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Local students get graphic lesson in texting and driving 05/01/2014 03:20pm • LANHAM, Md. - For young people, simply telling them about the dangers of texting and driving isn't enough. Hoping to avoid a tragedy, a local school has brought in new technology to show kids how easy it is for distracted drivers to end up in a serious accident. DuVal High School in Lanham rece Column: Wiz Kids pull off historic win 04/30/2014 10:48am • WASHINGTON - We can forgive the basketball world for not noticing what the Washington Wizards pulled off last night. After all, it was a pretty historic night. We were still toasting Adam Silver for his brilliant handling of an unprecedented situation in his league by sanctioning Clippers owner Do Column: NBA commissioner's handling of Sterling situation masterful 04/29/2014 06:46pm • WASHINGTON -- Over the weekend, we listened in disbelief to the the mind-numbingly racist comments attributed to Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling. On Tuesday, we were treated to Adam Silver's masterful handling of his first big challenge as NBA commissioner, just three months into his Fight to change Redskins name lacks emotion, political power of Sterling protests 04/28/2014 03:30pm • WASHINGTON - Clippers' owner Donald Sterling's alleged racist comments have ignited a firestorm. The outrage has been swift and the calls for action against the L.A. businessman fierce. The NAACP will not honor Sterling with an award, as previously planned. Players like Michael Jordon have called Do violent video games make children violent? 04/23/2014 10:36am • WASHINGTON -- Ask any parent: It is hard to tear a kid away from a video game. But there are concerns that violent games may promote violent thoughts, and make children and teens more aggressive. The debate has been going on for some time, and recently intensified after researchers in Singapor Take your pick: 'Draft Day' or 'Transcendence' (Video) 04/17/2014 02:07pm • WASHINGTON -- Moviegoers are like general managers at the NFL Draft: so many prospects, so little time. This week, we have two prospects in a battle of brains vs. brawn. Johnny Depp stars in the science-fiction thriller "Transcendence," while Kevin Costner stars in the football flick "Draft Day." 'Sipping and painting' the next 'dinner and a movie'? 04/11/2014 03:55pm • WASHINGTON -- Staci Carter has seen some pretty interesting stuff in the two years she's been an instructor at Uncork'd Art, a business that encourages patrons to paint while drinking alcohol. One participant fell asleep after some pre-class cocktails kicked in. Another insisted she had no painti Driver of Truck That Struck, Killed a Local Mom Charged With Traffic Infraction 04/11/2014 02:10pm • Arlington County Police are closing the investigation into the fatal pedestrian crash that occurred in front of Nottingham Elementary School on Feb. 24. After a month-and-a-half accident investigation, police have charged 33-year-old Manassas resident Marvin Valladres with “failure to pay ful Arlington Reacts to Vihstadt’s Victory 04/09/2014 01:30pm • As the dust settles from Republican-backed independent John Vihstadt’s victory in the Arlington County Board special election last night, those in and around Arlington politics are surveying what could be a new political landscape. Vihstadt won by a significant margin — 57 percent to Dem Town of Chevy Chase Mayor: Transit Activists Threatened To Increase Purple Line Attacks 04/04/2014 03:25pm •    It’s no secret leaders in the Town of Chevy Chase and members of the Action Committee for Transit aren’t fond of each other. The Town is officially opposed to the Purple Line while the Action Committee for Transit, or ACT, is very much in favor of it. That difference has cau Your Beermonger: The Growing Package Market 04/04/2014 02:30pm • Editor’s Note: This sponsored column is written by Nick Anderson, beermonger at Arrowine (4508 Lee Highway). Something caught my eye on Craft Brewing Business this week; ALeco’s new ‘Evolution’ aluminum bottles, designed for craft beverage producers. Evolution bott Maryland wants you to drive safe in work zones 04/02/2014 03:52pm • WHITE MARSH, Md. -- Throughout the past 14 months, nine people have died in Maryland work zones, including five highway workers. At an event kicking off Maryland Work Zone Safety Awareness Month, state transportation officials, police and the wife of a highway worker killed in 2007 spoke about w Town of Chevy Chase Violated Open Meeting Law In Purple Line Discussion 03/31/2014 09:35am • The Town of Chevy Chase Council violated open meeting law when it met with lobbyist Robert Shuster in November to discuss its opposition to the Purple Line, according to a recent opinion from the state’s Open Meetings Compliance Board. Based on a complaint from Action Committee for Transit mem Fairfax County police start distracted driving training (Videos) 03/28/2014 04:56pm • WASHINGTON -- April is distracted driving month and the Fairfax County Police Department held it's first-ever distracted driver training session for officers. The special class will teach FCPD officers aboutlegal challenges, psychology, enforcement and distracted driving trends. In Fairfax Count Leggings distracting for boys? Debate over a ban 03/28/2014 12:42pm • Washington -- The principal of Haven Middle School in Evanston, Ill., thought leggings on girls were too distracting, so she banned female students from wearing them. Following this rule, the school revised its dress code once more, to include a ban on yoga pants and skinny jeans. Both moves le