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June 18, 2013

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  • D.C. students would ride buses for free under legislation

    By Rachel Baye | 06/04/13 06:05 PM

    Students in the District would be able to ride Metro and Circulator buses for free under a bill introduced Tuesday in the D.C. Council. Proposed by Ward 4 Councilwoman Muriel Bowser, Ward 3 Councilwoman Mary Cheh and at-large Councilwoman Anita Bonds, the bill would give students at public --...

  • Amid filling vacancies, Mayor Vincent Gray wants to trim D.C. boards

    By Alan Blinder | 06/04/13 06:00 PM

    D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray has in recent months sharply reduced vacancies on government boards and commissions, but hundreds of open slots still remain, and a much-touted plan to trim the number of city panels will not be the ultimate antidote for the staffing woes. A Washington Examiner analysis...

  • Ousted D.C. director claims he was told not to hire whites, conservatives

    By Eric P. Newcomer | 06/04/13 05:15 PM

    The former head of a labor dispute board who resigned last month after admitting that he lived outside the District, in violation of D.C. law, claims that he was forced out for ignoring instructions not to hire white or conservative employees. Ondray Harris, a former deputy chief in the Civil...

  • Maggie Gyllenhaal joins D.C.'s healthy food movement

    By Alicia M. Cohn | 06/04/13 04:45 PM

    Get ready for more Maggie Gyllenhaal in the District. Not only will she be in town later this month to promote her new D.C.-set disaster movie, "White House Down," this week the actress officially joined the advisory board for the nonprofit DC Greens. Gyllenhaal, who lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.,...

  • The Blotter for June 5

    By Scott McCabe and Naomi Jagoda | 06/04/13 04:30 PM

    Man tried to lure girls into vehicle in D.C. District police are looking for a man who tried to lure three girls into his vehicle. About 8:15 a.m. Monday, a man driving an older model black Honda pulled up to two girls on the 4900 block of Blaine Street NE, offered them money, and asked them...

  • VIDEO: Obama announces nominations to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

    06/04/13 03:25 PM

    President Obama announces nominations to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

  • Cab driver killed in Adams Morgan, suspects in custody

    By Scott McCabe | 06/04/13 02:30 PM

    A cab driver was killed and two men were captured after a shooting and police chase in Adams Morgan. At about 3:15 a.m. Tuesday, according to D.C. police, officers on patrol heard a gunshot, and saw a taxicab crash around Kalorama and Ontario NW. Two men jumped out of the taxi and fled on...

  • D.C. man sentenced in armed robbery of senior citizen

    By Scott McCabe | 06/04/13 12:50 PM

    A 29-year-old D.C. man was sentenced to more than three years in prison for robbing a senior citizen in Northwest Washington. Reggie Gordon admitted to accosting a 69-year-old man on the afternoon of Feb. 8 in the area of 14th and Newton streets NW. Gordon pulled a knife and demanded, "Give me...

  • Pedestrian struck in downtown D.C. dies of injuries

    By Kytja Weir | 06/04/13 12:00 PM

    A 53-year-old homeless man who was struck crossing Connecticut Avenue last month in downtown Washington has died, according to D.C. police. The man, Dereck Audrey, was run over on May 16 when he was crossing Connecticut Avenue at K Street NW. A 2013 Mercedes Benz E35 hit him around 10 p.m....

  • Man tried to lure girls into vehicle in D.C.

    By Scott McCabe | 06/04/13 10:50 AM

    District police are looking for a man who tried to lure three girls into his vehicle. Around 8:15 a.m. Monday, a man driving an older model black Honda pulled up to two girls in the 4900 block of Blaine Street NE, offered them money, and asked them to get into his vehicle. The girls refused,...


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