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  • The Blotter

    Scott McCabe and Naomi Jagoda

    Published: Thu, May 9, 2013

    Former D.C. candidate sentenced for theft A lawyer and former D.C. Council candidate was sentenced to six months behind bars for embezzling money intended for his clients. Deairich Hunter pleaded in January to theft of more than $100,000 in payments from insurance companies that were intended...

  • Lawyer and former D.C. Council candidate sentenced for stealing from clients

    Scott McCabe

    Published: Thu, May 9, 2013

    A lawyer and former D.C. Council candidate was sentenced to six months in prison for embezzling money intended for his clients. Deairich Hunter, pleaded in January to theft of more than $100,000 in payments from insurance companies that were intended to settle some of his clients' disability...

  • D.C. pediatrician charged with child-porn possession

    Naomi Jagoda

    Published: Thu, May 9, 2013

    A Southeast D.C. pediatrician has been charged with possessing child pornography, court papers show. Robert Paul Dickey had been viewing a website with graphic images of children when authorities entered his office Wednesday to execute a search warrant, according to a charging document. The...

  • Invasion of the clicking cicadas

    Eric P. Newcomer

    Updated: Wed, May 8, 2013

    Remember that creepy feeling when you feel something land on the back of your neck? About a decade ago, millions of cicadas swarmed the D.C. metro area -- terrifying some people, pestering others and soiling at least a few pairs of shoes as cicadas crunched underfoot, turning into a...

  • Black voting rate surpassed white voting rate in 2012, Census says

    Matt Connolly

    Updated: Wed, May 8, 2013

    Washington-area blacks and whites voted at about the same rate in 2012, while nationally African-Americans voted at a higher rate than whites for the first time since the U.S. Census began tracking voting by race in 1996, according to data released Wednesday. About 67.2 percent of eligible...

  • D.C. Councilwoman Mary Cheh recommends higher Circulator bus fares

    Alan Blinder

    Published: Wed, May 8, 2013

    Seeking an aggressive expansion of the District's Circulator bus system, a D.C. councilwoman on Wednesday proposed significant fare hikes that could double the cost of traveling along the five lines that crisscross Washington. The recommendations from Ward 3 Councilwoman Mary Cheh, who chairs...

  • The Blotter for May 9

    Naomi Jagoda

    Published: Wed, May 8, 2013

    Baltimore cop charged with murder An off-duty Baltimore police officer who authorities said fatally shot his girlfriend and then was in a hours-long standoff with his police colleagues has been charged with first-degree murder. James Smith, a 20-year police veteran, shot Kendra Diggs on...

  • The 3-Minute Interview: Marketer and mother Christine Wilson

    Brian Hughes

    Published: Wed, May 8, 2013

    Wilson is founder of MtoM Consulting, a D.C.-based marketing firm focused on promoting businesses to moms. Why focus purely on moms? They account for more than $2 trillion a year in spending in the U.S. -- it's a very powerful market. My two little boys taught me about the incredible...

  • D.C. teen arrested after pursuit in Northern Virginia

    Naomi Jagoda

    Published: Wed, May 8, 2013

    A 17-year-old District boy was arrested after he drove a stolen car and fled from police in Vienna, police said. About 5 p.m. Tuesday., D.C. police asked Virginia State Police to help them find the boy, who was driving a Chrysler Cirrus that had been reported stolen out of Roanoke. A state...

  • D.C. officer injured in hit-and-run leaves hospital

    Naomi Jagoda

    Published: Wed, May 8, 2013

    The D.C. police officer who was struck in a hit-and-run in March and then waited more than 15 minutes for an ambulance left the hospital on Tuesday, NBC Washington reported. Sean Hickman was on-duty when he was injured on March 5, and he had multiple surgeries. He was taken to a hospital by an...