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D.C. charter schools put out a call for protection

Michael Birnbaum — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

Principal Peggy Pendergrass heard it from a teacher who rushed in with the news: Three gang members were trying to force their way into Friendship Collegiate Academy, one more example of the violence that had plagued the high school in the weeks since classes started.

Surge of new volunteers eases nonprofit groups' load

Robert McCartney — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

With the economy struggling to recover and our soldiers still battling in two wars, this Thanksgiving will be the bleakest in years in some ways.

Parents and children share celebration of family in District

Emma Brown — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

Fifth-grade teacher Drew Dalton was eating dinner one evening in 2006 when he tuned in to a TV show featuring children in need of parents. When one of Dalton's students -- Devon, a shy boy who had spent much of his life in foster care -- appeared on the screen, he decided to help.

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Post — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

Mid-Day Lucky Numbers: 6-2-0 Mid-Day D.C. 4: 5-9-4-2

Fire damages NW home, displaces 5

Martin Weil — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:42:56 EST

Fire displaced five people and caused heavy damage Saturday to the contents of a house in the American University Park neighborhood of the District, authorities said.

Unlawful arrest ruling overturned in D.C. case

Del Quentin Wilber — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

A federal appeals court Friday overturned a judge's ruling that D.C. police unlawfully arrested dozens of people during disturbances the night of President George W. Bush's second inauguration.

Debate on playtime's value grows as more states fund preschool

Emma Brown — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

On a recent Thursday, 5-year-old Estefani Lovo Rivera took charge of a make-believe hair salon in her preschool classroom at Oakridge Elementary in Arlington County. Wielding a plastic fork as a hairbrush, dispatching customer after customer with a certain cool efficiency, she looked around the room...

Local Digest

Post — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

A Fairfax County man died Thursday in a car crash on Route 50 just east of Middleburg in Loudoun County, Loudoun sheriff's officials said Friday.

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Post — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

Mid-Day Lucky Numbers: 4-7-7 Mid-Day D.C. 4: 2-3-8-5

Religion events

Post — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

-- A Christmas bazaar begins at 9 a.m. Saturday at St. Alban's Episcopal Church, 6800 Columbia Pike, Annandale. 703-256-2966.

D.C. unemployment climbs to among highest in nation

V. Dion Haynes — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

Unemployment in the District soared to a record high of 11.9 percent in October, according to government data released Friday, ranking it among California, Nevada, Michigan and other states with the highest jobless rates.

More D.C. area residents on the move for Turkey Day in '09

Ashley Halsey III and Sholnn Freeman — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

If neither the sour economy nor gas prices creeping higher will deter you from getting away for Thanksgiving, you can expect to share the road to grandmother's house -- or wherever -- with 823,999 of your neighbors.

Person struck by train at Brookland station

Clarence Williams — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:57:00 EST

A man was struck by a Metro train and killed Friday night in the Brookland station on the Red Line, authorities said.

Ex-U.S. official and wife admit 30 years of spying for Cuba

Del Quentin Wilber — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

A former State Department official and his wife admitted in federal court Friday that they spied for Cuba over the past three decades, receiving coded instructions over a shortwave radio and passing along information to intelligence operatives in "dead drops" and "hand-to-hand" passes.

Second arrest in Rawlings slaying

Martin Weil — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:18:53 EST

A second suspect was arrested Friday in the fatal shooting of George Rawlings, who was fatally shot earlier this month while boarding a bus in the District after a funeral, D.C. police said.

Student stabbed in neck at school

Clarence Williams — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:59:03 EST

A 17-year-old student was stabbed in the neck and seriously wounded Friday during a fight at school, D.C. Police said.

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Man ordered held after shooting death of liquor store owner

Keith L. Alexander — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:27:55 EST

A D.C. Superior Court judge Friday ordered a man held in D.C. jail after his arrest in the shooting death of a Northwest Washington liquor store owner during a robbery.

Report urges separation from UDC for new 2-year college

Daniel de Vise — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

An independent report scheduled for release Friday contends that the new D.C. community college must break free of the University of the District of Columbia if it is to be embraced as "credible and legitimate" by a business community that has lost faith in UDC.

FBI links ex-D.C. taxi panel chief to bribe scheme

Del Quentin Wilber — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

The former head of the D.C. taxi commission participated in a long-running bribery scheme that sought his influence to obtain lucrative taxi licenses, federal authorities allege in recently unsealed court papers.

Petula Dvorak: A sign of how little a D.C. area has changed

Petula Dvorak — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

The kids? They know better. You can put in all the fancy coffee shops, shiny big-box stores and warm fuzzy community centers you want.

Man charged in slaying of D.C. liquor store owner

Clarence Williams — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

Rufina Hernandez gave two robbers the cash they demanded from her small liquor store. But that didn't keep one of the men from shooting her in the neck and face and killing her. On Thursday, D.C. police said a law enforcement task force had caught one of the men.

Metro board backs safety monitors

Lena H. Sun and Joe Stephens — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

The Metro board of directors ordered all agency employees Thursday to cooperate fully with the transit system's safety oversight body and executives to notify the board before denying a request from the group after recent revelations about Metrorail safety lapses.

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Post — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

Mid-Day Lucky Numbers: 0-8-5 Mid-Day D.C. 4: 5-8-6-3

D.C. officials push for compromise on Catholic Charities

Tim Craig — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

Some D.C. Council members and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton are reaching out to the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington to see whether they can find a compromise so the Church will not end its social services contracts with the city if the council legalizes same-sex marriage.

Complaints spur Metro to delay SmartBenefits changes a year

Lena H. Sun — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

Metro will delay for a year the proposed changes to its SmartBenefits program after riders protested that they were unfair -- particularly one that would have had unused money reverting from their pretax payroll allocation to their employers.

Young heirs grapple with wealth of ambivalence

Ian Shapira — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

One night in Adams Morgan, the sons and daughters of lawyers and corporate executives padded into a friend's rowhouse for a kind of group therapy session about their families' wealth.

After 30 years, traffic reporter Bob Marbourg is still the Jam Man at WTOP

Paul Farhi — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

Bob Marbourg never wanted to spin records or read the news on the radio. One thing, and maybe only one thing, fascinated him : the mad struggle of a few million people trying to get from Point A to Point B each day.

D.C. Council chief defends use of big firm for home repairs

Nikita Stewart and Tim Craig — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray said Wednesday that he saw no problem with getting repairs and architectural services for his Southeast home in recent months using a construction firm owned by megadeveloper Chris Smith.

D.C. man charged in wife's beating death

Keith L. Alexander — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

A Northeast Washington man has been ordered held without bond, accused of using a vase to beat his wife to death Sunday, four months after prosecutors said he had threatened to kill her.

Ex-D.C. chief's statement on mass arrest disputed

Del Quentin Wilber — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

A D.C. police detective says he overheard then-Police Chief Charles H. Ramsey order a controversial mass arrest during a demonstration in downtown Washington seven years ago, according to attorneys for people taken into custody that day.

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