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(Orlando, FL) — Casey Anthony begins her new life as a free woman following her release from jail. Anthony walked out the front door of the jail in Orlando, Florida at midnight Eastern Time . Anthony was released three years and one day after her mother called 911 and reported that Anthony’s two-year-old daughter Caylee was missing. […]
The final space shuttle mission is drawing to a close. The Space Shuttle Atlantis will undock from the International Space Station today on its way back to Earth. Atlantis is leaving behind almost five tons of fresh supplies that will keep the ISS stocked for the next year. The shuttle is set to land early […]
(Washington, DC) — President Obama is expected to give an update this morning on the ongoing debt and spending talks in Congress. The news conference is set for 11 a.m. Eastern time. A White House meeting between the President and key lawmakers lasted just 75 minutes yesterday. Obama is slated to meet with congressional leaders again today […]
(Sterling, VA) — A flash flood watch is in effect for the DC area from this afternoon until late tonight. The National Weather Service says a weak cold front will move into very moist and humid air resulting in a large number of thunderstorms. Rainfall rates are expected to exceed more than two inches an […]
(Washington, DC)- Today, the Obama Administration announced adjustments to Federal Housing Administration (FHA) requirements that will require servicers to extend the forbearance period for unemployed homeowners to 12 months. The Administration also intends to require servicers participating in the Making Home Affordable Program (MHA) to extend the minimum forbearance period to 12 months wherever possible […]
(Washington, DC) – The DC Department of Employment Services (DOES) has partnered with Bank on DC to provide financial literacy classes—Bank on Your Money—to District residents at the DC Works! Career Centers throughout the city. Bank on DC is a collaboration between the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED), financial […]
. At the Southeast Tennis & Learning Center, Camp SETUP offers summer fun and much more to kids in Southeast Washington DC. For six weeks, they experience the thrill of tackling new challenges, from computers to tennis. They discover that reading and math can be fun. They grow strong and fit. And they venture beyond […]
(Undated) — Opponents of Maryland’s “DREAM Act” to offer in-state tuition to some illegal immigrants, say they are on track to submit a combined 100-thousand signatures by tomorrow to put the issue to a referendum vote. According to the “Washington Post,” state elections official have certified most of the 56-thousand signatures needed to suspend the […]
(Washington, DC) — Metro says about ten-percent of the terrorism threats it receives, lead to arrests. The threats include calls about suspicious people, packages or possible bombs. According to the “Examiner,” Metro Transit Police responded to nearly 340 such calls in the first half of 2011 and about 30 of them led to a police […]
(Silver Spring, MD) — An investigation is underway in Montgomery County after a man Tasered by police there died. Police say a vial of suspected liquid PCP was found in his car, and a woman who was with him admitted they had been using drugs. It started shortly before 10:30 last night when authorities were called to […]