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Eventually, Fort Belvoir plans to replace all but 170 of the 1,800 homes on base. The 170 historically significant homes will be renovated and will be joined by about 2,000 townhouses and single-family homes organized into 15 neighborhoods.

THE DISTRICT

City to Offer Car Seat Safety Checks

The D.C. government is offering free safety checks of infant and child car seats, with the next session set for Saturday.

The inspections, provided by the D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department and the D.C. Department of Transportation, will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the firehouse for Engine 33, at 101 Atlantic St. SE. Similar inspections will be held once a month in various parts of the city.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"I don't know doctors, lawyers and Indian chiefs -- I know crooks, hookers and dope peddlers."

-- Thomas Twitty, 66, commenting on the people he encounters in his Northeast Washington neighborhood, which for five years has been ministered to by David East, who is now moving to the West Coast. -- B1

Compiled from reports by staff writers John Wagner, Eric Rich, Nick Anderson and Tara Bahrampour and the Associated Press.

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