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— Students at an all-girls school in Montgomery County are getting hands-on experience in the male-dominated field of engineering. Teachers at Holton-Arms School in Bethesda hope the course will make girls’ interest in the field last longer. Click here to read more.
— As temperatures remain low this week, many organizations across the region are working to make sure the homeless are able to get in out of the cold. This WAMU story features some of the hypothermia shelters that help the DC area’s 12,000 homeless.
— The D.C. City Council is having its first meeting of 2010 today. There are two interesting items on the agenda. Up for a final reading and final vote is a temporary bill that would keep the mayor from making grants of more than $1 million from general funds. You can read more about the bill by clicking here. Also on the agenda is a proposal to have a first reading of the Newborn Safe Haven Act of 2009, which allows a parent to drop off an infant less than seven days old at a hospital, police or fire station, or emergency medical facility. You can read the details of the bill by clicking here. If this bill sounds familiar, it’s because an emergency version of the legislation was passed in 2009.
— Why do gropers grope? The Sexist blog on the Washington City Paper site is investigating to find out why some men (and women!) fondle strangers. There are some interesting comments so far from gropers and victims. You can read them by clicking here — but beware, some of the language is strong!
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