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METROACCESS SERVICE CUTS PROPOSED
Metro plans to curtail its expensive-to-operate transit alternative for the elderly and disabled just as ridership for the service is projected to grow 50 percent over the next four years.
The agency has proposed the changes as part of an effort to cover a $190 million gap in its operating budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1. (Washington Post)
BULLET THAT HIT CANTOR'S CONGRESSMAN'S OFFICE RANDOM
Richmond police say the bullet that hit a window of Republican Virginia Congressman Eric Cantor's office had been randomly fired skyward.
Amid reports of threats and vandalism against Democrats who voted Sunday for sweeping health care reforms, Cantor said at a Washington news conference Thursday that a bullet was fired into his Richmond office. (WTOP)
DC: GAY MEN SHOULD GET HIV TEST TWICE A YEAR
With new statistics showing alarming levels of HIV infection among the estimated 36,500 District men who have gay sex, the city is recommending that they be tested for the virus twice yearly.
A new report [PDF] indicates that 14 percent of men who have sex with men (aka MSMs) test positive for HIV---"a rate five times higher than that of the entire city’s adults and adolescents." (Washington City Paper)
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ARLINGTON TREASURER: COPS NOT TICKETING ENOUGH
Arlington County is out more than a million dollars thanks to lower-than-expected parking ticket revenues, and some county officials say the police are to blame.
"[Ticket collections] have been sort of a chronic problem with the police department," said county Treasurer Frank O'Leary.
Parking ticket revenues are projected to fall more than 16 percent this year, according to the Arlington treasury department, from about $7.5 million last year to a projected $6.275 million -- the lowest level since 2005. (Washington Examiner)
