Thursday afternoon by a Senate committee, easily clearing the first hurdle needed for passage this year by the General Assembly. The 7-to-4 vote by the Judicial Proceedings Committee sends the...
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| February 17, 2011; 5:17 PM ET |
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Police say body found in Morningside
UPDATE: Prince George's County police detectives have launched an investigation into the discovery Thursday of skeletal remains in a wooded area in Morningside, the Crime Scene blog reports. Cpl. Henry Tippett, a Prince George's County police spokesman, said the remains...
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| February 17, 2011; 4:50 PM ET |
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Gas line break near Fort Belvoir
Washington Gas is working to repair a 4-inch gas line break near Fort Belvoir Town Center, U.S. Army officials report. Fort Belvoir Emergency Services began evacuating employees and residents near the area about 11:30 a.m. Thursday. No injuries or property...
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| February 17, 2011; 4:32 PM ET |
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Md. police find more illegal rockfish nets
Maryland Natural Resources police say they’ve found more illegal rockfish nets in the Chesapeake Bay. Natural Resources Police say officers recovered another 1,500 yards of illegal fishing net containing 300 pounds of striped bass Wednesday night near Kent Island. The...
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| February 17, 2011; 2:16 PM ET |
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Transit strike in Loudoun County?
There could be a strike among transit workers serving Loudoun County, WTOP reports. The Teamsters union representing the 78 bus drivers and mechanics of Loudoun County Transit says the employees want a new contract to replace one that expires March...
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| February 17, 2011; 12:43 PM ET |
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Clarence Thomas to speak at U-Va.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is scheduled to appear at a conservative legal gathering at the University of Virginia. Thomas is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the annual Federalist Society Student Symposium for legal scholars and students...
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| February 17, 2011; 12:05 PM ET |
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D.C. Water approves rate increase
D.C. residents will see their water bills continue to rise under a budget approved Thursday by the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority board of directors.
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| February 17, 2011; 11:27 AM ET |
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Fatal shooting at Woodbridge Chick-fil-A
UPDATE: Police have someone in custody in connection with the shooting at a Woodbridge Chick-fil-A and confirm it was a domestic-related crime. The suspect turned himself in at a police station in Woodbridge shortly after the shooting. Police have not...
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| February 17, 2011; 10:40 AM ET |
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Not guilty plea in Redskins cheer death
A 32-year-old ex-boyfriend pleaded not guilty in the slaying and dismemberment of a Las Vegas Strip burlesque dancer and former Redskins cheer ambassador, who disappeared in December. Jason Griffith's public defender, Jeff Banks, said Wednesday that trial was set Nov....
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| February 17, 2011; 10:17 AM ET |
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Pepco bills, suspect in AU professor's death, Fenty and DDOT. Here's our morning collection of some of the top headlines from other news sources in D.C., Virginia and Maryland. Come back to PostLocal.com for updates on all the top headlines of the day.
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| February 17, 2011; 7:52 AM ET |
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Baltimore schools get CO detectors
Baltimore school officials say they will put carbon monoxide detectors in 35 schools within a week and all of the system's approximately 200 schools in the next month. The decision comes after two carbon monoxide leaks at one city school...
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| February 16, 2011; 6:16 PM ET |
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Police: Man tried to kill wife with hammer
A Montgomery Village man tried to kill his wife with a hammer late Tuesday night before he stabbed himself to death inside their apartment, Montgomery County police said. Authorities believe Aggrey Mulo Naya, 46, attacked his wife at their...
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| February 16, 2011; 5:49 PM ET |
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Suspected TB case at GWU
District health department officials are looking into a suspected case of tuberculosis at George Washington University. The health department, together with university officials are working to identify and reach "all close contacts of the suspected case so that they can...
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| February 16, 2011; 4:53 PM ET |
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Man struck by vehicle in NW D.C.
D.C. police are investigating the report of man being struck by a vehicle Wednesday afternoon in Northwest Washington, officials said. A man was found at 38th and Macomb streets just after 4 p.m., said Officer Paul Metcalf, a spokesman. The...
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| February 16, 2011; 4:44 PM ET |
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Vigil aims at Johnson in hopes of plea
Rocky Twyman, a community activist, is holding a prayer vigil outside the Prince George's County government building in Upper Marlboro. He said in an interview at the site that he believes former county executive Jack Johnson "is wasting his money. He ought to use that money to help poor people."
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| February 16, 2011; 1:35 PM ET |
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Donald Trump working to buy Kluge estate
Embattled Virginia socialite and winemaker Patricia Kluge may have found a white knight to save her Charlottesville empire -- none other than real estate mogul Donald Trump. Trump's attorney business adviser from the D.C. law firm of Skadden, Arps appeared...
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| February 16, 2011; 12:50 PM ET |
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Slavery museum in Va. behind schedule
Former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder says that the U.S. National Slavery Museum will be built in Fredericksburg despite concerns that the museum owes nearly $150,000 in back taxes and is almost four years behind its scheduled opening. The Free...
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| February 16, 2011; 12:40 PM ET |
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D.C. school funding at risk over vouchers
U.S. Sens. Joseph Lieberman and Susan Collins sternly told District officials Wednesday Congress would cut funding for city schools if efforts to revive the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program are not successful. At a Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs hearing...
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| February 16, 2011; 11:50 AM ET |
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Home of slain Pentagon official searched
A team of police crime scene investigators on Tuesday searched the New Castle home of slain former Pentagon official John P. Wheeler III. They spent about four hours inside and left with a large paper bag and several manila envelopes...
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| February 16, 2011; 11:02 AM ET |
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Va. Tech gives alums final resting place
Some Virginia Tech alumni love the school so much that they want their final resting place to be on campus. Virginia Tech is providing a way to do just that. The university now has a columbarium for alumni, staff, students...
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| February 16, 2011; 10:54 AM ET |
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Mont. Co. school board approves budget
Montgomery County's Board of Education unanimously approved Superintendent Jerry D. Weast's proposed $2.2 billion budget Monday, The Gazette reports. During budget discussions prior to Monday's meeting, board members asked 38 questions about line items and details in Weast's budget proposal,...
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| February 16, 2011; 10:03 AM ET |
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Workers fired after abortion scandal
Some Pennsylvania state employees have been fired and two agencies have overhauled their regulations in the wake of allegations that a doctor performed illegal late-term abortions that killed a Virginia woman and several viable infants, Pa. Gov. Tom Corbett announced Tuesday. The announcement came less than one month after Gosnell and eight employees of his West Philadelphia clinic were charged criminally with killing seven babies born alive and allowing Karnamaya Mongar of Woodbridge, Va., to be overmedicated and die at the clinic.
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| February 16, 2011; 9:54 AM ET |
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Wash. Hospital nurses back 1 day strike
The union representing about 1,600 nurses at Washington Hospital Center has voted to hold a one-day strike in early March to protest the lack of progress in talks with management about staffing and wage cuts, a spokesman for the National...
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| February 16, 2011; 9:30 AM ET |
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Silver Line audit, tortilla chip recall, 911 problems in Maryland. Here's our morning collection of some of the top headlines from other news sources in D.C., Virginia and Maryland. Come back to PostLocal.com for updates on all the top headlines of the day.
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| February 16, 2011; 8:19 AM ET |
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1 dead, 1 injured in Gaithersburg
Montgomery County police said a man was found dead inside of a Gaithersburg apartment, and a woman was injured during a domestic incident late Tuesday night, officials said. The injured woman was taken to a hospital, but the man was...
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| February 16, 2011; 3:15 AM ET |
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3-vehicle crash closes lanes of Beltway
Updated, 5:15 a.m. Wednesday: One lane of the Capital Beltway's inner loop has reopened in Prince George's County, as authorities investigate a multi-vehicle crash from late Tuesday night. The far left lane and shoulder are open, but three lanes and...
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| February 15, 2011; 11:57 PM ET |
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D.C. officer shoots, wounds dog
A D.C. police officer shot and wounded a dog Tuesday afternoon in Northwest Washington, officials said. An officer responded to a call of an accident in the 4500 block of Foxhall Crescent about 12:30 p.m., officials said in a...
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| February 15, 2011; 9:03 PM ET |
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La Plata man fatally shot in his car
Update, 8:36 p.m.: Authorities say the man who was fatally shot in his car Tuesday afternoon in Charles County was a teacher at North Point High School in the Waldorf area. Christopher Hoefert, 24, taught technology education, authorities said....
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| February 15, 2011; 8:38 PM ET |
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Fire damages Alexandria apartments
A four-alarm fire Tuesday damaged 10 units in an Alexandria apartment complex, city fire officials said. Fire burned through most of a three-story garden style building in the 6000 block of Edsal Road about 1:45 p.m., said Battalion Chief Dwayne...
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| February 15, 2011; 7:39 PM ET |
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D.C-area Catholic Charities chief to retire
Ed Orzechowski , president of the Washington-area office of Catholic Charities, will retire after 20 years in 2012, bringing leadership change to one of the largest private social service providers in the region. Under Orzechowski, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese...
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| February 15, 2011; 2:46 PM ET |
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Va. school voucher bill killed
The Senate Finance Committee, after hearing emotional testimony from students and educators, voted Tuesday to kill a measure that would have given businesses tax credits to fund private school tuition for needy students. Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R), invoking President...
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| February 15, 2011; 12:14 PM ET |
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Man charged in Md. road rage incident
Frederick County authorities say a Pennsylvania man flashed a pellet gun at another driver Saturday on Interstate 70 near New Market. The story was first reported by the Frederick News-Post. Thirty-one-year-old Brent Archer of New Freedom, Pa., is free on...
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| February 15, 2011; 11:17 AM ET |
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More texting while driving rules in Md.?
Maryland residents are prohibited from writing text messages while driving. Now, some lawmakers say it's time for them to stop reading them. A House of Delegates committee will hold a hearing Tuesday on legislation that would prohibit a driver from...
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| February 15, 2011; 10:47 AM ET |
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Proposed ban on texting at stoplights, behind the Rhee teacher firings, Valentine ban at a Maryland elementary school. Here's our morning collection of some of the top headlines from other news sources in D.C., Virginia and Maryland. Come back to PostLocal.com for updates on all the top headlines of the day.
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| February 15, 2011; 7:44 AM ET |
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3rd homicide in Prince George's in 2 days
A man was found fatally shot late Monday night in the Oxon Hill area of Prince George's County, police said. He was found about 11:20 p.m. in the 5100 block of Deal Drive. The death appeared to be the third...
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| February 15, 2011; 12:56 AM ET |
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Md. inmate dead after being struck with TV
Authorities say a state prison inmate is dead after another prisoner bludgeoned him with a television set at the Western Correctional Institution near Cumberland. Maryland State Police say a correctional officer saw an inmate hitting 37-year-old Timothy Davis in the...
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| February 14, 2011; 1:25 PM ET |
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Incident reported at Richard Montgomery
Rockville City police officers were called to Richard Montgomery High School Monday morning after a reported altercation involving a parent inside an office, said Marylou Berg, a city spokeswoman. The parent possibly made a threat, Berg said. Montgomery County schools...
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| February 14, 2011; 12:42 PM ET |
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Same-sex marriage backers plan rally
Same-sex marriage supporters will rally in front of the Maryland State House on Valentine's Day as part of a national campaign. Supporters of a measure to legalize the unions in Maryland said last week that they would rally in the...
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| February 14, 2011; 10:45 AM ET |
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Metro equipment found at worker's home
According to a Metro inspector general's report, more than 70 pieces of Metro equipment ,including a 32-inch computer monitor, camera equipment and a portable generator, were found in the home of a Metro supervisor, the Washington Examiner reports. However, the...
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| February 14, 2011; 10:06 AM ET |
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2 shot by D.C. officers after home invasion
D.C. police opened fire late Sunday night on three people suspected of a home invasion in the Brookland neighborhood of Northeast Washington, WRC-TV (Channel 4) reported. One person was fatally wounded and another was shot and injured. Police were sent...
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| February 14, 2011; 6:55 AM ET |
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Michelle Rhee's teacher firings, an alleged Navy Yard kickback scheme, shabby Civil War battlefields. Here's our morning collection of some of the top headlines from other news sources in D.C., Virginia and Maryland. Come back to PostLocal.com for updates on all the top headlines of the day.
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| February 14, 2011; 6:26 AM ET |
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Skeletal remains found in Alexandria
What appeared to be human skeletal remains were found Sunday in a park on the Potomac River in Alexandria. Witnesses said a dog found a skull in a brushy area at Jones Point Park. Subsequent searching turned up further...
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| February 13, 2011; 7:37 PM ET |
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Fatal stabbing in Prince George's
Prince George’s County police are investigating the fatal stabbing of a man whose body was discovered early Sunday morning in District Heights.
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| February 13, 2011; 2:05 PM ET |
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