MARYLAND

Teens arrested for arson at Laurel playground

Police have arrested two juveniles, both boys under 16, to face arson charges in connection with a fire at a playground in Laurel Saturday night.

MARYLAND

Annapolis editor charged with soliciting sex with '14-year-old'

The online news editor for The Capital, an Annapolis newspaper, has been charged with soliciting sex from someone he thought was an adolescent girl, but was actually an undercover special agent posing in an Internet chat room as a 14-year-old girl.

POLITICS

Lawmakers: President's wooing could break budget logjam

Republicans say they welcome President Barack Obama's courtship and suggest the fresh engagement between the White House and Congress may finally yield solutions to the stubborn budget battle that could cost Americans jobs.

• Obama: Outreach to GOP aimed at ending gridlock

WORLD

PHOTOS: Where in the world? Name the skyline

Some are near, others around the world. Can you guess the city that goes with each skyline?

SPORTS

Islanders snap Caps' 3-game winning streak

John Tavares scored two power-play goals in the third period to lift the New York Islanders to a 5-2 win over Washington, ending the Capitals' three-game winning streak.

CRIME

Cyclist finds woman's body in Rock Creek Park

Early Saturday, a cyclist found a woman's body under the bridge that carries Massachusetts Avenue traffic over Rock Creek. Police are investigating whether or not the woman was pushed or jumped from the bridge.

POLITICS

Survey: Most favor more for social programs, less for defense

Most Americans want government austerity, a survey shows, but they also want increased spending on a host of popular programs: education, crime fighting, health care, Social Security, the environment and more. Less for defense, space and foreign aid.

SPORTS

Yankees closer Rivera says this is his final season

Mariano Rivera announced Saturday that he will retire at the end of the season and hopes to cap his record-setting career by winning another World Series with the New York Yankees.

D.C.

Gettysburg Address to go on display for two score and three days

The Library of Congress plans to display a copy of the Gettysburg Address, beginning March 22. The John Hay copy is believed to be the second of five known manuscript drafts of President Abraham Lincoln's famous 1863 address.

D.C.

D.C. teacher charged with producing child pornography

Police say 29-year-old John Solano is charged with producing child pornography. He is accused of electronically sending and receiving explicit pictures of himself to and from male students.

POLITICS

President keeping low profile in gun debate

With gun legislation taking shape on Capitol Hill, President Barack Obama has kept a low profile on an issue he has made a critical part of his second-term agenda.

CRIME

D.C. man shot to death in SE Washington

Police say Dwayne Antonio Bryant of Southeast was shot several times in the chest just after 10 p.m Friday in the 1900 block of 13th Street at Good Hope Road SE.

VIRGINIA

Manassas neighborhood alarmed by threatening notes

The mystery continues in Manassas over who's leaving threatening letters on people's doorsteps. Since December, 19 homeowners have been surprised by notes threatening to kill them. Three were discovered this week.

D.C.

D.C. officials address ambulance delays

District of Columbia public safety officials held a news conference Friday to discuss concerns over ambulance response times. 

• Controversy grows over struck MPD officer's wait time for emergency service
• Three charged in hit-and-run that injured officer
• Officer struck in Southeast Washington

NATION

Thousands of sharks force closures of South Florida beaches

Lifeguards had to close several South Florida beaches this week to keep people out of the water. Thousands of sharks have been migrating north near the beaches, later than usual this year.

ENTERTAINMENT

Arch Campbell: Oz the Great and Powerful in 3-D earns 3 stars

This Oz doesn't quite live up to the original, Arch says, but it looks great in 3-D and rates 3 stars for effort.

CRIME

Carjacker, kidnapper sentenced to 30 years in prison

Terron White, 24, who pleaded guilty to carjacking a woman and her young child in Baltimore in July of 2011, was sentenced to 30 years in prison Friday. The woman cradled her son before courageously jumping to her freedom from the moving car and onto the Capital Beltway.

• Samuels: 'I'm not a hero, just a mom'
• White pleaded guilty last August

CRIME

Police investigate death in College Park

A man was found unresponsive in the 9700 block of 52nd Avenue around 9:20 p.m. Saturday. He died at an area hospital.

WORLD

Top contenders to be the next pope

In the secretive world of the Vatican, there is no way to know who is in the running for pope, and history has yielded plenty of surprises. Yet several names have come up repeatedly as strong contenders.

• Conclave 2013: Start date for Conclave set for March 12
• Conclave 2013: Could Cardinal Donald Wuerl be the next pope?
• Conclave 2013: Vatican waiting for cardinals

POLITICS

Source: Obama poised to pick Perez for Labor

Two people familiar with the process say President Barack Obama is close to naming Thomas Perez, a civil rights official in the Justice Department, as his choice to head the Department of Labor.

POLITICS

Obama cracks wise at annual Gridiron dinner

Always a target for digs, the president tossed out a few of his own during the Gridiron Club and Foundation dinner, an annual event where political leaders, journalists and media executives poke fun at each other.

POLITICS

D.C. rally calls for end to violence against women

Activists took to the streets of Washington Saturday, calling for an end to violence against women. The rally comes on the heels of International Women's Day.

WORLD

Suicide bombers strike during Hagel's Afghanistan visit

On Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's first morning in Kabul, two suicide bombings killed at least 19 people, including a U.S. contractor. A Taliban spokesman said the blast outside the defense ministry was a message to the visiting Pentagon chief.  

CRIME

Juvenile to face lesser charge in baby sister's death

A Montgomery County judge says a 14-year-old boy, originally charged as an adult with first-degree murder, will be tried as a juvenile on second-degree murder charges in the death of his infant sister last month.

• 14-year-old boy charged in death of baby sister
• Murdered infant mourned in Silver Spring

SPORTS

Georgetown beats Syracuse 61-39

Georgetown sent Syracuse off to the Atlantic Coast Conference with the Orange's lowest-scoring Big East game.

NATION

Don't forget to spring forward on Sunday

As a friendly reminder, don't forget that Daylight Saving Time begins this Sunday morning at 2 a.m.

NATION

Federal workers owe $3.5 billion in back taxes

The number of federal workers and retirees who owed delinquent income taxes jumped by nearly 12 percent in 2011, the Internal Revenue Service said Friday.

MARYLAND

No more baseball, soccer at Towson University

Towson's baseball team will be disbanded at the end of the season and the men's soccer program is being discontinued now.

POLITICS

Obama: Outreach to GOP aimed at ending gridlock

President Barack Obama says he's reaching out to lawmakers from both parties in hopes of untangling the gridlock that has stymied progress on budget issues in Washington.

VIRGINIA