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What's new since this morning's newspaper * Mon., Jan. 26, 2015
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Storm’s second wave: Snow accumulation possible through tonight, PM commute could be slick (UPDATES) <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a5290184027r4i.311h/VMaA-cPoUWhdUpfXA48df>
Jason Samenow
The worst snowfall might miss evening commuters as models predict accumulation beginning at 8 p.m. [Read full article »] <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a5290184027r4i.311h/VMaA-cPoUWhdUpfXA48df>

McDonnell to remain free pending appeal <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a5290184027r4i.311h/VMaZ3sPoTG9geiu9A3a6b>
Matt Zapotosky
Former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell will remain free while his corruption case is on appeal, a court ruled Monday.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit found that McDonnell is not a flight risk. The issues he has raised on appeal, the court said, raise a “substantial question of law or fact” that could lead to a reversal of the case if decided in his favor.Read full article >> [Read full article »] <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a5290184027r4i.311h/VMaZ3sPoTG9geiu9A3a6b>

Virginia Gov. McAuliffe’s gun control efforts die in Senate committee <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a5290184027r4i.311h/VMadq8PooLr1vP29Af57c>
Rachel Weiner
Eight gun control measures that Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe has made a centerpiece of his legislative agenda this year died Monday morning in a state Senate committee. McAuliffe (D) announced in December that he would push for a renewal of the state’s one-a-month limit on handgun purchases, a requirement that buyers at gun shows undergo background checks, a ban on anyone subject to a protection-from-abuse order having a gun, and revoking concealed-handgun permits for parents who are behind on child-support payments. Read full article >> [Read full article »] <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a5290184027r4i.311h/VMadq8PooLr1vP29Af57c>

Franchot sworn into third term as Md. comptroller, warns against tax increases <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a5290184027r4i.311h/VMadq8PooLr1vP3GAb767>
John Wagner
As he was sworn into a third term on Monday, Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot (D) called for a “multiyear moratorium” on new taxes and fees and renewed his pitch to make a course on financial literacy a high school graduation requirement.Read full article >> [Read full article »] <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a5290184027r4i.311h/VMadq8PooLr1vP3GAb767>

Crews prepare roads for possible messy evening commute with snowfall <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a5290184027r4i.311h/VMadq8PooLr1vP3PA6b9e>
Dana Hedgpeth
Updated at 1:27 p.m.Transit and highway agencies around the region said they are preparing for what could be a messy, evening commute.Amtrak said it will run limited Northeast Regional service, north of the District, because of the snow storm that is expected to hit the Northeast region.Read full article >> [Read full article »] <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a5290184027r4i.311h/VMadq8PooLr1vP3PA6b9e>

Transit union: Metro has ‘woefully neglected its safety culture’ <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a5290184027r4i.311h/VMadq8PooLr1vP3YA1f67>
Lori Aratani
This post has been updated with Metro’s response regarding training for operators.Jackie Jeter, president of Amalgamated Transit Local 689, which represents most of Metro’s train and bus operators and frontline workers, wrote in a blog post Monday on the union’s Web site that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has failed its customers by not fostering a culture of safety and not offering train operators adequate safety and emergency training.Read full article >> [Read full article »] <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a5290184027r4i.311h/VMadq8PooLr1vP3YA1f67>

The FAA wants you to carry on your e-cigs <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a5290184027r4i.311h/VMadq8PooLr1vP3gA3d53>
Ashley Halsey III
You can’t carry guns, knives or baseball bats onto an airplane, but the Federal Aviation Administration wants passengers to be required to carry their e-cigarettes on board with them.That recommendation to airlines comes after two incidents in which e-cigarettes in checked bags caused fires, the FAA says in a safety alert sent to air carriers. The FAA said an aircraft was evacuated at Boston’s Logan Airport last August after a bag in a plane’s cargo hold caught fire. More recently, a bag that had missed its flight at Los Angeles International Airport caught fire in a luggage area three weeks ago. The FAA said the two incidents — and others not involving aircraft — indicate that when an e-cigarette is left on or activated by accident that the heating element can cause fires.Read full article >> [Read full article »] <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a5290184027r4i.311h/VMadq8PooLr1vP3gA3d53>

Man found guilty in beer-pong sex-assault case <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a5290184027r4i.311h/VMadq8PooLr1vP3oA1b81>
Dan Morse
Joey Poindexter, a Montgomery County real estate appraiser accused of raping men he picked up at local beer pong tournaments, was convicted on four felony counts Monday and faces his second trial in the case next week. Read full article >> [Read full article »] <http://link.washingtonpost.com/544d41923b35d04a5290184027r4i.311h/VMadq8PooLr1vP3oA1b81>


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