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VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: George Washington University handed out scholarships Wednesday, each worth more than $200,000, to nine District high school students. The recipients come from eight different high schools: * Angela Bonham, Dunbar High School * Yuhana Gidey, Woodrow Wilson Senior High School * Andrew Haynesworth, St. John’s College High School * Nicholas Kelly, […]

VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: Set your DVR! Well, for when exactly, we don’t know. But sources confirm to our colleague Lisa de Moraes that if-and-when Bravo gets around to airing “Real Housewives of D.C.,” Tareq and Michaele Salahi will be part of it. We know, it’s impossible to imagine the show without the legendary polo-playing, […]

VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: The Internal Revenue Service claims that D.C. Council member Marion Barry owes $15,000 in unpaid taxes for 2005 through 2008, so it has issued a lien to try to collect the money, according to records filed with the city. “We have made a demand for payment of this liability, but it […]

VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis and the estate of sports entrepreneur Abe Pollin have reached an agreement on a price for Leonsis to purchase the Washington Wizards and Verizon Center, overcoming the single biggest obstacle in his path to take ownership, according to several sources familiar with the negotiations. The entire […]

VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: Metro plans to curtail its expensive-to-operate transit alternative for the elderly and disabled just as ridership for the service is projected to grow 50 percent over the next four years. The agency has proposed the changes as part of an effort to cover a $190 million gap in its operating budget […]

VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: In its first direct vote on the issue, the U.S. Senate has rejected an amendment to the health care reconciliation bill that would have stopped same-sex marriage in the District until a referendum could be held. Sen. Bob Bennett (R-Utah) had introduced that amendment; the full Senate rejected it early this […]

VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: Washington Teachers’ Union president George Parker e-mailed and robo-called members late Wednesday night to say that he hoped details of the long-awaited labor pact with DCPS would be available as early as their return from spring break on April 6. (Break begins Friday). There have been numerous “peace is at hand” […]

VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: The nation’s students are mired at a basic level of reading in fourth and eighth grades, their achievement in recent years largely stagnant, according to a federal report Wednesday that suggests a dwindling academic payoff from the landmark No Child Left Behind law. But reading performance has climbed in D.C. elementary […]

VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: The cost of shuttering federal government offices for five days during this winter’s back-to-back snowstorms was an estimated $71 million a day, tens of millions less than previously estimated, the official responsible for the shutdown told a congressional committee Tuesday. Officials had earlier estimated that the federal shutdowns cost about $100 […]

VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: The barista’s life is a frenetic one: pre-dawn openings, strung-out customers, the howl of steaming milk. Yet Liz Fedden got into coffee to unwind. Working as an Army nurse on a medevac helicopter ferrying wounded soldiers from Air Force bases to Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Fedden found a quiet corner […]