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ARMED MAN TAKEN OUT BY DC POLICE

2009-09-15T09:50:00.003-04:00

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A MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY CONFRONTED POLICE WITH KNIVES WAS FATALLY SHOT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES A 911 CALL WAS PLACED AROUND 1:15 PM IN WHICH THE VICTIM TOLD OPERATORS HE HAD JUST KILLED HIS SISTER. OFFICERS ARRIVED AT THE LOCATION, THE 1700 BLOCK OF TRENTON PLACE, S.E., AND FOUND THE MAN IN THE STREET HOLDING WHAT THEY CALL SEVERAL KNIVES.

POLICE SAY THEY WARNED THE MAN SEVERAL TIMES TO DROP THE KNIVES AND AFTER NOT COOPERATING, TWO OF THE THREE OFFICERS ON THE SCENE FIRED THREE ROUNDS. AUTHORITIES SAY THE MAN'S SISTER WAS LATER LOCATED AND FOUND UNHARMED.

AS APART OF STANDARD PROCEDURE, THE THREE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.

NO MORE SAFETY CHECKS ON DC VEHICLES

2009-09-15T09:35:00.003-04:00

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THE DISTRICT HAS ANNOUNCED THAT IT WILL BE ENDING ITS SAFETY INSPECTION PROGRAM FOR PRIVATELY OWNED CARS.

THE SWITCH IS SET TO GOT IN EFFECT OCT. 1. HOWEVER, THE CHANGE IS LEAVING SOME RESIDENTS EXTREMELY CONCERNED. ACCORDING TO SOME LOCAL RESIDENTS, NO SAFETY INSPECTION PROGRAM MEANS MORE UNSAFE CARS ON THE STREETS OF OUR NATION'S CAPITAL, WHICH DUE TO RESEARCH, CAN MEAN MORE ACCIDENTS.

DC COUNCIL WAS WON OVER BY THE FENTY ADMINISTRATION AND D.C. DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES PERSUASION TO END THE PROGRAM IN AN EFFORT TO SAVE $400,OOO. ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES THE EMISSIONS INSPECTION WILL STILL BE REQUIRED EVERY TWO YEARS FOR ALL CARS AND TRUCKS.

THIS CHANGE WILL MAKE THE DISTRICT THE FIRST IN THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION TO DROP ALL SAFETY INSPECTIONS OF PRIVATELY OWNED VEHICLES.

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THE WASHINGTON POST

D.C. DISPOSABLE BAG FEE BILL SIGNED

2009-07-08T08:00:00.003-04:00

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SOME DC RESIDENTS MIGHT REALLY START TAKING THOSE "GO-GREEN" REUSABLE BAGS A LITTLE MORE SERIOUSLY.

DC MAYOR ADRIAN M. FENTY SIGNED A BILL YESTERDAY THAT WILL ADD A 5-CENT FEE TO EACH DISPOSABLE BAG USED AT GROCERY, DRUG, CONVENIENCE, AND LIQUOR STORES IN THE DISTRICT. THE FEE IS NOT SET TO GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL JANUARY 1.

ACCORDING TO DC AUTHORITIES ALL MONIES RAISED FROM THE FEE WILL GO TOWARD CLEANING THE ANACOSTIA RIVER. THE FEE IS PROJECTED TO RAISE CLOSE TO $3.5 MILLION ANNUALLY.

AUTHORITIES SAY THE MONEY WILL ALSO BE USED EDUCATION AND PROVIDING RESIDENTS WITH REUSABLE BAGS.

-LYNEE COAN, GT NEWS

SLAYING IN SE, DC

2009-07-07T22:35:00.004-04:00

THE DISTRICT IS THE HOME OF YET ANOTHER TRAGEDY.

DC POLICE HAVE REPORTED ANOTHER HOMICIDE IN SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. ACCORDING TO POLICE, 26- YEAR-OLD ANTHONY REGINALD FORD WAS SHOT TO DEATH EARLY MONDAY MORNING ON 58TH STREET IN SOUTHEAST.

POLICE SAY FORD WAS FOUND WITH MULTIPLE GUN SHOT WOUNDS AROUND 1 AM, TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, AND LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD.

POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT AND ARE OFFERING A REWARD OF UP TO $25,000 TO ANYONE WITH INFORMATION THAT LEADS TO AN ARREST AND CONVICTION IN THIS CASE.

-LYNEE COAN, GT NEWS

METRO MAY FINDS CLUES ABOUT CRASH

2009-07-07T09:52:00.005-04:00

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METRO OFFICIALS MAY HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT CONTRIBUTED TO LAST MONTH'S TRAGIC RED LINE TRAIN CRASH.

OFFICIALS SAY THE MALFUNCTION WAS TRACED TO "FLICKERING" IN A TRACK CIRCUIT. ITS BEING CALLED A "FREAK OCCURRENCE" THAT SOME AT METRO SAY THEY NEVER KNEW WAS POSSIBLE.

BUT EXPERTS SAY THAT THIS TYPE OF MALFUNCTION IS KNOWN AND PREVENTABLE. IN FACT, THE BAY AREA TRANSIT SYSTEM IN CALIFORNIA, RECOGNIZED THIS POSSIBILITY AND INSTALLED A BACKUP SYSTEM, CALLED THE SEQUENTIAL OCCUPANCY RELEASE SYSTEM, WHICH PROVIDES PROTECTION AGAINST FLICKERING TRACK CIRCUITRY. METRO HAS NOT.

METRO OFFICIALS SAY THAT LIKE OTHER SYSTEMS IN THE US, ITS SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO BE "FAIL SAFE".

ACCORDING TO METRO, ITS SYSTEM RELIES ON THE HELP OF TRACK CIRCUITS TO KEEP TRAINS AT SAFE DISTANCES. THESE CIRCUITS ARE DESIGNED TO DETECT TRAINS AND SEND THOSE FREQUENCIES TO THE NEXT TRAIN. IF IN FACT A TRAIN GETS TOO CLOSE, THE SYSTEM IS SUPPOSED TO SEND A "ZERO" SPEED SIGNAL THAT WOULD FORCE THE MOVING TRAIN TO STOP.

THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD SAYS THAT IF THE CIRCUITS DID MALFUNCTION ON THE DAY OF THE JUNE 22ND RED-LINE CRASH, THEN THEY SENT A "CLEAR" SIGNAL TO THE STRIKING TRAIN.

-LYNEE COAN, GT NEWS

3 PG COUNTY HOMES INVADED IN ONE MORNING

2009-07-07T09:26:00.004-04:00

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POLICE ARE TELLING PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY RESIDENTS TO BE CAUTIOUS; EVEN OF THE POLICE.

YESTERDAY A GROUP OF MEN, POSING AS POLICE, INVADED THREE HOMES IN THE COUNTY. ACCORDING TO POLICE THE SUSPECTS BOUND THEIR VICTIMS AND DEMANDED MONEY FROM THEM.

THE SUSPECTS HIT AN APARTMENT BUILDING IN DISTRICT HOUSE, A TWO-STORY HOME IN GLENARDEN, AND A TOWN HOUSE IN DISTRICT HEIGHTS. POLICE SAY THE THREE MEN HAD INVADED ALL THREE HOMES BY 6 AM YESTERDAY MORNING.

VICTIMS SAY THE INTRUDERS POINTED GUNS AT THEM WHILE TAKING CASH AND A FLAT SCREEN TELEVISION. THEY TOOK NOTHING FROM THE FIRST HOME, BUT DID BIND THE WOMAN LIVING THERE IN FRONT OF HER CHILDREN, AGES 7 AND 4.

INVESTIGATORS SAY THE BELIEVE THE SAME GROUP IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THREE HOME INVASIONS.

-LYNEE COAN, GT NEWS

DC SEES 5TH WEEKEND SLAYING

2009-07-07T08:31:00.004-04:00

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WHILE MANY FAMILIES ENJOYED GOOD FOOD AND FIRE WORKS, ONE FAMILY FACED A TRAGEDY. FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND MARKED THE FIFTH WEEKEND SLAYING IN A ROW IN THE DISTRICT.

DC POLICE SAY THAT 20-YEAR-OLD DELONTE ELLIOTT WAS SHOT AND KILLED SUNDAY. THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE IN THE 300 BLOCK 34TH SE.

DC POLICE HAVE ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT THEY HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN ANOTHER SHOOTING HOMICIDE CASE. THEY HAVE TAKEN 35-YEAR-OLD THOMAS JONES INTO CUSTODY FOR THE FATAL SHOOTING OF LEE-ANTE BROWN OF NORTH CAPITOL STREET.

-LYNEE COAN, GT NEWS

FUNDING CUTS NOT GOOD FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES

2009-07-01T09:15:00.003-04:00

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STUDENTS THINKING ABOUT ATTENDING COMMUNITY COLLEGE OVER THE NEXT YEAR MAY HAVE TO THINK AGAIN.

ACCORDING TO EDUCATION OFFICIALS, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS WILL PROBABLY BE TURNED DOWN FROM ATTENDING COMMUNITY COLLEGES. THE REASON? EDUCATION OFFICIALS SAY THE MAIN REASON IS STATE FUNDING CUTS.

THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HAS SAID THAT IT WILL HELP THE COUNTRY'S ALMOST 1,200 COMMUNITY COLLEGES, WHICH STATISTICS SAY EDUCATE OVER 12 MILLION STUDENTS, MOST OF WHICH ARE AFRICAN AMERICAN AND HISPANIC.

IN OUR REGION, COMMUNITY COLLEGE OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE TRYING TO FIND WAYS HANDLE THE SITUATION WITHOUT REJECTING STUDENTS. RISING ENROLLMENT IS MAKING THAT VERY DIFFICULT FOR SOME.

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The Washington Post

-LYNEE COAN, GT NEWS

TODDLER LEFT IN CAR FOR EIGHT HOURS DIES

2009-07-01T09:05:00.004-04:00

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A 23-MONTH-OLD TODDLER FROM HOWARD COUNTY MARYLAND HAS DIED.

ACCORDING TO HOWARD COUNTY POLICE, THE GIRL DIED OF HEATSTROKE YESTERDAY WHEN ONE OF HER PARENTS LEFT HER STRAPPED IN A CAR SEAT FOR EIGHT HOURS.

POLICE SPOKESMAN SAY THAT EMERGENCY PERSONNEL RESPONDED TO THE CHILD'S ELLICOTT CITY HOME AROUND 5 PM ON JUNE 25TH. POLICE ARE CALLING THE INCIDENT UNINTENTIONAL AND NO CHARGES ARE BEING FILED.

-LYNEE COAN, GT NEWS

MAN PUSHED INTO SIDE OF METRO TRAIN

2009-06-30T10:09:00.005-04:00

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THIS MORNING WAS STARTED WITH YET ANOTHER METRO INCIDENT. THIS TIME IT WAS THE RESULT OF A FIGHT.

A MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL SUFFERING INJURIES TO HIS HEAD AND ARM THAT HE RECEIVED AFTER BEING PUSHED INTO THE SIDE OF AN ONCOMING TRAIN. ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES, TWO MEN GOT INTO AN ALTERCATION ABOUT 6:40 THIS MORNING, A FIGHT ENSUED WHILE WAITING ON THE PLATFORM, AND THE MAN WAS PUSHED.

POLICE SAY THE VICTIM'S INJURIES ARE NOT LIFE THREATENING AND THE INCIDENT HAS NOT AFFECTED TRAIN SERVICE. AUTHORITIES SAY THE TWO MEN WERE AT THE GALLERY PLACE METRO STATION ON THE SIDE OF THE GREEN LINE TRAINS GOING IN THE DIRECTION OF BRANCH AVE.

-Lynee Coan, GT NEWS

SE MAN CHARGED IN FRIDAY'S KILLING

2009-06-30T09:48:00.003-04:00

DC Police say a suspect is in custody for a homicide that happened Friday after turning himself in.

Donta T. Leonard, 23, of Southeast Washington is being charged with second-degree murder. According to authorities, officers responded to a report of an assault in the 1100 block of Stevens Road SE around 8:30 pm, Friday night. When they arrived on the scene the victim, William Lee Boney, Jr., 20, also of Southeast, was lying on the ground.

Police say he was suffering from injuries caused by blunt force trauma. He was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Police have not released any further information involving this case.

-Lynee Coan, GT NEWS

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For those who wish to pay their last respects to William Boney his funeral service arrangements have been altered and can be found below:

The Wake

Thursday, July 2ND, 2009

7pm

Funeral Service

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

10 AM

Location

Bethlehem Baptist Church

2458 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave SE

Washington, DC

*Both the wake and funeral service will be head at this location.

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GT NEWS and the rest of the GT Family extends our deepest sympathies to the Boney family and friends.

R.I.P. William Boney, Jr.

PG TEEN FOUND SHOT DEAD IN MALL PARKING LOT

2009-06-30T09:33:00.006-04:00

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Violence strikes the Forestville community. Police say they found a teen fatally shot Saturday in a car on the parking lot of Forest Village Park Mall.

According to police, gunshots were reported the the shopping center around 6 pm. When they arrived on the scene, authorities say the found Shawn Antonio Perry,18, shot in the driver's seat. Authorities say Perry was shot in the torso. Perry was rushed to the hospital and was pronounced dead there.

So far police have no suspects in the case, but are asking for any witnesses to come forward. The police department is offering up to $25,000 for any information that leads to an arrest and/or indictment.

-Lynee Coan, GT NEWS

DEAD BODIES FOUND NEAR SCHOOL

2009-06-17T10:37:00.004-04:00

Two decomposing bodies were discovered yesterday near a Hyattsville elementary school. Prince George's County police said they found the bodies after receiving an anonymous tip.

The bodies were found in a wooded area near Rosa Parks Elementary School. They have been sent to the medical examiner's office in Baltimore.

Lanham Hospital Gets Fined!

2009-06-15T10:21:00.006-04:00

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Doctor's Community Hospital in PG County has been fined. Regulators from the Maryland Health Department have issued the fines after the hospital failed to notify them that a patient had died and that seven other patients had suffered serious harm due to mistakes made by medical staff.

The fine, which was originally set at $95,000 was reduced to $30,000. The fine was paid by the surgical hospital, located in Lanham sometime last month. Why was it reduced? State officials reduced the penalty on the condition that the hospital uses the left over $65,000 to start a new patient safety program.

Officials blame the hospital's problems on lack of staffing. "We expect errors to occur," said Wendy Kronmiller, director of the state Office of Health Care Quality. "But we expect systems in place to catch them. What we found at Doctors is that the systems essentially didn't exist."

This fine is the first since the five years that Maryland began requiring its 69 hospitals to make public serious errors effecting patients.

Want to read more?

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www.washingtonpost.com

-Lynee Coan, GT NEWS

2 WOMAN FOUND BURRIED CAR

2009-03-18T02:52:00.002-04:00

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LARGO, Md. - Police in Prince George's County released the identities of two women found dead in a torched car in Largo, saying their deaths may be linked to the murders of two other women.

Prince George's County police officials say they may be looking for a serial killer. They note the latest deaths of a Prince George's County mother and daughter bare a striking resemblance to a nearby crime in January.

"The similarities are unusual," said Maj. Andy Ellis of the Prince George's County Police Department. "And they have caused us concern."

According to police, the victims of the latest crime are 45-year-old Dolores Dewitt and her 19-year-old daughter Ebony Dewitt. Their burned remains were found inside a Nissan Maxima that was reported stolen at 4 a.m. Monday on Woodlawn Boulevard in Largo.

Minutes later, the car was torched and left in the driveway of a vacant home around the corner.

Chauniece Jones says she was best friends with Ebony Dewitt. "She was like a sister to me and her mother was like another mother to me," she said.

Police say the mother and daughter were last known to be alive Sunday afternoon in their home on Cedarhollow Lane. A family member reportedly spoke to the women but later found the home empty.

Police say the most recent crime has many similarities to the deaths of Karen and Karissa Lofton who were shot to death in their home just a mile-and-a-half away in late January.

"It is a possibility that these cases are linked," said Ellis. "And we need folks in that Largo area to take precautions."

Residents who live in the area say they now are extremely upset and frightened. "I've been in this neighborhood for 14 years," said one woman. "I have four children in this neighborhood, two grand-babies and it's very scary."

At this time, the medical examiner has not determined how the Dewitts died. Police do not have motives for either one of the crimes, but they do believe they are dealing with more than one suspect.

DC HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC

2009-03-16T17:02:00.002-04:00

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2009-02-16T18:25:00.000-05:00

CHILD PORN SUSPECT DID COMMIT SUICIDE

2009-01-29T15:11:00.005-05:00

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INVESTIGATORS HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT DON DOUGLAS, THE MAN BEING HELD ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES DID HANG HIMSELF WHILE IN CUSTODY.

DOUGLAS'S BODY WAS DISCOVERED JAN. 12, BY GUARDS, WHICH JUST HAPPENED TO BE THE DAY BEFORE THE 40-YEAR-OLD WAS DUE TO PLEAD GUILTY IN FEDERAL COURT. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT INOVA ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL AND ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES HE HUNG HIMSELF IN THE SHOWER.

ACCORDING TO COURT RECORDS DOUGLAS HAD ADMITTED TO HAVING SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH A 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL AND TOOK SEXUALLY EXPLICIT PHOTOS OF HER. SO FAR, FEDERAL PROSECUTORS HAVE DECLINED TO COMMENT ON BOTH THE CASE OR DOUGLAS'S DEATH.

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THE WASHINGTON POST

SASHA GETS A LITTLE VISIT

2009-01-29T07:54:00.003-05:00

TODAY OUR NATION'S FIRST COUPLE, DECIDED TO PAY LITTLE SASHA A VISIT AT HER SCHOOL, SIDWELL FRIENDS, AT THE BETHESDA CAMPUS.

THE VISIT FOLLOWS PRESIDENT OBAMA'S "TEASING" OF HOW BADLY DMV RESIDENTS HANDLE A "LITTLE ICE".

ACCORDING TO REPORTERS, THE OBAMAS LEFT THE WHITE HOUSE AROUND 8 A.M. IN A MOTORCADE HEADED FOR THE BETHESDA CAMPUS. NEITHER SASHA OR MALIA COULD BE SEEN IN THE MOTORCADE, WHICH INDICATES THAT THEY MAY HAVE ALREADY BEEN IN CLASS.

OBAMA TELLS WASHINGTONIANS TO "TOUGHEN UP"

2009-01-28T17:10:00.004-05:00

YES YOU HEARD IT CORRECTLY. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA WAS NOT TOO PLEASED WITH THE CALL THAT MANY LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, INCLUDING SASHA AND MALIA'S SIDWELL FRIENDS SCHOOL, MADE TODAY TO CLOSE SCHOOL.

IN FACT HE SAID, "WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO APPLY SOME FLINTY CHICAGO TOUGHNESS TO THIS TOWN." "I'M SAYING THAT WHEN IT COMES TO WEATHER, FOLKS IN WASHINGTON DON'T SEEM TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THINGS," OBAMA SAID.

ACCORDING TO THE NEW EDUCATION SECRETARY, ARNE DUNCAN, CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS WERE TO NEVER BE CANCELLED BECAUSE OF WEATHER WHILE HE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. IN FACT, THE LAST TIME CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS CLOSED FOR WEATHER WAS IN 1999.

SO ARE WE WIMPY?

WELL ACCORDING TO CHICAGO EDUCATION OFFICIALS, SCHOOL CLOSINGS ARE REALLY NOT AN OPTION DUE TO THE FACT THAT MOST OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS CHILDREN COME FROM HOUSEHOLDS WHERE THERE IS NO ALTERNATE CHILDCARE.

SO WILL MR. OBAMA AND EDUCATION SECRETARY DUNCAN MAKE SOME NEW SCHOOL RULES? WELL ONLY TIME WILL TELL.

I FOR ONE WAS NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO ICE SKATING TO CLASS TODAY. I DON'T THINK I WOULD WANT MY SEVEN YEAR OLD NIECE TO HAVE TO ICE SKATE EITHER.

FOR MORE INFORMATION... CHECK OUT THE LINK

THE WASHINGTON POST

INVESTIGATION OF TEEN AND MOM SHOT TO DEATH CONTINUES

2009-01-28T16:53:00.005-05:00

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INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL WORKING ON THE SHOOTING DEATH CASE OF A LOCAL TEEN AND HER MOTHER IN UPPER MARLBORO.

THE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER WERE FOUND FATALLY WOUNDED IN THEIR PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY HOME TUESDAY MORNING. ACCORDING TO POLICE, THE TEEN, WHOSE AGE HAS NOT BEEN MADE PUBLIC PLACED A 911 CALL ABOUT 2:30 A.M. SAYING THAT SHE AND HER MOM HAD BEEN SHOT AND NEEDED ASSISTANCE.

THE HOME, LOCATED ON THE 10800 BLOCK OF SOUTHALL DRIVE IN UPPER MARLBORO, Md., IS FIVE MILES AWAY FROM ANOTHER UPPER MARLBORO HOME IN WHICH TWO PEOPLE WERE FOUND DEAD ON JAN. 14. POLICE ARE SAYING THAT THE SLAYINGS ARE UNRELATED.

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THE WASHINGTON POST

OBAMA, BUSH, AND CHENEY ARE RELATED?

2009-01-26T03:01:00.001-05:00

WOW
-SOULJA BOY

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA INAUGURATION & ADDRESS

2009-01-20T20:33:00.003-05:00

...IN CASE YOU DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SEE OR HEAR HIS SPEECH

COLOMBIA HEIGHTS EXPERIENCES MORE VIOLENCE

2009-01-13T14:23:00.000-05:00

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LAST NIGHT, A TEEN MALE WAS SHOT AND WOUNDED OUTSIDE OF A RECREATION CENTER IN THE COLOMBIA HEIGHTS AREA OF NORTHWEST WASHINGTON.

THE SHOOTING, WHICH TOOK PLACE ON GIRARD STREET, OCCURRED AROUND 7:30 PM. THE VICTIM WAS HIT BY ONE OF THE MANY ROUNDS FIRED TOWARDS THE RECREATION CENTER.

ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS, THE RANDOMNESS OF SPOTS THE BULLETS STRUCK IS AN INDICATION THAT THE VICTIM MAY NOT HAVE BEEN TARGETED. FOUR OF THE BULLETS FIRED HIT THE WINDOWS OF THE RECREATION CENTER.

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THE WASHINGTON POST

WELL HE COULDNT MISS BREAKFAST AND PE... 6 YEAR OLD TAKES MOM'S CAR TO SCHOOL

2009-01-07T09:31:00.000-05:00

ON YESTERDAY IN VIRGINIA, A 6 YEAR OLD BOY DROVE HIS MOM'S FORD TAURUS FOR MORE THAN 10 MILES AFTER MISSING HIS SCHOOL BUS.

THE CAR CAME TO A STOP AFTER THE CHILD SLAMMED IT INTO A UTILITY POLE ALONG NORTHUMBERLAND HIGHWAY. AFTER THE INCIDENT THE BOY'S PARENTS WERE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH FELONY CHILD ENDANGERMENT.

ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES, THE FATHER, DAVID DODSON WAS UNDER A COURT ORDER NOT TO LEAVE THE 6 YEAR OLD OR HIS 4 YEAR OLD BROTHER ALONE WITH THEIR MOTHER, JACQULYN WALTMAN.

THE BOY MADE IT ACROSS A BRIDGE AND TWO INTERSECTIONS, ALL WHILE NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT. THE BOY ONLY SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES AND STILL MADE IT TO CLASS AT NORTHUMBERLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

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WASHINGTON POST

HIGH SCHOOL 101: TODAY BOY STABS GIRL

2009-01-05T17:05:00.000-05:00

AT ST. CHARLES COUNTY'S MCDONOUGH HIGH SCHOOL, A 16 YEAR-OLD MALE STUDENT STABBED A 17 YEAR -OLD FEMALE STUDENT IN THE BACK WITH A STEAK KNIFE.

THE INCIDENT HAS LEFT THE GIRL SERIOUSLY WOUNDED. IT HAPPENED RIGHT BEFORE NOON OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL'S CAFETERIA. ACCORDING TO DIANE RICHARDSON, SPOKESWOMAN FOR THE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT THE ATTACK WAS SUDDEN AND NOT A RESULT OF CONFRONTATION.

FRIENDS SAY THE TWO WERE KNOWN TO BE ACQUAINTED BUT DETAILS OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP IS NOT YET CLEAR. THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH TWO STAB WOUNDS.

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WASHINGTON POST

SASHA AND MALIA ARE OFF TO SCHOOL

2009-01-05T11:04:00.000-05:00

[SASHA, MALIA, AND MICHELLE OBAMA. PHOTO COURTESY OF GETTY IMAGES]

THE NATIONS TWO FIRST KIDS-TO-BE TOOK BEGAN THEIR FIRST DAY AT THEIR NEW D.M.V SCHOOL, SIDWELL FRIENDS, LOCATED IN UPPER NORTHWEST WASHINGTON AND BETHESDA.

MALIA, 10, AND SASHA, 7, HAVE BEEN STAYING WITH THEIR PARENTS AT THE HAY-ADAMS HOTEL SINCE YESTERDAY. THEIR MOTHER, MICHELLE OBAMA, ACCOMPANIED THEM THIS MORNING ON THEIR RIDE TO SCHOOL.

ACCORDING TO REPORTS, BOTH GIRLS ARRIVED AT THE CAMPUSES, MALIA'S IN NW AND SASHA'S IN BETHESDA, A FULL HALF HOUR BEFORE THE SCHOOL OPENED.

INAUGURATION DAY A.K.A. NEW METRO RULES DAY

2009-01-05T10:25:00.000-05:00

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IN PREPARATION FOR THE FAST APPROACHING INAUGURATION DAY, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE ON JANUARY 20TH, 2009, METRO IS BEGINNING TO RELEASE TO THE PUBLIC THE NEW "RULES" THAT WILL GO INTO EFFECT FOR THAT SPECIAL DAY.

THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO ACCOMMODATE 1.5 TO 3 MILLION PEOPLE HAS BEEN A LONG ONE ACCORDING TO METRO ORGANIZERS. THE FIRST SET OF "RULES" RELEASED ARE RELATED TO METRO STATION PARKING ON JAN. 20.

ACCORDING TO METRO THERE WILL BE NO PUBLIC AUTOMOBILE PARKING JAN. 20 AT THE GREENBELT AND MORGAN BOULEVARD STATIONS IN MARYLAND, THE VAN DORN STREET STATION IN VIRGINIA, AND THE MINNESOTA AVENUE STATION IN THE DISTRICT. THE MINNESOTA AVE. STATION WILL BE USED FOR METRO EMPLOYEE PARKING.

THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM PLANS TO USE THE OTHER THREE LOTS TO ACCOMMODATE CHARTER BUSES. ALL PARKING LOTS ARE EXPECTED TO OPEN AS EARLY AS 3:30 AM AND A $4 FEE WILL BE CHARGED FOR USE OF THE LOT. ONLY CASH WILL BE ACCEPTED.

IN THE UPCOMING WEEKS, YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE MORE REPORTS AND DETAILS ABOUT ROAD AND BRIDGE CLOSINGS AND RESTRICTIONS. THAT INFORMATION WILL BE RELEASED BY THE SECRET SERVICE, WHO IS THE LEAD AGENCY IN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING FOR THE SWEARING IN DAY OF PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION FOLLOW THE LINK...

THE WASHINGTON POST

RUMORS: SUGABEAR HAS A HEART ATTACK? [CONT.]

2009-01-04T21:50:00.000-05:00

CONT. FROM GOADOME TALK LIFESTYLE

[FROM D.C. SISTA GIRLS]

Sugar Bear Crankin!!
Go-Go Pioneer Gregory "Sugar Bear" Elliott who plays bass and sings with EU /Maiesha & the HipHuggers, had a close call recently due to heart failure.

Sugar Bear got his start with EU which stands for Experience Unlimited. EU is one of DC's original go-go bands. The group formed in the late 1970's and helped define, refine and combine the musical components of the DC Go-Go Culture. EU produced the most recognized song in go-go history, "Da Butt " which was featured in Spike Lee's 1988 film "Skool Daze" after Lee saw the band perform. Also, the song "Livin' Large included a version of "It's Your Thing," performed with Salt-N-Pepa. After its hits, they toured clubs and colleges world-wide.

EU is the only go-go group to score a #1 spot on the R&B singles charts. EU was partly defunked and members Ju-Ju and Bear started with a new band called Maiesha & the HipHuggers in the late 1990's. When Maiesha starts singing, Bear gets to bassin and William "Ju-Ju" House gets to crankin on the drums - hang it up you will start zoning.....

Popular EU & Maiesha & the HipHugger songs include "Freeze," "Shake it Like a White Girl," "People in the House - Let's Roll Call," and "Um Bop Bop" "Take da picture".

N.E. FIRE CLAIMS SIXTH LIFE

2009-01-03T16:31:00.000-05:00

IN THE DISTRICT, AN 11-YEAR-OLD BOY DIED YESTERDAY OF INJURIES HE RECEIVED IN A HOUSE FIRE ON NEW YEAR'S DAY IN NORTHEAST WASHINGTON.

THE BOY, OSCAR WILSON III, DIED ABOUT 1:30 PM AT CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, BRINGING THE INCIDENT'S DEATH TOLL TO SIX. TWO OTHER CHILDREN KILLED IN THE BLAZE WERE WILSON'S 10-YEAR-OLD COUSIN, JOSEPH WILSON, AND KANIYA GANT, 4. KANIYA'S PARENTS, KEITH NELSON, 23, AND TAWANA GANT, 22, WERE ALSO KILLED. THE SIXTH VICTIM, CHARLES SMITH, 72, RESIDED IN THE HOME WITH OSCAR AND HIS PARENTS.

ACCORDING TO FIRE OFFICIALS, THE BLAZE WAS ACCIDENTAL. INITIAL INVESTIGATIONS REVEALED THAT IT STARTED WITH ELECTRICAL FAILURE IN WIRING IN SPACE BETWEEN THE BASEMENT CEILING AND FIRST FLOOR OF THE HOUSE.

THE WILSONS HAD BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS SINCE JAN. 20, 2007, WHEN THEIR 17- YEAR -OLD DAUGHTER, TALESHIA FORD, WAS KILLED BY A STRAY BULLET AT A NW WASHINGTON GO-GO CLUB NEAR THE U STREET CORRIDOR.

DISPUTE LEADS TO SHOOTING OUTSIDE WHEATON MALL

2008-12-25T17:38:00.000-05:00

(WHEATON MALL LOGO: PHOTO COURTESY OF GOOGLE IMAGES)

LAST NIGHT, A MAN WAS SHOT OUTSIDE OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY'S WESTFIELD WHEATON MALL IN WHAT APPEARED TO BE A GANG DISPUTE.

AFTER THE SHOOTING THE SUSPECTS FLED THROUGH THE MALL'S CROWDED MACY'S DEPARTMENT STORE. AT ABOUT 5 P.M. A GUN POLICE BELIEVE TO BE CONNECTED IN THE EARLIER SHOOTING WAS DISCHARGED IN A MACY'S DRESSING ROOM.

LATER TWO GUNS WERE ALSO FOUND IN A DRESSING ROOM, ACCORDING TO POLICE. AROUND 7 P.M. OFFICERS ARRESTED A 19-YEAR-OLD MAN BELIEVED TO BE CONNECTED WITH THE SHOOTING.

POLICE ALSO REPORT THAT TWO OF THE THREE GUNS FOUND HAD BEEN STOLEN FROM ANOTHER MARYLAND JURISDICTION.

NO SHOPPERS OR POLICE WERE INJURED IN THE INCIDENT.

SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST

ELDERLY MAN BADLY BEATEN OUSIDE COLLEGE PARK CHURCH

2008-12-25T17:21:00.000-05:00

(HOLY REDEEMER CATHOLIC CHURCH: PHOTO COURTESY OF GOOGLE IMAGES)

IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, AN ELDERLY MAN WAS ROBBED AND BEATEN BADLY WITH A BASEBALL BAT SHORTLY BEFORE A MIDNIGHT MASS LAST NIGHT.

THE MAN, 69, WAS FOUND IN THE PARKING LOT OUTSIDE THE COLLEGE PARK CHURCH AND TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL, WHERE HE IS STILL IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

ACCORDING TO SUSAN GIBBS, A SPOKESWOMAN FOR THE ARCHDIOCESE, THE MAN DROPPED HIS WIFE OFF FOR CHOIR PRACTICE AT THE HOLY REDEEMER CATHOLIC CHURCH IN COLLEGE PARK. WHILE PARKING THE CAR HE WAS ATTACKED BY THE ROBBER.

THE SUSPECT IS BELIEVED TO BE A BLACK MALE IN HIS 20S, 5'10 TALL AND 190 POUNDS. THE VICTIM'S NAME HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED.

SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST

NAVY LAB WORKER GETS 18 MONTHS FOR THEFT

2008-12-23T10:29:00.000-05:00

VICTOR PAPAGNO, THE COMPUTER SPECIALIST WHO PLEADED GUILTY TO THEFT OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY IN OCTOBER WAS SENTENCED YESTERDAY TO 18 MONTHS IN PRISON.

PAPAGNO, 40, STOLE MORE THAN 19,000 PIECES OF COMPUTER EQUIPMENT FROM THE OFFICES OF THE NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON. ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES, PAPAGNO STOLE THE HARDWARE BY TAKING AT LEAST FIVE PIECES A DAY FOR OVER A DECADE IN BOXES.

TO STORE THE HARDWARE, PAPAGNO BUILT A 2,775-SQUARE-FOOT GARAGE. THE NAVY WILL NOW SPEND $150,000 TO INVENTORY THE STASH OF COMPUTER HARDWARE. PAPAGNO'S DEFENSE BLAMED THE THEFT ON MENTAL ILLNESS, INCLUDING OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER.

SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST

BREAKING NEWS: WATER MAIN BREAK CAUSING FLOODS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY

2008-12-23T09:48:00.000-05:00

THIS MORNING, A MASSIVE WATER MAIN BREAK HAS CAUSED THE FLOODING OF RIVER ROAD IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY WITH FOUR FEET OF RAPIDLY MOVING WATER.

THE FLOODING TRAPPED MOTORISTS AND CAUSED THE BLOCKING OF A MAJOR ARTERY. ABOUT 12 PEOPLE HAD TO BE RESCUED FROM THEIR VEHICLES AROUND 9 THIS MORNING. ONE WOMAN AND A CHILD TRAPPED IN THEIR SUV HAD TO BE RESCUED BY HELICOPTER.

ACCORDING TO THE WASHINGTON SUBURBAN SANITARY COMMISSION, THE 66 INCH PIPE AT RIVER ROAD AND FENWAY DRIVE RUPTURED SHORTLY BEFORE 8 A.M. THE FLOODING CLOSED RIVER ROAD BETWEEN SEVEN LOCKS ROAD AND BRADLEY BOULEVARD.

SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST

SOUTHBOUND I-270 SHUT DOWN

2008-12-22T15:45:00.000-05:00

MONTGOMERY COUNTY AUTHORITIES ANNOUNCED THAT ALL SOUTHBOUND LANES OF INTERSTATE 270 NEAR ROUTE 121 WERE CLOSED AS OF 3:05 PM TODAY DUE TO AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH A TRACTOR-TRAILER OVERTURNED.

THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AROUND 2 PM AND IT TOOK RESCUE WORKERS 45 MINUTES TO GET THE DRIVER OUT OF THE TRUCK. HIS INJURIES ARE THOUGHT TO BE SERIOUS.

NO OTHER VEHICLES WERE INVOLVED.

SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST

TEEN GIRL GETS ADULT CHARGES FOR ORDERING HIT ON DAD

2008-12-22T15:16:00.000-05:00

A 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL FROM HAGERSTOWN IS NOW BEING CHARGED AS AN ADULT FOR ALLEGEDLY PLOTTING THE STABBING DEATH OF HER FATHER.

ACCORDING TO PROSECUTORS, DANIELLE BLACK, 15, ASKED ONE OF HER MALE SCHOOLMATES TO KILL HER FATHER BECAUSE HE HAD ABUSED HER. BLACK WAS ORIGINALLY CHARGED AS A JUVENILE EARLIER THIS MONTH FOR SOLICITATION OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER OF HER FATHER BILLY LEE BLACK.

AUTHORITIES REPORTED THAT NO SIGNS OF ABUSE WERE DISCOVERED. THE FATHER WAS FOUND DECEASED IN AN ALLEY BEHIND HIS OWN EARLIER THIS YEAR ON HALLOWEEN MORNING.

SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST

MONTGOMERY COUNTY OK'S LIGHT RAIL OPTION

2008-12-22T14:47:00.000-05:00

IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, THE PROPOSED "PURPLE" LINE BEING DEVELOPED AS A LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM WAS ENDORSED BY COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PLANNERS EARLIER TODAY.

THE NEW LINE, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO CONNECT MONTGOMERY AND PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, IS EXPECTED TO BE 16 MILES LONG WITH UP TO 22 STATIONS INCLUDING LOCATIONS IN SILVER SPRING, THE TAKOMA AND LANGLEY PARK AREAS, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND'S COLLEGE PARK CAMPUS.

TRANSPORTATION PLANNERS ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT THE LINE RUN TRAINS MOSTLY ABOVE GROUND. THE LINE IS STILL IN THE PLANNING PROCESS AND WILL NOT EXIST ANY TIME SOON. HOWEVER, THE PLAN WILL BE REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING BOARD NEXT MONTH.

SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST

DC NEW SPEED CAMERAS

2008-12-16T10:05:00.000-05:00

DC New Speed Cameras

Merry Christmas: DC Police Deploy New Speed Cameras

D.C. police are deploying several new speed cameras at several locations. Warning citations began Monday, and live citations will begin on Dec. 26.

The new cameras are at the following locations:

-800 block of Eastern Avenue NE
-5500 block of East Capitol Street NE
-2800 block of New York Avenue NE
-5500 block of East Capitol Street SE
-1900 block of Southern Avenue SE
-Southeast Southwest Freeway at Ninth Street entrance ramp SE
-Southeast Southwest Freeway at Eighth Street SE
-3700 block of Southern Avenue SE
-Suitland Parkway nw/b before Firth Sterling Ave SE
-2900 block of Military Road NW
-5300 block of 14th Street NW

****Tina's Comment, most of these cameras are on hills and are going to catch alot of folks so be careful. The police officer sitting in the car yesterday on Eastern Ave about 5pm, well he was hiding in front of this utility truck. And i believe the ones on East Capitol St are by Central Ave.*****

YOU GO PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA!

THANKS MOM

"SO WHAT SOMEONE THROUGH A SHOE AT ME" - GEORGE BUSH

2008-12-15T04:49:00.001-05:00

D.C.'S MOST HATED, EVEN OUTSIDE OF THE CITY!

THANKS JAY LOWDER

TEEN STABBED TO DEATH IN COLOMBIA HEIGHTS

2008-12-13T10:45:00.000-05:00

YESTERDAY, A 14- YEAR OLD WAS FATALLY STABBED IN THE COLUMBIA HEIGHTS AREA IN NW.

THE RECENT KILLING OF WHO POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED AS GIOVANNI SANCHEZ, IS THE THIRD KILLING IN THREE DAYS WITHIN A ONE MILE RADIUS. AUTHORITIES BELIEVE THE TEEN WAS KILLED DURING A FIGHT INVOLVING HALF A DOZEN OTHER YOUTHS OR MORE.

THE TEEN WAS FOUND ABOUT 4:30 PM YESTERDAY IN A ROADWAY NEAR 14TH AND NEWTON STREETS NW. THE KILLING WAS THE THIRD SINCE WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHEN DERRELL GOINS, 21, WAS SHOT IN THE ADAMS MORGAN AREA.

SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST

S.E. WOMAN FLOWN TO HOSPITAL AFTER DOG ATTACK

2008-12-09T13:27:00.000-05:00

(PHOTO: COURTESY OF GOOGLE IMAGES)

A WOMAN IN SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON WAS SEVERELY INJURED YESTERDAY AFTER BEING MAULED BY A DOG, WHICH WAS LATER KILLED BY D.C. POLICE.

ACCORDING TO POLICE, THE WOMAN WAS MAULED AROUND 5 OR 6 PM NEAR THE 1800 BLOCK OF 41ST PLACE SE. AUTHORITIES REPORTED THAT THE WOMAN WAS SEVERELY HURT AND IS BELIEVED TO BE IN HER LATE 70S.

SHE WAS FLOWN BY HELICOPTER TO WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER WITH SERIOUS INJURIES TO HER SCALP AND EAR. TWO DOGS ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE ATTACK, ONE INCLUDING A PIT BULL.

SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST

MARYLAND RANKS LAST IN HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

2008-12-09T13:05:00.000-05:00

ACCORDING TO A STUDY RELEASED BY THE TRUST FOR AMERICA'S HEALTH AND THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION, MARYLAND RANKS LAST AMONG STATES NATIONWIDE IN READINESS FOR A HEALTH EMERGENCY.

MARYLAND SCORED A FIVE OUT OF 10 POSSIBLE POINTS FOR HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS CAPABILITIES. OTHER STATES THAT TIED WITH MARYLAND INCLUDED ARIZONA, CONNECTICUT, FLORIDA, MONTANA, AND NEBRASKA.

THE DISTRICT AND MORE THAN HALF OF THE OTHER STATES SCORED A SEVEN OR LESS.

SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST

BARACK OBAMA ON MEET THE PRESS

2008-12-09T11:13:00.000-05:00

BARACK OBAMA ON MEET THE PRESS

WATCH IT

ARLINGTON COACH ADMITS TO CHILD PORN

2008-12-05T14:37:00.000-05:00

(Photo courtesy of Google Images.)

ARLINGTON COUNTY YOUTH BASKETBALL COACH, THOMAS "RANDY" WHITE, PLEADED GUILTY IN FEDERAL COURT YESTERDAY TO DOWNLOADING HUNDREDS OF IMAGES OF CHILD PORN.

WHITE, A WASHINGTON LOBBYIST AND LONGTIME DIRECTOR OF THE NOVA UNITED AAU BASKETBALL LEAGUE ADMITTED TO THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN ALEXANDRIA THAT THE IMAGES HE DOWNLOADED DID SHOW "BONDAGE AND SADOMASOCHISTIC ACTS" AND SEX BETWEEN PREPUBESCENT BOYS.

WHITE NOW FACES UP TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON. HIS SENTENCING IS SCHEDULED FOR FEB. 27.

SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST

FORMER DISTRICT TEACHER INDICTED ON CHILD PORN CHARGE

2008-12-04T09:05:00.000-05:00

(Beauvoir School: The National Cathedral Elementary School. Photo Courtesy of Google Images.)

A FORMER THIRD GRADE TEACHER AT AN ELITE PRIVATE DISTRICT SCHOOL WAS INDICTED YESTERDAY BY A FEDERAL GRAND JURY IN MARYLAND ON A CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGE.

THE ALLEGED SUSPECT, ERIC TOTH, 26, IS NOW CONSIDERED A FUGITIVE AND HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE LAST SUMMER. FEDERAL AUTHORITIES HAVE REPORTED THAT THEY FOUND A SUICIDE NOTE IN HIS CAR.

TOTH COULD FACE 15 TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON IF CONVICTED OF THE CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGE. TOTH TAUGHT AT THE BEAUVOIR SCHOOL, LOCATED ON THE GROUNDS OF WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL FOR THREE YEARS. ACCORDING TO REPORTS, ANOTHER TEACHER FOUND A SEXUALLY EXPLICIT PICTURE OF A YOUNG BOY ON TOTH'S CAMERA.

SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST

MORE ARRESTS MADE IN FATAL TRINIDAD ATTACK

2008-12-04T08:40:00.000-05:00

( Alonzo Robinson: Picture courtesy of Google Images.)

IN THE DISTRICT, POLICE ARE CALLING THE INCIDENT THAT KILLED A 13 YEAR OLD BOY IN TH DISTRICT'S TRINIDAD AREA A RETALIATION FROM ONE NEIGHBORHOOD ON ANOTHER.

IN JULY OF THIS YEAR, FIVE MEN FROM THE KENILWORTH-PARKSIDE AREA BEGIN RANDOMLY SHOOTING PEOPLE IN THE TRINIDAD AREA ON JULY 19TH, DUE TO AN ALLEGED FEUD WITH A GROUP IN TRINIDAD. THE INCIDENT WOUNDED FOUR ADULTS AND KILLED ALONZO ROBINSON.

ROBINSON, WHO LIVED IN ALABAMA, WAS IN WASHINGTON TO VISIT HIS CANCER STRICKEN GREAT-GRANDMOTHER. ROBINSON'S MOTHER AND UNCLE WERE TWO OF THE ADULTS WOUNDED IN THE INCIDENT.

ONE OF THE SUSPECTS, AS PART OF A DEAL WITH PROSECUTORS, PLEADED GUILTY TO SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND OTHER CHARGES. HE ALSO GAVE DETECTIVES A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE INCIDENT.

THE SUSPECTS, ARRESTED TUESDAY AND YESTERDAY WERE IDENTIFIED AS ANTONIO MCALLISTER, 18, AND JOSHUA BENTON, 19. THE FOURTH IS SAID TO BE BENTON'S TWIN BROTHER CHRISTIAN AND THE FIFTH WAS ALLEGEDLY ONLY KNOWN BY NICKNAME.

SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST

LAWSUIT SETTLED IN DEATH OF PARALYZED INMATE

2008-12-03T10:36:00.000-05:00

(Jonathan Magbie)

IN THE DISTRICT, THE MOTHER OF A QUADRIPLEGIC INMATE WHO DIED IN 2004 DUE TO BREATHING PROBLEMS AT THE D.C. JAIL HAS NOW REACHED FINANCIAL SETTLEMENTS WITH THE D.C GOVERNMENT.

JONATHAN MAGBIE, WHO WAS 27-YEARS OLD WHEN HE DIED, WAS PARALYZED FROM THE NECK DOWN AND USED A MOUTH-OPERATED WHEELCHAIR. MAGBIE DIED FOUR DAYS INTO HIS 10-DAY JAIL SENTENCE FOR ALLEGEDLY POSSESSING MARIJUANA, WHICH HE TOLD AUTHORITIES HE USED TO HELP EASE PAIN BROUGHT ON BY HIS CONDITION.

ACCORDING TO REPORTS, THE JAIL WASN'T EQUIPPED WITH THE VENTILATOR HE NEEDED TO BREATHE AT NIGHT. THE CONTROVERSY EXPOSED HUGE PROBLEMS WITH THE D.C. JAIL SYSTEM AND GREATER SOUTHEAST HOSPITAL.

THE MOTHER, MARY R. SCOTT, FILED THE FEDERAL LAWSUIT IN 2005.

SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST

FIRST FAMILY INTERVIEW W/ BARBARA WALTERS

2008-11-29T09:18:00.000-05:00

JUST IN CASE YOU DIDNT SEE...

GOODBYE EDDIE JORDAN

2008-11-24T17:07:00.000-05:00

THE WASHINGTON WIZARDS ORGANIZATIONS BREAKS TIES WITH FORMER HEAD COACH AND D.C. NATIVE EDDIE JORDAN, AFTER A 1-10 START...

ANOTHER HORRIBLE DECISION BY THE WIZARDS, IF I MUST SAY SO MYSELF! I WILL GIVE YOU THREE REASONS WHY,

ONE, FOR THE PAST 3 OR 4 YEARS JORDAN HAS KEPT THIS INJURY DEPLETED TEAM IN THE PLAYOFFS YEAR AFTER YEAR.

SECONDLY, PERHAPS THEIR BEST OR "FAVORITE PLAYER," GILBERT ARENAS IS LOOKING AT A 3-4 MONTH INJURY. OH YEA, ARENAS WAS AN ALL-STAR/MVP CANDIDATE BY THE WAY...

THIRDLY, THEIR STARTING CENTER BRENNAN HAYWOOD, WHO CAME OFF HIS BEST SEASON IN THE NBA YET, IS INJURED AND HAS YET TO PLAY THIS SEASON!

I MEAN I DON'T THINK YOU CAN BLAME THE 1-10 START COMPLETELY ON THE COACH IN THIS INSTANCE. JORDAN IS A PROVEN WINNER, AND HE HAS BEEN THEIR FOR ABOUT 4 YEARS I THINK. THIS SEASON THE WIZARDS HAVE LOST ALMOST EVERY GAME THE SAME WAY...IN THE 4TH QUARTER. AT SOME POINT THE PLAYERS HAVE TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

LAST THOUGHTS
I THINK IF THE WIZARDS DIDN'T MOVE TO THE 2ND ROUND THIS SEASON, IT WOULD BE TIME TO CALL IT QUITS WITH JORDAN, BUT I WOULD ALSO SEND AWAY PLAYERS SUCH AS ETAN THOMAS, DARIUS SONGALIA, DESHAWN STEVENSON, AND ANTONIO DANIELS. THESE PLAYERS ARE GREAT IN THEIR OWN RIGHT, BUT I DONT THINK THEY COMPLIMENTED THE YOUNG AND QUICK ROSTER THAT WE HAVE.

INCREASED CRIME ON PG COUNTY BLOCK

2008-11-24T11:01:00.000-05:00

IN PG COUNTY, THE 3300 BLOCK OF WALTERS LANE IN FORESTVILLE HAS BEEN THE LOCATION OF QUITE FEW RECENT CRIMES.

ON THE SHORT BLOCK, THREE MEN HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE PAST THREE WEEKS. A FOURTH DIED THERE MONTHS EARLIER. IN THE PAST YEAR, LOCAL POLICE HAVE LOGGED APPROXIMATELY 2,800 CALLS, INCLUDING ASSAULTS, ROBBERIES, THEFTS, ETC.

POLICE HAVE BECOME MORE VISIBLE IN THE AREA BY PLACING MORE PATROL OFFICERS ON WALTER LANE. THEY HAVE ALSO USED CADETS TO CANVASS FOR WITNESSES AND POST REWARD INFORMATION. THE INCREASED PRESENCE HAS HELPED BUT THERE HAVE BEEN NO ARRESTS IN ANY OF THE THREE RECENT KILLINGS.

SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST

OBAMA & MICHELLE ON 60 MINUTES

2008-11-20T17:33:00.000-05:00

THE WORLDS FAVORITE COUPLE. SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE NOT SEEN THIS INTERVIEW DUE TO THE ANTICIPATION OF THE COWBOYS & REDSKINS GAME...

IS THERE ANY LOVE?

2008-11-20T17:30:00.000-05:00

BARACK WE WAITING PATIENTLY!

KEVIN JOHNS :: MOST DANGEROUS

2008-11-19T14:57:00.001-05:00

KEVIN JOHNS IS ILL, LOL. THIS BAMMA IS KNOWN AS THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN MARYLAND. WHAT THEY GOING DO WITH DUDE? CHECK THIS OUT!

OBAMA A HOUSE NEGRO

2008-11-19T14:51:00.001-05:00

OBAMA JUST ANOTHER HOUSE NEGRO, LIKE RICE & POLLIN? THATS WHAT AL-QAIDA BELIEVES. I DONT KNOW...WHAT YOU THINK?

FORMER MAYOR STOPS THIEF

2008-11-19T10:03:00.001-05:00

IN THE DISTRICT, FORMER MAYOR ANTHONY WILLIAMS IS BEING HAILED A HERO AFTER CHASING DOWN A ROBBERY SUSPECT.

WILLIAMS JUST SO HAPPENED TO BE PASSING BY WHEN HE CAME UPON THE CRIME IN PROGRESS. ACCORDING TO REPORTS, A THIEF SNATCHED A BOX CONTAINING A DELL COMPUTER FROM A FEDEX DELIVERY CART ON THE 1600 BLOCK OF K STREET.

ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, WILLIAMS BEGAN SPRINTING TOWARDS THE SUSPECT WHO WAS SURPRISED AFTER REALIZING IT WAS THE FORMER DISTRICT MAYOR.

THE DELIVERY MAN, AMHAD DJELANI, IS AN IMMIGRANT FROM INDONESIA AND DIDN'T RECOGNIZE WILLIAMS AND WAS CONFUSED AS TO HOW THE SUSPECT KNEW WHO HE WAS UNTIL AFTER THE RECOVERY OF THE COMPUTER.

SOURCE: ABC 7 NEWS

PG FIREFIGHTER CHARGED WITH ARSON

2008-11-19T09:46:00.000-05:00

IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, A VETERAN PG FIREFIGHTER WAS CHARGED WITH ARSON FOR ALLEGEDLY IGNITING A BLAZE ON HIS WAY TO WORK TWO WEEKS AGO.

ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS, MICHAEL D. MURPHY, 42, WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR SETTING FIRE TO A STACK OF BOXES AND NEWSPAPERS BEHIND THE ASIAN CARRY OUT RESTAURANT IN LANGLEY PARK, Md. REPORTS SAY THAT MURPHY THEN DROVE TO THE CHILLUM-ADELPHI FIRE/EMS STATION, WHERE THE CALL WOULD COME IN A FEW MINUTES LATER.

THE ESTIMATED DAMAGE TO THE RESTAURANT WAS ABOUT $1,000 ACCORDING TO MARK BRADY, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT.

MURPHY, WHO WAS CHARGED THURSDAY, WAS CAUGHT ON THE RESTAURANT'S SECURITY CAMERA. HE WAS CHARGED WITH THREE FELONIES, INCLUDING FIRST-DEGREE ARSON. HE IS NOW ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE WITHOUT PAY.

SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST

O'REILLY OH REALLY?

2008-11-18T12:03:00.000-05:00

WORLD STAR HIP HOP TAKES A BLOW! "BLOGGERS" BE CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT YOU POST OR YOU MAY END UP ON FOX NEWS! NOT A GOOD LOOK NEITHER, LOL.

HOWEVER, MR. O'REILLY, JUST BECAUSE A WEBSITE OR BLOG MAKES A POST ON ANOTHER PARTIES OPINION DOES NOT MEAN THEY NECESSARILY AGREE WITH THEIR NOTION. SECONDLY, FOX NEWS HAS SAID SOME OF THESE SAME THINGS ABOUT OBAMA IN THE PAST, AND MUCH WORST ABOUT AFRICAN AMERICANS IN A WHOLE DONT JUMP ON NOW, YOU RACIST! MATTER FACT, THEY PROBABLY AIRED THE VIDEO TO SUBLIMINALLY SEND A MESSAGE, THINK ABOUT IT!

PG COUNTY GETS MOBILE DENTAL OFFICE

2008-11-13T07:57:00.000-05:00

LATER TODAY, GOV. MARTIN O'MALLEY AND STATE OFFICIALS ARE DUE TO ANNOUNCE THE START OF A DENTAL OFFICE ON WHEELS THAT WILL SERVE POOR CHILDREN IN THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY AREA.

THE EFFORT COMES AFTER THE DEATH OF A 12-YEAR-OLD CHILD FROM THE COUNTY LAST YEAR WHO DIED DUE TO LACK OF ACCESS TO PROPER DENTAL CARE. THE OFFICE WILL BE A VAN WITH TWO DENTAL CHAIRS.

THE NEW INITIATIVE HAS BEEN NAMED THE DEAMONTE DRIVER DENTAL PROJECT. DEAMONTE, IS THE NAME OF THE BOY WHO DIED AFTER AN INFECTION FROM A TOOTH ABSCESS THAT SPREAD TO HIS BRAIN.

THE PROJECT IS BEING FUNDED BY THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WHO RECEIVED $288,000 FROM THE STATE TO GO TOWARDS THE INITIATIVE. NOT ONLY WILL THE VAN PROVIDE CARE, IT WILL ALSO VISIT SCHOOLS TO HELP SPREAD AWARENESS OF DENTAL CARE HEALTH.

SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST

BANK EXPECTED TO RESPOND TO TAX SCANDAL

2008-11-12T20:03:00.000-05:00

Bank of America (Photo/googleimages.com)

A LAWSUIT FILED IN D.C. SUPERIOR COURT, DUE TO THE TAX OFFICE SCANDAL WHERE NEARLY $50 MILLION WAS STOLEN FROM THE CITY, HAS LEFT THE BANK OF AMERICA WITH LESS THAN 20 DAYS TO RESPOND.

THE LAWSUIT, WHICH IS BEING LED BY MAYOR ADRIAN FENTY AND ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL PETER NICKELS, WAS FILED ON OCT. 31, AND IS ASKING FOR $105 MILLION IN DAMAGES. THE SUIT CITES BANK OF AMERICA AS RESPONSIBLE FOR FAILING TO SUPERVISE AND TRAIN ITS EMPLOYEES IN RELATION TO ABOUT $35 MILLION OF THE STOLEN FUNDS.

THE SCANDAL TOOK PLACE OVER A 2O-YEAR PERIOD AND CAME TO LIGHT IN JUNE 2007. ACCORDING TO REPORTS, THE LEADER BEHIND THE SCANDAL WAS FORMER D.C. OFFICE OF TAX AND REVENUE MANAGER HARRIETTE WALTERS.

UNDER THE FALSE CLAIMS ACT, THE DISTRICT ALSO SEEKS $1.1 MILLION ON TOP OF THE $35 MILLION LOST IN THE SCANDAL. U.S. ATTORNEYS PROSECUTING THE CASE ARE EXPECTED TO RECOVER $10 MILLION TO PAY BACK TO THE CITY.

SOURCE: THE AFRO

INAUGURATION TICKETS EXPECTED TO GO FAST

2008-11-12T19:19:00.000-05:00

NOW THAT BARACK OBAMA HAS BEEN ELECTED AS OUR NATION'S NEXT PRESIDENT, PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD HAVE ALREADY BEGAN REQUESTING TICKETS TO GRANT THEM ACCESS TO THE INAUGURATION ON JAN. 20.

THE FRENZY STARTED JUST A FEW DAYS FOLLOWING OBAMA'S VICTORY AND THE DEMAND FOR TICKETS HAS ALREADY EXCEEDED SUPPLY. THE TICKETS ARE FREE, HOWEVER, THAT ARE LIMITED TO ONLY 240,000. THE TICKETS CAN ONLY BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, WHO ARE EACH ALLOCATED A CERTAIN AMOUNT TO BE DISTRIBUTED AMONGST RESIDENTS IN THEIR DISTRICTS.

THE DAY AFTER THE ELECTION, DISTRICT DEL. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON REPORTED THAT SHE SET UP A SPECIAL TELEPHONE LINE AND E-MAIL ADDRESS TO TAKE REQUESTS. HOWEVER, HER OFFICE WAS SO FLOODED WITH CALLS THAT IT PREVENTED MORE URGENT CALLS FROM GETTING THROUGH AND SHE EVENTUALLY HAD TO STOP TAKING NAMES.

OFFICIALS EXPECT THE CROWDS TO SURPASS THE 1.2 MILLION THAT ATTENDED PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON'S INAUGURATION IN 1965, WHETHER THEY HAVE TICKETS OR NOT.

SOURCE: THE AFRO

POLICE TO STEP UP PATROL OF LAUREL AREA SCHOOLS

2008-11-12T18:46:00.000-05:00

POLICE HAVE DECIDED TO STEP UP PATROLS IN THE LAUREL AREA AFTER REPORTS OF SEVERAL BREAK-INS IN NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS.

IN FACT, ONE OF THE SCHOOLS INCLUDED IN THE REPORTS IS THE SAME ONE THAT RESULTED IN THE SHOOTING OF A POLICE OFFICER. ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES, BREAK-INS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT OAKLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON SEPT. 13 AND NOV. 4.

ON NOV.2, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL AND JAMES H. HARRISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WERE BOTH BROKEN INTO. POLICE HAVE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING ALL OF THE INCIDENTS AND HAVE NOT DETERMINED EITHER THE MOTIVE OR WHAT HAD BEEN TAKEN.

FOR NOW, COUNTY POLICE ARE REVIEWING SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE FROM THE BURGLARY AT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, WHICH IS THE ONLY SCHOOL WITH SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS.

SOURCE: THE GAZETTE

OFFICERS IN HILLCREST HEIGHTS SHOOTING IDENTIFIED

2008-11-12T17:42:00.000-05:00

THE OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING THAT KILLED A MAN ATTEMPTING TO CARJACK AN UNMARKED POLICE VEHICLE IN HILLCREST HEIGHTS ON MONDAY NIGHT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY PG COUNTY POLICE.

ACCORDING TO REPORTS, PG COUNTY OFFICER JAMES G. MCCREARY, WAS TRYING TO ENTER HIS VEHICLE AROUND 11 P.M. ON THE 3200 BLOCK OF NAYLOR ROAD WHEN HE WAS APPROACHED BY THE ALLEGED ARMED SUSPECT, JOSHUA DAVID SANDS, 19.

MCCREARY THEN FIRED HIS WEAPON, STRIKING SANDS, OF THE 1200 BLOCK OF STEVENS ROAD IN THE DISTRICT, IN THE UPPER BODY. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE BY PARAMEDIC PERSONNEL.

BOTH MCCREARY AND CPL. MOISE APOLLON, WERE CONDUCTING AN UNDERCOVER ASSIGNMENT FOR THE NARCOTICS ENFORCEMENT DIVISION NEAR THE 51 CLUB, LOCATED ON NAYLOR ROAD.

THEY HAVE BOTH BEEN PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.

SOURCE: THE GAZETTE

TEEN STABBED AT LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL

2008-11-12T17:33:00.000-05:00

YESTERDAY MORNING, A 16 -YEAR- OLD BOY WAS STABBED AT MONTGOMERY BLAIR HIGH SCHOOL BY A GIRL, AGE 16.

THE BOY WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL AND TREATED FOR WHAT MEDICAL PERSONNEL ANNOUNCED WERE NON LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES.

ACCORDING TO REPORTS, THE PARAMEDICS WERE CALLED OUT TO THE SCHOOL AROUND 9: 20 A.M. FOR A REPORTED STABBING NEAR A HEALTH ROOM IN THE SCHOOL.

THE BOY, WHOSE NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED, WAS TREATED FOR A GASH IN THE UPPER PORTION OF HIS ARM. ACCORDING TO POLICE, THE GIRL TOOK OFF AFTER THE INCIDENT AND WAS LATER APPREHENDED OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL.

WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE BOY PUSHED THE GIRL, AND SHE CAME UP WITH SOMETHING IN HER HAND.

SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST

MS-13 POSSIBLY LINKED IN BUS SLAYING

2008-11-12T11:35:00.001-05:00

MONTGOMERY COUNTY OFFICIALS DECLARED YESTERDAY THAT THEY ARE NOW SEARCHING FOR TWO SUSPECTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE FATAL SHOOTING OF A 14- YEAR OLD STUDENT ON A COUNTY TRANSIT BUS IN SLIVER SPRING, WHOM THEY BELIEVE ARE CONNECTED WITH THE MS-13 GANG.

HECTOR M. HERNANDEZ, 20, WAS RECENTLY ARRESTED AS THE ALLEGED GUNMAN IN THE BUS SLAYING. HE WAS ARRESTED A MONTH PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT ON A WEAPONS CHARGE AND WA RELEASED WITHOUT ANYONE REALIZING HE WAS IN THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY.

POLICE ARE NOW SEEKING GILMAR LEONARDO ROMERO, 20 , (LEFT IN THE PIC) AND MARIO ERNESTO MILAN-CANALES, 30, (RIGHT IN THE PIC) IN CONNECTION WITH THE BUS SHOOTING.

ACCORDING TO POLICE, HERNANDEZ BOARDED A RIDE ON BUS IN SILVER SPRING WITH A GROUP OF FRIENDS. HERNANDEZ'S GROUP EXCHANGED WORDS WITH A LARGER GROUP, NONE OF THEM KNOWN TO BE GANG MEMBERS, ACCORDING TO POLICE.

ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, WHEN THEY GOT OFF, ONE PERSON IN THE GROUP HELD A REAR DOOR OPEN, WHILE HERNANDEZ FIRED SEVERAL SHOTS INTO THE BUS, KILLING TAI LAM, AND STRIKING TWO OTHER TEENAGERS INSIDE.

SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST

DISTRICT FIRES PRINCIPAL DUE TO CONTINUED VIOLENCE

2008-11-11T16:20:00.000-05:00

DISTRICT OFFICIALS FIRED THE PRINCIPAL OF HART MIDDLE SCHOOL YESTERDAY AFTER TWO MONTHS OF CONTINUED DISORDER AND VIOLENCE.

CHANCELLOR MICHELLE A. RHEE'S CHIEF OF STAFF, LISA RUDA, INFORMED KISHA WEBSTER THAT SHE WAS BEING DISMISSED AT A MEETING HELD YESTERDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE VIOLENCE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AMONGST STUDENTS, THERE HAD ALSO BEEN REPORTED ASSAULTS ON AT LEAST THREE TEACHERS.

WEBSTER IS EXPECTED TO BE REPLACED BY A CENTRAL OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR, BILL KEARNEY, WHO HAD BEEN SERVING AS THE SCHOOL SYSTEM'S DIRECTOR OF PRINCIPAL RECRUITMENT.

WEBSTER, 37, WAS THE FORMER ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT MACARTHUR MIDDLE SCHOOL IN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY. SHE IS ALSO THE THIRD PRINCIPAL TO BE REPLACED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

HART WAS ONE OF NEARLY TWO DOZEN D.C. SCHOOLS PLACED IN FEDERALLY MANDATED RESTRUCTURING FOR FAILING TO MEET BENCHMARKS FOR MATH AND ENGLISH TEST SCORES.

SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST

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2008-11-08T12:23:00.000-05:00

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TWO BODIES FOUND IN CAPITOL HEIGHTS

2008-11-07T21:50:00.000-05:00

EARLY THIS MONRING, THE BODIES OF TWO MEN WERE DISCOVERED IN OR NEAR A CEMETARY ALONG PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE IN CAPITOL HEIGHTS NEAR THE DISTRICT LINE.

ACCORDING TO POLICE, IT IS UNCLEAR WHETHER THE BODIES WERE FOUND IN THE CEDAR HILL CEMETARY OR NEAR IT. NEAR THE SCENE, POLICE ALSO FOUND A VEHICLE THAT APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT.

THE BODIES WERE FOUND SHORTLY AFTER 8 A.M. NO NAMES HAVE BEEN RELEASED DUE TO THE INCIDENT STILL BEING UNDER INVESTIGATION.

MARYLAND SAYS YES TO SLOTS

2008-11-05T11:24:00.000-05:00

IN MARYLAND, THE MAJORITY OF VOTING RESIDENTS VOTED IN FAVOR OF BRINGING SLOT MACHINE GAMBLING TO THE STATE OF MARYLAND.

ACCORDING TO REPORTS, VOTERS FAVORED APPROVAL OF THE MEASURE ON THE BALLOT BY ALMOST A 3-TO-2 RATIO. THE PLAN, WHICH HAS RECEIVED MAJOR SUPPORT FROM GOV. OMALLY, WOULD ALLOW UP TO 15,000 MACHINES AT FIVE LOCATIONS. THE PURPOSE OF THE MACHINES IS SAID TO BE A MEANS TO BALANCE THE BUDGET, PROTECT EDUCATION FINDING, AND AID MARYLAND'S AILING HORSE RACING INDUSTRY.

OPPONENTS WORRY THAT THE ESTIMATED $660 MILLION THAT THE SLOTS WOULD YIELD ANNUALLY WILL NOT GO TOWARDS EDUCATION. OTHER ISSUES WERE THE SOCIAL ILLS ASSOCIATED WITH GAMBLING, INCLUDING CRIME AND ADDICTION

ANOTHER ISSUE APPROVED IN MARYLAND IS KNOWN AS QUESTION 1, WHICH WILL AUTHORIZE THE LEGISLATURE TO ESTABLISH EARLY VOTING STARTING WITH THE 2010 ELECTIONS. THIS MEASURE WAS OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTED.

-LYNEE COAN

AMERICA HAS SPOKE :: CHANGE WILL COME

2008-11-05T10:56:00.000-05:00

YESTERDAY, AMERICA ELECTED THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, SEN. BARACK OBAMA OF ILLINOIS.

OBAMA WAS DECLARED PRESIDENT JUST AFTER 11PM LAST NIGHT, AFTER PASSING THE NEEDED 210 ELECTORAL VOTES WITH VICTORIES IN CALIFORNIA AND WASHINGTON STATE. HE BLEW OUT REPUBLICAN OPPONENT, SEN. JOHN MCCAIN IN THE KEY VICTORY STATES OF OHIO, FLORIDA, VIRGINIA, AND PENNSYLVANIA. OBAMA WOULD ULTIMATELY WIN INDIANA AFTER MIDNIGHT BRINGING HIS TOTAL OF ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES TO 349, WHILE MCCAIN WON MONTANA, BRINGING HIS TOTAL TO 163.

FOLLOWING HIS CALL CF CONCESSION TO THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN, MCCAIN GAVE WHAT MANY CALL A VERY ADMIRABLE AND GRACEFUL CONCESSIONS SPEECH BEFORE SUPPORTERS IN PHOENIX. HE LIKE, OBAMA BOTH SPOKE ON THE HISTORIC IMPACT OF THE ELECTION. "THIS IS AN HISTORIC ELECTION, AND I RECOGNIZE THE SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE IT HAS FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE SPECIAL PRIDE THAT MUST BE THEIRS TONIGHT," MCCAIN SAID.

OBAMA NOT ONLY SET RECORDS IN HISTORY BOOKS BY BECOMING THE NATIONS 44TH PRESIDENT AND THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN, BUT ALSO BY BECOMING THE DEMOCRAT SINCE JIMMY CARTER IN 1976 TO RECEIVE MORE THAN 50 PERCENT OF THE POPULAR VOTE AND TO TRANSFORM THE ELECTORAL MAP.

OBAMA IS THE 5TH YOUNGEST MAN ELECTED TO A FIRST PRESIDENTIAL TERM, THE 16TH SENATOR TO ASCEND THE OFFICE, AND THE FIRST SINCE KENNEDY'S ELECTION IN 1960.

ACCORDING TO A WHITE HOUSE REPORT, BUSH CALLED OBAMA AT 11:12 PM TO OFFER HIS CONGRATULATIONS. "I PROMISE TO MAKE THIS A SMOOTH TRANSITION. YOU ARE ABOUT TO GO ON ONE OF THE GREAT JOURNEYS OF LIFE. CONGRATULATIONS, AND GO ENJOY YOURSELF," BUSH SAID.

SHORTLY AFTER NETWORKS AROUND THE WORLD PROCLAIMED HIS VICTORY, OBAMA WOULD STAND BEFORE A CROWD OF MORE THAN 125,000 PEOPLE AT CHICAGO'S GRANT PARK, INCLUDING FAMOUS FIGURES LIKE OPRAH, AND JESSIE JACKSON TO FORMERLY DECLARE HIS PRESIDENCY AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE ACCOMPLISHMENT AND DREAMS OF HIS SUPPORTERS.

SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST

TO WATCH OBAMA'S SPEECH ON ELECTION NIGHT CLICK HERE

NEW VIDEO :: OBAMA COMES TO THE CAPTIOL

2008-11-05T06:59:00.000-05:00

CRUCIALLL
-KENNY BURNS

KINGPIN SLIM UPDATE

2008-11-05T05:18:00.000-05:00

AYE, YESTERDAY @ GW WE RECEIVED WORD [FROM JUDAH] IN THE INTERVIEW THAT ONE THE DMV'S UP AND COMING ARTIST KINGPIN SLIM WAS SHOT. JUDAH, FROM FORTHEDMVONLY.BLOGSPOT.COM GOT THE STORY FOR YOU...

[FROM FTDO]

Day 1 Saturday night-Sunday morning
The day started out as a good one. After losing to my room mate in 2k9 (for some reason my Lakers can't beat his suns) I get a call from my jeweler saying that my pinky ring is ready. I'm bout to crush these peoples is what I thought to myself as I put on the hot pink Adidas sweater I'd been waiting to rock. I would need to get out there and back by 6 cause the Game Tight video shoot was scheduled to be finished. I grabbed the ring and was late to my own video shoot by a hour LOL but we made it work. Cameos from my homies, Boris from I Wanna Work For Diddy and Dre All Day In The Paint made it sweet! Afterward's I head home to eat and as I'm grubbing I get a call from a lady friend of mine who wants to meet for drinks. I meet her down lucky strike and get a call from one of my close friends who wants to go to Layla. The club is small and I'm not trying to mess up these fresh white shell toes I'm givin em but she and he wanna go so majority rules we in there! Once I get there I'm glad I came cause I ran into Rich Harrison and the whole Richcraft staff whom I was supposed to sign to Atlantic through in like 07. Everyone over there was telling me how much they like The Five Dollar High! Jerry Vines (Raheem DeVaughn manager) and I had words, slid him a CD as he said he heard of me and would check it out. People were complimenting my sweater and I felt like I had "that glow" the whole night. On the way to my car I see my ex parked right beside me (showing off her new Benz LOL). I get in my car and reach down for a CD to give her, On the way up I feel something in my peripheral view. As I turn towards it I see the flash of a chrome handgun, probably a 40 cal or a 44. I tried to escape through the passenger side but it was too late this nigga was dumping 6 shots in my ass from 5 feet away max! After the last shot he stopped shooting (either out of bullets or thought I was dead) and walks away. Not runs walks as to not create any more commotion. I'm thinking that was a smart move as the blood from my wounds starts to leak everywhere. Looking over at my ex who is mind you right beside me she looks like she saw a ghost. Her girlfriend who was riding with her opened the drivers side back door and yells to me "cmon nigga! Let's get you to the hospital!" I mustered up the strength to pull myself into their car and we sped off towards the nearest hospital. My ex was in shock and didn't have enough coherence to think straight so her girlfriend took over shouting directions at her and orders at me to hold on! As we get to the ER the girlfriend hops out yelling he's been shot he's been shot! They pull the stretcher around and ask me to pull myself up on it! I'm like nigga I can't fucking move! Once I yelled that, it was like my last piece of energy so thankfully they sprung into action and pulled me up on the stretcher. The slugs are burning as I look up in the sky I can hear my ex and her home girl telling me to be strong, easy for them to say! This shit is painful and as I'm leaking blood on the stretcher these fuckers go the wrong way! They had to turn me around and get me to the operating room. As I get there, they just start cutting my clothes off ( I'm gonna miss those Rock and Republic jeans, the hoodie I will be copping soon as I get back on my feet off top!) and telling me how lucky I am to have survived. It turns out I had like 15 people in ER, homies and exes mainly but they only let my daughters mother up to see me. I still can't move my lower body and at this point am praying that I ain't paralyzed. Lucky for me I'm a gym rat and all that came into play during this ordeal as I had to rely solely on upper body strength to get me by. The Feds show up all gung ho and leave disappointed as I ain't have anything for them. The doc tells me I took 6 shots from a 40 cal or 44 and that my right hand and left leg are broke from the shots. My daughters mom is crying on me and I gotta piss like a raging bull but I can't get it out lying down so they had to sit me upright so I can get this pee up outta me. They tell me surgery in the morning to put a rod in my leg so I can start the process of walking again. Eventually I fell asleep.......

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Montgomery Teen Killed on Ride On bus

2008-11-03T11:03:00.000-05:00

On Saturday night, a 14- year old boy was killed and two other teens were seriously wounded by a gunman on a crowded Montgomery County bus, after an alleged argument moments earlier.

The incident occurred on the Ride On bus as it approached Piney Branch Road and Arliss Street in Silver Spring about 11 p. m. According to witnesses, the first group of three to five people including the shooter, got off the bus at that stop and then the alleged gunman turned and fired several shots at the teenagers inside.

The victim, Tai Lam, was a freshman honor student and wrestler at Montgomery Blair High School. He was pronounced dead a short time after the incident at a hospital. The other victims, ages 14 and 15, were in serious condition yesterday, according to police.

The victim's brother, Lam Cao, 16, has disputed the police account of the argument, saying that the shooting was not provoked. Cao also reported that one of the member's of the shooter's group held the door of the bus open as the gunman fired.

Detectives are still investigating the case to find out whether or not the shooting was gang-related.

JAY-Z SPEAKS AT VIRGINIA UNION

2008-11-03T05:53:00.000-05:00

THIS IS NOT ENTIRELY NEWS, BUT SINCE IT DEALS WITH THE ELECTION WE DECIDED TO POST IT. ALSO, VIRGINIA UNION ISNT OFFICIALLY APART OF THE D.M.V., BUT I MEAN V: VIRGINIA...SO WE LET THIS ONE FLY.

"OBAMA IS RUNNING SO WE CAN FLY"
-JAY-Z

AMERICA :: CRAZY WORLD

2008-10-28T10:10:00.000-04:00

QUITE FRANKLY IM SPEECHLESS, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THESE?

-MAJOR

GOADOMETALK FOR OBAMA CAMPAIGN COMING SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST.

COLIN POWELL ENDORSES OBAMA

2008-10-24T17:01:00.000-04:00

I PERSONALLY ALWAYS LOVED THIS GUY, NO HOMO. ANYTIME YOU CAN SIT IN THE WHITE HOUSE AS A BLACK MAN, AND PUT UP WITH THEIR B.S. AND KEEP YOUR COOL...YOU THE MAN! THATS WHY BARACK IS THAT DUDE.

REMEMBER TO VOTE PEOPLE, T-SHIRTS & HATS WONT GET HIM IN!!!

NEW VIDEO :: THE POLITICAL WALE

2008-10-24T04:38:00.000-04:00

Search for Missing Fairfax County Officer Continues

2008-10-22T11:23:00.000-04:00

This morning, search and rescue teams continue to search the waters near the Mason Neck area for a Fairfax County police officer who disappeared during a diving exercise in Pohick Bay.

The exercise, which took place yesterday afternoon, involved about 15 people, including members of the police dive team, helicopter and marine patrol units, and firefighters. It began around 1:30 p.m and the officer was reported missing around 2:45 p.m.

Authorities have reported that the officer was wearing a dry suit, which is used in cold water and might enable the missing officer to survive longer. The missing officer was not wearing an oxygen tank or diving apparatus since his role in the training did not require diving equipment.

More than 10 inflatable and flatbottom boats from surrounding jurisdictions have been searching the waters since yesterday afternoon. Helicopters have also participated in the search.

Teen Charged with Trinidad Shooting

2008-10-22T10:26:00.000-04:00

Last night, 18-year-old, Deangelo Johnson, was arrested and charged with the second degree murder of another teen in the District neighborhood of Trinidad.

Johnson is the alleged suspect in Sunday night's fatal shooting of Karon Shannon, 17. Shannon, a Trinidad resident, was found in the 1200 block of Simms Place NE. According to authorities, Shannon had gotten into an argument with someone who had objected a derogatory statement about him.

The Trinidad area, located in NE Washington, has drawn a lot of attention lately due to recent outbreaks of violence. So far, six of the 10 Trinidad homicide cases this year have been closed by police.

Montgomery County Teen Dies After Car Crashes

2008-10-21T19:15:00.000-04:00

From left: Ryan Didone, Brittany Jones, Kristin Newport, Christopher Nicholson, and Zachary Kimble.

Last night, Montgomery County teen, Ryan Didone, 15, died of his injuries after the car he and four friends were in, veered from the road, struck a tree and caught fire.

The five students were on their way to a local Burger King after leaving a meeting with a Christian youth group, a friend said. Didone was transported to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, which is where he later died. Brittany Jones, 16, another passenger was also taken to the trauma center.

The driver, Zachary Kimble, 17, was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries, along with the other passengers, Christopher Nicholson, 17, and Kristin Newport, 15.

All five are students at Damascus High School and lived in the Damascus area. The school has posted on its Web site that guidance counselors and a crisis team would be in place to help students deal with the loss of Didone.

According to police, the cause of the accident is still under investigation.

Abduction Suspect's Outburst Causes Removal From Court

2008-10-21T15:16:00.000-04:00

The female abduction suspect in the case of the 5-year-old boy taken from a Virginia supermarket Sunday, was removed from court earlier this afternoon due to continuous outbursts.

The suspect being charged, Falah O. Joe, 28, continued to declare that she "didn't kidnap the boy and that he was standing outside alone in the cold." Joe began to outburst after the prosecutor in the case began telling the judge about the alleged kidnapping of Kamron Wells, who disappeared while on a trip with his grandfather and sister.

Joe was arrested in the District yesterday, more than 13 hours after the alleged abduction took place at the Shoppers Food Warehouse in Fairfax County. According to reports, the kidnapping took place around 11 a.m. Sunday, when Kamron wandered away from his grandfather and sister.

Joe was caught early Monday morning with the boy in a rowhouse in the 5100 block of Ninth St. NW.

Source: The Washington Post

Former Civil Rights Leader Sentenced for Sex with Daughter

2008-10-16T14:27:00.000-04:00

On yesterday, former civil rights leader James L. Bevel was sentenced to 15 years in prison for having sex with one of his daughters back in the 1990s.

The prison sentence issued in Loudoun County, came despite the testimony of 71- year old Bevel, who recently learned that he has pancreatic cancer and may have only weeks or months to live. During the sentencing, Circuit Court Judge Burke F. McCahill told Bevel that neither his health or past accomplishments alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., would change the fact that he had sexually abused his daughter.

During his sentencing, Bevel was asked whether he accepted responsibility for his actions. His response was that he did not, but hoped to reconcile with his family.

Bevel was convicted of unlawfully committing fornication with his daughter Aaralyn Mills between 1992 and 1994. Bevel was convicted of the crime before Virgina became a no-parole state, and therefore will be eligible for parole in about five years, said Assistant Commonwealth Attorney, Gigi Lawless.

Bevel was on the frontlines of the struggle for racial equality during the 1960s. He helped organize the March on Washington in 1963 and the Selma- to- Montgomery march in Alabama in 1965.

Bevel's daughter, the victim of the abuse, stated yesterday that she was saddened that Bevel had not owned up to what he had done to her.

Newborn Abandoned near District Line

2008-10-14T08:34:00.000-04:00

A newborn baby left abandoned in a trashbag, died shortly after she was found Sunday afternoon in a field near the Washington, D.C. - Takoma Park border.

The baby was found just over the District line around noon in the 6300 block of New Hampshire Avenue in PG County. According to reports, the baby was discovered by workers hired to clean the field near the McDonald's restaurant. The workers saw a trash bag that was moving, said Prince George's County police spokesman, Cpl. Clinton Copeland.

The baby was taken to a local hospital where she died a short time later. Police canvassed the area Sunday looking for the mother, and have still not identified her. The baby was reported to be Hispanic and several hours old when she was found. Police believe that the mother is in need of medical attention.

Teen Group Assualts Rising in the District

2008-10-13T15:56:00.000-04:00

In the District, DC Police are now saying that there is a rise in the number of teens and young adults getting together in groups to assault and rob other citizens.

Last week, five people were attacked by juveniles in separate incidents, including armed carjacking, in the Southwest waterfront neighborhood. In the past month, there have been seven to eleven "pack robberies" in and/or near Adams Morgan in Northwest Washington, said Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier.

Other attacks have been reported in the Brookland area and Chinatown. DC Police have not said they believe the crimes are related, rather that they are apart of a worrisome violent increase amongst teens.

"They're looking for someone who has a cellphone or someone using an iPod. Or they're just looking for fast some fast cash or a credit card," Lanier said Friday.

A 52-year-old lawyer suffered serious head trauma after four to six teenagers beat him in the 1000 block of Sixth Street SW about 9 p.m. Monday. Later Monday, also in Southwest, two teenagers stuck a gun in a man's face, slapped him and demanded his belongings, police said.

Source: The Washington Post

Two PG Girls Injured in Box Cutter Fight

2008-10-13T15:36:00.000-04:00

This morning, two female students at DuVal High School, in PG County were taken to a hospital after being cut by a box cutter during a fight.

According to police, one girl had cut the other and during the fight, somehow cut herself. The violence at the Lanham high school has been documented as "an isolated incident", said Cpl. Mario Ellis, spokesman for the county sheriff's office.

According to authorities, the girls' injuries are not life-threatening. Their names have not yet been released.

Source: The Washington Post

Key Witness in "Scottie Beats" Murder Case Fatally Shot

2008-10-09T16:40:00.000-04:00

Caption: Police on Scene of Tuesday's triple shooting

One of the key witnesses in the upcoming trial of a man charged in the shooting death of PG County music engineer, Raymond Brown, was fatally shot ealier this week, according to authorities.

The victim, Bobby J. Ennels, 22, was the alleged accomplice of the man on trial for the murder, and was testifying in exchange for leniency. Ennels was found shot Tuesday in a car parked on a residential street near FedEx Field in Landover, Md. Also found in the car was another deceased man and one wounded female whose names have not yet been released.

According to reports, Ennels was responsible for looking out back in October 2006, while his alleged accomplices hooked Brown's Chrysler 300 up to a tow truck and drove off. Brown, professionally known as Scottie Beats, was fatally shot while chasing the tow truck.

Authorities have not released a statment as to whether they believe Ennels death was due to his agreement to testify.

Another cooperating witness, Neiman Marcus Edmonds, was moved to a jail in Southern Maryland yesterday, after a request made by the prosecution to do so. Edmonds, 21, has also been charged with murder and other crimes related to Brown's slaying.

Source: The Washington Post

Girls Found Dead in Freezer Identified

2008-10-09T16:17:00.001-04:00

Thanks to Montgomery County detectives, the two girls found in a freezer in Calvert County, have both been tentatively identified.

The two girls have been identified as Renee Bowman's two unaccounted for adopted daughters, Jasmine Nicole Bowman, who would be 9, and Minnet Cecila Bowman, who would be 11. According to detectives, an undisclosed family friend assisted in the identification process.

Montgomery authorities have stated that the match "does not meet the standards for official identification established by the Medical Examiner's Office", however, they do not intend for the results to change after the tests are completed.

The bodies of the two girls were discovered in Calvert County, however, officials believe the girls were killed while living with Bowman in Montgomery County.

Bowman still remains held in Calvert without bond on the child abuse and assault charges in relation to the other daughter discovered by neighbors. Detectives are still trying to piece together a timeline of where and when the girls were last seen alive.

Source: The Washington Post

ELECTION 08 :: OBAMA VS. MCCAIN PART TWO

2008-10-08T12:44:00.000-04:00

"HE'S 72" - P. DIDDY

BECAUSE OF OBAMA I GOT SUSPENDED?

2008-10-07T16:42:00.000-04:00

PALIN VS. BIDEN [VICE PRESIDENT DEBATE]

2008-10-05T04:22:00.000-04:00

JUST IN CASE YOU HAVENT SEEN IT.
COURTESY OF WORLD STAR HIP-HOP

MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO STABBING FATHER

2008-10-01T10:55:00.000-04:00

EARLIER THIS WEEK IN HOWARD COUNTY, TWENTY-TWO YEAR OLD TIMOTHY CAVENDER HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO ASSAULT AFTER ADMITTING TO POLICE THAT HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR STABBING HIS FATHER IN THE NECK.

ACCORDING TO REPORTS, THE MEN WERE ARGUING AND WHEN HIS FATHER TRIED TO PUNCH HIM, CAVENDER STABBED HIM. OFFICERS THAT RESPONDED TO THE SCENE REPORTED THAT CAVENDER ANSWERED THE APARTMENT DOOR COVERED IN BLOOD WITH A KNIFE STICKING OUT OF HIS POCKET.

CAVENDER, A HOWARD COUNTY RESIDENT, COULD FACE 25 YEARS IN PRISON AT HIS SENTENCING IN DECEMBER. PROSECUTORS DROPPED THE ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER CHARGE AS PART OF CAVENDER'S PLEA AGREEMENT. THEY ARE ALSO RECOMMENDING ONLY AN EIGHT YEAR SENTENCE.

SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST

CHILDREN'S FROZEN REMAINS RECOVERD BY CALVERT COUNTY POLICE

2008-09-29T10:08:00.000-04:00

ON SATURDAY, CALVERT COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES DISCOVERED THE BODIES OF TWO SMALL CHILDREN AT A HOME LOCATED IN LUSBY, MARYLAND, INSIDE A STANDALONE FREEZER.

THE OFFICERS HAD BEEN CALLED OUT TO THE HOME TO INVESTIGATE THE REPORT OF AN INJURED CHILD. INITIAL REPORTS INDICATE THAT THE POLICE ARRESTED A WOMAN WHO HAD TOLD THEM THE CHILDREN WERE HER ADOPTED DAUGHTERS AND THEIR REMAINS HAD BEEN FROZEN SINCE AT LEAST FEBRUARY.

THE ARRESTED WOMAN, 43- YEAR- OLD RENEE BOWMAN, HAS ALLEGEDLY ALSO TOLD INVESTIGATORS THAT SHE HAD BEATEN THE THIRD ADOPTED CHILD. THAT CHILD WAS A 7 -YEAR OLD GIRL THAT CALVERT COUNTY POLICE HAD BEEN CALLED OUT TO HELP, AND FOUND SATURDAY AFTER SHE HAD ESCAPED FROM A LOCKED BEDROOM AND JUMPED OUT THE WINDOW.

ACCORDING TO THE AUTHORITIES, THE TWO DEAD CHILDREN'S REMAINS WERE ENCLOSED IN A BLOCK OF ICE. AUTOPSIES WILL NOT BE PERFORMED UNTIL THE ICE MELTS.

AUTHORITIES BELIEVE THE CHILDREN DIED IN ROCKVILLE, DUE TO BOWMAN TELLING THEM SHE MOVED FROM ROCKVILLE TO CALVERT COUNTY IN FEBRUARY, AND BROUGHT THE GIRL'S REMAINS WITH HER. THE SEVEN YEAR OLD WAS WOUNDED WHEN DISCOVERED BY POLICE SATURDAY AND TAKEN TO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. THE TWO CASES ARE STILL UNDERGOING INVESTIGATION.

BOWMAN HAS SO FAR BEEN CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE.

Source: The Washington Post

SHOTS FIRED IN ADAMS MORGAN RESTAURANT, ONE DIES

2008-09-29T09:52:00.000-04:00

AROUND 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, TWO PEOPLE WERE SHOT INSIDE MESKEREM ETHIOPIAN RESTAURANT, IN THE 2400 BLOCK OF 18TH STREET, N.W.

ACCORDING TO AUTORITIES THE INCIDENT WAS ALARMING BECAUSE THIS BLOCK IS AT THE HEART OF ONE OF THE CITY'S MAJOR DINING AND ENTERTAINMENT AREAS - ADAMS MORGAN. THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE AFTER AN ARGUMENT THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE RESTAURANT. INITIAL POLICE ACCOUNTS SAY THAT ONE OF THE TWO MEN INVOLVED SHOT THE OTHER, AND THEN TURNED THE GUN ON HIMSELF.

THE ALLEGED SHOOTER WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AROUND 11:38 P.M. AT WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER. THE OTHER MAN WAS ALSO TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL CENTER, BUT HIS CONDITION HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED. HOWEVER, AUTHORITIES HAVE REPORTED THAT HE WAS STILL BREATHING.

SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST

MD MEDEVAC HELICOPTER CRASH KILLS FOUR, INJURES ONE

2008-09-28T18:07:00.000-04:00

EARLY THIS MORNING, FOUR PEOPLE WERE KILLED WHEN A MARYLAND STATE POLICE MEDICAL EVACUATION HELICOPTER CRASHED IN WALKER MILL PARK, LOCATED NEAR CAPITOL HEIGHTS.

PRIMARY INVESTIGATIONS INDICATE THAT THE CRASH OCCURED DUE TO THE HELICOPTER ENCOUNTERING BAD WEATHER, ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES. BEFORE THE CRASH, THE UNIT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TRANSPORTING TWO FEMALE PATIENTS IN A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT TO PG HOSPITAL.

THE DECEASED HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS STEPHEN J. BUNKER, 59, THE PILOT; MICKEY C. LIPPY, 34, THE FLIGHT PARAMEDIC AND STATE TROOPER, TONYA MALLARD, 39, AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN FROM RESCUE SQUAD STATION 12 IN WALDORF; AND ASHLEY YOUNGER, 17, ONE OF THE VICTIMS IN THE VEHICLE CRASH.

THE OTHER VICTIM, JORDAN WELLS, 18, IS THE ONLY SURVIVOR WHO IS NOW IN CRITICAL CONDITION. AUTHORITIES ARE CALLING THE CRASH THE DEADLIEST IN THE 47- YEAR HISTORY OF THE MARYLAND STATE POLICE AVIATION UNIT.

THE TEENS WERE INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT THAT OCCURED AROUND 10:45 P.M. LAST NIGHT AT SMALLWOOD DRIVE NEAR NEW FOREST COURT IN WALDORF, MARYLAND.

AUTHORITIES REPORT THAT TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS LOST RADIO CONTACT WITH THE HELICOPTER AROUND 12:30 A.M. THE CRASH SITE WAS NOT SPOTTED UNTIL 2 A.M. BY AN OFFICER DEEP INSIDE THE 470-ACRE WALKER MILL REGIONAL PARK.

SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST

NEW VIDEO :: OBAMA VS. MCCAIN DEBATE

2008-09-27T09:53:00.000-04:00

JUST IN CASE YOU DIDN'T CATCH THE DEBATE, WHICH I'M SURE A LOT OF YOU DID. CONSIDERING SOMEONE DECIDED TO TELEVISE A PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE ON A FRIDAY NIGHT! PROBABLY CAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT BLACK PEOPLE TO CATCH IT...JUST A THOUGHT, DON'T QUOTE ME!

CHRIS ROCK :: WHY SHOULD WE VOTE OR OBAMA

2008-09-27T09:32:00.000-04:00

MY DUDE CHRIS ROCK IS GOING OFF OVER THE AIRWAYS. GOING ON EVERYBODY FROM BILL CLINTON, TO TERRANCE, TO SARAH PALIN, BACK TO LARRY KING. BUT ALWAYS COMING WITH TRUTH OR REASONING. TERRANCE IS THE LIGHT SKIN TALKATIVE DUDE FROM 106 & PARK BY THE WAY.

CHRIS ALSO RETURNS TO HBO, TONIGHT AT 9PM. KILL THE MESSENGER!

FENTY OPENS OBAMA D.C. CAMPAIGN OFFICE

2008-09-26T13:13:00.000-04:00

ON YESTERDAY, MAYOR ADRIAN FENTY, ALONG WITH OTHER CITY LEADERS, OPENED CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS FOR DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BARACK OBAMA.

FENTY HELPED TO HYPE UP THE CROWD OF SEVERAL HUNDRED OBAMA SUPPORTERS BY ASKING "ARE WE FIRED UP?" AND LEADING CHANTS OF "OBAMA!" AT THE OPENING WAS ALSO COUNCIL MEMBERS, KWAME BROWN AND MURIEL BOWSER. THE NEW OFFICE IS LOCATED IN A ROW HOUSE ON FLORIDA AVENUE IN NW, WASHINGTON.

OBAMA IS EXPECTED TO OVERWHELMINGLY WIN D.C. IN NOVEMBER'S ELECTION. SUPPORTERS ALSO PLAN TO SPEND TIME CAMPAIGNING IN VIRGINIA. FENTY HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SUPPORTER OF OBAMA.

SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS

WIFE OF GUNMAN IN VA SHOOTING FOUND DEAD

2008-09-25T15:17:00.000-04:00

YESTERDAY, WHILE SEARCHING THE APARTMENT OF THE MOTORIST WHO SHOT THE ALEXANDRIA POLICE OFFICER TUESDAY NIGHT AND THEN KILLED HIMSELF, ARLINGTON COUNTY POLICE FOUND THE BODY OF THE HIS WIFE BEHIND THE BULLET RIDDLED DOOR OF A CLOSET.

AUTHORITIES SUSPECT THAT THE DECEASED MOTORIST, ROBERT K. HUI, 22, SHOT HIS WIFE, SARAH TEDROP, 19, TO DEATH BETWEEN MONDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. SOME TIME LAST MONTH, POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE SAME ADDRESS FOR A DOMESTIC DISPUTE. ACCORDING TO COURT RECORDS, THIS WAS ALSO THE TIME THAT THEY LEARNED HUI HAD "MULTIPLE FIREARMS" IN THE HOME.

HUI IS THE MOTORIST RESPONSIBLE FOR SHOOTING ALEXANDRIA OFFICER KYLE RUSSEL DURING A ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOP TUESDAY NIGHT, WHICH IN TURN CAUSED THE SHUT DOWN OF ONE OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA'S MAIN TRAFFIC ARTERIES, I-395.

ACCORDING TO REPORTS, HUI SHOT HIMSELF IN THE HEAD ABOUT TWO MILES NORTH OF WHERE HE WAS PULLED OVER AND WAS FOUND IN HIS LEXUS SPORT-UTILITY NEAR THE 14TH STREET BRIDGE.

THE INVESTIGATION OF THE DEATH OF TEDROP IS STILL UNDERWAY.

SOURCE: WASHINGTON POST

DC COP SHOOTS ATTACKER

2008-09-25T07:18:00.000-04:00

AROUND 10 AM YESTERDAY MORNING, A D.C. POLICE OFFICER SHOT AND CRITICALLY WOUNDED A MAN AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY ATTACKED THE OFFICER IN THE 1500 BLOCK OF SEVENTH STREET NW.

THE ATTACK WAS SAID TO HAVE OCCURED WHILE THE FEMALE OFFICER WAS CHECKING FOR SQUATTERS IN THE VACANT APARTMENT COMPLEX OF KELSEY GARDENS ACCORDING TO ASSISTANT D.C. POLICE CHIEF ALFRED DURHAM.

"UPON ENTERING ONE OF THE APARTMENTS, ONE OF OUR OFFICERS ENCOUNTERED A MALE. THE MALE JUMPED UP AND CHARGED THE OFFICER, AT WHICH TIME SHE DISCHARGED SEVERAL ROUNDS, STRIKING THE INDIVIDUAL TWO TIMES," SAID DURHAM.

THE MAN WAS TAKEN TO HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION WITH WOUNDS TO THE FACE AND ABDOMEN. THE OFFICER WAS ALSO TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR A LEG INJURY THAT AUTHORITIES SAY SHE ENCOUNTERED DURING THE SCUFFLE.

AS OF NOW, THERE IS NO ANSWER AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE MAN HAD A WEAPON.

KELSEY GARDENS IS SCHEDULED FOR REDEVELOPMENT, ACCORDING TO ADVISORY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISIONER, ALEXANDER PADRO. THE WOMAN WHO PREVIOUSLY RENTED THE APARTMENT WHERE THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE WAS EVICTED IN JULY OF THIS YEAR. PADRO COMMENTED SAYING THAT HE BELIEVES THE WOMAN'S SON, THE SHOOTING VICTIM, HAD BEEN STAYING THERE ILLEGALLY SINCE THEN.

SOURCE: WASHINGTON POST

WHAT IF?

2008-09-24T16:35:00.001-04:00

FIRST OFF WASSUP J.D. OVER AT HHU! YOU THE MAN FOR THIS ONE! IF OBAMA WAS IN THIS SITUATION WITH THE MEDIA, COMING AT THEM WITH THE SAME ATTITUDE AS MCCAIN...THE MEDIA WOULD HAVE A FIELD DAY! HEADLINES
WOULD MOSTLIKELY READ....

ANGRY BLACK MAN STRIKES AGAIN
OSAMA INSANE?
[OR] NIGGA GONE WILD!

COUNTY TELLS WORKERS TO TAKE 10 DAYS UNPAID LEAVE

2008-09-24T11:09:00.000-04:00

ON YESTERDAY, COUNTY EXECUTIVE JACK B. JOHNSON AND THE COUNTY COUNCIL STOOD BEFORE A ROOM OF PG COUNTY WORKERS AND ANNOUNCED THAT THEY MUST TAKE 10 DAYS OF UNPAID LEAVE OVER THE NEXT NINE MONTHS IN ORDER TO MAKE UP FOR THE $57 MILLION BUDGET DEFICIT.

THE PLAN, APPROVED BY COUNTY COUNCIL, CALLS FOR ABOUT 5,900 WORKERS, WHICH WILL INCLUDE POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS, MAINTENANCE WORKERS, CLERKS, ETC., TO TAKE 80 HOURS OF UNPAID LEAVE.

THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL VOTED 9-0 ON THE PROPOSAL, WITH NO DEBATE, WHICH GOES AGAINST THEIR NORMAL RULES TO PASS A RESOLUTION. AS A RESULT, MORE THAN 200 COUNTY EMPLOYEES FILLED THE COUNCIL CHAMBER TO PROTEST THE NEW RULE TUESDAY.

"ALTHOUGH WE HAVE TAKEN AGGRESSIVE STEPS TO ADDRESS OUR BUDGET DEFICIT, IN ORDER TO CLOSE THIS GAP WE MUST INITIATE AN ACROSS-THE-BOARD FURLOUGH PLAN," SAID JOHNSON.

ACCORDING TO REPORTS, OFFICIALS HAVE ENCOURAGED WORKERS TO TAKE TIME OFF DURING "NON-PEAK" DAYS, SUCH AS HOLIDAYS. HOWEVER, THE END RESULT WILL CAUSE EMPLOYEES TO LOSE ABOUT ONE PAYCHECK'S WORTH OF SALARY THIS YEAR.

"THEY HAVE LIED TO US. THEY HAVE LIED TO US ABOUT THIS BUDGET," SAID GLENARD S. MIDDLETON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES UNION.

"ITS MISMANAGEMENT, AND SOMEBODY NEEDS TO INVESTIGATE JACK JOHNSON AND THIS BUDGET," MIDDLETON SAID.

Source: PG County Gazzette