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Washingtonians are the nation’s most well-read citizens, but they’re reading less these days. And so, it appears, are city dwellers everywhere. That’s according to the latest findings of an annual study of the United States most literate cities, which ranks the “culture and resources for reading” in the nation’s 75 largest metro areas. The study examines […]
President Obama has called for a moment of silence today to honor the victims of Saturday’s shooting spree in Tucson, Arizona. The shooting left six people dead, including a federal judge. The alleged target of the gunman, Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, is in critical condition. Obama said the moment of silence at 11 a.m. Eastern […]
Winning the top prize for the D.C. Lottery’s DC 5 game was music to Melissa Johnson’s ears. For the mid-day drawing on New Years Eve, Johnson of Seat Pleasant, Maryland won $26,250 when she played the number on her My MAJIC 102.3 FM Club Card – 2-6-2-1-2. “She screamed really loud” said Johnson’s daughter about […]
Washington Washington Football Team tight end Fred Davis is denying reports that he aggressively grabbed a woman and struck her with a bottle at a D.C. night club early Thursday morning. TMZ.com reported that Davis and a female customer at Josephine night club were involved in an altercation and that after he grabbed her, she […]
A bad job review may have led to the New Year’s Day murder at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda. Montgomery County Police say Keith Little stabbed his boss Roosevelt Brockington more than 70 times in a boiler room. Little is charged with first degree murder and is being held without bond pending a hearing on Friday. […]
The FBI is investigating another suspicious package — this one at the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in Baltimore. WUSA-TV says this is the third suspicious package found at a state office building in Maryland today. The first two packages, found at the Jeffrey state office building in Annapolis and at the Department […]
Officials are investigating possible explosions at the Maryland Department of Transportation’s headquarters in Hanover and a state government building in Annapolis. Firefighters and hazmat crews were sent to the MDOT building in the 7200 block of Corporate Center in Hanover shortly before 1 p.m. Thursday. A source has told 11 News that two packages exploded, […]
Unemployment around the DC area fell in November of 2010 compared to November 2009, but not by much. Despite a big increase in the number of jobs, the unemployment rate fell to only six percent from six-point-one percent. That’s even though more than 49-thousand new jobs came to the DC region. Analysts say the reason […]
Taxpayers are getting an extra three days this year to file their tax returns all because of a holiday that’s observed exclusively in Washington, DC. Usually, the tax deadline is April 15, but this year that day falls on Emancipation Day, which is a District holiday commemorating the day Abraham Lincoln freed slaves living in […]
Washington D.C.– Former D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty is taking his “show” on the road.
The District Department of Motor Vehicles may consider an amnesty program to collect some of the 300-million-dollars it is owed from unpaid parking and driving tickets. The “Examiner” reports that the amnesty deal would allow drivers to pay only their original fine with all penalties waived. Officials estimate that the program could raise six-million-dollars at […]
Metro customers had a chance to speak their minds last night on the transit agency’s random bag check program, which was enacted last month. Metro says they need the checks to prevent terror attacks, but some passengers say the screenings are intrusive and ineffective and Metro is treating them like criminals. Some customers say they […]
