President Barack Obama rests his hand on President Lincoln’s Inaugural Bible as his wife Michelle Obama holds it as he takes the oath of office at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
WASHINGTON - The small, red Bible used to swear in Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Barack Obama will go [...]
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Bible Used By Lincoln, Obama On Display
February 9th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Tags: Faith-Gospel · News · Politics
Obama Impressed With Camp David
February 9th, 2009 · 1 Comment
President Barack Obama visits the press cabin on Air Force One during a flight en route to a town hall style meeting about the economy in Elkhart, Ind., Monday, Feb. 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has given the Camp David mountaintop retreat rave reviews after his first visit [...]
Firefighter Shoots Woman, Family in Md.
February 6th, 2009 · No Comments
A D.C. firefighter who allegedly shot three adults in a domestic dispute before killing himself had been banned from fire department property after apparently threatening his co-workers.
CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md. - Dante Paire, the DC firefighter who shot his girlfriend and her parents then killed himself, was no stranger to trouble.
FOX 5 has learned he was [...]
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Pregnant American Killed on Puerto Rico Vacation
February 6th, 2009 · No Comments
A pregnant American tourist was killed Wednesday after she was abducted during a morning jog. Stuffed into the trunk of a car, she made a desperate call for help. About an hour later, she was found dead with her throat slashed.
Based on Sara Kuszak’s description of her kidnapper’s car, police arrested a local man whose [...]
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Maryland Takes Tax Plea to YouTube
February 6th, 2009 · No Comments
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - YouTube can get anybody a little added attention, and that includes Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot.
Franchot is trying to convince Maryland residents to eFile their taxes, so he took to the web. Below you’ll find the latest in the effort to cut down on the state’s load of paper filings.
Maryland is hiring only [...]
Obama Names Economic Advisers
February 6th, 2009 · No Comments
President Barack Obama listens as Energy Secretary Stephen Chu speaks at the Energy Department in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is naming a team of outside economic advisers to help him steer the nation’s economy out of the tailspin that has dominated his first two weeks in office.
The [...]
Prince George’s County Delta Alumnae Chapter in Partnership with Comcast Convenes the Community and Community Leaders in a Town Hall Forum
February 5th, 2009 · No Comments
The Social Action Committee of the Prince George’s County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., in partnership with Comcast invites the community to an exciting Town Hall Meeting at 4:00 P.M., on Saturday, February 28, 2009 at the Charles Herbert Flowers High School in Springdale, MD.
TV One and CNN News Anchor Roland Martin [...]
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Road Sign Pranks Worry Officials
February 5th, 2009 · 1 Comment
In this photo provided by Chris Nakashima-Brown, an electronic road sign is seen in Austin, Texas on Monday, Jan. 26, 2009. Two electronic signs intended to warn motorists of construction near the intersection of Lamar and Martin Luther King boulevards were changed yesterday by hackers. (AP Photo/Chris Nakashima-Brown)
From MyFox National and Associated Press Reports
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. [...]
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More Pepco Customers Speak Up Over Rising Bills
February 4th, 2009 · 8 Comments
Pepco is recording record energy usage during this winter’s cold snap
Beth Parker, Fox 5 Repoprter
Washington, DC — Pepco customers say they’ve gotten a jolt when they opened their latest bill.
FOX 5 viewers have been complaining that their bills soared in January and they don’t understand why.
Pepco spokesman Bob Hainey says they have seen an increase [...]
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Newborn-Sized Toddler Baffles Doctors
February 4th, 2009 · No Comments
By ANTHONY BARTKEWICZ, MyFox National
Suraya Brown is 14 months old, but she’s still the size of a newborn baby and doctors in London can’t figure out why.
Suraya, who was born four weeks prematurely, stayed at her birth weight for the first eight months for her life and has only gained a few pounds since then. [...]
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