The District may well be under a “crime emergency” but someone needs to tell the criminals. Another phase of the Council’s emergency action begins tonight … the new 10 p.m. teen curfew.
Some argue that imposing an earlier curfew for the next 30 days is too little, too late and won’t make much of an impact [...]
Archive for July, 2006
Fear No Heat!
July 31, 2006
Travelin’ Gals
July 27, 2006
I’ve never NOT known Cheryl.
Our parents were good friends “back in the day,” so when Cheryl and I were born — just a few months apart — we were destined to become best buddies, too.
Through the years, “Miss Thing” proved to be the prissy one. There’s a photo of just the two of us at [...]
Have TV, Will Travel
July 25, 2006
TV today has become one of a parent’s most reliable baby-sitters. That’s not necessarily a good thing! So, there’s a new campaign kicking off that’s designed to encourage parents to take a more active role in monitoring their children’s TV viewing habits.
Today at 4, Jack Valenti, former president of the Motion Picture Association of America, [...]
News To Go By
July 24, 2006
Hope your weekend was relaxed and productive.
Now it’s back to work for you and for us here on the 4 p.m. page.
This afternoon, we are basking in the comfortable glow of another perfect summer day. However, the sweltering heat wave out West could lead to more voluntary blackouts… We’ll have the latest.
No matter what kind [...]
We get weird e-mail
July 21, 2006
No, this post is not about viewers sending us weird e-mail… we appreciate every viewer e-mail we get, even if some are a bit off-topic.
Instead, this post is about some completely random e-mail we’ve been getting lately. Namely, German-language spam from companies in Switzerland. Apparently we’re on some sort of list over there, because we’ve [...]