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Morning Roundup: April 27
Orange wins D.C. Council seat; Source: Teen fatally shot by D.C. police pulled BB gun; Zoo makes changes after stabbing; Sulaimon Brown tough to subpoena; Fairfax won't sue over BRAC; McDonnell supports singles adopting
Davis elected vice chairman of airports authority
Seven-term former U.S. Rep. Tom Davis has been elected again — this time as vice chairman of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.
McDonnell to weigh in on controversial BRAC move
Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell plans to tell Defense Secretary Robert Gates how he feels about the traffic gridlock expected when 6,400 defense workers are relocated to the Mark Center at 395 and Seminary Road.
Field widens in Va. Senate race
Four candidates are likely vying for the votes of those who won't be casting their ballot for front-runner George Allen in the U.S. Senate GOP primary.
D.C. ELECTION: Biddle at polling station
Sekou Biddle smiled and asked rival campaign volunteers if they had "any last-minute suggestions" before he strode in the Shepherd Park Elementary School early Tuesday to cast his vote in defense of his at-large seat on the D.C. council.
Morning Roundup: April 26
Election Day in D.C.; McAuliffe 'quietly' mounting another run; Baltimore bids farewell to Schaefer; Teen arrested in zoo stabbing; Redskins' Snyder still suing; College Park flush in speed-camera cash; Va. State Police 'crippled' by computer, e-mail problems.
Morning Roundup: April 25
Schaefer farewell ceremonies begin in Annapolis; Montgomery Co. to name new schools chief; Va. lawmakers return to future of redistricting maps; Major delays expected for New York Ave. commuters; D.C. holds special city council election; Police investigate overnight homicides in D.C. and P.G. County; Snake caused major Easter outage.
What's up with that?
The D.C. council has proposed a "jock tax" on professional athletes who live outside the city but play their games in the District.
AAA: Higher gas prices = emptier tanks
More people in the District, Maryland and Virginia are running out of gas this year than last year — a problem AAA Mid-Atlantic is attributing to the soaring price of fuel in our area.
Morning Roundup: April 21
Va. rules faith-based groups not required to allow gays to adopt; Airports authority closes debate on which Dulles Metrorail station to build; Schaefer memorial delays bill signings; More charges related to mass S. Capitol Street shootings; Feds: MoCo must participate in deportation program; Biden blamed for missed MARC train; O'Malley to Asia
Morning Roundup: April 20
D.C. considers "jock tax" for non-city residents such as Ovechkin; Details of Schaefer farewell, tearful goodbyes; Final ICC piece in place; Republican Jeff Frederick returns to Va. politics; Cuccinelli sees Supreme Court delay as a good sign
CASE DISMISSED
Excerpts from real cases recently dismissed from U.S. District Court in the District
Morning Roundup: April 19
Iconic Md. politician Schaefer dies at 89; Va. Rep. Wolf opposes pricier Dulles Metro stop; Flood watch until noon; 3 people plunge from Bay Bridge; D.C. youth corrections officer beaten; Va. death toll from storms now at 6; Huguely murder trial set for Feb.; Md. hires firm for Grasmick replacement; D.C. hearings on Brown's campaign finances under way; Congress slashes D.C. arts funding.
Supreme Court still silent on Cuccinelli's health care challenge
Monday morning came and went with no word from the U.S. Supreme Court on whether it will grant Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli's request to fast-track Virginia's legal challenge to federal health care reform.
Morning Roundup: April 18
Md. disabled get only a cut of booze tax; Lululemon suspect had no violent past; McDonnell gets Metro board seat; Saturday storm impacted Va. nuclear plant; Gray tries to sustain momentum; D.C. bill could create first real Gray-council face-off.
