
A D.C. man believed to have had sex with his teenage daughter shortly before he fatally stabbed her and stuffed her body in a trash was sentenced Thursday to 40 years in prison.

A D.C. man believed to have had sex with his teenage daughter shortly before he fatally stabbed her and stuffed her body in a trash can pleaded guilty to her murder Friday in D.C. Superior Court.

A D.C. man was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Friday and a Maryland man received a 20-year prison term for a shooting that stemmed from a fight over food and drinks at a family cookout, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District said.

A D.C. superior judge on Tuesday acquitted three romantically linked men who were accused of misleading police in the investigation of a stabbing at their home in 2006.
A huge crane being used on a bridge replacement project in downtown Fairbanks has fallen down and crashed into the Chena River.
A D.C. Superior Court judge yesterday ruled against a grandmother hoping to bring Mayor Adrian M. Fenty's school takeover before voters — a decision that likely ends any challenge to the mayor's proposal and allows him to assume official control of the public school system next week.
Activists hoping to bring Mayor Adrian M. Fenty"s school takeover plan before voters yesterday were granted a last-minute hearing, which could decide the fate of their challenge.