washingtonpost.com - OregonOregonLocal Listings for the District of Columbia- May 7, 2005 Arts and Crafts PYSANKA WORKSHOP -- Today at 2 p.m. Learn to make the traditional Ukrainian Easter egg. Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine, 4250 Harewood Rd. NE. $15. 202-526-3737.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25625-2005Mar10.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... House Approves Speed Cameras in Montgomery- May 7, 2005 Maryland's House of Delegates approved legislation yesterday to allow speed cameras at limited locations in Montgomery County, opening the possibility that the state's largest jurisdiction will join the District and a handful of states that have recently adopted the technology.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2295-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_nation/states/o... A Continuing Trend- May 7, 2005 Last month, 12,000 people attended the two-day Washington International Wine & Food Festival. That's more than double the number in 2000.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27411-2005Apr5.html?nav=rss_nation/states/o... Senators Aim to Shield Medicaid From Cuts- May 7, 2005 A bipartisan coalition of senators is poised to restore $15 billion of Medicaid savings targeted in the Senate's budget blueprint, a move that could unravel much of President Bush's efforts to slow the growth of entitlement spending.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38189-2005Mar15.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Carolina Shrimp with Creamy Grits- May 7, 2005 Carolina Shrimp With Creamy Grits 4 main-course orhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27412-2005Apr5.html?nav=rss_nation/states/o... Banks Settle WorldCom Suits- May 7, 2005 Deutsche Bank agreed to pay $325 million to settle a lawsuit by WorldCom investors who claimed it should have known, as the company's bond underwriter, that WorldCom's books were fraudulent. Two other banks, WestLB and Caboto Holding, reached settlements totaling $112.5 million involving similar allegations. If approved by a federal judge, the accords would bring the WorldCom investor lawsuit settlements total to a record $4 billion.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25630-2005Mar10.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Shipper Fined $25 Million for Dumping Oil- May 7, 2005 LOS ANGELES, April 4 -- A Taiwanese shipping company was ordered to pay $25 million for systematically dumping untreated oil and sludge off the coasts of five states for more than three years, the largest criminal fine ever imposed for deliberately pouring oil into the ocean.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26663-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_nation/states/o... Balancing Private Property and Public Good- May 7, 2005 The domestic political landscape is increasingly altering the physical landscape, and the issue is all about ownership. In municipalities across the country, growing numbers of citizens and businesses want government to get out of the way of landowners who want to build houses on the land they own.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7880-2005Mar4.html?nav=rss_nation/states/or Opinions on Attire Not Quite Uniform- May 7, 2005 A corps of disciplinarians that has come to be known to soldiers in northern Iraq as the "Nine Disciples of FOB Courage" has launched a crackdown on inappropriately tucked-in shirts, improper use of sunglasses and even swearing.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23710-2005Apr3.html?nav=rss_nation/states/o... FBI Probe of Bombing Used a Secret Warrant- May 7, 2005 The FBI copied and seized material from the home of a man who was wrongly arrested in connection with Madrid bombing in March 2004.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32447-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_nation/states/o... |