Latest District Of Columbia (DC) News

TSA Pays $240000 to Settle Discrimination Suit
Wired News -
-- against a District of Columbia man who, as a condition of boarding a domestic flight, was forced to cover his shirt that displayed Arabic wording. --
Traveling while being Muslim IAG Blog
JetBlue, TSA Workers Settle in T-Shirt Case Washington Post
JetBlue, 2 screeners settle lawsuit with Iraqi Newsday
USA Today - AFP

Inauguration tests a troubled transportation grid
WQOW TV News 18, Eau Claire - Jan 4, 2009
District of Columbia City Administrator Dan Tangherlini says it won't be pleasant and he doesn't want people being "completely shocked by what they find. --
Nation and World News in Brief Phoenixville News

Walgreen says December sales grew 10.8 percent
BusinessWeek -
Walgreen operates 6636 drugstores in 49 states, as well as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam. It also owns worksite health centers, --
Walgreens Dec. Comps. Up 4.9% - Update RTT News
Walgreens December Sales Increase 10.8 Percent WELT ONLINE
Walgreen Co. same-store sales up 4.9% in December Chicago Tribune
Reuters - MarketWatch

Who Will be Obama's CTO?
Washington Post, United States -
I wrote a story today about one possible candidate: Vivek Kundra, who is the CTO for the District of Columbia. He's received attention for letting outside --
Govtech 2.0 is a reality in DC ZDNet
Vivek Kundra Grabs National Attention Government Technology
DC's Kinetic Tech Czar Washington Post

District of Columbia: Norton relays inauguration crowd concerns to PIC
Howard University The District Chronicles, DC - Jan 4, 2009
Particularly considering the serious recession, the District's elected officials, of course, want to encourage as many people as possible to come, --
District of Columbia: Repair of federal buildings will bring jobs -- Howard University The District Chronicles

Making friends
Baltimore Sun, United States -
-- at Sidwell Friends school in Bethesda and 10-year-old Malia joined the fifth grade class at Sidwell’s middle school campus in the District of Columbia. --
Video: Raw Video: Obama Girls Go Off to School AssociatedPress
Barack Obama’s daughters report for class at private school Boston Herald
Obama Girls Check in to New School KEYC
The Associated Press - Times of India

Fed: Canada imported 24% of North Carolina exports in 2007 The --
Bizjournals.com, NC -
-- exports are faring in the Fed’s Fifth District, which includes the Carolinas, Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia and parts of West Virginia. --

Obama adds 'Neighborhood Ball' to festivities
The Associated Press - Jan 5, 2009
In announcing the plan Monday morning, Obama said in a statement that he doesn't want citizens of the District of Columbia or elsewhere to feel left out of --
Obama’s Inauguration Fund-Raising Tops $24 Million New York Times
Obama to link low-cost 'neighborhood' inaugurations AFP
Another first; Obama to Webcast inaugural ball Politico
CBS News - Inside Higher Ed

AARP: Economic stress causing health problems
Bizjournals.com, NC - Jan 5, 2009
It has 40 million members with offices in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
AARP Survey Finds Economy Takes Toll On Health MediaPost Publications
AARP: Economic Stress Taking Toll on Americans' Health Occupational Health Safety

Mid-Atlantic ball at D.C. Convention Center
Baltimore Sun, United States -
Marylanders will be partying with inaugural celebrants from New York, the District of Columbia, Virginia, New Jersey and West Virginia at the Mid-Atlantic --