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June 09, 2009 - Voters in Virginia are deciding who will be the Democratic nominee for governor today. Matt Bush caught up with the campaigns of all three candidates on primary day...
June 09, 2009 - Fewer than half of the students in D.C.'s public high schools graduate within four years, according to a new study. Researchers affiliated with the publication Education Week looked at data from from 1996 to 2006, the latest year with available federal figures. Their study found that the graduation rate in the District fell to 48.8 percent in 2006, although that number does not include public charter schools.
Meanwhile graduation rates in Maryland held steady at 73.5 percent, while the study showed those in Virginia dropping from 73.4 percent to just over 69 percent. Officials in Virginia are disputing that number though. A spokesman for the Department of Education tells the Virginian-Pilot newspaper that the estimate doesn't account for student mobility or correctly account for ninth graders. Virginia's own calculations show a 73.8 percent graduation rate in 2006.
Matt McCleskey has more....
June 09, 2009 - Later today, Montgomery County Council will hold a public hearing on increasing the number of speed cameras on county roads.
Matt Bush reports...
June 09, 2009 - The Laurel Racing Association, a subsidiary of the Maryland Jockey Club and bankrupt Canadian racing giant Magna Entertainment Corp, is scheduled to appear before Maryland's Court of appeals today to contest a lower court's ruling that upheld the association's disqualification from bidding on a license to operate slot machines at the race track.
Meymo Lyons reports...
June 09, 2009 - Officials in Fairfax County say mosquitoes in the area are testing positive for the "West Nile Virus." The near constant and heavy rains this spring means more breeding grounds for mosquitoes and a higher chance of West Nile. These so-called floodwater mosquitoes are very aggressive and because of that are prone to attack people. Easy things to do to protect yourself include using insect repellents containing DEET, wear long, light-colored clothing, and clean out gutters, wading pools and bird baths once a week.
Pat Brogan reports...
June 09, 2009 - Nearly 40 people who donated their bodies to medical science were honored at a mass at Georgetown University. Friends and family attended the service thanking their loved ones for their generosity. Their bodies will be used to teach anatomy to students at the Georgetown University School of Medicine.
Natalie Neumann reports...
June 09, 2009 - (June 9) - Pink Martini The band Pink Martini takes the stage at Wolftrap tonight at 8pm. It may be named after a Martini, but the music is Cosmopolitan. This American group draws influences from Japan to Italy and...anywhere it wants - and wraps it all up into a grandiose performance that's straight out of a 1940's or 1950's Hollywood musical.
(June 9) Ku-Ku-Kachoo There are still a a few days to catch Ku, an exhibit by Yuriko Yamaguchi at the Adamson Gallery in Northwest D.C. It concludes June 13th. Ku means space or sky in Japanese and the exhibit attempts to grasp both the emptiness and fullness of both through twisted sculptures of wire, cast resin and other unconventional materials.
(June 10) Washington Jewish Music Festival The Washington Jewish Music Festival is in full swing this week. Tonight, the Feinsmith Quartet appears at the Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater in Northwest DC. Composer Daniel Feinsmith constructs original Classical compositions using the numerology of Jewish holy texts, converting the written word to musical arrangements
June 09, 2009 - In Washington, the lifeless body of a homeless woman was discovered slumped over a bench just a few yards away from a shelter's steps. Witnesses say she may have been there for up to five hours without being noticed by shelter staff or by the dozens of people walking by. Senior managers at the shelter say Renee Paige was a resident until a month ago when she was dismissed for not obeying house rules. But several fellow residents are angry that the shelter didn't do more for Paige. They say she told everyone, including staff, that she had AIDS. She was incontinent and friends at the shelter watched her condition weaken in recent weeks.
Mana Rabiee reports...
June 09, 2009 - Tensions are beginning to boil between the D.C.'s fire chief and the councilman charged with overseeing the fire department.
Patrick Madden reports...
June 09, 2009 - House members take a closer look at the effects of chemicals that leach into U.S. waterways. Tobacco tops the agenda in the Senate. And Defense Secretary Robert Gates faces questions on weapons systems changes that cut deep across some sectors of the defense industry.
Elizabeth Wynn Johnson reports...
June 09, 2009 - The D.C. Voting Rights bill has fizzled in Congress. Maryland Democrat Steny Hoyer made it official. He says legislation giving D.C. residents voting representation in the House is not going anywhere for now. The House Majority Leader cited a lack a consensus among District leaders over how to move forward after Senate Republicans and pro-gun Democrats attached an amendment that would eviscerate District gun laws.
Elizabeth Wynne Johnson reports from Capitol Hill...
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