News Archive - August 28, 2009

Search for WSSC Inspection Records Comes up Empty

Inspection records for the water main that burst and flooded River Road in Bethesda Maryland last year are still missing, despite a three-month search. The main that burst last December dated back to 1965. The break in December left several people trapped in cars. They had to be rescued by hel...

Losing Health Care Coverage, People Seek Services At Free Clinics

Even as members of Congress are hearing from their constituents about the issue of health care, more people are losing their coverage every day.

One of those people is Leroy Dickerson, a 63-year-old bricklayer who is seeking care at the Arlandria Health Center, a neighborhood clinic that of...

MD Lawmaker Reimburses Police For Proposal Stunt

A lawmaker in Maryland has reimbursed police in Baltimore for a marriage proposal stunt that involved department resources. Delegate Jon Cardin had police perform a mock search for contraband on a boat in Baltimore's Inner Harbor where he proposed to Megan Homer of Rockville. A police helicopter...

"Art Beat" with Stephanie Kaye - Weekend Events, August 28-30, 2008

(August 29-September 27) ZERO HOUR Theater J kicks off its season near D.C.'s Dupont Circle with Zero Hour, opening tomorrow and running through September 27th. The play is a character study of the ebullient, mercurial and comical star Samuel Joel "Zero" Mostel, perhaps most famous for his role...

MD Lawmakers Take Furlough Days

The furlough plan for lawmakers in Maryland looks a lot like the one the O'Malley administration is using for state employees. Senate President Mike Miller and House Speaker Michael Busch unveiled the plan on Thursday.

Legislative offices will close for five days around holiday weekends. Th...

WAMU's Weekend Planner Planner: We Were Pirates

We Were Pirates is the name of a D.C. band conjuring images of a crew of swaggering seamen with peg legs and eye patches.

But in fact, the new CD by We Were Pirates, "Cutting Ties," is the work of one man. Mike Boggs plays all of the instruments himself in his D.C. apartment. We're joine...

D.C. Mayor Unveils News HIV Testing Campaign

DC's Mayor unveiled a new campaign to increase HIV testing but it may lack the comprehensive approach AIDS activists want.

Adrian Fenty's $225,000 marketing strategy--called "Ask For the Test", essentially consists of TV, radio, print and Metro ads that encourage DC residents to make HIV te...

It's Restaurant Week, But No Free Lunch

Restaurant Week is upon us and there are deals to be found in restaurants across the metro area.

In the kitchen at Zola - an upscale restaurant in Chinatown - sous chef Greg Lloyd works on a Beurre Blanc Sauce. Zola is one of over two hundred restaurants participating in Restaurant Week. It...

Retirees Discuss Health Care At Townhall Meeting

The latest town hall meeting on health care reform in the area targeted a single demographic. Leisure World is a sprawling age-restricted retirement community in Montgomery County. And it was there where seniors, and only seniors, were able to discuss the current health care bill with Congressman...

Virginia's Information Technology May Answer to a Higher Power

Democrat R. Creigh Deeds says he plans to make Virginia's massive computer agency the first to face performance reviews if he's elected governor.

Deeds wants the chief of Virginia's Information Technologies Agency needs to report to the governor, as other state agencies do. The technology a...

Motorcade Route For Sen. Ted Kennedy's Burial Service

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Washington, D.C. Motorcade, Stop at U.S. Capitol

Approximately 3:00 p.m. Arrival of Senator Kennedy at Andrews Air Force Base.

4:00 p.m. Senator Kennedy departs Andrews Air Force base. Motorcade route is open to the public.

From Andrews Air Force...

D.C. LGBT Advocate Wants More Aggressive Prosecution of Hate Crimes

Anti-violence advocates in Washington's gay and transgender community say the district still has a long way to go when it comes to fighting hate crimes.

The stabbing death of a 21 year old has put the issue back in the spotlight. Police say it's still too early to say whether the stabbing d...

Virginia Program Helps Find Mentally Impaired People

By REBECCA MARTINEZ The News Leader

STAUNTON, Va. (AP) Keith Smith is a chatty 16-year-old who likes watching TV, playing with his puppy and volunteering with Meals on Wheels. Imagine his concern when he found himself at the Staunton Police Department one night recently; he thought he was i...

D.C. Impound Lot Sees Surge In Vehicles

The District of Columbia claims better enforcement is the reason the city is doing a booming business in tickets and towing.

Jamila Bey visited an impound lot in Southwest. Thousands of cars sit behind a seemingly endless chain link fence. A narrow walkway is the only clue for drivers who h...

Two New Cases of Equine Encephalitis in Virginia

Two more cases of the horse disease Eastern Equine Encephalitis have been confirmed in Virginia. One was in Loudoun County, where a 28 year-old horse with multiple medical problems including equine encephalitis was euthanized.

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services say...

Diagnosing H1N1

Laboratories at the Army's Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland are expanding. It comes as the H1N1 flu virus is on a lot of people's minds.

Lieutenant General Eric Schoomaker is the Army's surgeon general. Diagnosing the so-called swine flu is easy, he says, if you have the tools. Accordin...