After DC gun ban overturned, city seeks new rules (AP via Yahoo! News)
Dale Metta, who manages a gun shop just outside the District of Columbia limits in Maryland, has had to turn away dozens of city residents wanting to buy handguns in recent days. Never mind that the U.S. Supreme Court just struck down Washington's 32-year-old ban on possessing handguns.

COLUMBIA: Engineers fix sand boils (Monroe County Clarion)
Columbia had quite a scare Saturday (June 26), but luckily, the US Army Corps of Engineers was there to save the day.

D.C. seeks new rules after gun ruling (MSNBC)
Dale Metta, who manages a gun shop just outside the District of Columbia limits in Maryland, has had to turn away dozens of city residents wanting to buy a gun.

Virginia gas prices reach record $4 a gallon (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Virginians are now paying an average of $4 a gallon for gasoline. As of 3 a.m. today, the average price for a gallon of regular gasoline in Virginia reached $4, joining 38 other states and the District of Columbia who currently pay $4 or more for a gallon, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic. Virginians are now paying 10 cents more for a gallon of gas than at this time a month ago and a $1.18 more ...

61 baptized by Jehovah's Witnesses (The State)
Sixty-one people were baptized Saturday at the district convention of the Christian Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses. More than 7,500 Jehovah’s Witnesses gathered in Columbia for the last of three conventions. Overall, about 25,000 met for Bible study and to spread the message of faith. Members of the faith typically are only baptized at conventions. To be baptized, the members must ...