Subject: Afternoon Buzz: Freddie Gray and William Porter, two sons of Baltimore whose lives collided
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Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2015 13:54:19 -0400 (EDT)

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FREDDIE GRAY AND WILLIAM PORTER: TWO SONS OF BALTIMORE WHOSE LIVES COLLIDED 
Michael A. Fletcher
BALTIMORE — They were born 11 blocks and less than two months apart in a city notoriously perilous for black boys.Freddie Gray Jr. and William G. Porter Jr. did not know each other, but their lives circled and mirrored one another for 25 years.Read full article &gt;&gt; [
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POLICE IDENTIFY WOMAN CHARGED IN ATTEMPTED ABDUCTION OF CHILD ON METRO 
Dana Hedgpeth, Faiz Siddiqui
Metro Transit police have identified the woman they say tried to abduct a toddler in a stroller on a Metro train as Monique McKnight.The incident happened Wednesday morning on an Orange Line train in the Rosslyn tunnel. McKnight, 48, was taken into custody after several passengers on the train subdued and held her until authorities arrived.Read full article &gt;&gt; [
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FAIRFAX POLICE IDENTIFY MAN KILLED AFTER HE WAS HIT WHILE RIDING A BIKE 
Dana Hedgpeth
Authorities have identified a man who was killed after he was hit while riding a bicycle in the Herndon area. Police said Andrew Greff Gooden, 38, of St. James, Jamaica, was riding a bike around 8 p.m. Monday along Sunrise Valley Drive when he was struck from behind by an SUV. The SUV was driven by a 29-year-old Fairfax man, authorities said. Read full article &gt;&gt; [
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NINETY-MEMBER ELITE CHOIR TUNES UP FOR THE POPE’S WASHINGTON VISIT 
Michael E. Ruane
Tears welled in Roy Ramthun’s eyes when he thought about the honor he had received.“It’s a little emotional,” he said as he stood holding a hymnbook outside a suburban Maryland church last week .Ramthun, 53, of Silver Spring, was one of 90 singers chosen for an elite choir assembled from across the region to sing at Pope Francis’s Mass this month in Washington.Read full article &gt;&gt; [
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AFTER 60 YEARS, THIS R&AMP;B SINGER’S WIFE SAID IT WAS TIME TO RETIRE. THEN CAME HIS FINAL SHOW. 
Yanan Wang
“I never thought I would be this old,” Diz Russell said.Sitting on the worn black leather couch in his sunlit Capitol Heights living room, the 81-year-old singer was surrounded by reminders of a long, busy life . Framed photographs, record covers and concert posters hung below a red sign proclaiming “THE LEGENDARY ORIOLES.” There was a black-and-white portrait of the band members from the 1950s, with a fresh-faced Diz in the middle. Here was a photo of Diz sitting on a committee for the late longtime Mayor Marion Barry — “my buddy,” he said.Read full article &gt;&gt; [
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THESE PARENTS WENT BACK-TO-SCHOOL SHOPPING AND THEN SOME 
Michael Alison Chandler
New clothes, backpacks, school supplies. The new school year comes with a long shopping list, and for many families in the District, a serious financial burden. This year, parents from Murch Elementary and the neighborhood surrounding the school in Upper Northwest pitched in to help families at Houston Elementary, a high-poverty school in Northeast, prepare for the new academic year by organizing a school supply drive. Read full article &gt;&gt; [
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D.C. WATER LOWERS NEW FEE FOR RESIDENTS WHO FACED EXTRA $1,000 ANNUALLY 
Katherine Shaver
D.C. Water’s board of directors voted Thursday to lower a new fee that would have resulted in some residents paying an additional $1,000 annually for water.Those customers will now be charged the same fee — $10 monthly, or $120 annually — as most other District residents.Read full article &gt;&gt; [
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MONTGOMERY COUNCIL MEMBER URGES PEPCO TO CUT TREES MORE CAREFULLY 
Bill Turque
Pepco “takes the Paul Bunyan approach” to tree cutting when Johnny Appleseed would be more appropriate, a Montgomery County Council member told the Maryland Service Commission on Tuesday.Council member Roger Berliner’s Potomac constituents are furious about the utility’s recent cutting along a power transmission corridor that abuts many of their back yards. Pepco says it is following industry standards in clearing trees that pose threats to power lines. The company is under a state mandate to improve the reliability of its service.Read full article &gt;&gt; [
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14 THINGS TO DO IN THE D.C. AREA ON LABOR DAY WEEKEND 
John Taylor
Here are the holiday weekend's best bets in nightlife, festivals, theater, sports and music, as well as many other events around the Washington area. For more things to do before summer ends, check out the September Hotlist.Read full article &gt;&gt; [
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