News Archive - October 13, 2009

Latest Maryland Regional News

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) A state panel has put new Maryland death penalty protocols submitted by Gov. O'Malley on hold for further review. A hearing has not yet been scheduled before the panel, and it's unclear whether one will take place this year.

EASTON, Md. (AP) Easton police have charged...

Federal Immigration Policy Revision Triggers Issue in VA

A long standing federal immigration policy is about to undergo some changes. The revision could open some old wounds in Prince William County.

The new directives from the Department of Homeland Security will change how local law enforcement handles undocumented immigrants convicted of a cri...

Latest D.C. Local News

WASHINGTON (AP) Former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry has been released from Howard University Hospital after a week of treatment for dehydration and an infection. A Barry spokeswoman says the 73-year-old Barry -- who had a kidney transplant in February -- was released from the hospital yesterday.

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"Art Beat" With Stephanie Kaye - Tuesday, October 13, 2008

(October 13-19) LABORS OF LOVE
Staff at the AFI Theater have been working hard, assembling the movies of the 2009 D.C. Labor FilmFest for screening in Silver Spring, opening tonight and running through October 19th. The festival features new films and beloved classics about work and worker...

Latest Virginia Regional News

DUBLIN, Va. (AP) Volvo Trucks North America is laying off 50 workers at its Pulaski County factory. The company said in June it would lay off employees as work from its Dublin plant shifts to Pennsylvania.

LORTON, Va. (AP) The military is conducting a joint exercise with local emergency res...

D.C. Taxicab Bribery Scandal In Court This Week

The bribery scandal involving the D.C. taxicab industry heads to court this week.

Thirty-seven suspects are scheduled to appear in federal court Wednesday. The suspects are charged with trying to bribe the taxi cab commissioner for fraudulent licenses.

On Friday, Ted Loza, chief of s...

Virginia Lawmakers Investigate Suspect Drywall In Some Houses

Three members of Congress from Virginia are asking lenders to help homeowners stuck with suspect drywall imported from China.

U.S. Senator Mark Warner, along with Congressmen Bobby Scott and Glenn Nye, made the appeal during a tour of affected homes in Chesapeake and Virginia Beach. They we...

Montgomery County Council Looks At Money Seized From Drug Dealers

Montgomery County council will take up a bill later this morning on money the county seizes from drug dealers.

The bill would add to the areas where the county can spend the money. Council president Phil Andrews says there's over $2 million in the fund, and he would like to see some of it s...

The Greening Of Business In Washington

Businesses in D.C. are helping put the metro region at the forefront of the national green movement and were honored at the Greater Washington Green Business Awards. Entrepreneurs, inventors and innovators were feted at the Omni Shoreham Hotel , at an awards ceremony hosted by the Washington Bus...

Bus Leaves Kindergarten Boy Far From Home

A five-year-old boy from Alexandria was mistakenly put on a bus at his school last week and dropped off at an unfamiliar stop nearly a mile from home and left alone.

Gavin Salinas is a kindergartner at Mount Vernon Community School in Alexandria. He was supposed to attend an after-school pr...

U.S. Teens Rank Lower In Math And Science Compared To Other Teens Abroad

The United States spends markedly more money compared to other developed countries on education. Yet by high school, Americans fall behind many students overseas, in math and science.

In one standardized test taken by approximately a quarter million high school students all over the world,...

Preakness Another Step Closer To Staying In Maryland

The owner of the Baltimore race track where the Preakness Stakes is run has taken a step to ensure the race stays in Maryland. Magna Entertainment has asked a bankruptcy court judge for permission to auction its horse racing tracks in the state, but with the condition potential buyers would not b...

NAACP Questions How A New Mayor Could Be Selected In Baltimore

The NAACP in Maryland is raising questions about how a new mayor of Baltimore would be selected if the sitting mayor was convicted of a crime.

It's the first time a prominent organization has raised questions about succession should current mayor Sheila Dixon be convicted of any of the nine...

ATM "Skimmers" Crop Up In Maryland

Police in Queen Anne's County, Maryland say thieves using a device called an ATM card skimmer accessed the accounts of 88 people.

Card skimmers attach directly to the card slot of ATM machines. The skimmers read account information, and are often accompanied by hidden cameras that watch ban...

Deeds Comes Out Swinging In Debate

With just three weeks left until election day in Virginia, gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds is keeping up his attacks on Bob McDonnell. The two candidates met last night in the campaign's first debate televised in prime time.

Deeds, a Democrat, has been trailing in polls. Last night he...

Virginia County Seeks Dismissal Of Wal-Mart Challenge

The war continues over a proposed Wal-Mart Supercenter near a Civil War battlefield in Virginia.

The Orange County Board of Supervisors is asking a judge to drop a legal challenge from preservationists and residents, who say the store threatens the Wilderness Battlefield, where 30,000 Union...

Power Breakfast for October 13, 2009

The hue and cry over whether lawmakers get enough time to read the bills is one of those trusty, perennial rants that the Congressional minority always invokes against the majority, regardless of who's in power. Recently Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) co-sponsored legislation in the House to mandate that b...