News Archive - August 17, 2009

State Department Snooper Pleads Guilty

A fifth State Department worker is being convicted of snooping into the passport files of famous Americans. Kevin Young is a 22-year State Department veteran from Temple Hills, Maryland. Young pleaded guilty to illegally accessing more than 125 confidential passport applications. The application...

"Art Beat" with Stephanie Kaye - Monday, August 17, 2008

(August 17) MEDITATION MUSEUM The Meditation Museum in Silver Spring, Maryland, hosts a "drama and meditation" session tonight at 6:30. Broadway and TV actor Ron Dortch joins the staff in using some of the same processes in acting to find inner peace and power.

(August 20) HOMEGROWN The Am...

NASA Tests Shields Off Virginia Coast

NASA is testing a new re-entry vehicle off the coast of Virginia. The Inflatable Re-entry Vehicle Experiment was launched Monday morning on a small sounding rocket from the Wallops Flight Facility off the Virginia coast.

The vehicle is actually a 10-foot diameter inflatable heat shield, fi...

Montgomery County Mom Wants To Help Kids With Autism Speak

Tyler wants his cuddles. Everyday, when the 15 year-old comes home from school, he and his mom, spend some quality time together. It calms him down. It's part of his routine. And Tyler, who has autism, doesn't like to deviate from his routine. But today, Tyler has a date with his green machine. T...

Maryland Group Proposes Water Trail on Antietam Creek

A group in Maryland is proposing a state water trail on Antietam Creek to help attract tourists and guide paddlers.

A spokesman for the Antietam Creek Watershed Alliance tells the Hagerstown Herald-Mail his group is working with the state Department of Natural Resources on a water trail map...

Union Mulls Over Health Care Reform at Annual Picnic

The local chapter of a major healthcare employee union relaxed for its annual summer cook-off but its leaders want members to brace themselves for healthcare reform. At Fort Lincoln Park in Northeast Washington, Local 722 of the Services Employees International Union is having what looks like a t...

Ehrlich Considers Run in 2010

Former Maryland governor Robert Ehrlich is weighing a rematch with the state's current top politician. Republican candidates are already expressing interest in challenging Democratic Gov. Martin O'Malley next year. Delegate Patrick McDonough has announced he's considering a run. And Mike Pappas,...

Alexandria Youngsters Get Inside Look at Local Law Enforcement

In Alexandria, Virginia, the Sheriff's Office is broadening its outreach to youngsters by sponsoring the department's first ever Youth Academy.

Deputy Monique Edwards guides 16 children through the detention center on Mill Road, trying to get them to understand exactly what it means to be o...

10,000 Book Bag Giveaway Returns to DC Area

For a Maryland church, an annual book bag giveaway for needy families is about more than just charity - it's answering a direct call from God.

Outside a clinic at DC General Hospital, Minister William Rucker of the Life Center Church in Camp Springs, Maryland, slides open the glass doors an...

Traces of Cocaine In 95 Percent of D.C. Bank Notes Tested

A new study details the amount of cocaine in your money. Scientists tested banknotes from five countries and found the highest levels of cocaine in U.S. and Canadian banknotes.

A team of scientists says most of the U.S. paper money they tested contains traces of cocaine, with more than 95 p...

Tourists In D.C. Have Health Care On Their Minds

Jim Samek and his family drove 12 hours from Central Illinois to see the sights in Washington. They're on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, a building currently devoid of any actual lawmakers.

Samek doesn't care what Congress does to fix the country's health care system, as long as it does som...

Baltimore Pushing For Indy Race

Organizers are trying to bring a Grand Prix style race to the streets of Baltimore. The Baltimore Racing Development has received the go-ahead from city leaders to secure an Indy Racing League event for 2011. The group says the street-car race could bring in as much as 100 million dollars in reve...

Parents Say Goodbye To Students, Tuition Dollars

Mark Cumbest is helping his son move into American University's Anderson Hall. He says paying for a private college during a recession isn't fun... "But I consider it an investment. Probably one of the best investments I can make would be in my children." Many families find it hard to pay more th...