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Common Core standards could cost Md. big bucks 01/19/2014 04:05am • WASHINGTON-- Maryland is switching to new online standardized tests, but the change comes with a hefty price tag. According The Baltimore Sun, Maryland's public schools would have to make $100 million dollars in upgrades to administer the new exams, which are aligned with the new Common Core st How long will you wait at the emergency room? 12/20/2013 10:27am • By Lena Groeger, Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei, ProPublica, Dec. 19Some medical conditions require and receive immediate care. People who are having heart attacks or who have suffered life-threatening injuries are typically seen by doctors as soon as they arrive at the hospital. But in less urgent ca Glenn Close urges Congress to pass mental health bill 12/18/2013 03:48pm • WASHINGTON - A congressional bill that would broadly expand mental health services across the country is getting some high-wattage Hollywood backing. Nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Actress, Glenn Close is joining hands with Senate sponsors of the "Excellence in Mental Health Act." Family of Navy Yard shooting victim files lawsuit 12/04/2013 12:42pm • By TAMARA LUSH Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. - The Florida family of a woman slain during the mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard is the first to file a lawsuit against the government and defense contractors, alleging that officials ignored red flags about the killer's deteriorating me NOVA Legal Beat: Whistleblower Retaliation 11/20/2013 02:30pm • Editor’s Note: This sponsored column is written by Mathew B. Tully of Tully Rinckey PLLC, an Arlington firm that specializes in federal employment and labor law, security clearance proceedings, and military law. Q. I have a hunch that I did not get a promotion because my supervisor Advocate: Mental health not a priority 11/20/2013 08:58am • WASHINGTON - Two mental-health advocates say that the difficulties Sen. Creigh Deeds had in getting the proper mental health care for his son Gus are common in a system that is broken in Virginia and nationwide. The Deeds family tried to get Gus into a psychiatric hospital as late as Monday, b Penn National ups the ante in fight for Prince George's County casino license 10/22/2013 12:12am • FORT WASHINGTON, Md. - Pennsylvania-based Penn National is one of three companies vying for a lucrative casino license up for grabs in Prince George's County. To sweeten the pot, the company behind the Hollywood Casino Resort brand has promised to donate its first 15 years of profit to the cou D-16 Candidate Murray: ‘This Is My Niche’ 10/17/2013 10:25am • It’s not the district he represented while in the House of Delegates and not the one he expected to be in when he moved to Potomac, but Gareth Murray wants his old job back. The 65-year-old former District 20 delegate, higher education advocate and part-time pastor with a psychology degree is Poll: Half of older workers delay retirement plans 10/14/2013 06:38am • By MATT SEDENSKY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Stung by a recession that sapped investments and home values, but expressing widespread job satisfaction, older Americans appear to have accepted the reality of a retirement that comes later in life and no longer represents a complete exit from t US cutting hundreds of millions in aid to Egypt 10/09/2013 08:28pm • By DEB RIECHMANN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States is cutting hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to Egypt in response to the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi and the crackdown by the military-backed government on his supporters. The U.S. provides $1.5 billion in ai Shutdown impact: Tourists, homebuyers hit quickly 10/07/2013 08:13am • WASHINGTON (AP) - A government shutdown is having far-reaching consequences for some, but minimal impact on others. Mail is being delivered. Social Security and Medicare benefits continue to flow. But vacationers are being turned away from national parks and Smithsonian museums, and that's ha Sisters question fatal shooting in DC police chase 10/05/2013 06:22am • By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - The sisters of a woman who was fatally shot in Washington after trying to ram her car through a White House barrier say she was not a criminal and police should not have shot her. "We're still very confused as a family why she's not still aliv Use of force to be studied in D.C. police chase 10/04/2013 01:05pm • By LARRY NEUMEISTER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Police in Washington are reviewing the use of officers' deadly force in the killing of a woman who tried to ram her car through a White House barrier, a shooting her family says was unjustified. The investigation will reco Pills made from poop cure serious gut infections 10/03/2013 01:48pm • WASHINGTON -- Hold your nose and don't spit out your coffee: Doctors have found a way to put healthy people's poop into pills that can cure serious gut infections - a less yucky way to do "fecal transplants." Canadian researchers tried this on 27 patients and cured them all after strong antibiotics Obama, lawmakers meet on shutdown's 2nd day 10/02/2013 08:14pm • By DAVID ESPO AP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama brought congressional leaders to the White House on Wednesday for the first time since a partial government shutdown began, but there was no sign of progress toward ending an impasse that has idled 800,000 federal wo