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Big companies use Earth Day camouflage to greenwash profits
- Every year companies pull out their green camouflage as Earth Day approaches. That's happening now as corporate titans lead the battle to ban plastic bags in the name of environmental protection. But what they really are trying to protect are their profits and greenwash their reputations.
Officials set fates for closing school facilities
- While community members are still weighing in on what should be done with the massive number of D.C. school facilities shutting down after this academic year, the fates of some have already been set, according to officials.
Petition urges zone meters in D.C. cabs
- A coalition of D.C. taxi drivers has launched an online petition urging Mayor Adrian Fenty to ditch time and distance meters in favor of an advanced zone system.
Anti-complaining movement comes to region
- There may be tens of thousands of people in and around Washington who have tried to make the world a better place by the simple act of not complaining.
Welfare officials miss deadlines, put children at risk
- Child welfare bureaucrats have allowed the deadlines to lapse in nearly 900 abuse and neglect cases, potentially leaving the children vulnerable to mistreatment and threatening to drag the city into court receivership, The Examiner has learned.
Michael Rizzo: What we know and don't know on global warming
- With the possible exception of immigration, no current issue ignites more passion than global warming. The unfortunate consequence of this is that it is difficult to find a discussion of global climate change that isn't slanted in some way.
Fewer crimes solved as more police officers hired
- More criminals in Prince George's County are getting away with murder and other crimes as the county's police department deals with an experience gap, Chief Melvin High told the County Council this week.
Pressure builds on Clinton to release tax returns
- A week after Barack Obama challenged Hillary Clinton to release her 2006 income-tax returns, she is coming under increasing pressure to make the document public. The New York Times, the country's most powerful liberal voice, said in an editorial Friday that the public was entitled to details of the $5 million loan to her own campaign, as well as her husband's murky business dealings.
- A week after Barack Obama challenged Hillary Clinton to release her 2006 income-tax returns, she is coming under increasing pressure to make the document public. The New York Times, the country's most powerful liberal voice, said in an editorial Friday that the public was entitled to details of the $5 million loan to her own campaign, as well as her husband's murky business dealings.
3-Minute Interview: Benjamin Olinsky
- Benjamin Olinsky has a math degree from Yale and a day job in Sen. Edward Kennedy's office, but come this weekend, he'll direct D.C.'s 18th Street Singers, a 40-member community chorale. Their free concert will be Sunday at 12:15 p.m. at Bethesda's Music Center at Strathmore.
Child care workers complain of delayed payments from state
- As local demand for day care services skyrockets, some Maryland child care workers say they are hesitant about accepting certain low-income families as clients, because the state has been unreliable and often late in issuing payment vouchers for their services.
Bill Clinton enters Va. to aid Hillary, promises toned-down role
- Former President Bill Clinton planned to aid his wife's campaign at stops in southern Virginia this weekend just days before the state's heavily contested primary, having pledged a toned-down role after his contentious remarks in New Hampshire and South Carolina last month diverted attention from the presidential hopeful.
Virginians guilty in D.C. hunting case
- Two Virginia men pleaded guilty to unlawfully hunting and killing an eight-point buck and two red foxes in a District of Columbia park behind the police impoundment lot.
GWU tuition rises again
- Tuition for incoming George Washington University freshmen will increase by 3 percent in the fall to $40,392, President Steven Knapp said Friday, maintaining the school's position as one of the most expensive in the country to attend.