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Articles by Tom Howell Jr.

Efforts to hire Brown detailed in D.C. hearing

A former D.C. government worker said Monday he was directed by D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray's chief of staff to find a job for controversial mayoral contender Sulaimon Brown.

March 28, 2011

City State: D.C. Council begins hearing on Gray hirings

A hearing into the personnel practices of D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray started this morning with council member Mary M. Cheh's announcement that a second hearing will be tentatively scheduled for April 7.

March 28, 2011

D.C. man sentenced in fatal crash

A 35-year-old District man was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison for crashing head-on into a sedan on Alabama Avenue, killing a mother of four and injuring her children, while under the influence of PCP last year, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.

March 25, 2011

Construction worker dies at D.C. work site

A construction worker was killed Thursday after a large amount of clay-like dirt fell on him at a work site on Evarts Street in Northeast, a D.C. fire official said.

March 25, 2011

Queries OK’d on personal drivers

D.C. Council member Tommy Wells wants to use hearings on Mayor Vincent C. Gray's personnel practices to ask agency heads if they are violating city law by employing staff members as personal drivers.

March 24, 2011