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Report: O’Connell Alumni Ask Pope to Save Scandal-Rife Hoops Team 09/25/2014 11:30am • A potential scandal is brewing at Arlington’s private Bishop O’Connell High School. An alumni group is asking the Vatican to look into a slew of incidents they say has tarnished the private Catholic school’s reputation. The group, led by former basketball player Brian Cul AP Exclusive: Drones left out of air traffic plans 09/25/2014 11:02am • JOAN LOWY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Designers of the ambitious U.S. air traffic control system of the future neglected to take drones into account, raising questions about whether it can handle the escalating demand for the unmanned aircraft and predicted congestion in the sky."We didn't u Live Like A Rich Man with Fiddler On the Roof at Arena Stage 09/25/2014 09:28am • arena WTOP is celebrating the 50th anniversary of an American classic with Fiddler on the Roof at Arena Stage and we want you to live "Like a Rich Man" (or woman)! You can win a "Rich Man" grand prize pack consisting of two tickets to see Fiddler Wednesday November 12 at Arena Stage, a l Britain's Sky signs new 5-year deal with NFL 09/25/2014 09:08am • LONDON (AP) -- British broadcaster Sky Sports has signed a new expanded five-year deal with the NFL to show more than 80 games per season from 2015.The new deal adds Monday night games to Sky's NFL package, which already includes regular-season games on Thursdays and Sundays along with the playoffs Morning Notes 09/25/2014 09:05am • APS Graduation Rate Rises to 92 Percent — Arlington Public Schools’ graduation rate rose to 92 percent for the Class of 2014, up from 85.2 percent in 2010. The dropout rate declined to 3.8 percent this year and the graduation rate for Arlington’s three comprehensive high scho FAA expected to approve drones for moviemaking 09/25/2014 03:14am • JOAN LOWY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Federal Aviation Administration is expected to announce Thursday that it is granting permits to seven movie and television production companies to fly drones, an important step toward greater use of the technology by commercial operators, said attorn Island to get 1st German drone delivery service 09/25/2014 02:40am • BERLIN (AP) -- Deutsche Post DHL says it is starting Germany's first drone package delivery service, a test program transporting medicine to a pharmacy on a North Sea island.The company said the quad-rotor "DHL Paketkopter 2.0" will begin daily flights Friday, bringing a maximum load of 1.2 kilogram 2 killed in Alabama UPS shooting were supervisors 09/25/2014 01:32am • KIM CHANDLER Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- The fiancee of one of two UPS supervisors who police say were slain by a fired employee said Wednesday her boyfriend had expressed sympathy for the man over the dismissal but didn't fear him.Brian Callans, 46, wasn't pleased when he found out th Australia says refugees to resettle in Cambodia 09/25/2014 12:00am • PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- An Australian government minister said on Thursday that only refugees who volunteer will be resettled in Cambodia as part of a new bilateral pact.Immigration Minister Scott Morrison will sign the pact with Cambodian Interior Minister Sar Kheng in Phnom Penh on Friday to 'Boxtrolls' blends old-school, high-tech animation 09/24/2014 11:18pm • SANDY COHEN AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Archibald Snatcher, "The Boxtrolls" villain voiced by Ben Kingsley, did not walk between sets during filming. Instead, he was delicately perched on a pillow and wheeled gingerly through the studio.This wasn't a Hollywood diva demand that requir NYC: $5 million settlement in cigarette case 09/24/2014 08:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City has reached a $5 million settlement with a Virginia company over deliveries of untaxed cigarettes.The city Law Department announced the agreement with package delivery company LaserShip Inc. on Wednesday.LaserShip had been part of a network that delivered untaxed cigar Report: Treasury OKs big pay raises for GM, Ally 09/24/2014 08:10pm • MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. Treasury Department continued to approve "excessive" pay raises for top executives at General Motors and its former consumer finance arm, both of which received taxpayer-funded bailouts during the financial crisis, a new government report s Hot seat? Jets' Geno Smith doesn't feel the heat 09/24/2014 07:44pm • DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Sports Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) -- Geno Smith hardly sounded like a starting quarterback on shaky ground.The rumblings outside the New York Jets' facility have already begun with some fans and media calling for Smith to sit and Michael Vick to take over.After just three ga True Food Kitchen focuses on health but succeeds with taste 09/24/2014 05:25pm • FAIRFAX, Va. -- Several years ago, Dr. Andrew Weil, director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, approached restaurateur Sam Fox and pitched an idea for a new dining concept. "The idea was to try to bring together the worlds of good dining and good nutriti Guilty plea set in $7.5M ex-Heat player fraud 09/24/2014 01:58pm • MIAMI (AP) -- A man previously convicted of real estate fraud has agreed to plead guilty to a multi-million dollar investment scam involving three former Miami Heat players and the team itself.Court records show Haider Zafar will plead guilty to five counts of wire fraud, each of which carries a max