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(Washington, DC)  —  DC City Council Chairman Kwame Brown has introduced sweeping ethics reform legislation.  It would create an office to investigate and penalize city employees and council members for ethical breaches.  The Office of Government Accountability would have the power to investigate any issue involving lobbying, conflict of interest, financial disclosures, and other ethical matters related to […]

(Washington, DC)  —  DC Mayor Vincent Gray wants to help offset the city’s budget gap by using a community fund set up during the construction of National’s stadium.  WJLA-TV the mayor says it would provide some financial relief for the District, but members of the Washington Interfaith Network say the mayor is ignoring an obligation to taxpayers.  In exchange […]

(Prince William County, VA)  —  Police in Prince William County have made an arrest in connection with two 7-Eleven robberies in the Manassas area.  Twenty-six-year-old Josef Rodriguez, of no fixed address, is accused in the armed robberies which happened last Thursday on Sudley Road and Coverstone Drive.  No injuries were reported in either case.  Inside NoVa” reports […]

By: Kris Connor/gettyimages (College Park, GA)   —  First Lady Michelle Obama lights a fire under the future of America.  In Michelle Obama’s commencement speech for Spelman College in Georgia, she told the nine thousand people attending Sunday to “do big things” and added “now it’s your turn to repay the favor.”  The First Lady reminded the graduates to not walk out graduation […]

(Atlanta, GA)  —  Entertainer Carlos Santana throws the annual Civil Rights Game a curveball.  Prior to the baseball contest between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Braves in Atlanta Sunday, actor Morgan Freeman and Hall of Fame baseball star Ernie Banks were honored along with Santana.  The Grammy award winning artist came to the microphone to […]

(Herndon, VA)  —  A 19-year-old man is dead and another person is in the hospital after an overnight crash in Herndon.  Fairfax County Police say the 19-year-old was trying to push his car off to the side of eastbound Route-Seven near Dranesville Manor Drive when he was hit from behind by another vehicle late last […]

The Washington Wizards unveiled their new look recently. The team ditched the boring teal unis and opted to bring it back to the glory days with the old Bullets white, red and blue color way. We love it! They might not win more games next season but at least they’ll look better doing it. How […]

WASHINGTON – Fifteen individuals from across the country have been appointed to the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Council on Underserved Communities (CUC). Building on SBA’s core programs and Recovery initiatives, the CUC will provide input, advice and recommendations on strategies to help strengthen competitiveness and sustainability for small businesses in underserved communities. These strategies […]

(London) — Children who are breastfed as babies appear to have fewer behavioral problems later on. British researchers surveyed thousands of mothers about their children’s behavioral difficulties and strengths at the age of five. They found that children who were breastfed for at least four months at infancy were ten-percent less likely to exhibit behavior […]

(Washington, DC)  —  Gas prices in the four-dollar-per gallon range have given a big boost to the District’s Bikeshare program.  According to the latest numbers, rentals for Capital Bikeshare have doubled in the last couple of months from two-to-three-thousand trips per day to four or five-thousand. Chris Holben, who manages the bikesharing program for the […]