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(Rockville, MD) — The Montgomery County Council will consider a grant that would allow for the purchase of computer software and hardware to track the locations of patients transported to area hospitals from the scene of an accident. Using hand-held technology, the system would be used to distribute patients to the most available hospitals in […]
(Washington, DC) — Police have recaptured a District teenager who allegedly beat a guard and escaped from the New Beginnings secure youth detention facility in Laurel two weeks ago. The Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services says 18-year-old Treyvon Carey was taken into custody Monday on a DC Superior Court arrest warrant. Copyright © 2011 Metro […]
(Metro Networks) Hundreds gathered in front of the White House, chanting USA-USA in celebration of the news that Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is dead. President Obama’s announcement just after 11:30 last night, led to a jubilant crowd spontaneously coming together at Lafayette Park across from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, and they were joined by a […]
(Undated) — Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is dead. President Obama announced from the White House that bin Laden was killed by a U.S.-led operation in a mansion outside the Pakistani capital of Islamabad. According to Obama, he was briefed on bin Laden’s possible whereabouts last August. Obama said he felt the White House had enough […]
According to a comprehensive review of studies on the death penalty by Matthew Robinson, Professor of Government and Justice Studies at Appalachian State University, the death penalty in North Carolina is expensive, racially biased and ineffective. Prof. Robinson analyzed data from more than 20 death penalty studies and found them to be remarkably consistent in […]
(Bristow, VA) — DC area residents continuing the cleanup after severe storms and possible tornadoes damaged homes and toppled trees across the metro region on Wednesday. There is no official confirmation yet on at least four possible tornadoes in the DC area, however, twisters were spotted near Bristow, Stafford, Triangle and Andrews Air Force Base. […]
(Washington, DC) — DC is looking for a new chairman of the city’s taxicab commission. Earlier this week Leon Swain was fired after almost four years on the job. Swain says he wasn’t really given a reason, but tells the “Post” he thinks it has to do with politics. More specifically, he says it was […]
The end of the world is upon us; May 21, 2011 to be exact. That’s the date when Harold Camping, a preacher from Oakland, California, is confidently predicting the Second Coming of the Lord. At about 6pm, he reckons 2 per cent of the world’s population will be immediately “raptured” to Heaven, while the rest of us […]
University of Maryland police officers arrested a 29-year-old English professor on the College Park campus on Wednesday morning after receiving a tip that he had an outstanding warrant in Baltimore for assault charges. Karl Zuehlke was handcuffed in front of his students right before English class was scheduled to begin, campus student newspaper the Diamondback […]
(Washington, DC) — Tens of thousands of government workers in the DC area are bracing for a government shutdown . Nerves are high at federal agencies in downtown DC. Outside the Environmental Protection Agency, workers told Channel 7 they don’t know how they’ll pay their bills. The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association is concerned furloughed […]