The Washington DC Examiner

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.VA. — The Greenbrier remains a four-star resort in a national travel guide's latest ratings. The Forbes Travel Guide, formerly the Mobil Travel Guide, released its list of four- and five-star hotels, restaurants and spas Monday. The Greenbrier Spa also received four stars. Full Story »

WASHINGTON — The attorney for the Army psychiatrist accused in the mass shooting at Fort Hood says he's assured the suspect that all of his rights as a defendant in the military justice system will be respected. Full Story »

RICHMOND, VA. — A Richmond man will have to live more than a month in one of his neglected rental houses as punishment for failing to maintain his properties. Full Story »

WILMINGTON, DEL. — Magna Entertainment Corp. is seeking to extend the deadline to provide an initial bid for Maryland's thoroughbred race tracks. Magna, which filed for bankruptcy protection in March, was scheduled to reveal the lead bidder Monday. Full Story »

BALTIMORE — Baltimore health officials plan to confiscate 19 horses from arabbers (AY'-rabb-ers), street vendors who sell produce from horse-drawn carts in the city. Full Story »

UPPER MARLBORO, MD. — The Prince George's County schools could owe up to $26.8 million in penalties after Maryland's attorney general found the county failed to comply with state school funding requirements. Full Story »

RICHMOND, VA. — Virginia's budgets have grown overall by 74 percent this decade, largely powered by factors like population growth, inflation and economic conditions. Full Story »

RICHMOND, VA. — Unless Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine steps in, sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad will be executed for the sniper attacks that terrorized the nation's capital region for three weeks in October 2002. Full Story »

ROANOKE, VA. — A state-run Web site to help streamline the process of starting a business has reached a milestone. Gov. Tim Kaine says Virginia's Business One Stop portal has been used by more than 15,000 entrepreneurs to aid their business operations and create jobs. Full Story »

WASHINGTON — The Army psychiatrist accused of the Fort Hood massacre apparently acted alone and without outside direction, investigative officials said Monday evening, even as the FBI launched an internal review of how it handled information gathered about the doctor nearly a year before the shooting. Full Story »

White House pastry chef Bill Yosses' light, flaky pie crusts have earned him the nickname "The Crustmaster" from President Barack Obama. His trick to making fruit pies worthy of a president is to bake the bottom crust first, then fill and top the pie and bake it again. Full Story »

EDITOR'S NOTE — An occasional look at the Obama effect in the capital and beyond. Full Story »

The raging dispute over the secretive award of $83 million in parks and recreation contracts to friends of Mayor Adrian Fenty might never have happened had the District's highly regarded school construction chief been allowed to do the work instead, city leaders say. Full Story »

»9 p.m. is Virginia's mandated time for lethal injections. Full Story »

The Montgomery County Council is scheduled to take a crucial vote Tuesday on the future of Interstate 270, a transit proposal that could ripple through most of the county. Full Story »

Three Americans detained on Iran's border with Iraq have been formally accused of espionage, a signal they may be tried, or used as bargaining chips in Tehran's cold war with the West over its nuclear program. Full Story »

The federal government released a plan Monday to expand its authority over cleanup of the long-suffering Chesapeake Bay, but emphasized a need for state involvement. Full Story »

Metro's largest union is seeking court help to enforce binding arbitration that called on the transit agency to give its bus and train operators 3 percent wage increases. Full Story »

Maryland is long overdue for an increase in the gas tax to help build new roads and ease congestion, Montgomery County Council President Phil Andrews said Monday. Full Story »

How innovative is your state's education? A report released Monday graded states on dozens of criteria to determine if they're ready to transform their schools, or if they're stuck in the past. Full Story »

The election of Republican Bob McDonnell as Virginia governor puts another barrier in front of a gas tax increase, a proposal already unlikely to succeed in a deeply divided state legislature. Full Story »

Metro and the group charged with overseeing the transit system said they are resolving a dispute on when and how train tracks can be inspected. Full Story »

Virginia Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell, in a round of post-victory television appearances, is signaling he will simultaneously chart a course heavily focused on the economy while risking partisan rancor over issues like abortion. Full Story »

WARWICK, R.I. — A hospital did not do enough to care for the brother of James Woods when he went to the emergency room complaining of a sore throat and vomiting in 2006, a lawyer for the actor told jurors Monday at the trial of a wrongful death lawsuit. Full Story »

ELKTON, MD. — State prosecutors have filed notice that they will seek a life sentence without the possibility of parole for a 15-year-old accused of killing a pregnant woman. Full Story »