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 | Hey man, look at all the police cars. Whoa, was that a garage door? What is this, some kinda police station? Nov 29th 2012, 22:23 Fairfax City's relatively new police headquarters is pretty well lit and gives all the appearances of an official government building. And speaking of well-lit ... Someone drove a car through a garage door in the rear of the Fairfax City police headquarters early Thursday, chugged through the sallyport and then plowed right through the other garage door, basically destroying them both. This put the car inside the gated police parking lot behind headquarters, Sgt. Joe Johnson said. But the driver was able to pull up to the gate, which automatically grants egress, and drive away. Read full article >> | | Vanished: The case of Tiffany Goines Nov 29th 2012, 22:15 A frequent conversation among African Americans over the years has been that black people who go missing are rarely covered by local or national media outlets. Local police departments often acknowledge this, too. Read full article >> | | PM Update: More sunny, partly chilly weather Nov 29th 2012, 22:10 Temperatures remained on the cold side of normal today, but with highs around 50, sunshine and little wind, it could certainly be a lot worse in late November. We close out in the work week (and month) in similar fashion, and maybe nudge the mercury a few degrees warmer. | | D.C. special election set for April 23 Nov 29th 2012, 21:45 The D.C. Board of Elections met Thursday morning to certify the results of the general election and to set the date of the coming special election to fill the at-large D.C. Council seat that previously belonged to Phil Mendelson. Read full article >> | | Drug war in D.C. takes aim at synthetic marijuana Nov 29th 2012, 21:25 Even as some states move to lessen penalties or decriminalize the possession of marijuana, a D.C. Council committee voted Thursday to strengthen city laws against synthetic forms of the drug. Under a comprehensive crime bill approved by the Judiciary Committee, members voted to classify substitute forms of marijuana such as "KZ" and "Spice" as Schedule 1 narcotics, which are subject to more stringent criminal penalties. The committee also reclassified Gamma-hydroxybutryric acid – commonly known as GHB or the "date-rape drug" – and various chemicals used to produced cathinones, known as bath salts, as Schedule 1 drugs. Read full article >> | | No more residency requirement for D.C. ballot petition circulators? Nov 29th 2012, 20:35 A proposed change to D.C. election law stands to make it somewhat easier to get a candidate or a cause on city ballots. For time immemorial, those who gather signatures of D.C. voters for ballot petitions have been required to be D.C. voters themselves. On several occasions, candidates, referendums or initiatives have had scads of signatures challenged and disqualified after elections officials determined circulators weren't in fact eligible voters. Read full article >> | | Senate panel ends UMUC inquiry Nov 29th 2012, 20:16 A senior Senate Democrat this week ended an inquiry into operations of the University of Maryland University College, a fast-growing provider of public online education that came under scrutiny after the abrupt resignation of its president this year. Read full article >> | |
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