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  • Montgomery County task force to revamp nighttime economy

    By Kate Jacobson | 05/22/13 05:25 PM

    A Montgomery County panel will explore loosening liquor laws and integrating more bars and restaurants aimed at young people in new developments in an effort to make the county more hip. The county's Nighttime Economy Task Force, created earlier this month, has started meeting to find ways to...

  • D.C. residents have highest student loan debts

    By Kate Jacobson | 05/21/13 06:35 PM

    D.C. residents have the highest student debt in the country, according to a new study by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, but the data also show D.C. residents paying off their loans quicker than the rest of the nation. People in the District have on average of about $41,000 in student...

  • Montgomery residents voice concerns about rapid bus network

    By Kate Jacobson | 05/19/13 04:00 PM

    Montgomery County residents are raising concerns about the county's proposed bus rapid transit system after planners revealed a scaled-back system that would center around Route 355 from Clarksburg to Bethesda. About 50 people testified to the county's Planning Board for more than three hours...

  • D.C. Councilman Tommy Wells to run for mayor

    By Kate Jacobson | 05/18/13 05:55 PM

    Another D.C. council member is throwing his hat in the ring to be the next mayor of D.C. Councilman Tommy Wells announced on Saturday that he will enter the 2014 mayoral race. Wells spoke to a group of supporters on H Street in the District, saying there is a crisis of ethics inside city hall...

  • Talking points: Student kidnapper, delivering drugs, potty mouth states

    By Kate Jacobson | 05/18/13 05:55 PM

    A student did what to avoid telling his parents he failed? Instead of coming clean about failing an English class, college student Aftab Aslam staged his own kidnapping. The Georgia Gwinnett College student purchased a mobile phone from Target, then texted his parents saying he'd been...

  • Biker killed on U Street identified

    By Kate Jacobson | 05/18/13 05:10 PM

    Police have identified the bicyclist who was struck and killed by a car on Thursday near U street. Andre Brands, 50, was riding south on 11th Street near the U Street intersection, police said, when he was struck by a car. Brand was not wearing a helmet. He was transported to a local...

  • The Blotter: Three arrested in robbery spree, students maced, Loudoun County man found shot

    By Kate Jacobson | 05/18/13 04:30 PM

    Three arrested in connection to P.G. county robberies Police in Prince George's County have arrested three men in connection with more than 50 burglaries in the county since December 2012. Anthony Nyrekie Edwards, 40, David Benjamin Neal, 24, and Jamal Cooke, 21, all from Oxon Hill, have...

  • Loudoun County man shot to death in home

    By Kate Jacobson | 05/18/13 04:20 PM

    A Loudoun County man was found shot to death Friday night in his home in Sterling, the victim of a domestic homicide. Police said Steven Spradling, 52, was shot around 9 p.m.,in his home, located in the 21700 block of Blossom Drive. His wife, Rosangela Spradling, 42, has been charged with...

  • Southeast student maces others in fight

    By Kate Jacobson | 05/18/13 03:35 PM

    A student at Ballou High School in the Southeast maced a group of other students after getting into an altercation at the school. Police said a group of at least 10 students got into a fight at the school -- located at 34014th Street SE -- then one student pulled out mace and began spraying....

  • Three arrested in connection to Prince Georges County county robberies

    By Kate Jacobson | 05/18/13 03:30 PM

    Police in Prince George's County have arrested three men in connection with more than 50 burglaries in the county since December 2012. Anthony Nyrekie Edwards, 40, David Benjamin Neal, 24, and Jamal Cooke, 21, all from Oxon Hill, have been charged with burglary. Police said the three men...


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