June 19, 2013

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  • VIDEO: D.C. Councilman Michael Brown pleads guilty

    06/11/13 10:54 AM

    Press conference: Michael Brown pleads guilty

  • D.C. police cruiser involved in U Street crash

    By Naomi Jagoda | 06/11/13 10:50 AM

    A D.C. police cruiser was involved in a crash with another vehicle Tuesday morning, officials said. The accident occurred at 13th and U Streets NW. The officer driving the cruiser and the woman driving the other vehicle were both taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, D.C....

  • Weather Service checking region for tornado damage

    By Naomi Jagoda | 06/11/13 09:45 AM

    National Weather Service surveyors will be looking for evidence of any tornados that may have hit the region Monday night, officials said. There were funnel-cloud sightings near Baltimore's Inner Harbor, and precursors to funnel clouds known as "wall clouds" were sighted in the Germantown area...

  • Michael Brown pleads guilty to taking $55,000 in bribes while on D.C. Council

    By Alan Blinder | 06/10/13 09:35 PM

    Former D.C. Councilman Michael Brown, once among the most influential figures in District politics and a man many believed possessed the raw political talent to ascend to the mayoralty, pleaded guilty on Monday to accepting $55,000 in bribes during an FBI sting operation. "How do you wish to...

  • Marion Barry presses for more funds for D.C. summer jobs program

    By Eric P. Newcomer | 06/10/13 06:20 PM

    Their more well-to-do peers may spend the summer at a sleep-away camp, but thousands of District children face another reality: work, in the form of the Summer Youth Employment Program. Ward 8 Councilman Marion Barry, who started the summer jobs program when he was mayor, stridently criticized...

  • No sticker shock from early peek at D.C.'s insurance exchanges

    By Eric P. Newcomer | 06/10/13 06:20 PM

    When District officials scrambled to put in place health insurance exchanges mandated by President Obama's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, they faced a number of potential pitfalls -- including the possibility that monthly costs would skyrocket. As insurers have begun unveiling...

  • James Cameron brings his sub to D.C.

    By Alicia M. Cohn | 06/10/13 05:45 PM

    Filmmaker James Cameron will demonstrate his other hobby -- deep sea exploring -- in the District this week. Cameron's Deepsea America tour is making a stop in D.C. on its way to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts. Both Cameron and a semicradling Deepsea Challenger, the...

  • Nicholas Sparks reading newest romance in D.C.

    By Nikki Schwab | 06/10/13 05:30 PM

    Fans of "The Notebook" will be elated to hear that author Nicholas Sparks is due in D.C. in September. The best-selling author will be promoting his newest novel, "The Longest Ride," at the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue on Sept. 28 at 7 p.m. He will be interviewed by NBC Washington's Angie...

  • Prince George's County woman to plead guilty to stealing from D.C. charter school

    By Naomi Jagoda | 06/09/13 10:20 PM

    A former temporary employee at the Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools for Public Policy in D.C. is expected to plead guilty to stealing more than $75,000 from the place where she once worked. Darlene Ford, of Suitland, was charged in April with theft from a program receiving federal funds....

  • Michael Brown charge throws D.C. Council off stride

    By Alan Blinder | 06/09/13 09:00 PM

    The D.C. Council believed it had found its groove again. Publicly and privately, legislators said the Wilson Building, once rife with speculation about looming indictments and the threat of raids, appeared to have relaxed after going a year without a lawmaker facing criminal charges. "The...



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