News Archive - May 6, 2010

D.C. Council Member And Mayoral Candidate, Gray Chairs Education Summit

By Jonathan Wilson

This morning D.C. Council Chairman, and mayoral candidate Vincent Gray will be touting his record on the issue of early childhood support.

Gray will serve as honorary chairman of a leadership summit hosted by the organization Pre-K for ALLDC.

Two years ago the...

Veterans Get A Leg Up In Montgomery County

By Matt Bush

For small business owners, securing federal contracts can be a rough business. Around 800 people are at a procurement conference in Rockville, in hopes of getting an edge on how to win federal contracts.

Vaughn Camper was one of them. After being in the computer industry...

Power Breakfast For May 6, 2010

After much ado - the Senate is cranking its way through amendments to the financial reform bill.

Shortly before those first votes were called yesterday, Senator Jon Tester said he "thought" they'd happen...

Elizabeth Wynne Johnson reports.

Georgetown Welcomes New "Social Safeway"

By Rebecca Sheir

A Georgetown institution where seeing and being seen are on everyone's shopping list, is back. After a year of renovations, the so-called Social Safeway is reopening.

Greg TenEyck, a spokesperson for Safeway, says he isn't sure how the store came to be known as the 'S...

D.C. Leaders Outraged By Gun Bill

By Patrick Madden

The grief over a recent series of deadly shootings in D.C. is turning to anger as Congress takes up a bill to strip the city of its tough gun control laws. Spurred on by family members of some of the victims, city leaders in the District are now striking a more confrontati...

D.C.'s Streetcars Have International Pedigree

By David Schultz

Most American cities stopped running streetcars 50 years ago, so American companies stopped making them. That's why D.C. had to go to the Czech Republic.

"The Czechs actually are the premiere builders of streetcars," says Gabe Klein, the director of D.C.'s Department...

Recent Taser Deaths Prompt Questions

By Michael Pope

In Arlington, Virginia, two people died this year after police officers used a Taser® on them. That's raised new concerns about the use of stun guns in Virginia.

Amnesty International conducted a nationwide study in 2008 and concluded that the use of Tasers should be b...

Virginia Congressman Wants Japan To Resolve Abduction Cases Of U.S. Children

By Sara Sciammacco

A Virginia congressman is bringing attention to American children who he says have been unlawfully taken to Japan.

Democrat Jim Moran got involved after several of his constituents came to him for help. Douglas Berg was one of them. He has two children that he says...

Vehicle Arsons Increasing In Montgomery County

By Matt Bush

Vehicle arsons are on the rise in Montgomery County, and the economy is being blamed. Battalion Chief Michael Hamilton of the county fire marshal's office says the increase is very specific, later model cars that have not been paid off.

"One of our observations is if ther...

"Art Beat" With Stephanie Kaye - Thursday, May 6, 2010

(May 6-September 6) BEAT PORTRAITS You can cozy up to the underground during the National Gallery of Art's exhibit about America's bohemians. Beat Memories: The Photographs of Allen Ginsberg runs through September - it's the first scholarly display of the poet's photographic work, featuring candi...

Bill Would Make DC, MD, VA Teen Driving Laws Uniform

By Jonathan Wilson

The onset of warm weather usually coincides with a slew of high school proms each year, and with that comes a fresh round of concerns about teen driving.

On the grounds of the U.S. Capitol, 11 teens lined up sporting black tee-shirts. Each shirt showed a number, fro...

Groups Say Wind Energy Losing Out Amidst Storm Over Oil

By Sabri Ben-Achour

Virginia is poised to be the first new state to drill for oil and natural gas, and a coalition of environmental groups is launching protests and petitions to stop those plans. They argue that the potential for wind energy is being ignored.

Glen Besa heads the Virgi...