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February 28, 2008 - (Feb 29) WASHINGTON WRITERS: BEYOND THE CAPITOL Acclaimed Washington writers Edward P. Jones and Dinaw Mengestu will read from their newest tomes at the Folger Shakespeare Theater tomorrow night at 8. They'll explore D.C. during "Washington Writers: Beyond the Capitol," the city through the eyes of the authors. Jones, a DC native, wrote "The Known World" in five weeks (after thinking about it for 10 years) and won the Pulitzer Prize; Ethiopian immigrant Mengestu fled Communism, attended Georgetown and authored "The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears."
(Feb 29-Mar 1) BLUES IN OLNEY Guy Davis, a modern-era musician and son of stage and screen legends Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, brings blues for the whole family to the Olney Theatre. On Saturday afternoon at 4, he'll make his harmonica bark like a dog, grunt like a pig, and rattle like a train in a G-rated show for all ages complete with half-price "lap seats" for audience members under the age of 3. Davis will present adult versions of his show at tomorrow and Saturday nights.
(Feb 29-Mar 2) US Also tomorrow night, "Us" opens at Dance Place, a fast, funny and furious one-man show of dance and music, ricocheting between Broadway musicals and radical politics. It was nominated for a 2005 New York Drama Desk Award for Best Solo performance and it's aimed at mature audiences.
February 28, 2008 - They're most often called leap-year babies because their birthdays only come once every four years.
Though Friday is their day, Faryl Ury discovered they face an array of problems most years...
February 28, 2008 - Virginia Governor Tim Kaine must decide whether to sign legislation allowing local prosecutors and their assistants to carry concealed handguns without a permit.
Anne Marie Morgan reports from Richmond...
February 28, 2008 - A tour of one of D.C.'s neighborhoods has Mayor Adrian Fenty promising to do something about the conditions there.
Jessica Golloher accompanied the mayor when he surveyed the community in Southeast...
February 28, 2008 - After the recent death of a student who had MRSA, some parents want Bunker Hill Elementary to be closed and sanitized. School and health officials disagree.
Alex Hastie reports...
February 28, 2008 - In Virginia, Arlington County is cracking down on residents who continue to drive with out of state license plates. State law requires any driver in Virginia to title and register with the Department of Motor Vehicles within 30 says of moving to the state. Now Arlington's Commissioner of Revenue is making sure that happens, by hitting drivers who ignore the rule with a 100 dollar annual fine. Motorists have until the end of March to comply before the county starts to assess the fee.
Pat Brogan reports...
February 28, 2008 - The Maryland State legislature is set to take up a no-texting-while-driving bill March 4th.
So Senior Commentator Fred Fiske was especially shocked to catch a police officer texting while driving...
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February 28, 2008 - Power Breakfast, our daily look at what's happening on Capitol Hill and at the White House...
February 28, 2008 - The effort to repair D.C.'s public school buildings appears to be making headway.
More than a million feet of wiring, security cameras and 500 new doors are just some of the improvements that have been made throughout the long-neglected public school system.
The upgrades are part of a 120-million dollar maintenance program introduced last year.
Allen Lew is in charge of the project.
He says every school should have working air conditioning by the end of March and all of the upgrades should be completed by the end of July.
Jessica Golloher reports...
February 28, 2008 - Young Americans have been turning out in record numbers to support or join the campaigns of the Republicans and Democrats vying for the White House.
Reporter Sonia Azad spoke to some of the young people who are helping Barack Obama...
February 28, 2008 - Each year during the Virginia General Assembly session, a toll free hotline links residents and lawmakers.
As Connie Stevens reports, many of the approximately three-thousand calls focus on the same topics...
February 28, 2008 - The District may soon face a negligence lawsuit filed by relatives of the four girls in Southeast who may have been murdered by their own mother.
News of the legal action does not surprise Mayor Adrian Fenty who already has conceded that the city could have and should have done more to prevent the deaths. Their mother, Banita Jacks, has been charged with murdering the children, ages five through 16.
Jacks had contact with at least five city agencies before the children's bodies were found in their home last month.
Acting Attorney General Peter Nichols says he will meet with the families to "try to do what's fair." Nichols says that could mean defending the city OR settling out of court.
Jessica Golloher reports...
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