Results tagged “plagiarism”

Good morning, Washington. More news today on the Virginia abusive driver's fees front, this time even closer to home. Arlington residents will be cheered to hear that an Arlington County General District Court judge has ruled that Virginia's abusive-driver fees are unconstitutional. Judge Dorothy H. Clarke is the fourth District Court judge in Virginia to make such a ruling, but the first one in Northern Virginia. Naturally, the state will appeal the decision, and this...

Poor Victor Reinoso. First the acting Deputy Mayor for Education gets caught up in a plagiarism scandal, then D.C. Council chairman Vincent Gray delays his confirmation vote, calling into question whether Reinoso should be in his job, or if anyone should have his job in the first place. The guy could only be more embattled if he had a sex scandal hanging over his head. What's that you say? The Examiner reports that one of...

Chances are, if you live in or near the city and are not fantastically wealthy, you probably have roommates. Maybe you live with friends, maybe with some folks you randomly found on craigslist and barely talk to, but sharing your living space with other people is a fact of life for most people under 30 in D.C. And in this kind of heat, any sort of odd personal odors emanating from your roommates' bedrooms might...

On Saturday D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Notron and Mayor Adrian Fenty reached a quick agreement with Sen. Benjamin Cardin (D-Md.) to remove the hold the senator placed on the District schools takeover plan on Thursday. "We have a handshake agreement. That's what old friends can do," Norton told the Post. Cardin had said he placed the hold as a political maneuver to pressure the District to negotiate on a long-standing disagreement involving the District's plans...

Fans of DCist's resident municipal politics expert Martin Austermuhle will want to tune in to the D.C. Politics Hour with Kojo and Jonetta today at noon. Martin will be a guest on today's show along with Ward 1 Council member Jim Graham and Vincent Schiraldi, head of the D.C. Dept. of Youth Rehabilitation Services. Kojo and guest host Tom Sherwood of NBC4 plan on discussing a wide range of topics, including the school takeover plan...

It's Friday, D.C., and if you live in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, you may have suffered a lengthy power outage yesterday after a manhole exploded and injured a Pepco worker in the area. The worker suffered second degree burns but will recover. If you're a bit of a science geek like us, you immediately began Googling something like "How exactly do manholes explode?" after you read the above story, so allow us to save you...

In a post just published at the post.blog, Jim Brady, WashingtonPost.com's Executive Editor, announced that Ben Domenech, who on Tuesday launched a conservative blog on the site, has resigned his position. His resignation comes on the heels of multiple accusations of plagiarism.

Just a scant 11 days after some great press, it looks like Kelly Ann Collins has shut down the Washington Socialites. No specific reason is given; Kelly Ann states that she's shut down her blog "to free myself up for life's next adventure."