The $1 million installation project began in August 2011 and replaced bulbs that must be replaced every six to 12 months with ones that are changed every 12 years to 15 years.

The fee would be charged to patients for ambulance service, but it would be paid for by health insurance in most situations. People without health insurance and people below a certain income threshold would be exempt from the fee. County officials stress that county residents would neither see a bill nor incur out-of-pocket expenses.

In a 6-3 vote earlier this month, the Montgomery County Council approved the bill, which generally would allow legislators to prevent county officials from selling lucrative county properties. The legislation was part of a slew of bills the body considered to boost local economic development.

Consider Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R), who issued a statement this week calling for the separation of judiciary and sexuality.

Cuccinelli announced Wednesday that the commonwealth had settled a lawsuit against Skechers USA, whose rocker-bottom shoes had promised to help wearers effortlessly slim down, reduce cellulite and acquire buns of steel.

The Board of Supervisors’ auditor of the board made the recommendation in a draft report that found citations had declined about 16 percent over a five-year period. Revenue fell about 5 percent despite a boost in the amount of parking fines and expanding the number of parking ordinances, the audit says.

The Virginia buy is part of a month-long $25 million effort that will span 10 states, as Crossroads attempts to match the money being spent by President Obama’s reelection campaign.

Consecutive oh-no performances — Rodriguez walked two batters and gave up a walk-off grand slam in Sunday’s loss to Cincinnati and was yanked with one out after walking the bases loaded in Monday’s victory over San Diego — prompted Manager Davey Johnson to issue a “he’s-still-my-guy” vote of confidence for the reliever who has a 100-mph fastball and apparently no clue where it’s headed.

15: Restaurants reviewed by Tom Sietsema in the 2012 Spring Dining Guide.

1.9: Average star rating awarded by Sietsema in the guide. (Restaurants receiving two stars are considered “Good,” with “generally appealing cooking, service and settings; they tend to be worth driving across town for.”)

Charles County authorities said the Waldorf boy found his way out of his carseat and walked into a roadway as his mother left her vehicle to give a piece of mail to a postal worker.

Cardinal, a $2.6 billion-asset bank with 27 branches primarily in Northern Virginia, was accused of failing to serve minority communities equitably following its 2004 acquisition of George Mason Mortgage. The Justice Department informed the bank on May 11 that it had concluded its review and had no intentions of filing a lawsuit.

The buildings are part of a 3 million-square-foot commercial portfolio that Monday Properties owns with Goldman Sachs, after Goldman acquired a 78.5 percent stake in the portfolio last November.

But if I were forced to choose a word to describe how I felt about what happened to Betty Potts and her husband Buddy, whose combined ages are 163, it would be this one: Fury.

Democrat Kenyan McDuffie, a former letter carrier who put himself through law school and went on to work as a criminal prosecutor, will replace Harry Thomas Jr. as Ward 5’s D.C. Council member. His victory was sweeping, winning 10 of the ward’s 18 precincts and coming in second in every precinct he didn’t win. McDuffie, who assembled a broad coalition and ran a focused campaign, outpolled nearest competitor Delano Hunter by a nearly 2-to-1 margin. More on McDuffie’s big win to come. More coverage from WaTimes, Examiner, Blade, and WAMU-FM.