At Patriot High School in Prince William County, the countdown is on. “21 Days Remaining – Just Keep Swimming,” is scrawled on the whiteboard of a staff room at the sprawling new school west of Manassas. “Dewey Beach, Toes in the sand!” declares another one in the science lounge. “July 18th: Fenway!” Read full article > >
Here is the original post:
Teachers’ summers off squeezed by second jobs, training
The Dodd-Frank Act, the sprawling law to address the causes of the financial crisis, is a job killer that should be repealed, Republican presidential candidates say.
See the rest here:
Dodd-Frank Act Is a Target on G.O.P. Campaign Trail
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Militants bombed the residence of a senior security official for the second time in two weeks on Monday, this time in an attack that left at least eight people dead in the sprawling southern seaport of Karachi. The apparent target of Monday’s suicide truck bombing, a top investigator in a unit charged with cracking down on militants in Karachi, was unharmed, and he spoke defiantly to reporters at the scene. Read full article > >
See the original post here:
Bomb targeting top Karachi police investigator kills 8
This summer, you won’t hear sizzling grills and sloshing coolers in the sprawling gravel parking lots that surround Jiffy Lube Live. Tailgating has been banned at the 25,000-capacity venue in Bristow that’s owned and operated by concert-promotion behemoth Live Nation. That means no tents, no picnics and no alcohol will be allowed in the lots before hotly anticipated concerts from Toby Keith, Lil Wayne, Jimmy Buffett and others. The venue’s general manager, Matt Rogers, said the new policy is an effort to stem drunken driving, which, in the past two years, has taken four lives after concerts at Jiffy Lube Live. Read full article > >
Here is the original post:
Jiffy Lube Live bans tailgating
A Michigan order of nuns has decided not to buy the struggling Pope John Paul II Cultural Center, which means the sprawling, multimillion-dollar facility in Northeast Washington is back on the market.
Read the original:
D.C.’s Pope John Paul II Cultural Center back on the market
