The Washington DC Examiner

WOODBRIDGE, VA. — A 20-year-old student opened fire in a community college classroom, but did not hit anyone and was arrested in a hallway, police said Tuesday. Full Story »

The Army Corps of Engineers wants to dispose of bombs that could be considered weapons of mass destruction behind Sibley Memorial Hospital, on federal land close to the Dalecarlia Reservoir, which supplies drinking water to D.C. and parts of Northern Virginia. Full Story »

WASHINGTON — House and Senate leaders proposed a compromise plan Tuesday to give shuttered General Motors and Chrysler dealers an appeals process to keep their showrooms open. Full Story »

RICHMOND -- Virginia Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell warned his fellow Republicans Tuesday about the danger of creating an ideological "purity test" to weed out moderate candidates, a nod to the increasingly important role independents play in Virginia politics. Full Story »

Loudoun County's Nativity nightmare isn't over yet. The Board of Supervisors has scheduled a special meeting Thursday evening to decide whether to allow displays on the county courthouse grounds , a week after voting to overturn a late-November decision by a board-appointed citizens committee to ban public displays of any kind outside the courthouse. Full Story »

Let's see if this makes sense to you: The Army Corps of Engineers wants to dispose of bombs that could be considered weapons of mass destruction behind Sibley Memorial Hospital, on federal land close to the Dale Carlia Reservoir, which supplies drinking water to D.C. and parts of Northern Virginia. Full Story »

D.C. Council Chairman Vincent Gray is playing damage control in the wake of an order from the District government to obtain permits for work already completed at his Southeast home. Full Story »

Prince William County supervisors voted to spend about $370,000 to hire new social services staff in the wake of the death of a developmentally disabled child in January. Full Story »

Few states have such notoriety for a failed economy as Michigan. Articles describing the auto state's problems are rife with ironic phrases like "once a thriving economy," or "city of the future." Full Story »

Prince William County -- central to the story of the Civil War -- is already planning its 150th-anniversary commemoration, set for July 2011. Full Story »

D.C. Public Schools are no longer the worst in the nation, according to standardized test scores released Tuesday comparing large urban districts. But the reality remains grim. Full Story »

RICHMOND -- The traditional battle lines of Virginia's split-party legislature re-emerged Tuesday little more than a month before lawmakers go back to work, with high-ranking lawmakers from each camp predicting little hope for the others' policy proposals on taxes and transportation. Full Story »

A D.C. government building has been invaded by rats. The Frank D. Reeves Municipal Center, at 2000 14th St. NW, was besieged by rodents in recent weeks, spurring several complaints a day and an extermination effort by the city's Department of Health. Full Story »

Federal transportation officials are proposing to create national safety standards for the country's subway systems for the first time, sparked by Metro's deadly summer crash. Full Story »

BALTIMORE — Paul DeWolfe has been named the new Maryland Public Defender, replacing Nancy Forster who was fired in August. The Daily Record of Baltimore reports that DeWolfe was appointed Tuesday by the three-member board that oversees the Office of the Public Defender. Full Story »

LOWELL, MASS. — The White House party crashers have another dinner to attend — and this time they're actually invited. The Lowell Spinners, a minor league affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, invited Michaele and Tareq Salahi to the team's annual Alumni Dinner this month. Full Story »

LUCASVILLE, OHIO — An Ohio killer was put to death in an efficient 10 minutes Tuesday in the first U.S. execution to use a single drug injection instead of the standard three-chemical combination that has come under legal attack because it can cause excruciating pain. Full Story »

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. — Google is testing a new service that packages stories from The New York Times and The Washington Post to make it easier for readers to follow evolving news stories. Full Story »

ANNAPOLIS, MD. — State auditors have found that $98 million in Maryland Medicaid claims were paid without the use of computerized safeguards. Full Story »

DOVER, DEL. — Delaware health officials say a case of drug-resistant swine flu has been confirmed in the state. State health officials say they were notified by the federal Centers for Disease Control on Friday that testing found an anti-viral resistant case in Delaware. Full Story »

WASHINGTON — The White House gate-crashers' will invoke their Fifth Amendment rights and refuse to testify if they are subpoenaed to appear on Capitol Hill about the security breach. Full Story »

WOODBRIDGE, VA. — A man who fired gunshots inside a classroom at a northern Virginia community college was arrested shortly afterward, police said Tuesday. No injuries were reported. Full Story »

BALTIMORE — An Annapolis man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the death of his girlfriend's 3-year-old son at her Baltimore apartment. Twenty-nine-year-old Phillip Queen pleaded guilty in June to second-degree murder and was sentenced Tuesday. Full Story »

HAGERSTOWN, MD. — A company is offering Allegheny Power customers in western Maryland the opportunity to get their electricity from wind power. Rockville-based Clean Currents has been offering green power for three years to utility customers, including homes in Maryland served by BGE and Pepco. Full Story »

MCHENRY, MD. — Maryland's only ski resort says it will open for the season Thursday. The Wisp Resort in McHenry said Tuesday that last weekend's snowfall and four straight days of good snowmaking weather have produced enough white stuff for a solid opening. Full Story »