D.C. to Fund Cameras at High-Crime Metro Spots- July 11, 2008 Metro Transit Police plan to install outdoor security cameras at 10 high-crime Metrorail stations in the District over the next six months, officials said yesterday. The District is providing $225,000 for the cameras.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/dc/index_xml/~3/332587886/AR2008071002... Some D.C. Principals Credit Rhee for Big Gains in Test Scores- July 11, 2008 Principals at some D.C. schools that demonstrated a dramatic increase on this year's student achievement test credit the gains to programs they implemented after a push from Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/dc/index_xml/~3/332587885/AR2008071002... Nationals Withhold Rent on Ballpark- July 11, 2008 More than midway through the baseball season, the Washington Nationals' owners have failed to pay $3.5 million in rent for the District's new ballpark, contending that the state-of-the-art stadium is still incomplete.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/dc/index_xml/~3/332587888/AR2008071002... Marshal Shoots Man While Serving Warrant in NE- July 10, 2008 A U.S. marshal serving a warrant this morning in Northeast Washington shot and wounded a man who was threatening him with a knife, D.C. police said.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/dc/index_xml/~3/331775009/AR2008071000... Ex-Station Manager Is Sentenced- July 10, 2008 A former Metro station manager, arrested after she allegedly offered to arrange sex for an undercover police officer, agreed yesterday to attend a court-approved diversion program for prostitutes.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/dc/index_xml/~3/331083847/AR2008070901... Gandhi Warns City to Limit Borrowing- July 10, 2008 D.C. Chief Financial Officer Natwar M. Gandhi yesterday called on government leaders to rein in their borrowing on Wall Street, a warning that, if heeded, eventually could limit the city's ability to pay for major redevelopment projects proposed for the Southwest waterfront and at Poplar Point al...http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/dc/index_xml/~3/331521236/AR2008070902... A Vision of Washington With Unfettered Views- July 10, 2008 Imagine the drab fortress of the FBI building gone, the freeways and ramps around the Kennedy Center covered by parks and boulevards, and a Metro stop near the Jefferson Memorial.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/dc/index_xml/~3/331521234/AR2008070902... Memorial Honors Bike Rider Hit by Trash Truck- July 10, 2008 The bicycle, painted stark white, chained to a traffic light just north of Dupont Circle and bearing a basket overflowing with flowers, put last night's frenzied evening rush in slow motion. Many commuters in cars, on foot and on two wheels stopped to read the attached sign: "Cyclist Struck Here."http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/dc/index_xml/~3/331959511/AR2008071001... Whitman-Walker Clinic to Sell Administrative Offices- July 10, 2008 The Whitman-Walker Clinic, the region's largest community-based provider of HIV-AIDS services, has agreed to sell its administrative offices in the District, a deal that will help the organization eliminate $5 million in debt.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/dc/index_xml/~3/331521237/AR2008070902... City Urges Judge to Allow Checkpoints- July 10, 2008 The D.C. government urged a federal judge yesterday to allow police to continue a checkpoint initiative recently deployed in Northeast Washington, saying the measure is a legal way to attack flare-ups of violence.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/dc/index_xml/~3/331521238/AR2008070901... |