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  • A D.C.-based photo-radar camera (BARBARA L. SALISBURY/THE WASHINGTON TIMES)

    Gray's D.C. budget calls for many more traffic cameras

    By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

    D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray presented a $9.4 billion spending plan on Friday that does not impose any new taxes or fees but relies on about $30 million in new traffic fines generated by automated-enforcement cameras. Published March 24, 2012 Comments

  • P.G. police investigate separate attacks on women

    By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

    Prince George’s County police are investigating two sexual assaults that occurred this week, including an attack on a realtor and another attack on a woman inside her apartment. Published March 24, 2012 Comments

  • D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

    Spending on yard signs casts shadow on Gray

    By Jeffrey Anderson - The Washington Times

    Agents from the FBI and criminal investigators from the Internal Revenue Service this month visited a Capitol Heights print shop whose owner says he received far less in payments for yard signs in 2010 than D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray’s campaign officials reported to city officials, The Washington Times confirmed this week. Published March 22, 2012 Comments

  • Mother-to-be loses baby after stabbing at D.C. home

    By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

    Neighbors said they knew something bad had happened when they awoke to the sounds of furious banging and screams coming from the third-floor hallway of their Southeast Washington apartment building early Thursday. Published March 22, 2012 Comments

  • David A. Catania (The Washington Times)

    Gray drops nominee with ties to D.C. contractors

    By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

    Mayor Vincent C. Gray has withdrawn his nomination of a health care consultant with ties to at least two city contractors to serve as an independent director on the board of the United Medical Center. Published March 22, 2012 Comments

  • Federal authorities have been reviewing D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray's 2010 campaign since last year. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

    D.C.’s campaign-finance law rife with gray areas

    By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

    A serious turn in the federal probe of D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray’s 2010 campaign and a recent trickle of subpoenas to D.C. Council members is delving into the tricky — and supposedly arms-length — role that candidates play at the roulette wheel of political funding and influence. Published March 22, 2012 Comments

  • D.C. Battalion Chief Richard G. Sterne Jr. at his home in Ijamsville, Md., on Monday, February 20, 2012. Chief Sterne is being threatened with demotion by D.C. Fire Chief Ellerbe. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

    Fire official gets demotion papers

    By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

    A battalion chief with the District’s fire department has received orders he will be demoted to the rank of captain next month as a result of his handling of the punishment of two firefighters who were faulted for allowing beer in their firehouse. Published March 21, 2012 Comments

  • "I came out early on and said, 'Look, I think there are things I can vote on and there are things I can't vote on,' " said Virginia Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling about his decision not to be the tie-breaking vote on the state budget. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

    Bolling decision on ties led to Va. budget stalemate

    By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

    The groundwork for a lingering budget standoff in the General Assembly might well have been laid Jan. 3 - roughly a week before lawmakers were scheduled to arrive in town. Published March 21, 2012 Comments

  • Virginia Senate nears budget resolution

    By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

    An amended Senate budget that provides $300 million in additional funds for the Dulles Metrorail project and millions more for K-12 and pre-K education passed the Senate Finance Committee unanimously Thursday, as Virginia’s lingering budget stalemate took a step closer to resolution. Published March 22, 2012 Comments

  • A driver holds a tax-protest sign out the window Thursday as a small number of vehicles circle the State House in Annapolis. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

    Maryland House weighs budget with $1.5B increase

    By David Hill - The Washington Times

    The Maryland House could vote as soon as Friday on a state budget that would increase overall spending by more than $1.5 billion next year. Published March 22, 2012 Comments

  • ** FILE ** Former D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

    Thomas pays $20,000 toward settlement

    By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

    Former D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr. came up with $20,000 this week to chip away at the $300,000 sum he agreed to pay back to the District for stealing public funds from 2007 to 2009, the D.C. Office of the Attorney General said Thursday. Published March 23, 2012 Comments

  • Gasoline prices of more than $4 are seen at a gas station on the south end of The Strip, Tuesday, March 20, 2012, in Las Vegas. From all corners of the country, Americans are irritated these days by record-high fuel prices that have soared above $4 a gallon in some states and could top $5 by summer. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

    Rising gas prices may curb summer trips

    By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

    High gasoline prices that are expected to continue rising will force motorists to shell out more at the pump and may have many people reconsidering summer travel plans to save money. Published March 22, 2012 Comments

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  • Drivers snatch 'snow globe' of cash on Md. highway

    By David Dishneau - Associated Press

    Dozens of drivers stopped to grab fistfuls of money after thousands of dollars spilled from an armored truck along a Maryland highway Friday and created what one motorist called one big "snow globe of cash."

  • SIMMONS: Curtain about to rise at Howard

    By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

    Ask the District's mayor about his memories of the Howard Theatre, and his shoulders relax as the usual full-time at-attention stance eases "his honor" into native son Vince Gray.

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