Sure, Harriette Walters might have stolen upwards of $44 million from the District's coffers, but at least she wasn't stealing directly from low-income school children. According to a WTOP report this morning, District officials have arrested and charged a city official with submitting false expense reports totaling $11,385 for big bills at local restaurants and strip clubs. Emerson Crawley, a program manager at After School for All at Shaw Junior High School, allegedly spent the......

This week ended with the launch of the seventh and final Harry Potter installation. But while the world was consumed with Pottermania, it's important to remember that there were more serious things going on in the world, too – two of them in -Ist cities. Sampaist was shocked when a passenger jet crashed into the center of Sao Paulo, killing at least 200 people. The airplane, an Airbus A320, skidded off the runway at the......

Good morning, D.C. If you're like us (and presumably since you're reading this, you are), you love to follow local news, especially for those few stories that come up every now again that manage to combine two of the local media's favorite tropes: fear mongering and funny names. For example, just when you thought the intersex fish problem in the Potomac had drifted off into the ethereal plane of being old news, the Sierra Club......

The D.C. council is set to vote on legislation proposed by Council member Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) tomorrow that would create exemptions to allow strip clubs displaced by the new Nationals stadium to relocate to Ivy City in Ward 5. As we told you previously, Ward 5 Council member Harry Thomas opposes the legislation and has offered several amendments to the bill, including one that was adopted that would give $3.6 million to improve the......

The controversial plan authored by Ward 1 Council member Jim Graham to relocate a number of strip clubs displaced by the new Nationals stadium into Ivy City, a neighborhood in Ward 5, got even more interesting this week. The D.C. Council on Tuesday agreed to spend $3.6 million to reduce the "impact" of the relocated clubs, in a rare earmarking of funds for a specific neighborhood. Ivy City is bordered by Bladensburg Road, New York......

Fans of DCist's resident municipal politics expert Martin Austermuhle will want to tune in to the D.C. Politics Hour with Kojo and Jonetta today at noon. Martin will be a guest on today's show along with Ward 1 Council member Jim Graham and Vincent Schiraldi, head of the D.C. Dept. of Youth Rehabilitation Services. Kojo and guest host Tom Sherwood of NBC4 plan on discussing a wide range of topics, including the school takeover plan......

>> Ward 1 council member Jim Graham hopes the residents of Ward 5 won't mind if he moves some strip clubs displaced by the new Nationals stadium into their neighborhood. Here's a tip to make sure there's no local resistance: Ward 5 residents get in for free! [Examiner] >> Don't miss Tamara Jones and Roxanne Roberts' merciless ribbing of President Bush for almost accidentally suggesting Queen Elizabeth II was over 200 years old. The......

And what's going on this Thursday morning, Washington? Three Prince George's County strip clubs are suing to block new rules that are supposed to go into effect today. WJLA reports that they are seeking 'unspecified damages and recovery of legal fees' in an effort to avoid new regulations such as performances needing to take place at least six feet away from customers. Ah, just another day in the life of the PG strip club......

This post was written by DCist contributor Campbell Roth. Phew. For a second there we couldn't help but think -- "Where the hell will we have our next happy hour?" A state law banning nudity and alcohol -- that old dangerous duo -- in Prince George's County businesses was blocked by a federal judge this week, the Post reports. The judge granted a temporary injunction to stop enforcement of the law, which prohibits "sexual displays......