Food Truck Owners Protest Proposed Regulations
A group of local food truck owner-operators says that new regulations will drive the popular mobile lunch spots out of downtown D.C. and into more receptive areas of the region. The Food Truck...
View ArticleFormer Prep School Student Gets $42M in Tick Bite Case
A jury awarded $41.7 million to a former prep school student after a tick bite on a school trip to China left her with brain damage, according to reports. The Bridgeport, Conn., jury deliberated for...
View ArticleMayor, Council Members Spread NCAA Tickets Around
March Madness comes to Washington D.C. tonight and the District’s elected officials are making use of their free Verizon Center sky suite tickets in very different ways. D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, who...
View ArticleMan Finds Passenger Who Left $600 in His Car
A Virginia man has apparently found the slug rider who left an envelope of cash in his car Tuesday, Prince William Today reports. On Tuesday afternoon, Reginald Day picked his wife and another woman...
View ArticleOffice Pool Pays Forward Lottery Winnings to Co-Worker
Jennifer Maldonado came to work on Sunday at a real estate office in Plantation, Fla., to a shocking celebration: the office lottery pool had won and she had not pitched in for the tickets. Maldonado...
View ArticleNelson Mandela's Life and Times
Former South African President Nelson Mandela has become a symbol of the anti-apartheid movement. One of the world's greatest and most admired political leaders, he has been honored with numerous...
View ArticleXbox Saves Immigrant from Deportation
Hours of playing video games in a Wisconsin basement reportedly saved a man from being deported. José Muñoz, a 25-year-old living in Milwaukee was brought to America from Mexico City when he was only 1...
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Maryland Student Arrested in Child Sex Sting
A University of Maryland student was arrested earlier this week after making arrangements with an undercover D.C. police officer posing online as the father of a 12-year-old girl to have sex with that...
View ArticleTwo Plead Not Guilty to Hadiya Pendleton Murder
Two Chicago men charged in the murder of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton have pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of first-degree murder. Michael Ward, 18, and Kenneth Williams, 20, were charged last...
View ArticleMan Wanted for Va. Thefts Caught in Mississippi
A man wanted in Loudoun County for the theft of a car and a number of firearms was caught by authorities in Mississippi Thursday. Joseph S. Schrotz, 22, was arrested during the burglary of a home in...
View Article21-Ton Cheese Theft Ranks Among Biggest Recent Food Heists
Nuts, honey, cheese. No, these are not the ingredients for your perfect cheese board. It's a list of edible items pilfered in a string of recent giant heists. An Illinois man accused of stealing 21...
View ArticleTumblr Reaches 100 Million Blogs
After six years in existence, Tumblr reached the 100-million blog mark this week. The milestone -- including over 44.6 billion posts -- was hit with little celebration, according to NBC News. In fact,...
View ArticleThe Substance of Baseball
George Carlin, in his classic comic comparison of baseball and football, used the differing language of the two sports to contrast their spirits – the harsher-sounding helmet vs. the more benign cap,...
View ArticleSherwood: Gray's Flush Budget
Free Supercan trash cans for everybody. Libraries opened on Saturdays and Sundays. More money for both public and charter schools. More money for police and more police officers. Millions in new money...
View ArticleTracking Public Enemy No. 1 of Child Pornography
A suspect known only as "John Doe" is believed to have produced one of the most widely viewed series of child porn ever, but authorities have only one image of him in their case against him....
View ArticleHarriet Tubman Monument Closer to Reality
Just weeks after the official groundbreaking, our country is closer to honoring Harriet Tubman, the conductor of the Underground Railroad.Photo Credit: AP
View ArticleBoxing Champ Arrested with Gun at NYC Airport: DA
A champion boxer was arrested at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport Thursday morning after he tried to check an unloaded gun, the Queens district attorney said Thursday. Robert Guerrero,...
View ArticleMike Ribeiro Seeks Long-Term Contract
The NHL trade deadline is less than one week away -- Wednesday at 3 p.m. ET, to be exact -- and all eyes on the Washington Capitals are affixed on center Mike Ribeiro. Ribeiro has been the Capitals'...
View ArticleFirst-Responders Get a Look at New Car Technology
Most new cars have a lot of new high-tech gadgets that are supposed to keep us safe on the road, but some of that new technology could slow down rescuers. News4 transportation reporter Adam Tuss got an...
View ArticleToddlers, Mother Airlifted After Crash in Newburg, Md.
Two toddlers and their mother were airlifted to hospitals Thursday afternoon after a crash on Rock Point Road in Newburg, Md. Amanda Marie Bradshaw, 24, lost control of a Mercury Sable and drove into...
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