The following stories have been hand-selected by the Assignment Desk at News4:
Va Pot Haul Totals $44 Million
On Aug. 10, more than two months after he was exonerated in Fairfax County Circuit Court on charges he sexually assaulted a 12-year-old female student, Centre Ridge Elementary School teacher and soccer coach Sean Lanigan was finally told by Fairfax County Public Schools that he could return to work. Instead of returning to Centre Ridge Elementary School, where he taught for the last 13 years, Lanigan will begin the new school year at South Lakes High School in Reston, according to school officials. (Fairfax Times)
More of a Driving Danger: Men or Women
Men and women do many things differently. Some would argue that driving should be put at the top of the list. Now, statistics provided to WTOP from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety highlight which gender is legitimately dangerous behind the wheel. According to the IIHS, of all the deadly, single-vehicle pedestrian crashes in D.C., Maryland and Virginia in 2008, 70 percent involved male drivers. When you break down the numbers to highlight the District, 57 percent of deadly pedestrian crashes in the city between 2004 and 2008 involved male drivers. 25 percent of those crashes were hit-and-runs where the driver's gender is unknown. (WTOP)
