With Rent Unpaid, D.C. May Raise Ballpark Sales Tax- July 17, 2008 The fight between District officials and the Washington Nationals is getting nastier. And it might end up driving up costs of tickets, hot dogs and souvenirs.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/dc/index_xml/~3/337828106/AR2008071602... O Say, Can You Sing Boy, 10, Wins National Anthem Contest- July 17, 2008 So last night's "Star-Spangled Sing-Off" wasn't "American Idol."http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/dc/index_xml/~3/337828104/AR2008071603... Drops, Adds, Goof Keep Races Lively- July 17, 2008 When there are dropouts and challenges and misspellings in campaign materials, you know the D.C. election season is really underway.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/dc/index_xml/~3/337828108/AR2008071601... In Closed Schools, History Lessons- July 17, 2008 For Nancye Suggs, the call from D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee's office about nearly two dozen schools she planned to close was bittersweet: Suggs said that she was heartbroken about the loss, in one fell swoop, of so much history but that she was ecstatic Rhee was offering her a chance...http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/dc/index_xml/~3/337828107/AR2008071601... Two People in the District Fatally Shot in Separate Attacks- July 16, 2008 Two people were shot and killed late last night in separate attacks in Northwest and Northeast Washington, including a 47-year-old woman who was fatally wounded during what may have been an attempted carjacking, D.C. police said.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/dc/index_xml/~3/336978697/AR2008071600... Tour Firm Out of Shuttle Lineup- July 16, 2008 Open Top Sightseeing has suspended the use of its double-decker buses as shuttles taking fans to Washington Nationals games while authorities continue to investigate an accident that killed two people.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/dc/index_xml/~3/337828110/AR2008071602... Social Worker Checked Up on Family- July 16, 2008 A 5-month-old boy, found dead Monday morning after sleeping on a couch with his 15-year-old mother, had been visited by a social worker who spoke to the teenage mother about proper sleeping arrangements, according to the D.C. Child and Family Services Agency.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/dc/index_xml/~3/336978700/AR2008071502... Investing Where They Investigate- July 16, 2008 Ron Wright spent three years searching for the right locale to open the high-end cigar store and cocktail lounge he had dreamed of before he finally renovated a worn Florida Avenue rowhouse in Northeast Washington.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/dc/index_xml/~3/336978699/AR2008071502... District Fires 18 Housing Inspectors- July 16, 2008 District officials fired more than half of the city's housing-code inspectors yesterday, citing an "inexcusable neglect of duty," and pledged to quickly hire a fleet of well-trained workers to protect tenants in dangerous apartment buildings.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/dc/index_xml/~3/336978701/AR2008071501... D.C. Gun Ban Is Out, But Regulations Stay- July 16, 2008 The D.C. Council unanimously approved emergency legislation last night that ends the strictest handgun ban in the country and voted 12 to 1 to approve the transfer of almost $125 million to renovate schools by fall -- two major issues that showed the council's complex relationship with Mayor Adrian...http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/dc/index_xml/~3/336978698/AR2008071502... |