The subway train that plowed into another, causing a crash that killed seven and injured scores of others in the nation's capital, was part of an aging fleet that federal officials had sought to phase out due to safety concerns, an investigator said Tuesday. But the Metrorail transit system "was not able to do what we asked them to do," and the old trains kept running despite the 2006 warnings, said Debbie Hersman of the National Transportation Safety Board. ...more

June 23, 2009

Yes, it was their moms' idea. But make no mistake, this is a BOYS' book club. The six members - all fourth-graders from suburban Maryland - want to bury their noses in books and then talk about them, all right, but they want to do it while learning to sword-fight. ...more

November 8, 2007