The Night Note: 3/10/10
News you need to know.
The following stories are brought to you by the fine folks on the News4 assignment desk.
BIKE LANES FOR PENNSYLVANIA AVE
The center of Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House to the Capitol soon may be reserved for just two things: the president's inauguration and people riding bicycles.
A pair of bike lanes is destined to grace the middle of one of the country's most fabled boulevards, an avenue that ranks as a destination with Broadway, Fifth Avenue, Hollywood Boulevard and Bourbon Street. The two lanes will be part of an expanding network of dedicated bicycle lanes in the District, soon to include L, I and Ninth streets NW and more of 15th Street NW. (Washington Post)
2010 'TIPPING POINT' FOR MINORITY BIRTHS
Minorities make up nearly half the children born in the U.S., part of a historic trend in which minorities are expected to become the U.S. majority over the next 40 years.
In fact, demographers say this year could be the "tipping point" when the number of babies born to minorities outnumbers that of babies born to whites. (WTOP)
AFFAIR RUMORS SWIRL AROUND SARKOZY
The suggestion that the couple were both committing adultery first emerged on Twitter, the microblogging website. It was followed by a report in the Sunday newspaper le Journal du Dimanche.
The first 'tweet' claimed that Mrs Bruni-Sarkozy had become romantically involved with Benjamin Biolay, a musician and a winner at France's recent Victoires de la Musique awards. (The Telegraph)
MOM HAS 14-YEAR-OLD DESIGNATED DRIVER
A 37-year-old woman was accused of putting her 14-year-old behind the wheel because she was too drunk to drive. The woman was arrested Saturday after Washington County Sheriff's deputies stopped a vehicle on U.S. Highway 75 because of erratic driving. Deputies found the woman's 14-year-old son in the driver's seat and two other minors — ages 14 and 17 — in the car.
The woman was arrested and has been charged with three counts of child neglect and one count of allowing a minor to drive. (MSNBC)
Posted Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 - 6:06 PM EST
