White Plains News

Prince George's and Charles county officials want a light rail project connecting the two counties to be one of Maryland's top transportation priorities, but the project may have trouble gaining the state's attention and dollars.

I'm going to attempt to streamline this week's recap so we can fully examine the Final Four individually and make our assessments as to their winnability for the endgame, Mercedes Benz Fashion Week .

The penultimate episode of a Project Runway season, in which Tim Gunn visits the designers at work in their natural habitats, always reminds me of The Bachelor / Bachelorette hometown visits: You see the human side of the contestants, and it makes it that much more awkward to reject them later.

Staff photo by EMILY BARNES Rhonda Hurt of Waldorf talks to Maddie Major, 6, after Hurt completed her bike ride Saturday during the Ride-4-Fun & Fitness at the Indian Head Rail Trail in White Plains.

Christopher Matthew Brent, 23, of Waldorf was charged with four counts of sexual child abuse, five counts of second-degree rape, five counts of second-degree sex offense and two counts of third-degree sex offense for events that occurred between June and August 2009, between Dec.