News Archive - October 2, 2009

Hundreds Of D.C. Public School Employees To Lose Jobs

About 400 D.C. Public School employees will lose their jobs because of budget pressures and what administrators call the need to right-size the schools.

Kavitha Cardoza reports...

"Art Beat" With Stephanie Kaye - Weekend Events, October 2-4, 2008

(October 2) THINKING TOO MUCH The latest in a series of Philosophy lectures at Catholic University explores the mind in Over-Intellectualizing the Intellect this afternoon at 2 p.m. Professor of Philosophy Alva Noë from the University of California, Berkeley focuses the lecture through the lens...

D.C. Bike Station A New Element In Urban Transportation

Washington D.C. is taking steps to make bike riding a more viable form of transportation.

Mayor Adrian Fenty, an avid biker, is in his element. Outside Union Station, he stands in front of a steel and glass structure shaped liked a bike helmet.

Fenty is inaugurating the D.C. Bikestati...

Power Breakfast for October 2, 2009

Amidst the talks of health care reform, the partisan divide is growing over whether and how much to overhaul the nation's capital markets.

Elizabeth Wynne Johnson reports...

Thirty-nine Indicted In Bribery Probe Of D.C. Taxi Industry

WASHINGTON (AP) Thirty-nine people connected with the Washington taxicab industry have been indicted on bribery charges.

An indictment unsealed Friday charges Yitbarek Syume, 51, of Silver Spring, Md.; Berhane Leghese, 47, of Arlington, Va.; and Amanuel Ghirmazion, 53, of Hyattsville, Md. o...

Weekend Planner: October Gardening

The first frost may be on the way...but it's not too late for planting. David Furst speaks with Kathy Jentz, editor and publisher of Washington Gardener Magazine. She brings her 'to do' list for early October.

This Week in Congress - October 2, 2009

This week in Congress, senators log a milestone in the energy and climate debate, and snow falls in October, on the road to a new health care system.

Elizabeth Wynne Johnson reports...

Hoop Dreams Scholarship Fund Ends Operation

They gave college scholarships to more than 1,000 D.C. public school students. This week, the Hoop Dreams Scholarship Fund closed its doors. The 13-year old organization refused to go quietly and instead invited nearly 300 friends to celebrate the end of the Hoop Dreams Scholarship Fund.

"W...

National Memorial To Fallen Firefighters This Weekend In Maryland

Nine men who died fighting a wildfire in northern California are being remembered this weekend at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial in Maryland. The annual ceremony in Emmittsburg honors firefighters who died in the line of duty.

A plaque with the names of 103 firefighters who lost...

Fairfax Co. Exec Warns of More Budget Challenges for 2011

Fairfax Virginia's County Executive says tax increases are back on the table as Fairfax struggles to balance its budget for 2011.

County Executive Anthony Griffin says Fairfax faces a $315 million budget shortfall for the fiscal year beginning in July.

That's a little less than last y...

Maryland To Raise Unemployment Insurance Tax Rates

Businesses in Maryland will see their unemployment insurance tax rates more than triple next year.

The Baltimore Daily Record reports minimum rates for 2010 will be $187 per employee, that's up from $51 in 2009. About 60 percent of employers in the state pay the minimum, but rates vary depe...

Green Businesses Get Help From Beverage Mogul, Montgomery County

In Maryland, a beverage mogul is teaming up with Montgomery County, to help make more businesses environmentally-friendly. Seth Goldman, the CEO of organic iced-tea maker Honest Tea, employs more than a hundred people at his headquarters in Bethesda. Coca-Cola recently purchased a share of his co...

First Shipments Of H1N1 Vaccine To Arrive In Area Tuesday

The first shipments of the H1N1 swine flu vaccine will be arriving in the area as early as Tuesday.

Maryland is slated to receive a first batch of approximately 32,000 doses, while Virginia will receive close to 44,000 doses of the nasal-mist vaccine. The first vaccinations will be offered...

Merged Authority's Mission is to Promote D.C. Sports

The Washington Convention and Sports Authority says D.C. will become a hotbed of high profile sporting events.

The organization was created from the merger of the old Convention Center Authority and the Sports and Entertainment Commission. Spokesman Erik Moses says D.C.'s tourism industry w...

The Region's Top Stories With Washington Post Columnist Robert McCartney

In the news this week, a bribery scandal continues to roil the D.C. council. Meanwhile, the district seems poised to vote on same-sex marriage, and in Virginia, there's about a month to go before election day.

Washington Post columnist Robert McCartney joins WAMU's Morning Edition Host Matt...