Provides the latest RSS feeds for Washington DC News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Maryland Leader.com http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/cat/00296bc675e072b7/ en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 21:51:15 -0400 Fri, 24 May 2013 21:51:15 -0400 30 Visiting U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman on Friday said Washington is looking forward to furthering its ties with India during next month's Strategic Dialogue. Addressing a news conference in the national capital, Ambassador Sherman said that she had good and very productive meetings with External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, National Security Advisor ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214736641/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 07:40:03 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214736641/scat/00296bc675e072b7 A number of vehicles and people fell into a river when a highway bridge collapsed in Washington state, officials said. But no death was reported. The four-lane bridge links Seattle with the rest of the US Pacific Northwest and Canada, Xinhua reported Friday. The incident took place Thursday. Three people were rescued and shifted to hospitals. It was not clear what caused the ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214735614/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:30:03 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214735614/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Email WASHINGTON -- It will not be known until Saturday if Nationals left-hander Ross Detwiler will be able to start Tuesday against the Orioles. The big test will come when he has a bullpen session at Nationals Park, according to manager Davey Johnson. Detwiler is already playing catch without any problems. Detwiler already missed his scheduled start Monday against the Giants because of a ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214751246/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 20:57:43 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214751246/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Email WASHINGTON -- Reliever Ryan Mattheus will not need surgery on his broken right hand, according to manager Davey Johnson. However, Mattheus is expected to be out a couple of months. "No need for any pins," Johnson said. Mattheus broke his hand by slamming it on his locker after allowing five runs against the Padres on Sunday. Mattheus didn't reveal that something was wrong ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214751247/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 20:57:42 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214751247/scat/00296bc675e072b7 With a laundry list of amenities, potential residents almost forget how small the District's smallest apartment is... that is until they step ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214751248/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 20:53:22 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214751248/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Surveillance video shows a truck hauling an oversized load hit an overhead girder in Washington last night, sending a section of the highway into the river below. Major disruptions will last for weeks, if not ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214750376/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 20:10:52 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214750376/scat/00296bc675e072b7 AMESBURY (CBS)- The partial bridge collapse in Washington state has transportation officials in Massachusetts taking a close look at our own list of structurally deficient ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214750377/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:56:52 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214750377/scat/00296bc675e072b7 However, Treetop condo owners are not quite out of the dark. They lined up outside of the condo's new management company Friday to see if Pepco could really cut their power at the end of the ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214750378/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:45:55 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214750378/scat/00296bc675e072b7 A collapsed portion of the Interstate 5 bridge lies in the Skagit River Friday, May 24, 2013, in Mount Vernon, Wash. A truck carrying an oversize load struck the four-lane bridge on the major thoroughfare between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the span and two vehicles into the Skagit River below Thursday evening. All three occupants suffered only minor injuries. At an overnight news ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214750379/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:43:35 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214750379/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Hello everyone I'm -- Hernandez and an ABC news digital special report three people and two cars hit the water after a truck hit a bridge and Washington State causing it. To collapse all ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214749838/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:40:23 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214749838/scat/00296bc675e072b7 WASHINGTON - The collapse of an interstate highway bridge in Washington state brings new attention to the limits of the country’s infrastructure, especially older structures that were designed with little room for error and were never intended to carry the number of cars and trucks they see today. The 58-year-old Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River in Mount Vernon, Wash., was ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214749323/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 18:58:58 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214749323/scat/00296bc675e072b7 ST. LOUIS (KSDK) - Are the bridges you drive over each day safe? That's the question we started asking the Missouri Department of Transportation after a truck hit a bridge last night in Washington State, causing it to collapse. The story is especially startling since a recent study by the American Society of Civil Engineers gave Missouri's bridges a C- grade. The bridge that ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214749291/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 18:58:21 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214749291/scat/00296bc675e072b7 ALEXANDRIA, Va. (WUSA) - Alexandria's mayor is pleading for patience after an Arlington County Sheriff's Deputy shot and killed 22- year-old Julian Dawkins. "It's a numb feeling. I'm just numb. Words can't explain the loss of a son," said Curtis Dawkins as tears rolled down his face. He said his strong faith in God was helping him cope with his son ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214749325/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 18:55:26 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214749325/scat/00296bc675e072b7 SOUTHEAST, DC (WUSA) -- What happens when you get good grades and your school does well? If you're Savoy Elementary School in Southeast you get a visit from the First Lady and Actress Kerry Washington. The school went from one of the worst performing schools to one of the most improved schools in the district. On TV they may be bitter rivals, but in real life , First Lady Michelle Obama ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214749324/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 18:55:25 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214749324/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III, wearing a helmet but no jersey and sporting a large brace on his reconstructed right knee, did some handoffs and throws with other teammates recovering from injuries Thursday. It's the latest step toward his goal of playing in the season opener in September. "As soon as I woke up out of the surgery, I put the date of the first game in ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214749326/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 18:51:02 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214749326/scat/00296bc675e072b7 A 25-year-old Kenyan woman told News4's Jackie Bensen that she was kept as a domestic slave for three months by Saudi Arabian diplomats living in Northern ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214749440/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 18:39:02 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214749440/scat/00296bc675e072b7 A new study out from the United Kingdom says infants who sleep in the same bed as their parents are five times more likely to suddenly die from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or SIDS, than those who sleep in a separate ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214749327/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 18:38:53 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214749327/scat/00296bc675e072b7 MOUNT VERNON, Wash. A truck hauling an oversized load of drilling equipment hit an overhead bridge girder on the major route between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the interstate into the river below as the driver watched the structure collapse in his rearview mirror. Two other vehicles plunged into the Skagit River, but all three occupants escaped with only minor injuries. "He ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214748905/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 18:35:42 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214748905/scat/00296bc675e072b7 In this photo provided by Francisco Rodriguez, a rescue boat approaches the scene where a pickup truck and travel trailer, seen at left, and a car fell into the Skagit River after the collapse of the Interstate 5 bridge, May 23, 2013, in Mount Vernon, Wash. (Francisco ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214747900/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:54:54 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214747900/scat/00296bc675e072b7 WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- A 12-year-old child has been taken to the hospital after being struck by a vehicle, police said. The accident occurred at the 4100 block of Benning road in N.E. when a 12-year-old was hit by a vehicle. The child, who was bleeding from the head was taken to PG Hospital Center, police said. The vehicle which hit the child remained on the scene, officials said. More ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214748317/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:45:37 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214748317/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Atlanta Braves: 1. ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214748318/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:33:59 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214748318/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Despite Friday's chilly temperatures, don't forget your sunglasses and sandals! Temperatures throughout the coast will warm up Saturday and Sunday and hover around 70 degrees. Monday will be the sunniest day, with temperatures reaching into the mid-70s throughout the ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214748319/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:29:45 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214748319/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Christina Robinson bought several Powerball lottery tickets on a whim, and although she didn't hit the $560.5 million jackpot, she still got a sizeable chunk of ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214748320/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:29:44 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214748320/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Police responded to the CVS, located at 16712 Jefferson Davis Highway, at 12:23 p.m. yesterday. An employee told police that a man entered the store, pulled out a handgun and demanded pain ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214747226/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:20:57 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214747226/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Image credit: Evan Vucci/AP Photo First lady Michelle Obama and actress Kerry Washington stopped by Savoy Elementary School in southeast Washington, D.C., Friday to watch a song-and dance performance that included ';Who Put the Bop'; and a few other numbers. Washington has adopted the school in the capital’s Anacostia neighborhood as part of the Turnaround Arts initiative of ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214746686/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:15:13 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214746686/scat/00296bc675e072b7 A Washington University professor and a team of experts won a brainstorming competition that led the X Prize Foundation to raise a $50 million prize to motivate scientists and researchers to find effective treatments and potentially a cure for Alzheimers disease. The X Prize Foundation awarded a $10 million prize in 2004 to the first company that built a spacecraft capable of carrying three ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214746579/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:59:09 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214746579/scat/00296bc675e072b7 First lady Michelle Obama and actress Kerry Washington smile as they arrive for a performance at Savoy Elementary School in Washington, Friday, May 24, 2013. The Savoy School was one of eight schools selected last year for the Turnaround Arts Initiative at the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. Turnaround Arts Schools use the arts as a central part of their reform strategy to ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214745253/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:33:06 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214745253/scat/00296bc675e072b7 The Virginia-class nuclear attack submarine USS New Mexico is moored pierside during the ship's commissioning ceremony, at Naval Station Norfolk Virginia Saturday March 27, ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214745937/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:30:10 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214745937/scat/00296bc675e072b7 WAHSINGTON (WUSA9) -- A Metro employee has been charged for allegedly stealing more than a dozen Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) from Metro facilities and selling them on auction websites, say Metro Transit Police. According to Metro Transit Police, 40-year-old Derrick Davis of Laurel, was charged Thursday in Prince George's County District Court with Theft Over $1000 after a ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214745938/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:25:52 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214745938/scat/00296bc675e072b7 More than 67,000 drivers cross the Skagit River every day along that stretch of Interstate 5 in Washington where a section of a bridge collapsed, according to the ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214745940/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:09:42 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214745940/scat/00296bc675e072b7 A U.S. Department of Education audit found Baltimore City Schools spent $4,352 on a pair of dinner cruises; $1,575 catering school events and $1,336 for theater tickets, according to the Associated ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214745941/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:08:34 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214745941/scat/00296bc675e072b7 On September 21, 2012, Alazajuan Gray, 20, and Clifton Smith, 21, robbed a college student at gunpoint on a Metro train leaving the Fort Totten station. A week later, they assaulted the same student after chasing him into the same station's kiosk. They were caught a short time after the ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214745943/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:08:31 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214745943/scat/00296bc675e072b7 A bridge over the Skagit River, about 60 miles north of Seattle, collapsed Thursday night, disrupting travel in both directions. Three people were rescued and no one died, officials said. ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214745265/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:04:59 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214745265/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Rep. Gerry Connolly said the media has no business using the word ';scandal'; to describe the ongoing challenges to truth that are beating down ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214744172/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:24:58 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214744172/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Anglers can get a jump start on steelhead fishing in two Southwest Washington tributaries. The Lower sections of the Green and South Fork Toutle rivers in Cowlitz County will be open Saturday (May 25) through May 31. The specific stretches open are the Green River from the mouth to 400 feet below the water intake at the upper end of the hatchery; and the South Fork Toutle River from the mouth ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214744633/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:11:34 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214744633/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Washington State police say an Alberta trucker was responsible for hitting a steel beam precipitating a bridge collapse on one of the busiest routes in the American northwest. William Scott, 41, was driving an oversized load on the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River when it struck the beam, said State Patrol Sgt. Kirk Rudeen. Scott's wife told CBC News that while his load clipped ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214743817/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:04:28 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214743817/scat/00296bc675e072b7 The Park Police said in a press release Friday that the savings from the three furlough days officers had already taken in 2013 have improved the force's finances, as have other cost-cutting ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214744635/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:57:13 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214744635/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Trooper R.D. Best was traveling north on Route 234 at 9:40 a.m. when a Nissan Altima on Pinnacle Ridge Road pulled into the path of his motorcycle. Best collided with the front end of the vehicle and was thrown from his ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214744634/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:57:12 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214744634/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Mayor Rick Meehan opened the reconstructed Ocean City fishing pier with a ceremonial "first cast" at 10:30 a.m., just in time to kick off Memorial Day ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214744636/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:57:11 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214744636/scat/00296bc675e072b7 The panel charged with allocating new road and transit funds in Northern Virginia has selected 33 projects totaling $187.5 million for design and construction work next fiscal year. With the transportation funding bill adopted by the General Assembly now law, the 14-member Northern Virginia Transit Authority has started the process of choosing the projects that will get money first. The funding ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214744632/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:53:39 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214744632/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Bill Milligan has joined FCi Federal as chief financial officer and vice president of business operations. Leesburg-based FCi Federal has hired Bill Milligan as vice president of business operations and chief financial officer, the professional services firm announced Friday. Having spent 20 years in CFO roles, Milligan most recently was vice president and CFO at High Performance Technologies, ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214745944/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:42:31 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214745944/scat/00296bc675e072b7 The Pentagon has reduced the F-35 cost estimate by $4.94 billion. In its Selected Acquisition Report, the Defense Department has reduced its official estimate of the cost to buy F-35 aircraft, according to the Lexington Institute. The official estimate of the cost to buy 2,457 F-35 aircraft over three decades fell $4.94 billion, or 1.5 percent. The Pentagon attributes the change mainly to lower ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214744644/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:32:39 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214744644/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Chantilly-based Iron Bow Technologies has won a potential $108 million contract with the Coast Guard for workstations and associated information technology equipment, GovCon Wire reports. The Coast Guard Standard Workstation contract vehicle provides the Coast Guard headquarters, C4IT Service Center and all field units with a source for satisfying CGSW business requirements. Solutions include ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214744641/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:30:10 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214744641/scat/00296bc675e072b7 An administration official confirmed that about five percent of the federal workforce will be furloughed Friday, according to Federal News Radio. About 115,000 employees from the Housing and Urban Development Department, the IRS, the Office of Management and Budget, the Labor Department, the Interior Department and the Environmental Protection Agency will be taking furlough days. HUD, IRS, OMB ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214744640/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:30:10 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214744640/scat/00296bc675e072b7 The Department of Homeland Security is saying the resignation of chief information officer Richard Spires was not prompted by disagreements over authority issues, Federal Times reports. The DHS assistant secretary for legislative affairs, Nelson Peacock, responded to an inquiry about Spires' voluntary or non voluntary leave from Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., ranking member of the House ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214744642/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:30:09 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214744642/scat/00296bc675e072b7 A new House Appropriations Committee plan proposes increasing defense spending next year by 5 percent and imposing severe cuts upon many non-Defense Department agencies, according to Federal Times. Under spending allocations approved by the Republican-controlled committee, the Labor, Education and Health and Human Services departments which are funded by the same appropriations bill would see ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214744639/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:30:08 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214744639/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Bob Stevens is amongthe 50 highest paid public company executives in the nation last year. Lockheed Martin's Bob Stevens was among the nation's highest paid CEOs in 2012. According to an Associated Press report, which cited data from executive pay research company Equilar, the former CEO of the Bethesda-based defense contractor ranked No. 14. Stevens had a 2012 total compensation of $23.8 ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214744637/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:30:05 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214744637/scat/00296bc675e072b7 The Office of Management and Budget is giving agencies security guidelines for protecting smartphones and tablets. The Office of Management and Budget sent agencies instructions that concentrate on safeguarding government-owned mobile devices, according to Nextgov. The 104-page compilation of controls all are not applicable for every mission was accompanied by a choose-your-own-adventure style ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214744638/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:30:05 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214744638/scat/00296bc675e072b7 PASCAGOULA, MS (WLOX) - Pascagoula's High School Band is headed to our nation's capital. The group of about 80 students has been chosen to march in the National Memorial Day Parade on Monday. Excitement filled the air as the band members rehearsed for their big debut. "I was so happy. I have never been so far," a band member said. "It is just an amazing experience. I ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214743237/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:13:04 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214743237/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Conservation groups hoping to establish a preserve along the Lake Michigan bluffs and Port Washington city officials have reached an agreement that keeps the proposal ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214742361/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:02:47 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214742361/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Twelve years after the "war on terror" began, US President Barack Obama wants to pull the US back from some of the most controversial aspects of its global fight against Islamist militants.In a major policy speech on Thursday, Obama narrowed the scope of the targeted-killing drone campaign against Al Qaeda and its allies and took steps toward closing the Guantanamo Bay military prison ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214742493/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:00:37 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214742493/scat/00296bc675e072b7 WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA9) -- Nicole Henry was in town to perform at The Birchmere in Alexandria, VA. Proceeds from her concert went to benefit ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214743238/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:00:10 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214743238/scat/00296bc675e072b7 GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The son of a former aide to President George W. Bush is charged in Maryland with killing a man with a hatchet. Montgomery County police on Friday arrested 20-year-old Claude Alexander Allen III. The killing occurred at a Gaithersburg home that property records show is owned by Allen's father, Claude A. Allen. The Bush adviser pleaded guilty to theft in 2006. ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214742681/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:58:23 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214742681/scat/00296bc675e072b7 BELLEVUE, Wash. — The AAA auto club reports the average price of a gallon of gasoline in Washington is $4, heading into the Memorial Day weekend. That's up 2 cents in a week and 34 cents in a month. It's 35 cents higher than the national average and 24 cents higher than the price of gasoline in Washington a year ago. Some metro prices from the AAA's survey Friday: ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214743188/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:53:30 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214743188/scat/00296bc675e072b7 The National Weather Service says cool, showery weather will continue into the holiday weekend in Washington with a chance that Monday will be ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214743189/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:53:29 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214743189/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Bridge collapse survivor Dan Sligh described his entire ordeal while talking to reporters in Washington State. Sligh was driving on the I-5 Bridge over the Skagit River when a section of it collapsed, sending his vehicle into the water. (May ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214743239/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:51:21 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214743239/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Syria issue will be the main agenda of Turkish Premier Erdogan`s meetings in the US WASHINGTON - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay a two-day formal visit to Washington, beginning on Tuesday. "We are looking forward to Erdogan`s official visit", a White House official told AA on Tuesday.Erdogan, to be accompanied by his spouse Emine Erdogan, Deputy Prime Minister ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214742590/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:35:04 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214742590/scat/00296bc675e072b7 The District has a redevelopment plan for its 66.57-acre portion of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center campus. Now it needs a map. Before D.C. submits its proposed Walter Reed zoning to the D.C. Zoning Commission, and before it dives into heavy negotiations with the U.S. Army for the conveyance of the site, it must first figure out exactly what it has. The Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214742303/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:23:04 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214742303/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Sales price times the District's tax rate minus sales taxes paid to hotel on net rate equals sales taxes still owed to the District. That formula, if accepted by the courts, would bring tens of millions of dollars into D.C.'s coffers. Quick background: In March 2011, the District sued nearly a dozen members of the online travel broker community Expedia Inc., Hotels.com LP, Hotwire Inc., ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214742323/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:49:45 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214742323/scat/00296bc675e072b7 WASHINGTON, May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- D.C. Asian Pacific American Film, in collaboration with the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative's Office (TECRO), is proud to present Taiwan's highest-grossing documentary, Go Grandriders, at Landmark's E Street Cinema (555 11th St. NW) on Wednesday, May 29, at 7 p.m. This is a FREE screening that you don't want to ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214740243/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:46:56 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214740243/scat/00296bc675e072b7 A truck carrying an oversized load hit a bridge on Interstate 5 near Mount Vernon, Wash., yesterday, causing part of the span to collapse and fall into the Skagit River about 50 feet ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214741459/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:46:48 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214741459/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Bridge repairs are scheduled on Adams Center Road.The Allen County Highway Department announced Friday that lane restrictions will be in place between 8 a.m. and 4 ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214741460/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:46:46 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214741460/scat/00296bc675e072b7 The Air Force and Army counted more than 1,409 contractors that performed inherently governmental work during fiscal 2011, which regulations dictate must be performed only by federal employees, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office. Specifically, 936 full-time Army contractors and 473 full-time Air Force contractors were performing duties that by law can't be done by ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214743243/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:39:00 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214743243/scat/00296bc675e072b7 In a News4 exclusive, the family of Alexandria police Officer Peter Laboy speaks out publicly for the first time since he was shot. News4's Mark Segraves reveals what Officer Laboy remembers from the day he was ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214741461/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:28:08 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214741461/scat/00296bc675e072b7 The national negative equity rate fell in the first quarter, to 25.4 percent of all homeowners with a mortgage, according to the Zillow Negative Equity Report, the Boston Business Journal reports. But another 18.2 percent of homeowners with mortgages, while not technically underwater, likely do not have enough equity to afford to move. Slightly more than 13 million homeowners with a mortgage were ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214740291/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:13:04 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214740291/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Office Depot will close its location 1515 N. Courthouse Road next month, ARLnow.com reports. It will close on June 29, and customers are encouraged to shop at the other locations in Alexandria and Falls Church. Employees do not know what will succeed Office Depot when it shuts ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214740177/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:54:39 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214740177/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Hospital chain MedStar Health is expanding its network of walk-in clinics, announcing plans for two more urgent care clinics not previously disclosed. MedStar officials have informed District regulators they will seek permission to open a combined urgent care clinic and doctors' office in the Anacostia neighborhood of southeast D.C. A similar operation is also planned to open this summer in ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214740290/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:52:07 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214740290/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Washington's hardest-hit housing market continues to show some of the strongest gains as home prices rise. Median sales prices in Prince George's County climbed 10 percent in April from the same month year ago, and sellers got an average of 98.7 percent of the asking price, according to data from Long and Foster Real Estate ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214740289/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:48:19 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214740289/scat/00296bc675e072b7 The developer of a proposed apartment complex just north of Wall Park and the Shriver Aquatic Center in North Bethesda faces numerous obstacles before beginning construction, BethesdaNow.com reports. Montgomery County must design and fund a new road network and iron out an agreement with the county's Department of Parks before Atlanta-based developer Gables Residential can begin construction ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214740288/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:47:05 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214740288/scat/00296bc675e072b7 D.C. officials courted dozens of companies during the Global Retail Real Estate Convention in Las Vegas this week, and many of them showed an interest in the city's east side, said Victor Hoskins, deputy mayor for planning and economic development. Those companies included Imax Corp. and sandwich chain Subway, he said. "Imax actually has a couple of screens in D.C., but none east of ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214740178/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:45:16 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214740178/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Crews survey the scene of a bridge collapse on Interstate 5 on May 23, 2013 near Mt. Vernon, Washington. I-5 connects Seattle, Washington to Vancouver B.C., ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214739680/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:44:16 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214739680/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Computer Sciences Corp. is planning to vacate a 12-story building in Lanham by the end of the year as part of a larger effort to reduce its real estate footprint. Computer Sciences Corp. plans to pull out of a 12-story office building in Prince George's County by the end of the year as the Falls Church-based government contractor consolidates its Washington-area real estate. The company has ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214741462/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:41:00 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214741462/scat/00296bc675e072b7 http://wapo.st/16XlGme ) that the agency also wants to let people pay with the wave of a smart phone, key fob or credit card as they board a bus or pass a fare ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214739714/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:38:01 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214739714/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Steve Carrington Durham, Jr., was arrested earlier this month, the Stafford County Sheriff's Office announced Friday. Durham, 28, of Brick, N.J., has been charged with possession with intent to distribute a Schedule I or II ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214739750/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:34:36 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214739750/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Hollywood Docket: Digital Music Class Action; Aereokiller Settlement; Snoop Lion Lawsuit On Thursday night, Fox, NBCU, Disney/ABC, Allbritton Communications and Telemundo filed a copyright infringement lawsuit ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214739209/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:32:59 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214739209/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Teenage birth rates dropped in D.C. and nearly every other state from 2007 to 2011, with the country as a whole hitting a record low, according to a new study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214739681/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:31:45 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214739681/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Philippe Chetrit, former chief of Tixelated and Affinity Lab The inevitable backlash to the rise of D.C. tech meetup culture has kicked in. Part of the community is beginning to ask if maybe, possibly, we might be going to a few too many events. If he or she is so inclined, a founder can find a startup-oriented gathering or two almost every day, at the very least, several times a week. ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214739760/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:30:09 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214739760/scat/00296bc675e072b7 PRAGUE (WUSA9) -- WNEW reports that an American man accused of killing a family of four in the Czech Republic was arrested in our area Thursday night. "Leos Trzil, regional police chief in Brno, said Kevin Dahlgren was arrested at an airport in the Washington, D.C., area late Thursday after the Czechs issued an international warrant," reports WNEW. Dahlgren reportedly fled to the U.S. ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214738795/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:56:08 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214738795/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Claude Alexander Allen called police just after midnight to report a death that resulted from a burglary attempt in the 7200 block of Cliff Pine Drive. He claimed the victim tried to break in and he killed ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214738797/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:39:07 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214738797/scat/00296bc675e072b7 report from Seattle’s local Fox affiliate, a bridge along I-5 about 60 miles north of Seattle collapsed, sending vehicles into the Skagit River 50 feet blow. People in those vehicles were reported to have climbed on top of their cars to stay out of the water. The injured persons are all reported to have survived with only minor injuries. A Washington State Department of Transportation ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214738311/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:37:53 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214738311/scat/00296bc675e072b7 A section of a major interstate highway bridge in Washington state collapsed yesterday, sending two vehicles into the rushing waters of the Skagit River north of Seattle. Three people were rescued and no one is believed to have died, authorities said. The bridge carried both north- and south-bound lanes of Interstate 5, which runs the length of the U.S. West Coast from Mexico to Canada. ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214738350/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:26:26 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214738350/scat/00296bc675e072b7 The controversies swirling around the Obama administration - from the IRS targeting of conservative groups to lingering questions about last year's terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya - are threatening to engulf Massachusetts' special U.S. Senate ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214738802/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:25:36 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214738802/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter Lowest price will no longer rule the day in federal contracting at the Defense Department, as the latest iteration of its procurement strategy recognizes the need for industry to to make money, said Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter in a speech Thursday. In comments made at D.C.-based Center for Strategic and International Studies, Carter was referring to ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214739682/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:22:54 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214739682/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Linking promoted tweets with TV content would give Twitter a new way to tap into what remains the largest ad spending category television advertising. Taking advantage of the fact that large numbers of people love to tweet about television programs they are watching, Twitter Inc. is testing targeted ads linked to the TV ads its users likely see, according to the San Francisco Business Times. It ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214739683/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:19:12 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214739683/scat/00296bc675e072b7 As the nation continues to follow the slash and burn economic policies of the austerity hawks in Washington, will a dramatic bridge collapse in Washington state renew talk of America's eroding infrastructure?On Thursday night, a truck hit a support beam on Interstate-5 near Seattle and caused a complete section of the Skagit River Bridge to collapse, sending vehicles and their passengers ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214737977/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 08:59:18 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214737977/scat/00296bc675e072b7 ARLINGTON, VA - MAY 29: Thousands of motorcycle enthusiasts and military veterans mix in the Pentagon's parking lot before the start of "Rolling Thunder" rally May 29, 2011 in Arlington, Virginia. Although not an official guest, former U.S. Vice presidential candidate and Alaska governor Sarah Palin is expected to participate in today's motorcycle parade from the Pentagon to ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214737978/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 08:45:17 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214737978/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Zoom In this photo provided by Francisco Rodriguez, rescue workers form a human chain as they begin to remove a woman who reaches out from a smashed pickup truck that fell into the Skagit River after the collapse of the Interstate 5 bridgeThursday, May 23, 2013, in Mount Vernon, Wash. (AP Photo/Francisco ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214737129/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 08:05:01 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214737129/scat/00296bc675e072b7 The Pentagon has lowered the total cost of the F-35 program by 1.1 percent. The nation's most expensive defense program ever just got a little more affordable. The Pentagon has lowered the development and production cost projections of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter by 1.1 percent from $395.7 billion to $391.2 billion. Bloomberg reported that the reduction was attributable to lower labor costs ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214737130/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 07:40:58 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214737130/scat/00296bc675e072b7 D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray on Thursday signed a law increasing pay for about 23,000 city government employees, as well as a significant expansion of affordable housing programs, the Washington Examiner reported. The $24 million plan, which the D.C. Council unanimously approved on May 7, also includes money for employment programs and thousands of extra summer school ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214736757/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 07:07:49 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214736757/scat/00296bc675e072b7 War Forget it; the Global War on Terror (GWOT) is not becoming more "democratic" - or even transparent. US President Barack Obama now pledges to transfer the responsibility of the shadow 'Drone Wars' from the CIA to the Pentagon - so the US Congress is able to monitor ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214736140/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 07:06:41 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214736140/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Authorities have said no one was killed, but three people were rescued and taken to hospital.The four-lane motorway bridge, which is over 50 years old, crosses the Skagit River near Mt Vernon on the Interstate 5, about halfway between Seattle and Vancouver.The cause of the collapse, which came at the beginning of one of the US's busiest holiday weekends, is still unknown. The state ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214735988/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 07:05:15 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214735988/scat/00296bc675e072b7 . That's the refrain coming from the Obama administration's critics as it scrambles to tamp down a growing pile of scandals. "The Obama administration's cover-up of the September 11, 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack surpasses ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214736253/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:55:18 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214736253/scat/00296bc675e072b7 A concrete section weighing more than 50,000 pounds collapsed in a parking garage at Westfield Montgomery mall in Bethesda on Thursday, killing one construction worker and seriously injuring another, The Washington Post reported. The injured worker was pinned for four hours and had to be rescued by a crew that used wood and steel beams to brace the collapsed area around him. The rescuers ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214736075/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:48:23 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214736075/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Obama speaks at the U.S. Naval Academy commencement in Annapolis, Md., Friday, the White House said. The daily schedule indicated Obama also will sign a bill designating the Congressional Gold Medal to commemorate the lives of the four girls killed in Birmingham, Ala., at the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing of ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214736224/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:46:54 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214736224/scat/00296bc675e072b7 A $52 million Atlantic Coast Conference penalty against the University of Maryland for exiting the ACC in favor of the Big Ten Conference in 2014 is going to trial in Upper Marlboro, the Associated Press reported. To be heard in Prince George's County Circuit Court, the lawsuit, if decided in the ACC's favor, could wipe out most of the university's athletic ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214736050/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:40:13 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214736050/scat/00296bc675e072b7 As the sequester continues, the poor, sick and elderly are taking a deeper hit from federal spending cuts with less money going to programs like Meals on ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214735250/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:12:21 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214735250/scat/00296bc675e072b7 PRAGUE (Reuters) - U.S. authorities have arrested a man wanted for murdering four members of a family in the Czech Republic, Czech police said on ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214735213/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:07:13 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214735213/scat/00296bc675e072b7 On the Orange Line, the Vienna, Dunn Loring and West Falls Church stations will be closed. The Shady Grove and Rockville stations will be closed on the Red ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214735750/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:04:53 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214735750/scat/00296bc675e072b7 A meeting between US President Barack Obama and Burmese President Thein Sein in the Oval Office of the White House on Monday signalled Washington's embrace of the Burmese military-dominated government, as part of its efforts to strategically encircle China. Thein Sein is the first Burmese leader to be hosted in the White House since former junta leader General Ne Win's visit in 1966. ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214733717/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:19:54 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214733717/scat/00296bc675e072b7 In this photo provided by Francisco Rodriguez, a rescue boat approaches the scene where a pickup truck and travel trailer, seen at left, and a car fell into the Skagit River after the collapse of the Interstate 5 bridge, May 23, 2013, in Mount Vernon, Wash. (Francisco ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214733693/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:17:00 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214733693/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Lois Lerner isn’t leaving the IRS without a fight.The civil servant who has found herself at the center of the agency’s tea party-targeting scandal was placed on administrative leave Thursday. The move came a day after Lerner invoked her Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate herself during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214734604/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:13:27 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214734604/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Azerbaijani embassy in the United States has organized a reception in Washington to mark 95th anniversary of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. The event brought together high-ranking officials from the US presidential office, a number of Congress members, representatives of the US army, diplomatic missions accredited in the US including those belonging to Azerbaijan, Turkey and also Jewish ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214733645/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:11:41 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214733645/scat/00296bc675e072b7 LeAnn Wilson, Association for Career and Technical Education This week's edition of "In the Spotlight" features LeAnn Wilson, executive director of the Association for Career and Technical Education in Alexandria. Wilson was promoted from interim executive director. Want to be considered for a future "In the Spotlight" feature? Submit your announcements here or email ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214735752/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:00:03 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214735752/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Rescuers check water beneath a four-lane highway bridge that collapsed halfway between Seattle and Vancouver, British Colombia, on Thursday. The accident on the Skagit River bridge sent vehicles and people into the water, leaving three injured. Questions are being raised about safety measures around the US's infrastructure, as the bridge had a sufficiency rating of just 57.4 out of ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214732625/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 03:58:08 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214732625/scat/00296bc675e072b7 The Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River north of Seattle collapsed shortly after 7 p.m. on May 23, 2013, sending cars into the water. ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214731678/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 02:31:56 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214731678/scat/00296bc675e072b7 A commander in the Mexican drug gang Los Zetas Thursday admitted he led an ambush that killed one U.S. agent and left another seriously injured. Julian Zapata Espinoza, also known as "Piolin," 32, pleaded guilty in federal court in Washington to the murder of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Special Agent Jaime Zapata and the attempted murder of ICE Special Agent Victor Avila ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214731770/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 02:05:58 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214731770/scat/00296bc675e072b7 The Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River at Mount Vernon collapsed Thursday evening, dumping vehicles and people into the water, the Washington State Patrol said. The four-lane bridge collapsed about 7 p.m., Trooper Mark Francis said. Francis said he had no immediate estimate of how many people were in the water or whether there were any injuries or deaths. He did not know what caused the ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214731713/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 01:59:40 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214731713/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Source: Twitter Part of a four-lane freeway bridge over a river in a rural area north of Seattle has collapsed, sending vehicles and people into the frigid water below, authorities ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214731231/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 01:36:08 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214731231/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Vehicles Part of a road bridge has collapsed into the Skagit River in the state of Washington, sending some cars into the water. No fatalities were reported, and it was not immediately clear why the bridge collapsed. Three people were rescued from the water hospitalized, the Seattle Times reported.Rescue crews are searching for survivors in the water, the Skagit Valley Herald reported. A ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214731191/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 01:34:53 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214731191/scat/00296bc675e072b7 immigration agents. The plea involved a February 2011 episode when two hit squads from the cartel Los Zetas forced an armored American government vehicle off a highway near Mexico City. The Zetas commander, Julian Zapata Espinoza, ordered the agents, Jaime Zapata and Victor Avila, out of the car. When they refused, gunmen fired, killing Mr. Zapata and wounding Mr. Avila. Mr. Espinoza, who was ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214730986/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 00:32:41 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214730986/scat/00296bc675e072b7 The Skagit County Sherrif Department has confirmed that three people have been rescued from the water after both the north and southbound lanes of the Interstate 5 Skagit River Bridge collapsed Thursday evening (local time).The collapse happened south of Burlington and north of Mount Vernon just after 7pm local time.Associated Press reported a rescue boat and crews were looking for people in the ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214730773/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 00:32:09 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214730773/scat/00296bc675e072b7 The last time cicadas came above ground in the mid-atlantic region, gas was $1.15/gal, Ask Jeeves was released, Jerry Maguire & Independence day were the blockbuster movies of the summer. The insect oddity will be invading towns up and down the east coast as the summer wears on. With millions expected to come above ground to mate, die, then the send their off spring back below ground to eat. ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214730987/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Fri, 24 May 2013 00:29:53 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214730987/scat/00296bc675e072b7 WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA9) - In Fairfax Station, Virginia, health inspectors shut down the Smoothie Bar at Gold's Gym on Ox Road. Officials cited the gym because it had no one trained in food safety and it didn't track employee diseases that could be transmitted through food. Inspectors also cited the Rite Aid on Washington Boulevard in Arlington because none of its workers were ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214730518/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Thu, 23 May 2013 23:53:44 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214730518/scat/00296bc675e072b7 The Washington State Patrol says the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River at Mount Vernon has collapsed, dumping vehicles and people into the water. Trooper Mark Francis said the four-lane bridge collapsed about 7 p.m. PT, closing all northbound and southbound lanes between Burlington and Mount ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214730143/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Thu, 23 May 2013 23:44:13 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214730143/scat/00296bc675e072b7 - Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) said he will let the House Ways and Means Committee determine whether to subpoena crucial documents from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the White House that would reveal what the administration knew about the agency's targeting of conservative groups. The ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214729714/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:57:44 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214729714/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Ryan Zimmerman's mother (second from right) was diagnosed with MS in 1995. (MLB.com) WASHINGTON -- The Nationals didn't arrive back home from a grueling 10-game West Coast trip until around 4 a.m. ET on Thursday, but several players still turned out to Nationals Park to support Ryan Zimmerman's fourth annual "A Night at the Park" fundraiser. The event, hosted by ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214729952/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:46:54 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214729952/scat/00296bc675e072b7 A tribute was held Thursday for a local high school student at the graduation he never got to attend. Markell Ross was shot and killed while walking to school back in September. News4's Prince George's County Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins was at the graduation as Ross' mother accepted his ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214729954/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:41:37 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214729954/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Gandhi reportedly failed to collect as much as $100 million in recordation taxes from certain refinanced commercial properties; he claimed there was some misinterpretation of the law. The council ultimately made clear in the fiscal year 2013 budget it expects the CFO to levy and collect that ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214729372/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:41:06 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214729372/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Thu May 23, 2013 9:27pm EDT By Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON May 23 (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Thursday told Congress that a recent restructuring of its heavy rocket launch program to add 60 more launches and extend the schedule for a decade would more than double the program's projected cost to $70.7 billion. The Defense Department's annual report to Congress on major arms programs ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214729371/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:27:49 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214729371/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Michael Brown, 23, was found dead inside of his home in the 600 block of Cabin Branch Drive May 14. Investigators said three suspects entered Brown's home earlier that evening and demanded money at ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214728748/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:47:26 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214728748/scat/00296bc675e072b7 took time on the Senate floor Thursday to educate new Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) on Washington politics. "Maybe the senator from Utah ought to learn a little bit more about how business has been done in the Congress of the United States," McCain said. The exchange started with Lee objecting to the lack of debate over the debt limit on the Senate floor and claimed that the American people ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214728749/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:46:22 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214728749/scat/00296bc675e072b7 An Army sergeant who served two tours in Iraq has been accused of secretly videotaping female students as they showered at West Point, the latest in a string of sexual misconduct cases in the ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214728750/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:33:09 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214728750/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Some students at Briar Woods High School in Loudoun County saw the damage from the tornado in Oklahoma, particularly that at Briarwood Elementary School, and knew they had to do something. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on the bond they feel with the school and how they hope to make a ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214727780/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:36:17 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214727780/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Julian Dawkins was shot just before 1 a.m. Wednesday on the corner of Lynnhaven Drive and Evans Lane in Alexandria just after getting into a dispute with an off-duty Arlington County Sheriff's ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214727781/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:36:16 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214727781/scat/00296bc675e072b7 State prosecutors on Thursday charged former Washington County Judge Paul Pozonsky with stealing drug evidence including cocaine from cases over which he ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214727148/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:33:07 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214727148/scat/00296bc675e072b7 The act of the unconditional capitulation of Germany was signed in a suburb of Berlin on May 8, 1945. The Second World War ended. The Third Reich collapsed under the onslaught of the Soviet Army and Anglo-American troops that were advancing from both the East and the West. Italians, French, Germans, Poles and Belgians were celebrating the victory over fascism. Most Europeans had very little ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214727069/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:18:03 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214727069/scat/00296bc675e072b7 The top-seeded Mocs were eliminated from the national tournament by No. 8-seed Western Washington in the quarterfinals of match play after a cumulative scorecard tiebreaker. They tied Western Washington ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214726588/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:50:31 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214726588/scat/00296bc675e072b7 It's been said that you can't go wrong underestimating your audience. "The Hangover Part III" plays like an extended attempt to test the limits of that idea. Grating and unfunny, cynical and stupid, it's a movie that expects exactly nothing of its viewers, and offers them the same in return. "Part III" is predicated on a fundamental error: that being irritating ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214726589/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:42:30 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214726589/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Robert Siegel speaks with Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon about the Obama administration's shift on drone policy. Wyden was part of a group of senators who demanded that the administration turn over secret documents related to the operation against Amwar al-Awlaki, a US citizen killed in Yemen in a drone ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214724674/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:32:23 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214724674/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Wednesday's #RTP180, about the dos and don'ts of marketing, had a few surprises, such as a proposal that could mean big exposure to one lucky marketing team. But before I get to that, let me offer some marketing advice, straight from the mouths of the Triangle marketing stars. I'll start with Maletea ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214724374/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:05:10 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214724374/scat/00296bc675e072b7 MONTGOMERY COUNTY (WUSA9) -- A Metro Bus hit and killed a pedestrian on Georgia Avenue on Wednesday night. The accident occurred at approximately 11:08 p.m., when a male pedestrian fell under the bus as the bus was pulling away from a bus stop. Ronald Maurice Johnson, 50, of Brookeville was transported to Suburban Hospital with non-life threatening injuries at the time but he died after his ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214723707/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:12:41 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214723707/scat/00296bc675e072b7 The Northwest Folklife Festival offers the usual round of world music, bluegrass, fiddlers, folk dance, ethnic dance and "indie folk" this year, with the added attraction of a cultural focus on jobs and labor, "Washington Works." A highlight is a "Rosie the ... http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214723708/scat/00296bc675e072b7 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:11:49 -0400 http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/sid/214723708/scat/00296bc675e072b7