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Standard & Poor's boosted the District's bond rating from A+ to AA- this week. (Photo: Thinkstock)

D.C. has sixth best budgeters in the nation, study says

Eric Newcomer -

March 25, 2013 4:00 am

A group of Montgomery County lawmakers is worried that private donations for scoreboards, gardens and sound systems at public schools are unfair to students whose parents can't raise the same funds. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Education

Montgomery officials: Private donations to schools lead to inequality

Rachel Baye -

March 25, 2013 4:00 am

An advisory neighborhood commissioner representing Adams Morgan on Monday apologized for remarks that some D.C. residents criticized as racially insensitive. (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

ANC commissioner apologizes for ‘racist’ remarks

Alan Blinder -

March 25, 2013 4:00 am

A police dog found marijuana in the locker of Jonathan Womble, a corrections officer at the D.C. Jail. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Crime

D.C. jail guard accused of smuggling drugs for inmates

Scott McCabe -

March 25, 2013 4:00 am

The Beltway Express high-occupancy toll lanes, which stretch from Springfield to just past Dulles Toll Road, attracted about one-third of the projected 66,000 cars a traffic consultant for the project predicted in 2007. (Photo: Examiner file)

Beltway Express Lanes try to lure drivers with new ads

Liz Essley -

March 25, 2013 4:00 am

Talking Points: $2,000 whiskey, flipping ecosystem, energy drink saftey

Talking Points: $2,000 whiskey, flipping ecosystem, energy drink saftey

Talking Points -

March 25, 2013 4:00 am

Fire forces 400 from Bethesda hotel

Crime

Fire forces 400 from Bethesda hotel

Scott McCabe -

March 25, 2013 4:00 am

Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3E Chairman Matthew Frumin is throwing his hat in the ring to fill the D.C. Council seat open in April's special election. (Photo: www.matthewfrumin.com)

Jonetta Rose Barras: Frumin: More than the money man

Jonetta Rose Barras -

March 25, 2013 4:00 am

Standard & Poor's has bumped the District's rating on its general obligation bonds up from A+ to AA-. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams, File)

Standard & Poor’s boosts D.C. bond rating

Alan Blinder -

March 25, 2013 4:00 am

Police seek man who robbed SunTrust bank in Prince George’s County

Crime

Police seek man who robbed SunTrust bank in Prince George’s County

Naomi Jagoda -

March 25, 2013 4:00 am

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