university of the district of columbia
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The firing of a black deputy fire chief at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport earlier this year was racially motivated and illegal, and must be reversed, a state administrative law judge has ruled. -
- County Executive Rushern Baker III and the Prince George's County Council made the final appointments to the Board of Education
- Robert "Bob" Shipley Auerbach, one of the founding members of the Maryland Green Party and the party's three-time nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives, died Dec. 12 from injuries suffered in a hit-and-run accident that evening in Greenbelt. He was 92.
- The Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League today acquired former Johns Hopkins All-American Paul Rabil from the Rochester Knighthawks, as part of a blockbuster six-player trade that sends Wings forward Dan Dawson and defenseman Paul Dawson to the Knighthawks.
- The University of the District of Columbia, a Division II school in the East Coast Conference, announced Tuesday that it will add men's and women's lacrosse for the spring of 2014.
- Prince George's County Del. Tiffany Alston, who was to be sentenced next month following a conviction for stealing $800 from the General Assembly to pay the salary of an employee at her private law office, is expected to enter a plea next week in a second criminal case — and an end to the legal drama is likely to push the Bowie Democrat from her seat in the Legislature.
- Tiffany Alston, a freshman delegate from Prince George's County, was convicted Tuesday morning of theft and misconduct in office.
- Dennis Francis Hasson, a retired Naval Academy professor of material processing and fabrication of composite materials, died Tuesday from emphysema and congestive heart failure at his Severna Park home. He was 77.
- Dennis Francis Hasson, a retired Naval Academy professor of material processing and fabrication of composite materials, died Tuesday from emphysema and congestive heart failure at his Severna Park home. He was 77.
- Baltimore Police say they are working to identify the victim in a homicide late Sunday night.
