News Archive - August 25, 2009

Kids Join Campaign To Build King Memorial In D.C.

By BRETT ZONGKER Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) Education Secretary Arne Duncan is marking the 46th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington a few days early with students from the Washington area.

Duncan joined Tuesday with students and organizers...

DCPS Unveils Teaching and Learning Framework

There are plenty of new things for students at the start of a school year--new friends, new subjects, new classrooms. But teachers in the District of Columbia will also face something they've never faced before: a "Teaching and Learning Framework," unveiled Monday by Mayor Adrian Fenty and DCPS S...

Governor O'Malley Outlines Maryland Budget Cuts

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) Gov. Martin O'Malley has outlined $454 million in budget cuts including 205 layoffs and cuts to state agencies and local government aid.

The plan announced Tuesday includes $210 million in local aid cuts. Of that, about $160 million will come from state aid to local road...

Virginia's House Speaker Calling for Ethics Investigation

Virginia's House speaker is calling for an ethics investigation into an influential fellow Republican. Speaker William Howell asked the House Ethics Advisory Panel to investigate whether Del. Phillip Hamilton violated laws concerning conflicts of interest when he asked for a job at the Old Domini...

Maryland and Virginia Request Millions for Rail Improvements

Maryland and Virginia are asking the federal government for economic recovery money to improve rail service.

Virginia is proposing using stimulus funds for a high speed rail project. Gov. Tim Kaine says the state wants to construct an 11.4-mile section of track along Interstate 95 in Staffo...

Preservationists Vow To Fight On Against Walmart Supercenter

Preservationists are declaring war against plans to build a Walmart Supercenter near a famed Civil War battlefield in Virginia. Orange County supervisors green-lit the project in a 4-to-1 vote.

But the Wilderness Battlefield Coalition says it will apply corporate pressure in an appeal to Wa...

O'Malley Outlines $400 Million in Maryland Cuts

Maryland's governor plans to speak with legislative leaders today about more than $400 million in budget cuts. Governor Martin O'Malley's administration has outlined a furlough plan targeting employees who make the most money. State workers who earn more than $100,000 a year could be forced to t...

Maryland To Cut Even More Due To Budget Woes

The second round of budget cuts in the state of Maryland go deeper than the first. They include layoffs of state workers. The exact number of employees now out of work is 205 according to governor Martin O'Malley, with another 159 vacant positions to be eliminated. Among the other cuts that to...

Virginia Yoga Instructors Fight Possible Regulation

Yoga instructors say Virginia state officials are attempting to bend their will, with new rules. The regulations would require certification for anyone who trains yoga instructors in Virginia. Getting teacher certification in Virginia requires a $2,500 fee, annual costs and additional paperwork....

Foundation Marshals Children In Tribute To King

Friday is the 46th Anniversary of the March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I have a Dream Speech." Children are being encouraged to add their voices to commemoration.

On the shore of the tidal basin at the site of the future Martin Luther King memorial, 10 year-old Miara...

"Art Beat" with Stephanie Kaye - Tuesday, August 25, 2008

(August 25) JAZZ ON THE LAWN Grace Church in Georgetown hosts jazz on the lawn tonight at 7. Hard-swinging Project Natale (nuh-TALL-ee) plays straight-up jazz tunes - and if the traffic in Georgetown scares you, there's two hours free parking in the nearby movie theater garage with a "validation...

Students Charged In Graffiti Incident

Prince William County police are charging four teenagers with vandalizing an elementary school with racially charged words and symbols.

When teachers and staff arrived at the parking lot of Sinclair Elementary in Manassas this morning they discovered that some sod had been pulled from a pal...

Police Asking Parents to Come Forward in New Case

Fairfax County police have arrested a man from Alexandria for allegedly abducting a 9-year-old boy in the restroom of a store. Police say they arrested Steven Liggon on Sunday, after investigators reviewed a store videotape at Dick's Sporting Goods on Columbia Pike. The child involved was not phy...

U.S. Park Police Officer Struck During Traffic Stop

Authorities say a U.S. Park Police officer has been hospitalized with serious injuries after a crash on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway.

Park Police spokesman Lt. Dennis Maroney says the incident occurred early Tuesday on southbound lanes of the parkway near Route 197. Maroney says the off...

School in Falls Church Plans Conference on Sea Piracy

In recent months there's been an awareness of the problem of sea piracy. Now a local high school is planning a training conference on the issue.

Marshall High School in the Falls Church area is offering a one day training conference on piracy on the seas. The angle will be recent efforts by...