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Holiday cheer: Car dealership erases $25K Prince George's Co. school lunch debt 12/17/2019 02:09pm • Prince George's County Public Schools students are getting quite a gift this holiday season. DARCARS Toyota announced Tuesday that it's paying off the school lunch debt for every student in the PGCPS system. Chief Operating Officer Jamie Darvish presented a $25,000 check to the nonprofit Excel Encouraging kids to talk to themselves could help their math scores 12/17/2019 03:36am • It's widely accepted that teachers and parents should praise the effort kids make -- rather than praise their innate ability -- if they want their students and children to be successful. Similarly, a new study suggests that encouraging children to silently repeat statements to themselves that emp 'Family success centers' aim to help DC families east of Anacostia River 12/16/2019 05:20pm • Representatives from organizations that will be part of Families First DC pose with D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser. (Courtesy D.C. Mayor's Office/Khalid Naji-Allah) An initiative aimed at helping D.C. families launched Monday with a nearly $4 million grant to build 10 family success centers east of th 'This case is shocking': Fairfax Co. principal failed to report abuse of nonverbal special-needs children, police say 12/16/2019 04:05pm • Fairfax County police revealed more details Monday about the three Fairfax County Public Schools employees charged. (Courtesy Fairfax County police) A Fairfax County Public Schools principal and two former employees have been charged after police said the two staff members assaulted several nonv Police investigate sexual misconduct allegations at DC middle school 12/16/2019 02:46pm • A school worker is on leave as police investigate accusations of child sexual abuse at a middle school in Northwest D.C. An investigation began Dec. 12, according to a D.C. police report, when an anonymous person reported a student at Alice Deal Middle School was the victim of sexual misconduct. In reversal, Hallmark will reinstate same-sex marriage ads 12/16/2019 11:39am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The Hallmark Channel, reversing what it called a ���wrong decision,��� said Sunday it will reinstate commercials featuring same-sex couples that it had pulled following a complaint from a conservative group. The earlier decision by Crown Media, Hallmark Fantastic experience gifts to give 12/16/2019 11:30am • Holiday gifts can often turn into unwanted items stuffed into a closet. Because of that, many people choose to give experience gifts, which are items that take up little or no space because they're meant to provide an experience or activity. Experience gifts are often a good option because they d Before you say, 'OK boomer' ��� embrace value of multigenerational workforce 12/16/2019 11:00am • The phrase "OK boomer" can be heard everywhere lately, especially after Chl��e Swarbrick, a 25-year-old member of New Zealand's parliament, responded with the phrase after being heckled by an older member. Don't feel bad if you're not sure what this means. After all, Generation Z has only recentl Secret ingredients nutritionists use to flavor dishes 12/16/2019 08:00am • Have you ever tasted the most scrumptious dish and wondered what made it so amazing? I'm not talking about traditional French cooking, where the not-so-secret ingredients added for flavor are butter, sugar and salt. Rather, I'm referring to the surprising ingredients that add flavor but still keep y Why are catalogs still a thing in 2019? 'Because they work' 12/16/2019 06:21am • The Pointer family's catalog haul has topped 20 for the holiday season, and that's light compared with previous years. About 7.5 billion business-to-consumer ���books��� are mailed to consumers a year, estimates Hamilton Davison, president and executive director of the American Catalog Mailers Asso Q&A: 'Peter Pan & Wendy' soars into Shakespeare Theatre with modern take 12/15/2019 11:46pm • Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning ��� with a magical stop in D.C. Shakespeare Theatre Company sprinkles pixie dust on the nation's capital with "Peter Pan and Wendy," from Dec. 3rd to Jan.12th. The beloved play features an updated adaptation by Lauren Gunderson, who was re 'If the climate stays like this, we won't make it' say those on the frontline of Africa's drought 12/14/2019 11:02pm • Torrents of water once thundered over the precipice at Victoria Falls, on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia, shrouding the area in mist. But a multi-year drought has slowed large sections of the imposing falls to little more than a weak stream, and the lush vegetation th Stafford County woman wanted in parental abduction of her 4 children, sheriff's office says 12/13/2019 05:32pm • Officials in Stafford County, Virginia, are looking for a woman and her four children after she left the area with them over the summer and never returned, violating a court order and raising concern for the children's well-being. Melody Bannister, 34, of Stafford, is wanted for a felony charge o Blue-collar character actor Danny Aiello has died at age 86 12/13/2019 11:59am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Danny Aiello, the blue-collar character actor whose long career playing tough guys included roles in ���Fort Apache, the Bronx,��� "Moonstruck" and ���Once Upon a Time in America��� and his Oscar-nominated performance as a pizza man in Spike Lee���s "Do the Right Thing," has di National Zoo's baby porcupine gets his name (updated) 12/13/2019 10:35am • Update 12/13, 10:35 a.m.: The porcupette's name has been chosen: Quilliam. We'll get right to the point: Our @NationalZoo porcupette's name will be Quilliam! Thanks to all who voted and while we know we said no write-ins, shout-out to all of you who suggested quill���i���am. https://t.co/