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President Obama Visits Washington-Lee High School 05/04/2012 12:45pm • (Updated at 2:05 p.m.) President Obama visited Washington-Lee High School in Arlington today, continuing his push to get Congress to act on legislation that would prevent federally subsidized student loan rates from doubling on July 1. The president met with privately for a round table discussion Md. first to protect kids from ID theft (VIDEO) 05/03/2012 03:35pm • Megan Cloherty, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Children in Maryland are better protected from identity theft after Gov. Martin O'Malley signed a bill Wednesday giving parents a preventative way to protect their kids' credit. The Maryland Child Identity Lock bill allows parents and legal guardians to place Rethinking student loans 05/03/2012 11:46am • Peter Morici, an economist and professor at the University of Maryland Smith School of Business, says about 17 percent of delinquent student loans are owed by folks over the age of 50. Many students today end up with six-figure debts they can't pay off while their majors don't prepare graduates for Former D.C. councilman sentenced for $350K theft 05/03/2012 10:13am • WASHINGTON - D.C. Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr. has been sentenced to 38 months in prison for crimes his mother says brought "shame" to his family and "society as a whole." Federal Judge John Bates sentenced Thomas to 38 months for the first count and 36 months for the second, to be served concur President Obama to Visit Washington-Lee Students 05/02/2012 02:30pm • President Obama is going to visit with students at Washington-Lee High School on Friday. The President will be focusing on the need to prevent interest rates on federally subsidized student loans from doubling. If Congress does not act, the loan rate will double on July 1, from 3.4 percent to Lenders pay $10.7M for Poplar Point site 05/01/2012 05:06pm • Lenders bought back a 4.5-acre development site in Anacostia for $10.7 million after its owners defaulted on a loan they took out to redevelop the property. Alex Cooper Auctioneers sold the Howard Road properties just south of Anacostia Park at a foreclosure auction in the District on Tuesday that d Gaithersburg-based HarVest Bank closed by regulators 04/27/2012 07:51pm • Gaithersburg-based HarVest Bank of Maryland was closed by federal regulators Friday evening and its deposits and some of its assets were sold to McLean-based Sonabank. HarVest's four branches along the Interstate 270 corridor will be converted to Sonabank locations, giving Sona 19 total branches. "W Student loan issue won't have much impact 04/27/2012 07:29pm • Chris Wallace, host, Fox News Sunday The politics of student loans 04/27/2012 07:24pm • Gwen Ifill, moderator, Washington Week Horses stabbed, police need public's help 04/27/2012 04:26pm • WASHINGTON - A nonprofit in Herndon is in disbelief after they found three of their therapy horses had been attacked and required veterinary attention. The three horses were stabbed overnight on Wednesday at the farm where they're kept on the 2600 block of Centreville Road, near Frying Pan Park. T Gray wants D.C. schools to shed 'agrarian concept' 04/27/2012 12:01pm • WASHINGTON - Some D.C. school days could extend to as late as 5 p.m. next school year if the mayor gets his wish. Working with Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson, Mayor Vince Gray hopes to implement pilot programs in D.C. Public Schools that would keep students in classes until 4:30 p.m. or 5 p.m. Military spouses struggle to find employment 04/25/2012 12:32am • Darci Marchese, wtop.com WASHINGTON - The effort to hire military men and women after their service is completed can overshadow the challenges military spouses face with finding employment of their own. "I'm trying to figure out what to do," says Lena Smith, whose husband has served in the U.S. Ar Board Approves Loans for Buckingham Homebuyers 04/23/2012 03:15pm • At Saturday’s meeting, the Arlington County Board approved a measure to help moderate income Buckingham residents become homeowners. The board’s unanimous approval will make $500,000 in Moderate Income Purchase Assistance Program (MIPAP) funds available to seven or eight first-time hom The President's Weekly Address 04/21/2012 11:57am • President Obama calls on Congress to prevent student loan interest rates from doubling. D.C. marks 150 years of emancipation 04/14/2012 08:32pm • WASHINGTON - Monday is Emancipation Day in the District of Columbia, and the holiday is significant for reasons other than inadvertently pushing back the tax filing deadline. This year is the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Act's signing, and to mark the occasion the U.S. Capitol Visitor Ce