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May 27, 2009 - School districts in Maryland are finding out today how many of their students are passing state exams required to graduate. School districts are rushing to provide students with enrichment programs and special guidance to pass, but not all of them are happy about the tests.
Sabri Ben-Achour reports...
May 27, 2009 - Officials in Baltimore are seeking a tenant for what is thought to be the nation's oldest train station. A small red brick depot that played a pivotal role in the Civil War and the Underground Railroad. The Baltimore Sun reports that City Council is to consider giving the President Street Station landmark status, but preservationists say they are still concerned. The Friends of President Street Station, a group that saved the depot decades ago, contends the only appropriate use is a museum, and they hope to interest the National Park Service.
Meymo Lyons has more...
May 27, 2009 - A little league coach has been arrested in connection with the abuse of a student in his care a dozen years ago. Police in Virginia's Fairfax County concluded a 3-month investigation with the arrest of 39-year-old John Hamilton of Centreville. Hamilton is being held without bond on a charge of aggravated sexual battery. Investigators say the alleged victim, now 24 years old, says he was compelled to talk to police when he saw Hamilton in the company of a young man.
Meymo Lyons reports...
May 27, 2009 - (May 28) 19TH CENTURY LEISURE If you have any free time, a lecture on 19th Century Places of Leisure: Colored Washingtonians on Holiday takes place at the Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum](http://anacostia.si.edu/) tomorrow night at 7. Historian Patsy Fletcher offers a unique view of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, Highland Beach and Rockville, Md.
(May 29-June 28) looped 4-time Emmy-Award winning actress Valerie Harper appears in looped at the Lincoln Theatre, opening tomorrow and running through June 28th. Before taking the show to Broadway, Harper brings the outrageously glamorous life of Tallulah Bankhead to D.C. The story captures the original celebrity bad girl as she puts her staff through the paces to re-record a "loop" of dialogue for her final film.
(June 1) CHEF'S BEST And Food & Friends hosts its 19th Annual Chef's Best Dinner & Auction at the Hilton Washington next Monday night. Doors open at 5:30. Sixty of the region's culinary stars will be on hand for the fundraiser. "Chef's Best" helped deliver almost one million meals last year to children and adults living with life-threatening diseases.
[Valerie Harper](May 27, 2009 - A trapeze school in Baltimore's Inner Harbor is moving to Washington. Since 2004, Trapeze School New York has operated its Baltimore location from April to November. But the school's president tells the Maryland Daily Record they wanted a site that could stay open year round and says they weren't able to find a suitable indoor location in Baltimore or an outdoor space where they could cover the equipment with a tent. He tells the paper when officials in Washington recently contacted the company, they jumped at the chance to find a suitable arrangement. The last class in Baltimore is set for this Sunday. The school's temporary space at 9th and H streets in Northwest D.C. will open June 6, with a possible move later to The Yards development in southeast Washington near Nationals Park.
Matt McCleskey has more...
May 27, 2009 - President Obama heads to an Air Force base in Nevada this morning to sell his economic recovery plan. In Washington, lawmakers push for a bill to legalize online gambling. Health industry professionals converge on Capitol Hill to talk about saving money through healthy behavior. Meanwhile, scientists discuss tropical rain forests.
Sara Sciammacco reports...
May 27, 2009 - In an overhaul of its driver's license issuance system, Virginia is using Face Recognition Software to prevent fraud and identity theft. The software will convert a face into algorithms that will be compared with other photos to find would-be impostors and thieves. But the software can't deal with smiles. The teeth throw it off.
Sabri Ben-Achour explains...
May 27, 2009 - The dance company "StepAfrika!" celebrates its 15th anniversary in Northeast Washington -- with close ties to South Africa.
Stephanie Kaye reports...
May 27, 2009 - If all goes as planned, 22,000 young people will receive e-mails today telling them where they'll be working as part of the D.C. Summer Youth Employment Program. And according to Mayor Adrian Fenty, this year, things will go as planned.
In 2008, hundreds of the people who participated in the program were not D.C. residents, and some were too young or too old to qualify. Then there were the participants who kept drawing checks even after they stopped showing up. The city spent $31 million more than it expected on the initiative. This year, Fenty says, things will be different.
According to Fenty, the city is certifying all addresses and working with a payroll company to keep track of the no-shows. The program, which serves D.C. residents between the ages of 14 and 21, begins June 18.
Jessica Gould reports...
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