VIA WASHINGTON POST: The Dow closed above 10,000 moments ago, pushing above a psychological barrier it has not recorded in more than a year. The Dow briefly crossed 10,000 at about 1:15 p.m. today, then retreated, then punched above 10,000 after 3 p.m. and held on until closing. The Dow staged a strong rally today, […]
VIA THE GAZETTE: Prohibition, meet the “textaholic.” Largo-area young and old alike in the habit of clutching their phones while behind the wheel, poised to send a text or update their Facebook or Twitter status at any moment, may still be getting used to a new ban on texting while driving. But many agree the […]
VIA MYFOXDC: WASHINGTON, D.C – Metro says full service has been restored and repairs have been completed on the Red Line at the site of June’s fatal train crash near the Fort Totten station. Still, there are still some safety concerns. Metro trains are still running in manual mode until problems with the signals are […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: The 61-year-old woman struck Monday by a Metrobus in Northeast Washington died Tuesday afternoon, D.C. police said. Stephanie Richardson, of the 1600 block of 11th Place NE, was pronounced dead at 4:10 p.m., less than 24 hours after a bus struck her while she crossed Mount Olivet Road NE in the […]
VIA THE GAZETTE: A New Jersey man who fatally shot his estranged wife in the parking lot of a Silver Spring church earlier this year was sentenced to life in prison without parole in a Montgomery County courtroom today. Kevin Kelly, 53, was convicted by a county jury in September of first-degree murder and use […]
VIA MYFOXDC: WASHINGTON, D.C. – A total of 388 jobs were cut from D.C. schools on Friday, and officials said of those employees, 229 were teachers. School officials say they were forced to make the cuts because of a $43.9 million budget shortfall for the 2010 fiscal year. Officials said 39 schools lost no teachers; […]
VIA HEALTH NEWS: When you think of October images of pumpkins, spider webs, ghosts, ghouls, and goblins often spring to mind. However, there is one uninvited ghoul that lingers throughout this month waiting to claim another victim: Breast Cancer. In 2005 alone, there were over 188,000 people (both men and women) diagnosed with breast cancer […]
VIA GAZETTE.NET: As the newly relocated Dutch Country Market bustled with shoppers, a furniture store parking lot across the street sat nearly empty under a large yellow banner announcing a going-out-of-business sale. Prince George’s County Councilman Thomas E. Dernoga (D-Dist. 1) of Laurel, who was on hand for the market’s official grand opening on Sept. […]
VIA MYFOXDC: WASHINGTON – Metro is planning to install cameras on rail cars after accepting a federal homeland security grant. The transit agency’s board of directors voted last week to accept nearly $28 million to pay for cameras. Most of the money will put additional cameras on buses, in ventilation shafts, at station entrances and […]
VIA WUSA: ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Maryland’s new text message ban has some wondering how it will be enforced because the law prohibits writing or sending, but not reading text messages while driving. Assistant State Attorney General Kathryn Rowe says police officers will have a lot of discretion. Rowe says decisions will be based on what […]