Good morning, D.C.! It’s Friday and the weather is beautiful. Shouldn’t you be playing outside? Yeah, us too. Well, if you can’t sneak away from your computer for some physical activity, you can at least sneakily watch others get theirs: WTOP is reporting that George Mason’s afternoon practice is going to be webcast live, beginning at noon. You can tune in courtesy of NCAASports.com and Indianapolis’ WISH-TV.
Immigration Protest Draws Students To Ballston: The Post reports that about 1500 Arlington high school students made their way to the county’s courthouse complex yesterday to protest the immigration debate that’s shaping up to be a hot midterm issue among the country’s demagogues. Police say the students were well-behaved. Although the kids’ absence from classes will not be excused, Arlington school officials sent buses to pick them up, citing safety concerns. And it looks like the students aren’t alone in their views: a Pew Research Center poll has just found that D.C. residents have a more favorable attitude toward immigrants than the average American does.
Hoosiers Caught Shopping For Meth Ingredient in Md.: Two men and one young woman from Indiana were detained by police in Anne Arundel County yesterday, according to NBC4. Police had received a tip that the trio were making their way south through the state, methodically buying large amounts of pseudoephedrine-containing cold medication. Their confessed plan was to resell the medication at home to others who would use it in the production of methamphetamine. They made the trek due to Maryland’s lack of constraints on pseudoephedrine purchasing — a situation that we imagine will be changing shortly. Although the purchased medicine was seized, police determined that the three drug entrepreneurs could not be charged under Maryland law.
Former Naval Intelligence Officer Convicted: Yesterday Jay Lentz was found guilty — for the second time — of kidnapping his ex-wife Doris, whose body has never been found. Lentz was originally convicted in 2003, but that verdict was overturned by a U.S. District Judge due to concerns regarding federal jurisdiction and the jury being exposed to inadmissible evidence. At the time of the last verdict the jury recommended that Lentz be sentenced to life in prison.
Briefly Noted: Md. legislature approves bill blocking utility merger in hopes of gaining leverage in electricity rate hike dispute… Air Force Memorial construction proceeds at Arlington Cemetery… Three Anne Arundel County middle school boys charged with setting fire in locker… Dry conditions prompt Maryland to forbid open-air fires…
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