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Virginians are expected to save a total of about two-point-six-million-dollars during the state’s Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday which starts tomorrow. Through next Thursday, the five-percent tax will be waived on smaller items costing 60 dollars or less such as batteries, flashlights, duct tape and smoke detectors as well as larger items costing one-thousand dollars […]

Here’s a heads up if your holiday weekend travel plans include riding the rails.  Metro plans to shut off rail service to stations on the northern end of the Green Line this weekend, including the West Hyattsville, Prince George’s Plaza,College Park and Greenbelt stations.  Trains will stop running to those stations starting at ten Friday night and continuing through […]

Wig Capitol is hosting an Outdoor Wig Drive Event at the Cathedral of Christ Baptist Church. On Sunday, June 3, 2012 from 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Hair Loss is a serious matter with nearly 33 million women over age 18 experience hair loss, thinning or balding and more than 50 million men suffering from […]

 The 911 emergency call center in Montgomery County, Maryland is getting a lot of unwanted attention after an operator was caught sleeping on the job.  It happened just after midnight on April 4th.  A frightened woman called 911 because her husband was having difficulty breathing and was starting to turn blue in the face.  The […]

D.C. Councilmen Marion Barry has been hospitalized in Las Vegas, according to Tom Sherwood at News4. Barry is part of a D.C. delegation attending RECon, an international shopping center convention, in Vegas. He was taken to Summerlin Hospital Medical Center due to a pain in his leg he began to feel during dinner at a […]

According to police, two Howard University students, one male and one female, are suffering from shots fired in northwest D.C. The incident happened during an attempted burglary a house on the corner of North Capitol and Bryant streets yesterday afternoon at the house of several students. Read more here.

ANNAPOLIS, MD (May 16, 2012) – Governor Martin O’Malley today issued the following statement on the passing of Chuck Brown:   “Chuck Brown will be remembered as the singular force that helped Go-Go gain notoriety beyond the beltway and earn recognition nationwide for the many local bands that followed in his footsteps. Chuck helped break the ground and […]