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Washington DC - The District
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Giving back: Woman helps Burmese community adjust
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"I'm just a drop in the bucket, but if others add their drops, the bucket will fill up." Cathy Wipf uses an early news report of the cyclone that hit Myanmar as a teaching aid while tutoring a group of Burmese students in English at the Hillcrest Community Center. via WTOP
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Air show stunts will have you stunned
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"It's an unlimited capable airplane that's built just to tear the wings off" Maj. John Klatt, of the Air National Guard's aerobatic team in his Staudacher S-300D flies in concert with an Extra-300L flown by Michael Mancuso as they put two Air National Guard-sponsored aircraft through ... via WTOP
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Gorbey Convicted in Explosives Case
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A Virginia man was convicted today of carrying a loaded shotgun near the U.S. Capitol and stashing explosives in a pickup truck he parked near the building.
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Rhee Has Dismissed 24 Principals
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D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee has fired 24 principals, including 13 who headed schools deemed to be failing under the federal "No Child Left Behind Act," officials confirmed yesterday.
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Officials Play Down Threat From Arsenic at Park in D.C.
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District officials yesterday sought to ease any urgent worries about the high levels of arsenic found in soil at Fort Reno Park, saying that the contamination is not a serious public health threat and that the problem might not be widespread at the 33-acre field in Northwest Washington.
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Judge Rejects Deal on Disabled
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A federal judge rejected yesterday a proposed agreement between the District and the Justice Department that would have established programs and deadlines intended to improve health care for the developmentally disabled in the city's group homes.
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Man Fatally Shoots Wife, Self at Retirement Home
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On a stormy night last week, former U.S. ambassador Richard Funkhouser, 90, found his frail 84-year-old wife lying in her bedclothes on a rain-soaked sidewalk. It might have been too much to bear, friends and neighbors said.
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Rhee Offers Plan To Improve D.C.'s Troubled Schools
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D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee detailed plans yesterday for overhauling 26 academically troubled schools, saying she will replace principals and teachers, hire private education-management firms and install instructional programs to boost student achievement.
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Lottery Contract Gets 2nd Chance
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Mayor Adrian M. Fenty pushed ahead yesterday in his bid to award a $120 million D.C. Lottery contract to a start-up firm, asking the D.C. Council to reconsider his controversial proposal, a day after the legislative body moved to block it.
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High Arsenic Levels Found At Fort Reno Park in NW
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A 33-acre federal park in Northwest Washington was abruptly shut yesterday and will remain closed indefinitely after soil analysis found arsenic levels far above what the federal government considers safe, officials said.
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Budget Cuts Will Impede EMS Expansion, Chief Says
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D.C. Fire Chief Dennis L. Rubin said yesterday that the nearly $3 million in cuts to his fiscal 2009 budget "has us really worried" because it will slow the expansion of some emergency medical programs.
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2 Students Are Charged In Pot Ring Investigation
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Montgomery County police said yesterday that they expect to make more arrests in a marijuana investigation involving students at Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Winston Churchill High School in Potomac and Woodrow Wilson High School in Northwest Washington.
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Silver Spring Gets A D.C. Safety Net
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For 20 years, Mary's Center for Maternal and Child Care has delivered health-care, education and social services to largely immigrant communities at its Adams Morgan clinic in Northwest Washington.
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Kinlow Exits Race for Shadow Senator, Still Gets Votes
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E ugene Kinlow , outreach director for DC Vote, announced Monday night at the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club endorsement meeting that he is dropping out of the race for shadow senator. He had just picked up his nominating petitions Friday.
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Washington D.C. Daily Events
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Sat, 5/17: 3rd Annual Strut Your Mutt Dog Parade and Festival 2008
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Parade your dog along Woodmont Avenue between Hampden Lane and Bethesda Avenue, in downto...
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Sat, 5/17: Lewis Black (Warner Theatre)
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Lewis Black performs live
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Sat, 5/17: Dmitri Berlinsky, Violin and Elena Baksht, Piano (Embassy of Austria)
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This magnificent duo, both outstanding soloists returns to The Embassy Series. They have ...
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Sat, 5/17: That 80s Prom (National Press Club)
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Relive the 80s. This "prom for adults" will feature an open bar, prom style hors d'ouvres...
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Sat, 5/17: 2008 Black Vanguard Award Luncheon Gala (Thurgood Marshall Ce...)
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Annual Black Vanguard Awards Luncheon Gala and Fundraiser
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Sat, 5/17: The Memory of Water (Alden Theatre)
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The Memory of Water is performed live
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Sat, 5/17: Savor: An American Craft Beer & Food Experience (Andrew W. Mellon Aud...)
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The Brewers Association is bringing the quintessential craft beer and food event to Washi...
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Sat, 5/17: The Food & Wine Festival at National Harbor (National Harbor)
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Bringing to life its theme, "Think Global. Taste Local.," this first annual festival will...
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Sat, 5/17: Crisis and Opportunity: The Rainforest Path to Health and Prosperity (River Road Unitarian...)
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"Amazon" John Easterling, founder of Amazon Herb Co., speaks on cutting-edge nutrition, b...
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