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10 highlights of the week [Examiner, The (Wash., DC)](Examiner, The (Wash., DC) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Anti-cancer virus? 1| New cure for deadly disease The details: Scientists are now attacking cancer with a virus that targets only cancerous cells. The only side effect so far is that patients get flulike symptoms. Caught? 2| FBI investigates Solyndra The details: Thanks to a nascent FBI investigation, Americans will learn more details about how an Obama-favored and heavily subsidized solar energy company called Solyndra went bankrupt after receiving $535 million in government-backed loans. Cool shoes 3| Marty McFly model for sale The details: Nike has replicated the shoes worn by Michael J. Foxs character Marty McFly in the film Back to the Future II. Just 1,500 limited-edition pairs will be auctioned off on eBay to support Foxs Parkinsons charity. Private spaceport 4| First phase nearly complete The details: Phase one of the worlds first commercial spaceport is 90 percent complete, officials announced. The site in Las Cruces, N.M., will be the hub for Virgins planned consumer spaceflights, the Daily Mail reported. Signs of economic life? 5| Job postings on the upswing The details: The Labor Department announced that employers posted more job openings than at any time in the last three years. The 3.2 million jobs posted in July is the largest number of openings since August 2008. Remembering 9/11 6| Freedom Walk today The details: D.C.s chapter of Operation Homefront is sponsoring an early-morning Freedom Walk through Arlington National Cemetery to honor the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The group provides financial and other assistance to wounded service members and their families. Economic development 7| Baker waives fee for construction The details: Prince Georges County Executive Rushern Baker waived a $1.2 million permit fee that was stalling construction of a 258- unit off-campus student apartment building on Route 1 in College Park, funded by a $15 million University of Maryland College Park Foundation endowment. Middle school malaise 8| New focus on tweens The details: Noting that 80 percent of D.C. Public Schools dropouts leave school by 10th grade, D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown wants the city to look at how middle schools contribute to the lowest high school graduation rate in the nation. Rusty to the rescue 9| Dog saves sleeping residents The details: A barking dog named Rusty led firefighters to an upstairs apartment in Upper Marlboro, where they rescued three sleeping people who were unaware that their town was underwater. Rescue workers evacuated them and other trapped residents in inflatable boats. Grapes With the Apes 10| Zoo plans wine tasting The details: Visitors to the National Zoo will sample wines and nibble hors doeuvres while listening to live music under the watchful (and perhaps envious) eyes of six lowland gorillas in the zoos Great Ape House. Friends of the National Zoo members will get a discount to the Sept. 22 fundraiser. (c) 2011 ProQuest Information and Learning Company; All Rights Reserved. |