Police Are Seeking the '411' on Crimes Through Anonymous Text Messages- July 21, 2008 The D.C. police department has a new number for people with leads about crimes: 50411, set up to handle anonymous text messages.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/dc/index_xml/~3/341417780/AR2008072001... D.C. Violence Leaves Many Searching for Answers- July 21, 2008 Alonzo Robinson, the 13-year-old boy who was fatally shot early Saturday amid the latest wave of violence to shake the Northeast Washington neighborhood of Trinidad, was in town with his mother to visit his great-grandmother as she underwent chemotherapy for lung cancer.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/dc/index_xml/~3/341435942/AR2008072002... D.C. Jail Inmates Dispute Official Account of Fight- July 20, 2008 A disturbance at the D.C. jail last month was more violent than officials initially indicated, and the unit where inmates rebelled was so damaged that it remained closed for almost a month.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/dc/index_xml/~3/341417781/AR2008071901... Group Aims to Put to Rest the Fear of 'Snitching'- July 20, 2008 The anti-violence group Peaceoholics had planned a mock burial of the "myths of snitching" yesterday, encouraging District residents to come forward when they saw crime in their midst. Little did the group know that there would be an extraordinary spate of shootings and stabbings the night before...http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/dc/index_xml/~3/341417783/AR2008071901... Checkpoints Resume After Spate of Violence- July 20, 2008 D.C. police yesterday resumed controversial checkpoints in the troubled Northeast Washington neighborhood of Trinidad after a series of overnight shootings and stabbings across the District left at least 11 people wounded and two dead, including a 13-year-old boy from out of town who was visiting...http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/dc/index_xml/~3/341417786/AR2008071901... Having Toppled D.C. Ban, Man Registers Revolver- July 19, 2008 Relishing a moment of triumph after a successful, long-running legal battle to end the District's handgun ban, Dick A. Heller strode into D.C. police headquarters yesterday with an unloaded revolver and began registering the weapon so he can keep it in his Capitol Hill home for self-defense.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/dc/index_xml/~3/339077535/AR2008071801... Union Chief Sets Meetings, Says Talks at 'Very Critical Stage'- July 19, 2008 Washington Teachers' Union President George Parker has scheduled a series of meetings with teachers to discuss contract negotiations with the D.C. school system, which he describes as "at a very critical stage."http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/dc/index_xml/~3/339162844/AR2008071801... Summer Jobs Program Comes Up Short on Pay- July 19, 2008 Hundreds of participants in the summer youth jobs program woke up yesterday to find that they had either been underpaid or not paid at all.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/dc/index_xml/~3/341417789/AR2008071803... 7 Houses Damaged, Firefighter Falls Through Roof in Manor Park Area Blaze- July 19, 2008 Seven houses were damaged in Northwest Washington yesterday in a fire that burned with an intensity that matched the fierce heat of the midsummer's day.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/dc/index_xml/~3/341417787/AR2008071803... In Hula Hoop Rebirth, A Fad Comes Full Circle- July 19, 2008 The ponytailed photographer pulled up to the Tidal Basin. He wheeled a sound system out to a shady spot, whipped out three giant blue-and-purple rings, turned up the techno dance music and started jamming. Jamming and gyrating. Gyrating and jamming. Two gyrating friends joined him -- hips moving,...http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/dc/index_xml/~3/341417790/AR2008071802... |