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October 10, 2008 - In Maryland, a married couple and another woman have been charged in a mortgage scheme in Prince George's County. County prosecutors say Leon and Emma Coleman and Kathy Ridly scammed at least 11 victims, netting over $1 million. State's attorney Glen Ivey says the alleged con-artists sold plots of land in a development near Largo where they promised to build mansions on the lots. A study commissioned by the victims also found that a number of the lots are in a flood zone or have problems linked to wetlands.
Patrick Madden reports...
October 10, 2008 - Some students at The George Washington University are using the National Mall as a classroom to teach local high school students about the past.
Jessica Forres has more...
October 10, 2008 - THE FOLLOWING STORY CONTAINS INFORMATION THAT MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN.
In Maryland, the names of the two girls found dead in a freezer have been tentatively confirmed.
Police in Montgomery County say the girls are likely Jasmine Nicole Bowman and Minnet Cecila Bowman. More tests will be conducted to confirm the identities. The bodies were found in a freezer belonging to their adoptive mother, Renee Bowman. Investigators believe they may have been dead since at least last November after they moved from Rockville to Calvert County. Bowman has not been charge with their deaths, though she is facing a charge of abusing another daughter.
Pat Brogan reports...
October 10, 2008 - With November 4th just more than three weeks off, we help you navigate the world of D.C. nightlife during election season. Fritz Hahn writes about nightlife for the Washington Post. Speaking with David Furst, he talks about the phenomenon of debate-watching in town.
October 10, 2008 - Elizabeth Wynne Johnson explains the impact of the October crop report released this morning.
October 10, 2008 - Although America's first president was George Washington, historians in Frederick, Maryland, are bringing to light one of their own: the first president of the United States. Pete Michael has been researching John Hanson, one of his ancestors, and would like to establish a memorial in his honor.
Stephanie Kaye has more...
October 10, 2008 - Today, we turn back the clock.
At the dawn of the 20th century, for the first time, regular citizens started buying on credit, and the stock market became more accessible. But in 1929 -- the year considered the beginning of the Great Depression -- there were widespread bank closures. Stocks lost ninety percent of their value. One in every four people did not have jobs. In short, life was hard.
For some residents in the Washington area, these aren't just historical facts and figures.
Kavitha Cardoza spoke with four seniors who lived through the Great Depression and has this report...
October 10, 2008 - A renovated medical center at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland is giving wounded warriors a better welcome as they return from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Stephanie Kaye has more...
October 10, 2008 - Two American journalists who went missing near the Lebanon-Syria border were released by Syrian police Thursday and are now in Jordan. One of them is an American University graduate. Twentyseven-year-old Holli Chmela and 23-year-old Taylor Luck have told the Jordan Times that they were on vacation, hoping to travel into Syria by taxi. They say their taxi driver drove off the main road and locked the doors near the border, where the two were eventually loaded into a Syrian military vehicle. They say they were held in custody for a week.
Jonathan Wilson reports...
October 10, 2008 - Let the reckoning begin. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee kicked off a series of hearings. On Monday, former Lehman Brothers CEO Richard Fuld, Jr., rattled off a list that now reads like the four or five horsemen of the Apocalypse:
Elizabeth Wynne Johnson of Capitol News Connection reports for this week in Congress...
October 10, 2008 - (Oct 11) 50 STATES AND 13 COLONIES The 50 States and 13 Colonies Ride kicks off from Walter Pierce Park in Northwest DC at 8am. The 60-plus mile "States Ride" covers all 50 state streets in each of the District's eight wards, while the "13 Colonies Tour", at just under 15 miles, touches on only the original territories. Both rides will feature pit stops offering water, food and the services of a bike mechanic. With a post-ride party at Bourbon in Adams Morgan, the tours are billed as some of the most challenging bicycle rides in DC.
(Oct 12-Mar 15, 2009) OCEANS, RIVERS AND SKIES Get a glimpse of the outdoors indoors, with the expansive exhibit Oceans, Rivers and Skies opening at the National Gallery of Art on Sunday. Three series of beautiful black-and-white landscape photos by Ansel Adams, Robert Adams and Alfred Stieglitz are complimented by guided gallery tours and teen studio sessions.
(Oct 13) A LITTLE COMPUTER MUSIC A little computer music fills Sidwell Friends School Monday afternoon at 4:30. Randy Hostetler's Livingroom Music Project brings violinist Jennifer Choi on stage to perform the new work, electric blue pantsuit accompanied by Alexandra Gardner on computer. It promises to be an afternoon of unusually beautiful and uniquely electric music.
Get a glimpse of the outdoors indoors at the National Gallery of Art, opening October 12th, 2008, with photos by Ansel Adams, Robert Adams and Alfred Stieglitz.
courtesy of: National Gallery of Art
October 10, 2008 - Governor Tim Kaine has ordered 570 layoffs, cut college funding by at least 5 percent and postponed state employee raises from next month until next summer.
Anne Marie Morgan reports...
October 10, 2008 - Police in Montgomery County say a soccer coach has been arrested a third time on charges of sexual abuse of a minor. Forty-six-year-old Juan Jose Aranguri was arrested October 2 and charged with several sex offenses. Detectives say a third girl came forward after Aranguri's previous arrests were publicized. She told police he was her personal trainer between January and March 2007 when she was 13. She told officers that during training sessions, Aranguri touched her inappropriately and encouraged her to have inappropriate physical contact with him. He is being held on $50,000 bond.
Meymo Lyons reports...
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