Former D.C. Charter School Official Offers Plea
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A former D.C public charter school official intends to plead guilty to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars and steering contracts to consulting firms -- some fictitious -- that she ran or that were run by family and friends, according to documents recently filed in federal court.
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Nearly three decades after Washington area faith leaders founded a movement for affordable housing, there is a new push -- particularly in the District -- to revive the effort and get the clergy to see housing as an urgent mission field.
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D.C. Council Chairman Linda W. Cropp has developed a plan that would significantly change both the site of a stadium and the cost of the project, a source said this morning.
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By Howard Yune, Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.  Sep.
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WASHINGTON DC Council Chair Linda Cropp describes her role in brining baseball to the District as that of the &quot;cheerleading squad.
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The Boston Renaissance Charter School is looking for a buyer for its building at the corner of Arlington and Stuart streets at the edge of the Back Bay, school officials and real estate executives said yesterday.
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As key members of Bushâs inner circle file out, a former White House official suggests Democratic pressure may have helped hasten the departure of Karl Rove.
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Washington, DC, Mayor Anthony Williams will try to get financing for a Major League Baseball stadium back on the city council agenda next week after the council
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D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee announced yesterday that she will seek a contractor to upgrade the cafeteria menus with more nutritious and tasty food, saying the in-house program lost $30 million in three years partly because students refuse to buy meals that don't taste good.
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The former US commander in Iraq issued an urgent plea to the Pentagon last winter for supplies, saying he was &quot;unable to sustain readiness.
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A clash at a charter school in New York has exposed fault lines of wealth and class that are perhaps inevitable as philanthropists increasingly invest in public education.
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LORAIN, Ohio - A former Roman Catholic school principal accused of kissing three male students' feet has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charges of sexual imposition.  Robert Holloway, the former principal at St. Anthony of Padua School in Lorain, entered the plea Monday.
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A former aide to Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal child pornography charge.
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A former clubhouse attendant who implicated dozens of major leaguers in the use of performance-enhancing drugs plans to ask a federal judge for leniency Friday after pleading guilty to distributing steroids and laundering money.
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Former senator Bob Kerrey (D-Neb.) seems to be creeping ever closer to a Senate race in 2008, telling the board of trustees at the New School -- where he serves as president -- that a candidacy is a possibility.
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THE children overboard affair was part of Australian history and needed to be resolved, a former senior public servant said today.
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School district needs to move the building to make way for a new high school. By Jon Zemke / Special to The Detroit News. John M. Galloway / Special to The Detroit News.