Wednesday May 8th Cloudy with drizzles...

.Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice on house arrest for campaign corruption...3 men charged with holding 2 women a teen and a little girl captive...Colorado massacre suspect pleads insanity...mark Sandford win SC congressional seat...NJ Governor Christie has gastric surgery...DC policeman charged in money laundering scheme involving drug dealers...DC Council funds summer amidst discussion of scaling back funding...Dow breaks 15000 for first time in history...couple to get most of million dollar reward in manhunt of former LA police officer 15 percent and 5 percent going to two others...same sex bill signed in Delaware...Md jail security chief ousted secondary to scandal at Baltimore detention center...student found dead at University of Maryland no foul play suspected...lost 80 year old grandmother who wandered away from Reagan national found dead nearby... And the Beat Goes On...

Sunday April 14 Sunny and cool

Eric Williams…a man in Texas man considered a suspect for a murder of a prosecutor and judge involved in Williams case of theft of government computers.….a threatening email led police…Tiger Woods finishes fourth despite two stroke penalty…winner of Masters first Australian, Adam Scott, hired Tiger Woods former caddy…14 year old guan Tianlang wins fans for making the cut…he is a native of China…patent on OxyContin expires tomorrow allowing generic companies to get into the market….five die in Idaho from a short in an electrical cord that was overloaded…63 year old man is set on fire for not giving a man who was begging for change in Long Beach California…Sidwell Friends, an elite private school to back charter school development by One World….Gangs targeting members on line…

Saturday April 13 Sunny and cool

Jonathan Winters, 87 comedian, dies…Obama’s tax return show drop in income and that they donated over 20 percent of their income…director of Philadelphia abortion clinic allowing live births and killing the babies…Kermit Gosnell…is the 72 year old doctor…new Google tool would allow loved ones access to email and other data to family members upon the death of the owner….Carnival cruise line fight to not have to pay U.S. for towing in stranded vessel…teacher cheated in 11 DC schools report finds….decoy speed camera boxes used in Laurel…..and the beat goes on…

Friday April 12 2013 Rainy and warm

3 dead as storm hits Midwest and Southeast, Connecticut gun shop that sold the Newtown shooters guns is shut down for selling a gun to a felon…abortion foes find fresh energy in states’ flurry of restrictions in the past six weeks, four states-Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas and North Dakota have adopted some of the most stringent restriction in the nation….six automakers, including Toyota, Honda and Nissan are recalling 3.4 million older-model vehicles worldwide….the recall mainly affects cars sold by Japanese automakers in North America, Europe and Japan.  A small number of cars made by BMW and General Motors are involved…the front passenger-side airbag has faulty airbag…foreclosures notices up sharply in Maryland…salaries can’t keep up with rising home prices in DC…median home price from 405,000 to 460,000…DC firm charged with scamming NBA and NFL players claiming inflated investment numbers using the money to lease high end vehicles and spending sprees….if you are raising and athlete teach them more than how to play the game….gay boy scout fighting for equality in Bethesda…man arrested in Montgomery County tor attempted carjacking…Lt. Governor Anthony Brown to announce run for Governor of Maryland….average rent for one bedroom in DC is 1,759.00 a month…

Thursday April 11, 2013 Sunny and cool

Obama phones are not new... The program called Lifeline is actually 28 years old...cicadas coming back after 17 years...white house to seek 235 million for mental health assessments in schools....Beyonce/J-Z trip approved for people to people exchange..4 year old shoots 6 year old neighbor in head in southern New Jersey...circus elephant shot in drive by in Mississippi....really...17 year old girl killed by 31 year old army recruiter...median home price in DC rise...DC area jobless rate stays the same 5.4%...suicide of Rick Warren's son spurs call to end mental illness stigma...5 injured in crash near Eastern high school...Chief Lanier: booming night life strains police...Washington Council of Governments retracts its gun control stance...4 killed and 1 injured in head on collision in Queen Anne's crash...Robert Edwards, 87 whose Nobel Prize winner's researcher dies...general defends overturning verdict...he doesn't believe pilot committed sex assault...And the Beat Goes On...

Wednesday April 10, 2013 Cloudy

Virginia governor catching heat over 15,000 check campaign donor issues to caterer of governor's daughter's wedding...senate to vote to debate gun bill...Connecticut woman crush Louisville for NCAA division 1 championship...Texas community college man stabs 14 people on campus...parents consented to experiment involving over 1400 newborn premies who were Treated with leas than currently acceptable oxygen dosages...parent now saying they weren't advised of risks...really....really?....Rockville teacher accused of fondling 11 year old girls...SE man shot and killed by officer after allegedly shooting at officer as account from witnesses and family members dispute police account...the man reportedly riding a bike at 3 am with an open container was stopped....interestingly his 7 year old drug distribution charge was brought into the discussion by WP...And the Beats Goes On....

Tuesday April 9, 2013 Sunny and 84

Louisville wins men NCAA basketball championship over Michigan 83-76...FDA set to impose new rules on fruit and vegetables that are eaten raw. Farmers of apples and other fruits/vegetables unhappy and warn of price pressure that will be pushed to consumers...can you say 5 dollar apple?...Md pushes bundle of legislation through to include medical marijuana...tighter gun law...cellphone use while driving increased fines...new PG Hospital...expansion of early voting...Sen. Max Baucus set to with others to rewrite tax code that hasn't been touched in over 25 years. The over 5000 page code is considered a monumental challenge ...Margaret Thatcher, former British Prime Minister dies from stroke at 87 and is heralded for her progress made for her country...Aereo, a web based TV company slated to offer programming over the Internet for 10 dollars a month having developed the ability to stream live programming...several major networks not pleased...Chuck Hagel seeking to greatly reduce military authority to overturn conviction by court martial citing the recent overturn of a sexual assault conviction as deplorable...Pbama vows before Newtown parents to continue fight on gun laws citing discontent at the fact that 00 percent of Americans believe change is necessary but Congress failing implement universal background checks, magazine clip settings, and assault weapons ban...Maryland girl, military recruiter are found dead in home of the recruiter... Murder suicide probable... Girl was 17 recruiter 31...16 year old Darius Cannon shot dead in Woodland Terrace. His mother ' I wanted to get him out of here' and move him to North Carolina...ward 8 school board member Trayon White expresses discontent with the city citing how he can get money for a funeral faster and without as much hassle as he can to get money to send kids to college... And The Beat Goes On...shout out to MT for encouragement!

Sunday April 7, 2013 Sunny

Utah, Morman woman leads prayer for first time in history…Kansas governor to sign antiabortion bill, visa program for skilled workers filled almost immediately after opening…drone use remains cloaked despite pledge for more transparency…Mandela leaves hospital…motorcyclist killed in Anne Arundel crash on route 100 near the Baltimore-Washington Parkway…man charged with assault and arson…Alejandro Rodriquez 25 in Howard County…Wayne Curry to head economic board (Economic Development Corporation), a quasi-public agency that is working to bring new business to the county…body found in Potomac river near route of cherry blossoms…man tries to rob two banks with a block of one another unsuccessfully…he tried to rob the Suntrust in 1200 block of K st. at 11:24 a.m. and the Bank of America at 11:45 a.m….his notes were illegible and a psychiatric evaluations is being ordered…Louisville and Michigan advance to championship… and the beat goes on…

Saturday April 6, 2013 Sunny and cool

Plan B wins over the counter status and girls any age may purchase…Mississippi suspect kills officer during interrogation wrestling away his gun and shooting the officer…white supremacist arrested in killing of Colorado prosecutor…Trayvon Martin’s parents settle with HOA, home owners association…Obama apologizes for comments on looks of California attorney general…Pope seeks action on child sexual abuse…Pope Francis wants the church to act decisively on the issue of sexual abuse of children…and the beat goes on…

Friday April 5, 2013 Sunny and cool

 North Korea has South Korea on edge as citizens try and go about a normal exisitence…Bitcoin, a virtual currency is taking off but concern over its bust looms…its value has a unit value of 20 dollars…bird flu death toll in China up to six…Connecticut Gov. signs tough new gun bill…West Virginia man shoots and kill sheriff’s deputy and said to have mental illness…...Alabama pardons the Scottsboro boys who were nine black men charged with raping two white woman more than 80 years ago the last of the nine died in 1989…marijuana legalization reaches its highest approval rating from poll…9 groups apply to open charters schools…hearing slated for Monday at 6:20 pm at Carlos Rosario International Charter School 1100 Harvard St. N.W…88 year old man dies after rear ending flatbed truck on Kenilworth Ave. in Riverdale…Blue Angels shows put on how secondary to sequester…Byron Hope 40 plus year DC Government employee dies…and the beat goes on...

Thursday April 4, 2013, Sunny and cool

45 year anniversary of Martin Luther King assassination...Short on graves China takes to burying people at sea…cancer clinics turning many patients away, citing sequestration…the Connecticut state senate passes gun-control measure…Obama writes a 20000 check as donation or 5% of his 400000 salary to show support of federal workers furloughs…Army civilian employee has died following a shooting incident in a parking lot in Fort Knox, Kentucky…Taliban attack kills at least 48, wounds scores in western Afghanistan…more bird flu cases raise fear in China…Dc public housing list to close after April 12….two men stabbed in two separate incidents in SE…Marion Barry released from Howard University…D.C.’s Dupont Circle groper deported to Nicaragua…cyclist robbed on Arlington trail around 10:20 pm, he was knocked off his bike and attached by two men…Barbara Piasecka Johnson, 76 one of the world’s 50th richest women dies, she is from the Johnson and Johnson pharmaceutical family…charge reduced in woman’s killing of husband…the woman a Walter Reed pharmacist killed her husband in self-defense…and the beat goes on….

Wednesday April 3, 2013 Sunny and cool

Corey Booker making likely run for N.J. senate...Obama looking to appoint liberal judge to D.C. Circuit Court…Couple arrested in arsons on Va. Eastern Shore…Educators turn themselves in cheating scandal in Georgia…Obama pledges 100 million toward initiative to map brain…NRA backed study urges armed staff at schools…Michael Brown ends run for At-Large city Council bid…1 killed and 3 injured in silver Spring blaze…two students accuse Meadow Hall Elementary School in Rockville…student brings loaded 22 into Glen Burnie High School in Anne Arundel County…retired police officer kills armed man at his door who was attempt to kick in his door in Calvert County…man found in Anacostia river was Iraqi war vet whose father says struggled with substance abuse and PTSD…former linebacker and coach of the Washington football team Jack Pardee dies of 76…Richard England, Washington business man and philanthropist, dies at 93…helped John Hechinger build his empire…Marion Barry hospitalized for blood sugar drop and the beat goes on…

Tuesday April 2, 2013 Sunny and cool

European companies boost US presence. Shale gas said to stem this influx. Unlocking shale has give US advantage as the price of natural gas is 25 percent less...gun laws meeting resistance as 90 percent poll think background checks should be implemented but gun lobby has waged assault and is winning...real estate investor flocking to PG county to snap up foreclosures to flip...smoking cessation aides being used for longer than originally prescribed with FDA blessings...only eight senators do not favor same sex marriage...several because their children are gays says Post...Alaskan republican who has served 41 years commented that his father used to hire "wetbacks" to pick tomatoes when he was a boy...climate activist leaves NASA to fight global warming full time after years of pressure from superiors... James E. Hansen is one the worlds forest authorities coming out in 1988 with fears...American soldier playing with children in Afghanistan stabbed in neck by teen and dies...American tourist kidnapped and sexually assaulted in Rio de Janiero...20 deer killed in Rock Creek park in controlled kill...man pulls gun and woman pulls knife in road rage event on 295 no injuries even though woman struck man...and the beat goes on...

Monday April 1, 2013 Sunny and cool

Bipartisan Senate group working toward immigration reform...meet production won't be affected by sequester as 11 days of furloughs was slated for inspectors but money found elsewhere to cover cuts...other lobbies looking for money...colleges using email to convey acceptances or denials...prosecutor on Kaufman Texas and his wife slain...he was always armed...girl 4 shot in car as loaded gun left as she and two other children left outside of her grandfather's house...massive pile up at Virginia-North Carolina border...3 Auburn Washington men
shot dead after fight outside bar...sequester overtime cuts hurting airports, border patrols, and national parks...D.C. Judges seek to unionize..administrative law judges seek to organize...Cheverly woman dies in fire secondary to severe hoarding...Ex-KKK supporter, Elwin Wilson dies...he is most famous for apologizing to congressman John Lewis for attacking him and others at a sit-in at Rock Hill Bus station in 1961...Wizards continue roll...Nats. win home opener...and Final Four decided...and the beat goes on...

Saturday March 30, 2013 Sunny and Cool

U.S. alarmed by North Korea’s rhetoric and bellicose statements…Rock Creek park is currently has a planned and controlled deer kill underway overseen by the National Park Service…Navy Seal killed in training exercise in Arizona…Louisiana Health Secretary resigns amidst allegations of steering Medicaid contracts to a former company where he was employed…Oil industry and GOP criticize EPA’s new gasoline rules and this further emphasizes the debate on global warming and environmental conservation...Md. to raise gas tax by 20 cents…the death of Patricia L. Horne, 20 from Greenwood, Mississippi, who died in Afghanistan in August just a short time after her deployment, remains under investigation…Aaron Battalion leaving District based Living Social…school closings in DC said to be discriminatory in lawsuit…It was all good just a week ago, but then Ben Carson had to make this mistake: Equating pedophilia with gay marriage does nothing for your career....and the beat goes on…

Friday March 29, 2013 Sunny and Cool

EPA is requiring cleaner gas….Newtown shooter’s home found to be an arsenal with 1700 rounds of ammunition…two rifles, another pistol and over 20 knives ranging in size from pocket knives to 28 inch Samurai sword…New York City legislators, labor advocates and business leader struck a deal on a requirement that business of various sizes must provide at least 5 paid sick days to employees. This is of a concern in restaurant, stores, and other businesses where sick employees come to work and potentially spread illness to general public…Army Veteran is being charged with conspiracy for fighting alongside a Syrian rebel group linked to al-Qaeda…Eric Harroun, 30 known to Syrians as “the American” using rocket propelled grenades (RPG) Harroun reportedly took responsibility for shooting down military helicopters….Sprint won’t use Chinese gear in network after merger with Sofbank as concerns over spying heighten…Blackberry posts profit but problems remain as they lose ground to Apple Iphone and Google Androids…Tommy Wells grills Fire Chief Ellerbe and reminds him that his job may be on the line…D.C. Budget would remake the Martin Luther King Library…Gray’s budget also increases per pupil spending in DC Public School System…Mechanicsville woman ordered to pay restitution for collecting disability for over six years and concurrently working as a fitness trainer demonstrating exercises and use of equipment…video released in shooting of downtown nightclub on March 21 at Balletto…NCAA tourney down to 16…and the beat goes on….

Thursday March 28, 2013 Sunny and cool

Justices likely to rule against DOMA or the defense of marriage act…North Korea threatens U.S. bases…James Holmes will plead guilty to Colorado theater shooting…Jared Loughner’s behavior said erratic prior to shooting of Gabby Giffords in Arizona...Sharpshooters to hold a control deer hunt in Rock Creek park…Federal Investigators in Northern California used a device to track cellphone texts and calls…creating a tower that intercepts calls and data…NRA calls Obama King Pinnochio cited his 2008 statements that he wouldn’t take away peoples guns or rifles…this statement predated Colorado, Arizona, and Connecticut shootings…Truancy law in DC removes jail time for parents…report issued on death of man with Down’s Syndrome in movie theater…whereby he died at the hands of 3 off duty officers working as security guards….and the beat goes on….

Wednesday March 27, 2013 Sunny and cool

Supreme Court hears second day of same sex marriage...supreme court police cannot use drug sniffing dogs without warrant...2 adults and 1 child struck on Georgia and Butternut while waiting at bus stop...groundbreaking on 120 million dollar Ballou High...Va. Found dead on Carribean cruise...James Nabrit III dies he argued key cases before Supreme Court for NAACP prior to Brown V. Board of Education ...Maryland advances in the NIT...

Tuesday March 26, 2013 Warm and sunny

Tuesday March 26, 2013 Warm and sunny Mississippi legislator shoots herself in the head in the home of her boyfriend…Chinese citizen guilty of data theft joins many as contractors are to steal secrets from U.S. companies…Colorado preparing to grow more medical marijuana…Supreme suggested they will open drug makers to suits over “pay for delay” agreements whereby drug makers pay generic makers to delay using their right to sell medication for less than the originating companies…Obama designates a monument to Harriet Tubman in Maryland and another that recognizes Delaware as the first state…Health-care law may boost temp agencies to circumvent the law that fulltime employees be covered…British teen sells his app for 30 million to Yahoo…the app is a news reader for smartphones…Government unions assisting workers worrying about the 22 day proposed furloughs from sequester…DC Fire Chief being admonished by rank and file and must face City Council…Teen steals parks and running police cruiser…journalist question sealing of record of court case involving Jeffrey Thompson…woman named to head U.S. Secret Service…Maryland House approves medical marijuana….and the beat goes on….

Monday March 25, 2013 Snow and rain

Nurses seek more autonomy across the nation as many more states consider increasing their ability to order and prescribe without oversight of physicians...opposition expected from physicians groups.. Md. Allows ordering and autonomy but requires consultation where necessary...Va. Said to have some of the most restrictive policy...Supreme court to hear two cases on gay marriage as popularity for same sex unions increases...Syrians being probes over whether chemical weapons were used in Tuesdays attacks in Aleppo...environmental groups short on diversity in rank and file and leadership...toddler fatally shot and mother wounded as boy's father kills himself moments later in central Pennslyvania...California 9 year old climbs to safety after deadly crash that leaves her father dead...2 Florida skydivers die after not pulling chutes...27 year old shot and killed in 4300 block of fourth Street SE..Last Sunday Naylor Rs Safeway Security Guard attacked by 7 juveniles....and the beat goes on....

Sunday March 24, 2013 Cloudy and cool

Two arrests made in robbery attempt in Georgia whereby two robbers allegedly shot a one year old baby in the head and his mother in the leg…huffing aerosol computer cleaner leads to death of teen in Los Angeles…experts say children can sleep through smoke alarms parents are urged to have a plan to awaken the children during a fire…Muriel Bowser makes her bid for Mayor of D.C. at her child hood home in Ward 4….gun deaths are shaped by race in America: whites are far more likely to shoot themselves, and African Americans are far more likely to be shot by else…a white person is 5 times more likely to commit suicide with a gun as to be shot by a gun….for each African American who uses a gun to commit suicide, five are killed by other people with guns….states with the most guns per capita such as Montana and Wyoming have the highest suicide rates…states with low gun ownership rates, such as Massachusetts and New York, have far fewer suicides per capita….Marines who were shot on base in Quantico identified apparent domestic issue…and the beat goes on…

Saturday March 23, 2013 Sunny and cool

Major obstacles still confront Obama’s health-care law…1. Extending the scope of Medicaid expansion…2. Building the health-insurance marketplaces...3.Getting the word out by the health care programs….4.Swaying public opinion on the law…5. Controlling health care costs….Senate adopts first budgets in four years…Arrests made in several cellphone robberies throughout the city….usually multiple perpetrators on single victims with violence….3 Marines shot at Quantico on base…Cal Ripken Jr.,Joe Ehrmann and Sheldon Kennedy spoke with leaders of Pop Warner, USA Swimming, the Boy and Girls Clubs and 50 other youth organizations to talk about child sexual abuse…Costa Rica furious after losing to United States on snowy field in Colorado because of the conditions….Connecticut woman rout Idaho in tournament winning 105-37….and the beat goes on…

Friday March 22, 2013 Warm and breezy

Obama urges Mideast talks… green cards are provided to foreigners who invest at least 500,000 in US companies…Montana reservation school hurting from the sequestration in a time where 20 children have attempted suicide and 5 have succeeded…downtown nightclub site of shoot that left a man dead behind the wheel of his car…Congress approves temporary spending measure that keeps government open…Barry and Catania considered the most unlikely odd couple…both claiming a renewed mutual respect for one another….Muriel Bowser set to announce her run for Mayor…resident alerted WSSC about leak at sight of larger water main break…Gray chooses deputy mayor for education who was former “Teach for America” student, then executive for “Teach for America”, board member of E.L. Haynes Charter School where she has 2 children attending, and she worked with charter school board in DC...Georgetown loses in the first round…and the beat goes on….

Thursday March 21, 2012 Sunny and warm/cool

Local news first today: Health Tech David Kwiatkowski has been accused of spreading Hepatitis C, stealing drugs from syringes, and lying on applications. He worked at hospitals in Baltimore VA Medical Center, Johns Hopkins, Maryland General and Southern Maryland…Teen rapes fellow student inside of Friendship Collegiate Public Charter School. DC students await money that assists students attend public universities outside of DC (10,000) or 2500 to attend local private colleges or HBCUs as budget crisis looms….sensors fail to warn in 60 inch pipe burst on Connecticut avenue….House joins debate over Redskins name as five in Congress sponsor bill against name to include Eleanor Holmes Norton…Obama administration forces reduction in fees that private collection agencies can reap from defaulted or late student loans...Senate immigration plan doubles the number of H1B visas for skilled worker and students who obtain graduate degrees in math, science, and engineering fields….Colorado’s top prison official shot answering his door…his killing comes a week after denying a Saudi National’s request to finish serving out his sentence in Saudi Arabia….Indiana ex-pastor of mega church guilty of sex with 16 year old…the man 55 years old had 1 year abuse of girl….Louisiana monks may continue to make inexpensive caskets despite law allowing only funeral business to do so….DC names nominee for deputy mayor of education…must pass City council approval…. Michael Baisden locked out of his studio being terminated and show cancelled after 10 years....and the beat goes on….and the beat goes on….

Wednesday March 20, 2013 Sunny and warm

Wave of arsons on Virginia’s eastern shore…police offering rewards…decade after returning home from Afghan war many soldiers are unemployed…Media groups encouraged to decrease the size of their cable bundles….Mississippi bans laws against super-sized meals…the state has the highest rate of obesity yet the laws banning super-sized meals will not take hold…Niemann Marcus and 2 other retailers settle case whereby they labeled fur as faux to seeming cater to those who wanted a more human version…an irate man took the mike from Kansas City mayor Sly James before being tackled by body guards…eight marines die in training exercise in Nevada…Francis formally ascends papal throne…Lululemon recalls too sheer pants which show too many parts…2 shot in holdup at Tyler House…Metrobus tracking system used by riders is determined unreliable…Metro to improve…DCPS to offer Art, Music, and Foreign Language in all elementary schools…lets confirm and follow through on this one…and the beat goes on….

Tuesday March 19, 2013 Cloudy and cool

Victims of abuse heard little from future pope…Francis when he was Archbishop is alleged not to have given credence to victims of abuse in Argentina who were abused by Julio Cesar Grassi. Grassi was a popular and media-savvy priest who ran a foundation for poor children….Record support for gay marriage is reported as those who approve rises according to polls….teen in Sterling who was a star on basketball team and very popular music creator was breaking curfew and attended a party. He was drunk and climbed over the wrong fence and entered the wrong house triggering the alarm on the house two over from where he lived… University of Central Florida student who planned to bomb and shoot up school kills himself…the 30 year old James Oliver Seevakumaran left notes after putting a bullet in his head as police closed in…FBI continues investigating decade old theft of 500 million dollar worth of art in Massachusetts…Muriel Bowser plans to announce bid for mayor this weekend according to her advisers….woman stabbed in Camp Springs in an apartment in 5200 block of Morris Avenue….man killed in fiery crash on Martin Luther King Jr. highway…and the beat goes on….

Monday March 18, 2013 Rainy and cool

Iranian sanctions are not crippling that country’s economy to the point European country’s hoped. Supreme Court takes on the definition of marriage…”In the court’s first full examination of same-sex marriage, the unify theme of those defending traditional marriage is that government has an important interest to keep reproduction going…” Obama to Israel…16 and 17 year old Ohio teenagers convicted of rape and at least one leaves court room in tears…the two are charged with raping and filming the young woman who is 16….coaches and teachers are being investigated for covering the incident up as the two are stars of the football team….2 killed in Indiana as private jet crashes into 3 homes…man kill himself in a Dick’s Sporting goods store in Philadelphia…26 apartment buildings destroyed in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina….two separate bomb threats at Newark airport…both were false….meat and poultry industries lead legislators to introduce laws that make it hard for animal rights activist to investigate cruelty and food safety….the bills would make it illegal to take photographs at a farming operation…others want to make it illegal to lie on applications for jobs at plants that process these animals….the death toll of American soldiers as of Sunday is 2,173 in the Afghanistan conflict…suspect held of New York woman in Turkey. The body of 33 year old Sara Sierra was found near Istanbul’s ancient city walls on Feb. 2…..United Medical finances remain shaky and no buyer in sight can you say DC General?....Md. to consider making possession of small amounts of marijuana a maximum of 100 dollar fine….10 grams would get 90 days and 500 dollar fine…Jailhouse letter to kill witness (she was actually murdered) silenced another witness who faced a judge and refused to testify….the defendant Willie Walker Jr. allegedly ordered Ricky Donaldson to kill Delois Persha, because she planned to testify in a murder case, Virginia teen killed entering the home of neighbor…631 guns recovered in Howard County buyback program…cellphone thief caught with 5 phones lifted from patrons out on the town in Adams Morgan over the weekend….and the beat goes on…

March 17, 2013 Cloudy and cool

Woonsocket is a town in Rhode Island that thrives by Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The store and food distribution that occurs with them monthly allocations to apr 14000 of its residents which is 1/3 of the total population.  Many would argue but those on the former food stamp program actually sustains the town.   Dog flying from New Jersey to Phoenix ends up in Ireland...Pregnant Coach and her unborn child die in bus accident whereby a college lacrosse team was traveling back from a game the 30 year old coach was married with a 1 year old son...the bus driver also died...Detroit city manager Kevyn Orr has tax lien on his Chevy Chase Maryland home...Baker wants to take over PG schools...7 men gang rape Swiss tourist inNew Dehli....Lloyd Gaines was a black student who sued the University of Missouri and won for being denied admission in 1939... The state then created a black law school...Gaines disappeared a couple of weeks before his admission and has not been heard from since....law professor Robert Elias has authored "What Price Equality: The Heroic Court Battle and the Mysterious Disappearance  of Lloyd Gaines"....Tyler House science of shooting and injuring of 13 people slated for renovation and residents worry they won't be allowed to return as was science in another recent renovation in the same area. Resident pay as little as 200 hundred dollars with rent subsidies in an area where 1900-3000 dollar monthly rents are not uncommon....the alleged shooter was wearing a GPS ankle bracelet putting him in the block during the time of the shooting ...man gets 25 years in death of girlfriends toddler he was body punching (Jonathon Fullard, 29)...46 year old Jerome Lewis held in death of 4 year old Samauri Jenkins during Hillcrest fire..5 DC Parks and Recreation swimmers make 14 and under Junior Olympics: Absalom Bolling, 10, Jasmine Barry, 10, Raylen Jackson, 10, Zoe "motor boat" Edelman, 9, and Alicia Ng, 8.....and the beat goes on....

March 15, 2013 Cloudy and cool

US and Afghans in dispute over detainees. Karzai wants 3000 detainees released to Afghan custody to which US balks. This comes as US forces are scheduled to phase out of security picture and could probably detail the pullout or threaten relations, Kidney transplant led to Maryland man's case of rabies, US seeking to limit number of people who can immigrate for "family" reasons. most come because a member has obtained citizenship and their spouse and/or children have not. The move proposes to increase the number of skilled workers entering the country (this alone makes a strong case to fix the education system here), Detroit get city manager against city officials wishes similar to Control Board in DC, Zimbabwe voters considering a new constitution that would question the 33 year rule of Robert Mugabe, ex-Sunday Mirror tabloid editors arrested for hacking cellphones making the the only group outside of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. ever arrested for such acts, Monarch butterflies rate plunge in Mexico (where they go to avoid cold) by 59 percent, casino jobs go to ex-offenders, 1 year old child hit by truck on St. Barnabas Rd dies and father injuries, man scheduled to be executed in Maryland who was exonerated is reminder of death penalty mishaps, police looking to talk to two in shooting that injured 13 on North Capital st in NoMa arear, teen learning to drive strikes 3 little girls in Fairfax, UDC announces interim president and the beat goes on....

March 14, 2013 Sunny and Clear

March 14, 2013 Sunny and Clear DC violence-plagues Capitol View takes a back seat to Newtown, Columbine, and Tuscon... Shooting and murders outpace all of the above and no media attention ....New York police officer convict of discussing and planning to kidnap cut maim and eat women he claim he wasn't serious...Michelle Obama and Joe Biden's personal information hacked...harassment alleged to Department of Justice agency tasked with insuring voter rights and fair re-districting...racial epithets found in emails "po niggaz" Kodie "Cocoa" Brown recovering from gunshot wounds...Latinos increasingly segregated...defense attorney accused of planting evidence to free his client facing 5 years....Metro says glitch causes overcharges watch out,...rabies death in Maryland first case 1976...and the beat goes on....

March 12, 2013 Rainy and cool

March 12, 2013 Rainy and cool John Hopkins researcher questions research and colleague found dead...the numbers don't add up in acclaimed research on drug response to cancers, 13 shot in DC Monday in neighborhood undergoing gentrification ...excited over development of nuclear power plants cooling...new plant eye for Calvert Cliffs, Md....big sodas still legal in New York...the fight continues...Air Force general throws out conviction of Lieutenant in rape case Pentagon to get involved as sexual abuse cases in military are up...Kwame  Kilpatrick  convicted in corruption cases in Detroit...bad year for politicians...Harvard apologizes for probing emails if deans...a search for media leaks in cheating scandal cited...2 US troops and 5 Afghans killed in inside attack at planning session...Israel:Palestinian rocket kills 11 month old baby in November UN report ruled. The rocket fell short of of Israel during the period of 8 day fighting...5 species of shark and 2 types of Manta Rays are given trade protection...all are used for medicinal or culinary purposes and said to be over harvested  in parts of Asia...Blackberry and AT & T to start selling touch screen smartphone on March 22...doctors offices set to change under Affordable Care Act..instead of many offices in a building with individual receptionists, schedulers, nurses the models will look more like big box stores opposed to specialty grocers...KIPP DC to build new high school at Randall Recreation the 40 million dollar project is slated to use public funds...educators efforts to hire spouse raises questions..Richard Trogisch principal of acclaimed School Without Walls is attempting to hire his wife a math teacher at Hardy Middle school...eyebrows raised...cyclist fatally struck in Silver Spring...riding against a red light...Mckinley Tech Teacher admits to sending lewd texts and receiving explicit pictures from students....in Virginia nail salons get more oversight than daycares...I suspect that is about to change as deaths of babies in daycare have risen....third intentionally set fire discovered at another Laurel playground...and the beat goes on... 

March 11, 2013 Rainy and Warm

Ohio: Six teenagers killed as SUV lands in pond…Sanctuary reopens after lion attack…mummies show hardening of arteries…New York City Council Speaker seeking to become first female mayor…Harvard accused of secret search of e-mail accounts of deans…socioeconomic differences tell the tale of life expectancy…Iranian government uses filters to prevent access to many sites on the grounds are offensive or criminal…lawmakers pursue pardon for boxer Jack Johnson’s 1913 conviction of the Mann Act: transporting woman across state lines for immoral acts…District cashes in on illegal parking to the tune of 92 million dollars…and the beat goes on…

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March 7 2013 Sunny and mild

Robot worker now moving into management positions, Detroit city council votes against appointment of control board type oversight body opposing Michigan governor, DC police officer waits 15 minutes for ambulance after hit and run EMS and MPD unions debating shift changes by chief Ellerbe, lion kills intern at zoo in California, Maine Zumba instructor charged with running prostitution ring out of studio....that's working it out lol, 4 robberies with 2 shooting within hours of one another in southeast may be linked, Brent elementary burglarized, snow amounts little to none in DC, Wizards, Maryland and Georgetown lose, DDS has its hearing before DC City Council today and the beat goes on.....

March 6 2013 Snow and cold

Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez dies at 59 of cancer, Jeb Bush considering run for president, Dow breaks previous record despite sequester, unemployment, and political gridlock enhancing the notion that the U.S. economy is become less reliant on domestic condition versus global factors, "nightmare bacteria" fears public health officials as itself Carbapenen-Resistant Enterpbacteriaceae or CRE is resistant to antibiotics, kills 50% of those who acquire it and most interestingly it can spread its resistance to other bacteria in its family. Simply it could cripple hospital and nursing homes ability to protect their patients, Oregon man employed in a waste water treatment plant charged with providing material aid and support to terrorists most notably those affiliated with 2009 Pakistan suicide bombing that killed 30, Atlanta pilot reports seeing an unmanned drone as he approached the runway to land at Kennedy airport in New York no confirmation from FAA, DC council to consider requiring gun owners to acquire 250k insurance, 9 groups seek to open charter schools, realtor 60 year old guilty of stealing clothing from a home he was agent for in Arlington, snow reaches metro area and the beat goes on....

March 4 2013

Obama appoints diverse federal judges to include a south Asian, a lesbian Asian, and a gay black, Mississippi baby said to be cured of HIV virus hope springs from discovery, Kerry approves millions in aid to Egypt, will O'Malley run Hillary said more popular with Md. Voters for president, British Bishop admits to sexual misconduct within Catholic Church, Leesburg wife stabs husband to death, Waldorf man shoots a skills self at gun range said to be accident, area hospitals suing Charter Healthcare for underpayment as Charter sues DC Medicaid office, father and 3 daughters who died in Glenarden fire buried, another PG youth shot and killed in College Park suspect in custody, District youth stabbed in PG county gang fight, 10 year olds Raylen Jackson (girls) and Absalom Bolling (boys)of southeast each win high point in their respective gender groups at 26th annual St. Albans Junior Invitational Swim meet Saturday, Wizards beat 76ers in dramatic fashion, and the beat goes on.....

February 28 2013

Supreme Court considering whether 1965 Voting Right Act still necessary requiring southern states insure fair and equitable access, Rosa Parks statue unveiled in Capitol, DC Shelters bustling with large families, 15 year shot last week in PG laid to rest, no word on cyclist struck on Maryland Avenue Monday, Alexandria police officer shot by cab driver, No compromise on Sequester, DC Police Chief Cathy Lanier said to be lenient and overturning disciplinary recommendations of Civilian Complaint Board, more officers cord as not cooperating with board investigations also, and the beat goes on...

February 27 2013 Cloudy and 37

Supreme Court hearing arguments on whether DNA should become standard opposed to or along side fingerprinting, Michelle Obama taking "Lets Move" on the road, search for 4 boaters called off in. Spigot is, Havel confirmed, traces of horse meat found in Swedish meat alls served at IKEA, Imagine Public Charter must show improvement or close, Septima Clark PCS to be acquired by Achievement Prep and California based Rocketship given go ahead to open 8 schools, pit bill shot by PG police, recent Glenarden fire blamed on refrigerator cord. Albert Haynesworth conviction dismissed after community service and alcohol counseling, and the beat goes on....

February 25 2013

February 25 2013 Clear and cool
Military to reduce the use of animals in program aimed at providing surgeons live practice in working with gunshot wounds, sequester cuts loom large over DMV, murder suicide suspected in Takoma park, fatal shooting at hotel suspected to be gang related, Jim Graham to face reprimand and lose control over liquor board, arrests made in killing of 18 PG youth and 70 plus year old disabled woman(unrelated), and the beat goes on.....

February 23, 2013 Truancy Forum

Hillcrest Civic Association sponsored a forum at Anne Beers Elementary school, with a panel of David Catania, chair of education committee, Adele Fabrikant DCPS, Office of Youth Engagement, Jeffrey Brown, Counselor of Anne Beers ES, Tamika Williams, parent of student at Anne Beers, Dr. Ian Roberts, Principal Anacostia SHS, Ms. Matthews, Randle ES PTA president, and Zoe Bush, Superior Court judge. The forum presented many interesting dynamics.

Passionate parents expressed concerns to the point of tears. The topics ranged from the crack epidemic, poverty, safe passages to school, social promotion, the new legislation, crime, citizen re-entry,, and agency collaboration.

The forum is promised to be one of many to improve accountability in the issue of truancy.

Notable forum attendees included Karen Williams, Ward 7 School board rep tentative, Ronald Moten, community activist, and Yvette Alexander, Ward 7 council member and member of the eduction committee.
D'Andre Anderson of the HCA Education committee moderated the forum.

27th Annual Black History Swim Meet Kick Off

Mayor Vincent Gray and Council Chair Phil Mendelson were on hand with United Black Fund chair Barry Lenoire as they celebrated the DC Wave Swim Team, their parents, and Coaches at the John O. Wilson building to hold the opening ceremony for the 27th annual Black History Swim meet. 900 swimmers from 30 teams from Chicago, Atlanta, New Jersey, Ohio, Maryland, Detroit, Boston, Philadelphia, to name a few competed Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in this U SA swimming sanctioned event. Past meets have include boyhood swimmers turned Olympians Sabir Muhammed and Cullen Jones. This years honoree was 97 year old DC Senior Olympian John Tatum who was recently featured with his brother Jack on competing and staying fit later on in life. Kudos have been extended to DC Parks and Recreation Director Jesus Aquirre, his Chief of Staff John Stokes and Aquatics and parks staff for an excellent showing. This meet takes place every year in February and is the premiere meet of its kind.

February 22, 2013 Cloudy and Cold

February 22, 2013 Beirut, bomb kills 50 and injures 200 in Damascus, peanut processor Peanut Corporation of America, CEO charged with shipping out Salmonella laden products ending up in peanut butter, crackers, and ice cream, Former swim coach, Rick Curl, pleads guilty to child sex abuse charges stemming from the fondling and intercourse over a 4 year period ending with the girl going to college in Texas and her parents settling for 150,000.00 to keep the matter quiet, Montgomery county 5th grade teacher charged with sexual abuse, new federal law makes it illegal to possess Eagle feathers, an exclusion exists for certain Indian tribes, former ATF officer killed while walking dog in his neighborhood in Woodbridge, a suspect was apprehended by an off duty PG county police officer, man and 2 young daughters die from Glenarden fire, and the beat goes on…..

February 21, 2013 Clear and Cold

February 21, 2013 Maryland keeps top national rankings on AP tests, Pittsburgh Police Chief resigns amid FBI probe, Stanford raises 1 billion dollars setting schools fundraising record, Ray Nagin pleads not guilty in bribery charges, Prisoner in Kentucky State Penitentiary charged with threatening Obama and his family, New York city bus drivers return to work after a month long strike, woman’s body found in hotel’s roof top water supply, Sushi houses nationally cited for fraud by offering less expensive fish than those ordered by patrons, NASA’s Curiosity rover drills into Mars and collect samples, young people nationally cutting calories slightly, New York Times to sell the Boston Globe, Google introduces Google Glass glasses that perform many of the same tasks as smartphones, except they respond to voice commands instead of fingers touching a display screen, Bank of America Chief Executive awarded a 73 percent pay increase in 2012 bringing his pay package to 12.1 million making him one of the best paid CEOs, Living Social gets 110 million boost from investors, free online courses growth boosted by foreign colleges, Hispanics and blacks have higher poverty rates than whites and Asians in Maryland and Virginia, what a shock….and the beat goes on

Raylen Jackson Wins 10 year old girls High Point at 27th Black History Swim Meet

The 27th Annual Black History Invitational Swim Meet, February 17 -19, 2013, held in Washington, D.C. at the Takoma Aquatics provided the opportunity for Raylen Jackson, swimmer for D.C. Parks and Recreation Wave Swim Team, to compete in the following events: 10 and under girls: 200 yard Freestyle, 200 yard Individual Medley, 100 yard Freestyle, 100 yard Backstroke, 100 yard Butterfly, 50 yard Backstroke, 50 yard Butterfly, and 50 yard Freestyle and finished 1st place in each event. Raylen also helped her 200 yard Medley Relay team finish first and her 200 yard Freestyle Relay team finish third. Her medal total amounted to 8 individual gold and 1 relay team gold for a total of 9 gold and 1 relay team bronze. All total Raylen finished with 10 medals and the distinction of 10 and under girls high point winner with a perfect individual point total of 160.

February 20, 2013 Cold and Clear

5 arrested in shooting of Suitland High Student over shoes, Sixth student slain in Md. As Suitland hign school student slain yesterday, Md. Ranks first in the nation in AP exams, Va. Slips to fifth, D.C. area governments bracing for sequester, gas prices soaring across the nation, Marriot profits above expectations. Profits of 56 cents a share gained in the three month period ended Dec. 28 which is up 141 million or 41 cents per share a year ago, Capital One to sell Best Buy store credit accounts to Citicorp, most store credit accounts usually funded by only a few banks,

February 20, 2013 update

4 year old who sustained injury from fire in the 2600 block of 33rd Street SE has expired. Fire remains under investigation.

February 19, 2013

February 19, 2013
Parent company of Reader's Digest has filed for Chapter 11, teen killed in apparent robbery in Temple Hills area, and I have the flu...and the beat goes on...

February 18 2013

February 18 2013
Persian Gulf donor spending millions to help rebuild Joplin Missouri, in schools toy gun or pointed finger can get you in trouble, Northern Virginia Training Center, Dana Patrick locks up the top spot in Daytona 500 first woman to do so....and the beat goes on.....

February 17, 2013

February 17, 2013 Cloudy and cold
Gabby Giffords takes gun control debate to her old colleagues in 113th congress, leaks at the Vatican from personal butler if Pope, future retirees face fiscal challenges unlike their parents, 110 million to be cut from national parks budgets, Job Corps has a freeze on new recruits secondary to budget shortfalls and reported mismanagement, horse meat finding it's way into processed beef used in TV dinner type consumer offerings, also check your specialty rices and olive oil, 3 members on DC Council eyeing the mayor's job: Wells, Bowser, and Catania, peeping Tom landlord caught filming nude women tenants and their companions using sophisticated cameras hidden throughout residences, GameStop stores implicated in stolen cell phone deals, charges denied, DC principal accused if fraudulent use of DC relatives address so her grandson could attend Langdon campus where she word, the boy resides in Fort Washington with her, woman bitten by fox in Rock Creek park, three young women sought in robbery of woman in 500 block of Rhode Island ave NE, Black History Swim meet at Takoma Aquatic winds down today seeing thirty teams from Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta, Florida, New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Va, Md, DC and other places, John Stewart III CEO of Stewart Funeral Homes dies....and the beat goes on......

February 17 2013

Fire in 2600 block of 33rd Street SE. Fire broke out around 3;30 a,m. The Lewis family escapes unharmed .

February 16 2013

February 16 Clear and Cool
A meteor hits earth injuring 48 people in Russia, Jesse Jackson Jr. Accused of misusing 750,000.00 on gifts and luxury items to include a 48000.00 watch, new health law to increase costs across the board, Good Counsel Jr who is undefeated in wrestling is losing hope of winning in the 2020 Olympics. While he will make it in 2016 his age puts him at a disadvantage. 2020 the international Olympic committee will remove wrestling, Facebook probing hacker attack, billionaire investor Carl Icahn took a 13 percent in Herbalife, BMW recalls over 30000 X5 SUVs to fix an oil leak that can affect the power assist breaks (2007-2010 models), and the beat goes on....

February 15 2013

February 15 2013
Oscar Pisotius accused in shooting death of girlfriend. He is the double amputee who competed in Olympics, fish studied for effects of drugs as waterways are increasingly exposed to drugs from manufacturing and human waste containing the pharmaceuticals, Tiffany sues Costco as engagement rings from Tiffany are sold. Costco is not licensed to sell Tiffany. Carier, Breitling, Chanel and Movado licenses Costco though, Warren Buffet buys Heinz, rabid fox bites woman in Rock Creek park, PG Libraries facing cuts, document array airs February 23 on Cool Disco Dan, DC based graffiti artist, Silver Spring woman dies after kitchen fire, child care subsidies stagnancy threatens parents in DC, 7 Metro Stations to shut down Friday at 10 for track work: stadium armory through onto Largo and Deanwood and Minnesota Ave, rash of burglaries in Georgetown awaken police, and the beat goes on.....

February 14 2013

February 14 Happy Valentines Day
Student killer at University of Maryland "acted oddly" days before the shooting, drug firms ordered to pay for Motrin side effect (toxic epidermal necrolysis), horrible rash like wasting away of skin, New Delhi experiencing the use of sex selective methods to eliminate the births of girls by parents seeking boys, Facebook recruiting a head of diversity, Toys R Us CEO to step down resulting from poor toy sales this past season, DC seeking to decrease wrongful convictions, Alexandria sheriff's deputy shoots and kills suspect in his Fort Washington home. The intruder was 20, 94 year old man found dead in Alexandria suffered trauma to upper body, law firm Crowell $ Moring to review Human rights watch claim DC police failed to investigate sexual assault claims...$$$, DC Cab commission seeking red to be color of all cabs, Ann Clymer, 75, dies she waged war against drunk driving after her daughter was killed by a drunk driver in 1985, 44 year old man jumps to death in front of yellow line train yesterday, Spingarn high playing its last basketball game tonight against Luke C. Moore the school shuts its door at the end of this school year. Dave Bing , Earl Jones, Elgin Baylor, and Sherman Douglas were stars there, DC hosts the 27th annual Black History swim meet at Takoma Aquatic Center this Fri, Sat, and Sun. 900 swimmers from around the country will compete in this historic event, and the beat goes on....

February 13 2013

February 13, 2013
Obama talks budget,climate change, education, immigration reform, foreign policy, energy, counter terrorism, health care, transportation, voting rights, fair and equitable wages and gun violence...manhunt appears over for former LA police officer, university of Maryland student shoots two roommate and then himself...family reports he was mentally ill on medication...sweat equity used to rehab gutted apartments in SE for the homeless...Gray officials in battle over truancy bill aimed at parent accountability, Gabby Douglas honored at Va. state assembly, 94 year old woman struck and killed in NW, Anita Allen, first appointed DC school board president dies at 87. She lost to Marion Barry in first election who she charged with having an agenda to further his political career... She called good money with that one...Greenbelt vying 75 acres of Metro land as sight of FBI headquarters... Horace and Dickie's in today's WP food section...Christian Louboutin styles a chocolate pump for valentines day..35 dollars... FYI a designer made a style if shoe out of chocolate...the best if both worlds huh ladies eat it, look at it or try and wear it... And the beat goes on....

February 12, 2013 Sunny and unseasonably warm

Pope retiring due to health....North Korea test nuclear weapons and 4.9 Earthquake happens shortly after...manhunt continues for ex-policeman in LA...2 men arrested in connection of Chicago honor roll student who performed in inaugural parade..DMV has 14% of top 4% of wage earners in nation with incomes of 190k or more...300 adults and 600 children occupy DC General Shelter nightly homeless advocates cry foul...400 million dollar surplus can't be used for them?...Obama to deliver state of the union address tonight...theft of electronics on Metro continue to rise...search continues for killer of Capitol Heights woman...DCPS and Charters transferring large numbers of students...California group vying for largest charter school proposal....and the beat goes on.....