Target Delivery // Lunar Crash!

NBC4 Washington
4pm show

By Bridgett Lynn

Friday, April 18, 2014

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Looks like Target is going after Amazon-dot-com.

The superstore is expanding its delivery service... 

For the past few months, Target's been shipping baby products like wipes and diapers... 

But now, the retailer plans to expand delivery service... to include products, ranging from beauty products to pet supplies.

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Meantime, a NASA spacecraft crashed into the backside of the moon today.

But it wasn't unexpected.

NASA purposefully scheduled the crash-- because the spacecraft finished its moon mission.

The LADEE (LAH'dee) had been checking out the moon's atmosphere for the last month.

It was a smashing end... literally.

NASA says the space probe likely *vaporized* when it hit.

It had been traveling at about 3-thousand miles per hour.

Prince George's County Graduation Rate Rising

By Bridgett Lynn
Friday, Feb 7, 2014

New numbers show Prince George's County high school graduation rates are up and the dropout rate is down.

According to the Maryland State Department of Education, the county's four-year graduation rate increased 1.25 percent in 2013 from 2012. Now, 74 percent of its seniors are graduating.

During the same year, graduation for limited English students saw an increase of 5.5 percent. Hispanic and Latino students rose by 3.5 percent.

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Man Charged With Murder Connected To Another Area Crime

By Bridgett Lynn
Thursday, Feb 6, 2014

A 27-year-old Gaithersburg man has been arrested for allegedly shooting a man and then trying to run him over in Northwest D.C. last weekend.

Police say Jonathan Blades was arrested Wednesday for the shooting and hit and run that took place around 3:30 a.m. Sunday in the 1000 block of 20th Street Northwest.

The victim knew Blade's fiancé and was talking to her after leaving a nearby club that night, News4's Prince George's County Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins reports. Blades and the victim got into a fight, which led to the shooting.

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Brian Mayhew Convicted in 2011 Double Murder

Bridgett Lynn
Wednesday, Feb 5, 2014

A man was convicted Wednesday in the 2011 shooting deaths of two men in Capitol Heights.

Prosecutors said Brian Mayhew shot and killed Anthony McKelvin and Sean Ellis at a construction site near Rollins Avenue in Seat Pleasant, Md. after stealing Ellis' watches and retrieving approximately $1,500 in cash.

Mayhew was found guilty of first-degree murder and related charges in the deaths of the men and is facing a maximum sentence of life without parole.

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Md. Official Charged for Drunken Driving

By Bridgett Lynn
Friday, Jan 31, 2014

A Charles County commissioner was charged for driving while impaired on the St. Charles Parkway Thursday night.

Authorities say commissioner Reuben Collins II, who represents the Waldorf, Md. area, was driving his sedan along St. Charles Parkway and Billingsley Road when an officer pulled him over for driving erratically.

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Despite Ice, Frozen-Over Lakes Remain Unsafe

By Bridgett Lynn
Thursday, Jan 30, 2014

Although it looks like Lake Pelham is completely frozen from this bitter winter, Culpeper officials warn that walking on it could be deadly.

Officials said they have noticed foot tracks in the snow on top of frozen Lake Pelham. Some of the tracks extended 100 yards or more onto the 255-acre lake.

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Maryland Polar Bear Plunge Rescheduled for March

By Bridgett Lynn
Tuesday, Jan 28, 2014

The tough souls who volunteer to run into icy water (for a good cause, that is) will get their chance to do just that in a couple months.

Organizers of the 18th Annual Maryland Polar Bear Plunge at Sandy Point Park announced Tuesday the event has been rescheduled to March 8.

The plunge was supposed to be held last Saturday, but was postponed because of bitter cold temperatures and high winds.

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Mark Howsare Charged in Neighbor's Shooting Death Following Argument

By Bridgett Lynn
Monday, Jan 20, 2014

A 62-year-old Stafford County man has been arrested for allegedly shooting his neighbor after he failed to return an air mattress to a local store last weekend.

Investigators say 35-year-old William Conner had gone to a store Sunday evening to return an air mattress for his neighbor, Mark Howsare, but was unable to do so.

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D.C. Electronics Store Owner Convicted for Selling Stolen iPhones

By Bridgett Lynn

Friday, Jan 17, 2014

A D.C. electronics store owner who was accused of selling hundreds of stolen phones, cameras and laptops at his store's location in Northwest was found guilty Thursday.

According to court documents, D.C. police raided the 12 Volt Mobile Electronics store in the 300 block of H Street NW in 2011 and confiscated thousands of dollars' worth of stolen electronics, including cell phones and electronic guitars. Officers also found Medicare, social security and credit cards.

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Parents Arrested After Young Children Found on Roof

By Bridgett Lynn
Friday, Jan 17, 2014

Two Spotsylvania County parents were arrested for child neglect after their young children were found on the rooftop of their home.

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