D.C. Child Agency To Borrow Staff, Hire Workers- July 18, 2008 With the recent deaths of several children and a major backlog of cases, the District's child welfare agency will "act on an emergency basis" by pulling in social workers from other city offices and hiring more staff, a top city official said yesterday, one day after the resignation of the troubl...http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/dc/index_xml/~3/338898547/AR2008071703... Gun Registrations Off To Slow Start in D.C.- July 18, 2008 Thirty-two years after banning most D.C. residents from possessing handguns, the District government opened its doors yesterday to applicants seeking permission to own revolvers, bowing to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that declared the city's tough firearms restrictions unconstitutional.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/dc/index_xml/~3/338066877/AR2008071700... The Law at a Glance- July 18, 2008 D.C. police have begun accepting applications from residents who want to register revolvers. Some basics:http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/dc/index_xml/~3/338898551/AR2008071702... Why a New Revolver Is Still Out of Reach- July 18, 2008 District residents in the market for handguns could face a long wait -- only one dealer has stepped up so far, and his license isn't active.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/dc/index_xml/~3/338898549/AR2008071702... Sorority Leads March for Change- July 18, 2008 Wearing a pink and green T-shirt, Anne Sims rode down Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol in her motorized scooter as her Alpha Kappa Alpha sisters marched with her.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/dc/index_xml/~3/338276128/AR2008071701... Double-Decker Tour Buses Travel An Obstacle Course Through D.C.- July 18, 2008 Passengers riding in a double-decker sightseeing bus ducked and brushed aside low-hanging branches yesterday as they toured the District while hearing frequent recorded warnings to beware of "obstacles" such as tree limbs, electrical wires and bridges.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/dc/index_xml/~3/338898548/AR2008071703... Council Votes to Sell Former Homeless Shelter- July 18, 2008 The D.C. Council voted in a special session yesterday to sell a former city-owned homeless shelter to the privately run Central Union Mission, after concerns about an economic analysis of the proposal stopped the bill from being voted on Tuesday night at the council's legislative meeting.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/dc/index_xml/~3/338898550/AR2008071702... Mediation Is Next To Save Homes- July 17, 2008 A D.C. Superior Court judge ordered prosecutors and mortgage lenders yesterday to begin mediation with District residents who were among 400 Washington area homeowners caught in an alleged mortgage scheme operated by a Prince George's County company.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/dc/index_xml/~3/337828105/AR2008071602... D.C. Child and Family Services Director Resigns- July 17, 2008 D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty announced last night that he has accepted the resignation of Sharlynn E. Bobo, director of the city's troubled Child and Family Services Agency.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/dc/index_xml/~3/337828109/AR2008071603... Judge Jails Participant In Scandal After Plea- July 17, 2008 A former hair salon owner and close friend of the woman at the center of the D.C. tax scandal admitted in federal court yesterday that he collected almost $1.6 million for his role in the largest embezzlement scheme uncovered in District government history.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/dc/index_xml/~3/337276448/AR2008071601... |