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“A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”

Supreme Court justices have track records that make predicting their rulings on many topics more than a mere guess. via Seattle Post-Intelligencer

“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”

Both sides in a closely watched legal battle over the District of Columbia's strict gun-control law are urging the Supreme Court to hear the case. via StarTribune

“When you have a determined group of people”

Federal agents arrested two District of Columbia government employees for allegedly pilfering more than $16 million from city coffers, the largest public corruption scandal in the city's history, authorities ... via Washington Examiner

“This is the largest theft ever uncovered in local government in the Washington area.”

Posted on 11/10/2007 8:55:13 AM PST by khnyny Two mid-level D.C. government employees used phony paperwork to collect more than $16 million from illegal tax refunds, avoiding detection for at least three years ... via Free Republic

“It is an intricate, massive scheme that has been alleged”

Five people were arrested Wednesday in what federal prosecutors said was a "massive" scheme using phony property tax refunds to embezzle more than $16 million from the District of Columbia. via San Francisco Examiner

The D.C. Public Schools released draft Health Learning Standards on July 2, 2007. via Washington Times

Teens in Florida could be in for a major speed bump, as state lawmaker's talk of banning drivers under the age of 18 from using cell phones when they're behind the wheel. via CBS4

“Today we have taken a significant step toward eliminating this fraud and recovering funds looted from the District's treasury.”

Beginning early today, approximately 100 federal and local law enforcement agents executed seven search warrants in the District of Columbia and Maryland and arrested five persons, including two District of ... via Federal Bureau of Investigation

“They abused the trust the district placed in them”

Federal law enforcement and Washington, D.C., city officials announced arrests and charges Wednesday in the costliest public corruption scandal to ever hit the district's government. via ABC News

A state lawmaker wants to ban drivers under the age of 18 from using cell phones. via Local6.com

November 8, 2007 at 2:55 am Filed under Source File , Statistics , Libraries and Librarianship This report includes national and state summary data on public libraries in the 50 states and the District of ... via ResourceShelf

“Without this investment from the District of Columbia , healthcare east of the river would not continue to exist”

The Greater Southeast Community Hospital was sold Wednesday to Specialty Hospital of Washington, saving it from closing. via NewsChannel 8

Below is a joint statement by Steven C. Anderson, IOM, CAE, president and chief executive officer of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores , and Bruce Roberts, R.Ph., CEO and executive vice president ... via Med Ad News

“Our opinion simply affirms that ... the government may not reach into the bedroom of a private residence and criminalise the private, uncommercial, consensual sexual acts of two persons legally capable of consenting to those acts”

Atlanta - The Georgia Supreme Court has struck down a 170-year-old law that made it a crime for unmarried people to have sex. via The Mercury

“Iowa imposes alternative minimum taxes, and has a state death tax, where most states are linked to the federal tax”

People starting small businesses in Iowa seem to have fallen by the wayside, according to a recent report released by the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council. via Daily Nonpareil

“When the facts are construed in this manner, no federal interest requires that CACI be relieved of state law liability.”

A federal judge allowed a lawsuit to proceed Tuesday against private defense firm CACI International Inc., whose interrogators are accused of abusing detainees at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. via Las Vegas Sun

According to new research, New York and the District of Columbia top the list of counties with the greatest disparity between the percentages of black and white residents who are obese. via Newswise

“I'm afraid some very important records could be deleted”

Mayor Adrian Fenty on Monday ditched his plan to trash most government e-mails older than six months after members of the D.C. Council raised objections. via Washington Examiner

Mesa Air Group Inc. announced Monday that Chief Financial Officer George "Peter" Murnane III was terminated. via The Business Journal of Phoenix

“Jack the Ripper has never yet been brought to justice. The Beltway snipers have been.”

Washington-area sniper John Allen Muhammad does not deserve a new trial in Maryland, a state appeals court ruled Monday in a sharply worded unanimous decision that compared Muhammad to Jack the Ripper. via PhillyBurbs.com