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(Canberra, Australia) — Facebook is removing 20-thousand kids a day from its social network for lying about their age. The site weeds out kids who try to pass as older than age 13. That’s the minimum age for posting to the globally popular network. Facebook privacy adviser Mozelle Thompson testified yesterday to the Australian parliament’s cyber-safety committee […]
(Richmond, VA) — Today is “Dorothy Irene Height Day” in Virginia. Governor Bob McDonnell has issued a proclamation saying the state will celebrate the life of the one-time preeminent female civil rights leader, who was a Virginia native. Height was born 99 years ago today. She died in April of last year at the age of […]
This show confronted the issue of Gay marriage and why the state of Maryland’s black clergy adamently opposed the legislation that was proposed. Click below to hear this very spirited and extremely insightful discussion. Panelists included: Dr. Martino Pastor of First Church Washington and openly gay Pastor Bishop Cheeks of Inner Light Ministries. GAY MARRIAGE […]
Hall of Fame NFL linebacker Lawrence Taylor was sentenced to six years probation during a court hearing Tuesday after pleading guilty to sexual misconduct with an underage girl. The judge ruled that he must serve probation.
(Manassas, VA) — Police say a 16-year-old girl has been charged with harassment for making a Facebook page that targeted girls at her high school . The teen’s page was reportedly created to insult classmates and featured lewd comments under their photos. The teen faces charges for harassment by computer, which is a class one misdemeanor punishable […]
(Rockville, MD) — The suspect in last week’s murder at Lululemon Athletica in Bethesda may have been trying to cover her tracks after stealing from the company. Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy says Jayna Murray found merchandise in Brittany Norwood’s bag on the day of the murder. Norwood was ordered held without bond at a […]
(Waldorf, MD) — A State Fire Marshal’s Bomb Squad unit had to be summoned to a home in Waldorf after a man doing yard work stumbled upon a live grenade. The Fire Marshal’s office says the M-80 smoke grenade was still live when it was unearthed over the weekend on Oakley Road. Authorities were able to countercharge […]
The recent suspension of 21 priests from active ministry shows that the Archdiocese of Philadelphia has not fully come to terms with its latest sexual abuse scandal, for which there is no excuse. A Feb. 10 grand jury report accused the archdiocese of a decades-long cover-up of pedophile priests and of having up to 37 alleged pedophiles in […]
The bill that would allow same sex marriage proposed in Maryland, was recently shot down by the hands of clergy.