DOMESTIC DISPUTE LEAVES MOTHER AND CHILDREN DEAD
D.C. police are investigating a triple homicide in northeast D.C. A woman and two children were stabbed to death Saturday in a possible domestic dispute, said sources. Police forced their way into an apartment on the 2000 block of Maryland Avenue northeast. They found a gruesome crime scene and discovered the bodies, said authorities. An unharmed 2-year-old girl was removed from the apartment. (nbcwashington)
ANTI-WAR PROTEST ATTRACTS THOUSANDS
Thousands of antiwar protesters from across the country marched over the Memorial Bridge and past the Pentagon on Saturday, directing their ire at a new commander in chief - President Obama. "Barack, Barack, Barack, Afghanistan is the same as Iraq," they chanted, marking the sixth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. "I've been against the war in Iraq since it started, and I'm not satisfied with Obama's timeline [for withdrawal]," said Medea Benjamin, 56, co-founder of the antiwar group Code Pink. Calling for "more diplomacy and less war," she added, "There's no military solution in Afghanistan." (Washington Times)
FUNDRAISER MONEY NOW USED FOR VADALIZED PROPERTY
Part of the $24,000 raised for cancer research during Relay for Life on Friday night and Saturday morning will instead go to cover repairs in the Bender Arena men's restroom from vandalism that occurred during the event. Three stall dividers between urinals were torn down at some point during the fundraiser, according to Julie Rinehart, the event's coordinator and a senior in the School of Public Affairs. (The Eagle)
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The belly dancer known as Saphira sweeps onto the dance floor, a pink scarf flowing behind her upraised arms. She's wearing false eyelashes and heavy eyeliner, a pumpkin-orange bra top with gold and pink beads and sequins, and long swirling layers of a pink-and-orange skirt. Tall and big-boned, she has a soft belly that is bared and shaking along with her hips as she improvises to the live band -- a drummer and keyboardist -- at Casablanca, a Moroccan restaurant in Alexandria. Saphira doesn't really look like someone who once worked as a full-time Washington lawyer named Rachael Galoob Ortega. But she has two law degrees, including one from Georgetown, and used to spend her days laboring over regulatory analysis for communications companies. (Washington Post)
