The following stories have been hand-selected by the Assignment Desk at News4:
AGENT ORANGE USE LOCALLY?
Fort Detrick officials are searching government documents to determine the extent of its past use of Agent Orange in Frederick fields. Army officials know Fort Detrick scientists tested Agent Orange and other similar defoliants used in large quantities in Vietnam, which have since been shown to cause cancers and other diseases. Fort Detrick spokesman Rob Sperling said researchers mostly tested small quantities of the herbicides on batches of plants in greenhouses.
(Frederick News Post)
LOCAL SCHOOLS ON PRINCETON REVIEW
No Washington-area college or university made Princeton Review’s popular annual list of Best Party Schools, but more than a dozen area schools are on its 2011 list of the 373 Best Colleges, and many rank at or near the top in their own unique ways.
(Washington Business Journal)
BLUE DOG
He’s a blue dog, but is he a Democrat? Chewie proudly displays his new hair color on a late afternoon walk Saturday.
Chewie’s owner is Heather Hinkle of Grand Paws Pet Salon and Spa in West Annapolis. “Just for fun,” she decided to test out a new brand of blue dye on him. (The Capital)
MOST LIKELY TO BE STOLEN
The blinged-out Cadillac Escalade SUV, a favorite of A-listers like Tiger Woods, is once again the vehicle voted most likely to be stolen, according to an insurance industry group. The F-250 crew cab pickup, Infiniti G37 two-door car, Dodge Charger with its high-power HEMI engine and Chevrolet Corvette Z06 round out the list of the top five vehicles most likely to be the subject of insurance theft claims. (wtop.com)
