Alexandria (Alexandria, Virginia)

Baltimore percentage of same-sex couples raising kids among highest in nation

2013-05-21 06:31:00

Same-sex couples in the Baltimore area are raising children at a higher rate than in most large metropolitan regions in the nation, according to a new study released by a think tank at the UCLA School of Law. The study, released this week by the...

Annapolis' Borland, Williams lead classes at NOOD Regatta

2013-05-04 22:25:00

Two Annapolis sailors, Jeff Borland and Tim Williams, took advantage of favorable winds on their home Chesapeake Bay waters to take the lead in their classes Saturday at the Sperry Top-Sider NOOD Regatta. Borland leads the nine-boat Etchells class...

'On the Shore of the Seine'

2013-04-22 11:05:00

The case of a small painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir stolen from the Baltimore Museum of Art decades ago took an unexpected turn recently when new questions were raised about a woman's claim that she bought it at a flea market. The holes in her story...

Minor in possession of a loaded pastry

2013-03-06 08:29:00

If anyone was at risk in the case of the Anne Arundel County second-grader who nibbled a strawberry pastry into the shape of a gun, it wasn't his classmates eating breakfast at Park Elementary School, where authorities say he waved the confection around....

Court's help sought in case of stolen Renoir painting

2013-03-15 19:10:49

A federal court in Virginia was asked Friday to determine the proper ownership of a miniature landscape painted by Pierre-Auguste Renoir and purchased for $7 in a box of odds and ends in a rural flea market. The complaint filed in U.S. District Court for...

Search begins for site of new FBI headquarters

2012-12-03 15:52:00

The agency charged with overseeing federal buildings said Monday it will begin reviewing sites for a new FBI headquarters, formally launching a competition that has quietly pitted Maryland against its neighbors for more than a year. State and local...

Taxpayers' group discloses $755,000 in casino fight spending

2012-09-20 09:09:00

A Virginia-based group that waged a high-profile advertising campaign against a plan to expand gambling in Maryland has revised its disclosure statement to show it spent more than $755,000� to influence the General Assembly during its special session last...

Virginia man's body found after boat capsized in storm

2012-07-02 11:36:00

The body of a Virginia man thrown from a small boat on the Chesapeake Bay during Friday's powerful storm was recovered Sunday evening off Calvert County by Maryland Natural Resources Police. Angel Giovani Ayala Cerros, 26, of Alexandria, was found near...

Reservoir High School

2012-05-31 00:00:00

Shwikar Gamalabdelnasir Abdelrahman, Ismaeel Ola Abiwa, Matthew William Acquard, Temitope Oluwayemisi Adebekun, Vijay Bhasker Adipudi, Joshua Boakye Adjei, Ashley Afua-Pokuwaa Affum, Ufuoma Oghenerume Agarin, Furqan Ahmed, Mubashir Ajaz, Arhim Asfand...

Ellicott City: Sieg honored for efforts to restore Whipps Garden Park Cemetery

2012-06-12 00:00:00

On June 2, over 50 community members and dignitaries gathered to honor Barbara Sieg for her 25 years of service restoring and protecting the historic Whipps Garden Park Cemetery. The event began with an invocation given by the Rev. Gigie Sijera-Grant,...

Man arrested at BWI after security finds loaded gun

2012-05-07 13:58:58

Maryland Transportation Authority Police arrested a Florida man Sunday morning after security agents found a loaded handgun in his carry-on luggage at BWI Marshall Airport. Michael Menlo Smith, 58, was found with a 9 mm Glock 17, loaded with 10 rounds of...

MD hospitals shopping locally for food

2012-01-20 04:00:00

Maryland hospitals are buying more food locally, according to a�new analysis. Forty�hospitals in Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Northern Virginia are now purchasing locally grown fruits and vegetables regularly during the growing season and nine...

Michelle Obama listens to students explain harvesting lettuce at Hollin Meadows Science and Math Focus School in Alexandria, Virginia November 18, 2009.

2013-04-04 20:33:47

A jogger is reflected in water as she runs on a warm sunny day in Alexandria, Virginia.

2013-04-03 16:48:25

Lee Ann Hopkins, left, and Andrea Grill, from Alexandria Virginia, embrace after becoming engaged during a rally outside of the U.S Supreme Court today in Washington, DC.

2013-03-26 00:00:00