By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times
Virginia Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II will formally accept the Republican nomination for governor Saturday, but he’ll stand alone at the top of the GOP with neither the man he hopes to succeed nor his onetime rival for the nomination in Richmond to help him unify the party. Published May 16, 2013 Comments
By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times
With a slew of candidates who many in Virginia still don’t know much about, the wide open contest for the Republican nomination to be the state’s next lieutenant governor may actually come down to style over substance. Published May 16, 2013 Comments
By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times
Prospects that the District will become the first jurisdiction in the nation to require gun owners to purchase liability insurance were dampened Thursday when Mayor Vincent C. Gray made known that he does not support the proposed legislation. Published May 16, 2013 Comments
By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times
A Silver Spring man is charged with attempted murder after police said he shot another man while high on PCP and then climbed naked onto a fire truck parked in a busy Calverton shopping center. Published May 16, 2013 Comments
By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times
Gun control advocates in Maryland were bracing for an inevitable challenge to a law giving the state some of the strictest weapons prohibitions in the nation, even as they gathered Thursday to applaud Gov. Martin O’Malley for signing the bill he shepherded through the General Assembly. Published May 16, 2013 Comments
By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times
A national movement to grant more teens the right to vote scored its first victory this week with the passage of legislation in Takoma Park, to lower the voting age in municipal elections to 16. But momentum continued Wednesday as advocates in Massachusetts spoke at the State House in favor of allowing 17-year-olds to vote. Published May 15, 2013 Comments
By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times
Metro officials on Wednesday said they had ruled out track conditions as a potential cause for a fire under a train at the Silver Spring station and were turning their focus to the train car itself. Published May 15, 2013 Comments
By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times
Second Amendment supporters beware: Cathy Lanier is talking tough — Annie Oakley tough. Published May 15, 2013 Comments
By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times
Crews have finished wrapping the Washington Monument in scaffolding, meaning repairs to the earthquake-damaged landmark can begin. Published May 15, 2013 Comments
By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times
Two men were shot — one fatally — overnight in separate incidents in Prince George’s County. Published May 15, 2013 Comments
By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times
You could shell out thousands of dollars for a flight to Spain and a hotel room in the historic city of Pamplona, fight your way through the maze of mid-July crowds and wait hours to sprint along the cobblestones for mere seconds of pounding adrenaline as 12 bulls gallop alongside you. Published May 14, 2013 Comments
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
A retired postal worker from Woodbridge, Va., must be the luckiest man alive, winning the lottery four times in the past few years for a total pot of $2.025 million. Published May 15, 2013 Comments
By David Ginsburg - Associated Press
Orb will seek to keep alive his bid to become horse racing's first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978. Orb won the Derby by 2½ lengths as the betting favorite. Published May 15, 2013
By Associated Press
Virginia Tech President Charles Steger, who has been criticized by families and others for the way he handled the 2007 mass shooting, announced Tuesday that he is retiring. Published May 14, 2013
By Associated Press
Published May 14, 2013
