News Archive - November 27, 2009

D.C. Area Hosts Gay Volleyball Tournament

The Capitol Punishment Volleyball Invitational is back in the D.C. area, after a year's hiatus, with nearly 30 teams from gay communities up and down the East Coast.

D.C. started hosting the invitational in the 1980s, as a qualifier for the national championship sponsored by NAGVA, the Nort...

Weekend Planner: The Grandsons Storm the Barns of Wolf Trap

D.C. roots rockers, The Grandsons, are hosting their annual day-after-Turkey-Day party at the Barns of Wolf Trap in Vienna, Virginia on Friday, November 27th. And, as tradition dictates, they are also back on WAMU. Speaking with David Furst, the band talks about the show and plays a special song...

Pollin Funeral To Close Some D.C. Streets Friday

WASHINGTON (AP) Some streets in northwest Washington will be closed Friday morning for the funeral of Washington Wizards owner Abe Pollin.

The funeral services are scheduled for 11:30 a.m. at Washington Hebrew Congregation. Pollin died Tuesday. He was 85.

D.C. police say Macomb Street...

Washington Humane Society Offers its Own Take on Black Friday Sales

By Jonathan Wilson

Jessica Townsend says this time of year is tough for animal shelters.

"A lot of times, late November, early December, people aren't coming in because they do like to pair the bringing of a new pet home with a special event like Christmas," Townsend says.

Towns...

Latest Virginia Regional News

LEESBURG, Va. (AP) Officials say a growing immigrant population and the weak economy are major factors causing the booming school enrollment in northern Virginia. Loudoun County enrollment has topped 60,000 students, or double the enrollment in 2000. More parents, because of the economy, are also...

Neighborhood Reaction to Pena Death is Mixed

By Jonathan Wilson

Police are investigating the apparent suicide of an inmate in the D.C. jail. Josue Pena had been charged earlier this month in the shooting death of a 9-year-old -- Oscar Fuentes.

People in Oscar's neighborhood have mixed emotions about the latest news.

Wilfre...

Latest Maryland Regional News

BALTIMORE (AP) A man who was beaten and stabbed in 2002 and then died this past June at a nursing home is being added to Baltimore's homicide count. Larry Staton is at least the fifth person wounded in prior years who has died this year from medical complications.

LAUREL, Md. (AP) A 9-year-...

Street Closures for Abe Pollin Funeral

By Rebecca Blatt

Several streets will be closed in Northwest Washington beginning this morning because of funeral services for the late Abe Pollin. Pollin was the long-time owner of the Washington Wizards and a beloved philanthropist.

The services begin at 11:30 at the Washington Hebr...

Metro To Test New Lighting System

By Rebecca Blatt

Metro is spending $38,000 on a pilot program to address complaints that stations are too dark. Metro is testing a new bank of lights on the mezzanine level of the Judiciary Square station. The lights will be near the F Street entrance. Metro says that's one of the darker m...

Saving during the Holidays: It can be done

By Sabri Ben-Achour

Holiday shopping is a tradition in and of itself, but many Americans say they want to cut back this year.

At the Pentagon City Mall, in Northern Virginia -- one Holiday Shopper named Bob is thinking about his Holiday budget.

"We always set one, and we always...

"Art Beat" with Stephanie Kaye - Weekend Events, November 27-29, 2009

(November 28) SPRING IN WINTER ArtSpring at the Pyramid Atlantic Art Center hosts a Meet the Artists Afternoon tomorrow from 1 to 4 in Silver Spring, Maryland. The get-together gives audiences a chance to talk in-depth about the creative process behind the work on the walls. There's also a craf...

VA Restaurant Smoking Ban To Go In Effect

By Natalie Neumann

Starting Dec. 1, Virginia will join dozens of other states that ban smoking in restaurants. The new law is a major shift for a state where tobacco has been king since Jamestown was settled 400 years ago.

About 70 percent of Virginia restaurants have already banned s...

Area Schools Feeding More Students

By Natalie Neumann

As unemployment rises, schools in the Washington area are feeding more students.

In Fairfax County one in four students qualifies for free or reduced-price meals this fall, up from one in five three years ago.

In Montgomery County, 29 percent of students were...