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Harry Jaffe: MPD still moving to fire cop cleared in federal court
November 19, 2009 | 9:00 PMA good cop scored a big win in federal court Thursday, when a jury absolved him of violating the rights of a man he shot in self-defense, in the line of duty. The question is, will the victory in... »
Time to stand up to Fenty
November 19, 2009 | 1:51 AMMembers of the District of Columbia Council made the right call when they refused to confirm Ximena Hartsock as head of the city's Department of Parks and Recreation. She proved her own... »
Jonetta Rose Barras: Graham merits chutzpah award on Metro
November 18, 2009 | 6:00 PMIf there were a "Chutzpah of the Year" award, D.C. Councilman and Metro Board Chairman Jim Graham would win hands down. The man is amazing. The Examiner's Kytja Weir reported earlier... »
Gray's solicitation letter to Comcast sparks questions
November 18, 2009 | 4:51 PMD.C. Council Chairman Vincent Gray's potential mayoral bid was hit with a body blow as it was revealed he sought, using council letterhead, a $20,000 contribution from a major corporation for... »
Harry Jaffe: Big brother big foots in D.C. appeals court
November 17, 2009 | 9:00 PMAntoine Jones was in the federal penitentiary yesterday when the details of his drug conviction came before a federal appeals panel in the Constitution Avenue courthouse. We were not on hand... »
D.C. elections board rejects gay marriage initiative
November 17, 2009 | 4:00 PMThe D.C. elections board ruled Tuesday that a proposed voter initiative to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman violates the Human Rights Act and will therefore not be allowed on... »
Man arrested in shooting death of 9-year-old Columbia Heights boy
November 17, 2009 | 10:37 AMD.C. police said they had arrested a 26-year-old man with gang ties who they say shot through a door of a Columbia Heights apartment and killed a 9-year-old boy whose family he had just tried to... »
D.C. Council members call Fenty's parks projects a 'bill of goods'
November 16, 2009 | 9:00 PMMayor Adrian Fenty sold District residents a "bill of goods" when he held a series of groundbreakings for parks and recreation projects that are unfunded and may not be done for years, D.C. Council... »
Gray: Fenty still awarding 'unlawful' city contracts
November 15, 2009 | 9:00 PMD.C. Council Chairman Vincent Gray is accusing the Fenty administration of awarding dozens of "unlawful" contracts for government services under the "inexplicable" order of the city's attorney... »
Jonetta Rose Barras: Testing faith
November 15, 2009 | 9:00 PMThreat. Demand. Blackmail. Childish. Ultimatum. Those were a few of the words used last week in the media and elsewhere to describe the Archdiocese of Washington's stated intention of ending its... »
Building where 9-year-old shot called trouble
November 15, 2009 | 9:00 PMNeighbors and officials are searching for answers after a 9-year-old boy was killed by a bullet that pierced the door of his Columbia Heights apartment. The death of Oscar Fuentes late Saturday... »
Harry Jaffe: Rays of hope and joy for D.C. public school kids
November 14, 2009 | 9:00 PMIt's time to start thinking about public education in Washington D.C. in a new light. Change is afoot, and the prospects for students of all ages and places are brighter -- much brighter. School... »
Harry Jaffe: Violent crime is up -- number of cops heading down
November 12, 2009 | 9:00 PMRufina Hernandez was a sweet shopkeeper, well-loved by her neighbors in D.C.'s Petworth neighborhood. They came in all colors and sizes and ages Monday night to walk with candles and mourn her... »
Jonetta Rose Barras: Boundary War
November 11, 2009 | 11:00 PMSome District parents called plans to relocate Duke Ellington School for the Arts, revise the academic program at Hardy Middle School and remove its principal, the dawn of education apartheid.... »
Feds jump into Bay cleanup efforts
November 09, 2009 | 11:00 PMThe federal government released a plan Monday to expand its authority over cleanup of the long-suffering Chesapeake Bay, but emphasized a need for state involvement. Farmers and developers in the... »
Could D.C. contracts quagmire have been avoided?
November 09, 2009 | 11:00 PMThe raging dispute over the secretive award of $83 million in parks and recreation contracts to friends of Mayor Adrian Fenty might never have happened had the District's highly regarded school... »
Jonetta Rose Barras: Tag-team dysfunction in D.C.
November 08, 2009 | 11:00 PM"Those of us on this side of the dais are as complicit in [circumventing contracting and procurement regulations] as the executive," at-large D.C. Councilman David Catania said last week during the... »
Harry Jaffe: Should sniper John Allen Muhammad die on Tuesday?
November 07, 2009 | 11:00 PMOne of the more memorable moments in my coverage of crime in the nation's capital took place in 1993, when relatives, friends and politicians came to the playground of Weatherless Elementary School... »
Two possible candidates eye Graham's D.C. Council seat
November 05, 2009 | 11:00 PMTwo well-known Ward 1 residents with public service experience have emerged to possibly challenge three-term D.C. Councilman Jim Graham in his 2010 re-election campaign. The door might have opened to... »
Harry Jaffe: Unemployment stats paint a tale of two cities
November 05, 2009 | 11:00 PMIn 1962, sociologist Michael Harrington published "The Other America," his landmark book about how the other half lived. He painted a portrait of Americans living in squalor and hunger. His book... »
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