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Sat, 5 Jul 2008 13:51:00 GMT

Rhee Deploys 'Army of Believers': Stakes High for D.C. Schools Chief's 45 Handpicked Principals

Rikki Hunt Taylor is filled with fire and educational jargon. When the Takoma Educational Center's new principal describes her vision for the school, she promises 'a data-driven culture' and teachers committed to 'differentiated instruction.' To reach
Sat, 5 Jul 2008 13:51:00 GMT

Chicago Gun Ban May Test Ruling: Challenges Follow Decision on D.C. Law

CHICAGO -- One small reflection of Chicago's bloody year is a sign outside a South Side school that says, 'Congratulations Class of 2008. Stop the Violence.' The school is not a college or a high school, but Carnegie Elementary in Woodlawn. In a city
Sat, 5 Jul 2008 13:41:00 GMT

Arlington's Unneighborly School Lines

A June 12 vote of the Arlington School Board showed how little it cares about neighborhood schools and its own policies. Its action moved the small geographical 'planning unit' (No. 1601) that includes my home from Tuckahoe Elementary, which is over
Sat, 5 Jul 2008 13:05:00 GMT

Drivers Feeling Shunned by D.C.

The District is escalating what some suburban commuters are calling its war against workers who drive into the city. The city has changed parts of Constitution Avenue NE from a reversible commuter artery back to a quiet side street and is considering
Sat, 5 Jul 2008 13:01:00 GMT

Report: Many foreclosures in D.C. ,unavoidable,„

Subprime loans disproportionately went to single, low- and moderate-income households in wards 4, 5, 7 and 8, according to the first study on subprime lending in D.C. by the D.C. Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking. In Ward 5 and Ward 7, more
Sat, 5 Jul 2008 12:12:00 GMT

All-Williams Affair at Wimbledon

WIMBLEDON, England, July 4 -- Venus and Serena Williams planned to spend Friday evening as they have nearly every night for the past two weeks: talking about everything except tennis, having dinner together and retiring to their rooms to read (in Venus's
Sat, 5 Jul 2008 11:59:00 GMT

Arlington's Unneighborly School Lines

A June 12 vote of the Arlington School Board showed how little it cares about neighborhood schools and its own policies. Its action moved the small geographical 'planning unit' (No. 1601) that includes my home from Tuckahoe Elementary, which is over
Sat, 5 Jul 2008 11:27:00 GMT

High gas prices thin the herd of Hummer devotees

John Ayodele of Nigeria recently became the proud owner of a used Hummer. He went through his daughter, a grad student living in Maryland, to buy it from a Perry Hall plumber for $24,500.Ayodele, an engineering executive, has practical reasons for buying
Sat, 5 Jul 2008 11:16:00 GMT

Suspect arrested after drugs sent to wrong address

When it absolutely, positively had to get there, someone in Florida used Fed-Ex to ship marijuana to addresses in the Baltimore area. But the shipping company botched one of the deliveries, triggering an undercover operation that led to the arrest of a
Sat, 5 Jul 2008 11:15:00 GMT

Girl, 7, injured in Jet Ski accident

A 7-year-old girl from Silver Spring was hurt yesterday when she inadvertently grabbed the throttle of the personal watercraft she was boarding on the South River and it lurched into a dock, according to a report by Natural Resources Police. A
Sat, 5 Jul 2008 11:07:00 GMT

Hazing alleged at Deale VFD

An investigation is under way into allegations that a young man was tied to a hose tower and pushed around as part of an initiation into the Deale Volunteer Fire Department last spring. The county Fire Department was made aware of the incident in late
Sat, 5 Jul 2008 11:07:00 GMT

Gandhi Works on Image Control: D.C. Fiscal Chief Tries to Mitigate Damage From Tax Scam

Natwar M. Gandhi calls himself an apolitical bean counter, but the D.C. government's chief financial officer begins his daily routine with a long-standing Washington rite: the power breakfast. On a recent morning, Gandhi was at a fancy downtown hotel
Sat, 5 Jul 2008 07:49:00 GMT

Guns still elusive for D.C. residents

WASHINGTON Days after the Supreme Court ruled that residents of the nation's capital can keep handguns at home for self-defense, George Harley walked out of a Maryland gun shop disheartened, his goal of legally having a gun to protect his family put on
Sat, 5 Jul 2008 07:04:00 GMT

Travelers take rails for test drive

June Jordan usually flies when she goes to visit family in South Carolina. But when she saw how high air fares have climbed, she decided - for the first time - to take the train from Baltimore's Penn Station to Columbia. True, her Amtrak train would take
Sat, 5 Jul 2008 06:50:00 GMT

D.C. Police Adding Gunfire Sensors

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Sat, 5 Jul 2008 04:35:00 GMT

Commentary: Guns in D.C. Won€™t Be Weapons of Protection as Much as They€™ll Be Weapons of Paranoia

Its a ruling thats bound to bring more bloodiness to Chocolate City. Last week, by a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court struck down the District of Columbias three-decades-old ban on handgun ownership. Not surprisingly, National Rifle Association types, people
Sat, 5 Jul 2008 04:31:00 GMT

Board Members Resign to Protest Chair's Ousting: Leader in Georgetown-Based Agency Encouraged Scholars to Research Mass Killing of Armenians

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Sat, 5 Jul 2008 04:22:00 GMT

Williams Sisters Battle Again for Wimbledon Title

WIMBLEDON, England, July 4 -- Venus and Serena Williams planned to spend Friday evening as they have nearly every night for the past two weeks: talking about everything except tennis, having dinner together and retiring to their rooms to read (in Venus's
Sat, 5 Jul 2008 03:25:00 GMT

D.C. School Chief Deploys 'Army of Believers'

Rikki Hunt Taylor is filled with fire and educational jargon. When the Takoma Educational Center's new principal describes her vision for the school, she promises 'a data-driven culture' and teachers committed to 'differentiated instruction.' To reach
Sat, 5 Jul 2008 02:07:00 GMT

Rhee Deploys 'Army of Believers': Stakes High for D.C. Schools Chief's 45 Handpicked Principals

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Sat, 5 Jul 2008 01:15:00 GMT

D.C. to Test Evacuation Plans

The D.C. Department of Transportation plans to partially test the city's evacuation plans tomorrow night as crowds stream home from the Fourth of July fireworks downtown, officials said. Officials will practice timing red lights to quickly move cars from
Fri, 4 Jul 2008 17:40:00 GMT

CareFirst rebuts D.C. claims that reserves are too fat

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, facing a lawsuit filed by Washington, D.C., regulators over its charitable contributions to that town's residents, says it has stockpiled $1.27 billion to help pay for about $400 million in IT improvements. The nonprofit
Fri, 4 Jul 2008 14:09:00 GMT

D.C. approves financing for Struever project

The planned $1.5 billion redevelopment of Washington, D.C.'s Southwest waterfront took a step toward getting public financing when the District's council voted July 2 to provide $198 million in bonds to pay infrastructure costs for the project. The
Fri, 4 Jul 2008 14:09:00 GMT

Newest memorials in D.C. reflect shift in America

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Fri, 4 Jul 2008 13:47:00 GMT

Supreme Court strikes down D.C. handgun ban

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court says Americans have a right to own guns for self-defense and hunting, the justices' first definitive pronouncement on gun rights in U.S. history.
Fri, 4 Jul 2008 06:55:00 GMT

D.C. School Chief to Fire 750 Teachers, Aides

announced yesterday that she plans to fire 250 teachers and 500 teacher's aides who were unable to meet a June 30 deadline to obtain certification. The school system traditionally has had a large number of uncertified teachers and teacher's aides, and
Fri, 4 Jul 2008 05:58:00 GMT

2008 graduate named Miss D.C.

Source: The GW Hatchet, George Washington U. Kate Marie Grinold, who graduated from GW this spring, soon swapped her mortarboard for a tiara after winning the Miss District of Columbia Pageant. Grinold, who will go on to compete in the Miss America
Fri, 4 Jul 2008 03:48:00 GMT

D.C. Fiscal Chief Tries to Mitigate Tax Scam Damage

Natwar M. Gandhi calls himself an apolitical bean counter, but the D.C. government's chief financial officer begins his daily routine with a long-standing Washington rite: the power breakfast. On a recent morning, Gandhi was at a fancy downtown hotel
Fri, 4 Jul 2008 03:34:00 GMT

D.C. to Test Evacuation Plans

The D.C. Department of Transportation plans to partially test the city's evacuation plans tomorrow night as crowds stream home from the Fourth of July fireworks downtown, officials said. Officials will practice timing red lights to quickly move cars from
Fri, 4 Jul 2008 03:33:00 GMT

Mississippi responds to D.C. gun law

Source: Daily Mississippian, U. Mississippi Mississippi State Firearm Owners Association President David Bowser said it was a good thing Washington D.C. residents' right to keep and bear arms was reinforced, in response to the Supreme Court's decision to
Fri, 4 Jul 2008 03:27:00 GMT