An earlier version of one of these items misspelled the name of a 27-year-old slaying victim. His name was Jason Fennell.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
KING MEMORIAL
Work Begins, and $4 Million Is Given
The foundation building Washington's Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial said this week that work has started at the project site on the Tidal Basin and that the foundation has received $4 million more in donations.
The project also said the fundraising goal is being increased from $100 million to $120 million because of rising security, design and construction costs. The foundation has raised $98.8 million.
Project officials said the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has given $3 million, and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has given $1 million. The memorial is scheduled to be completed by 2010.
-- Michael E. Ruane
SOUTHEAST
Victim of Apartment Fire Hospitalized
A man in his 30s was in serious condition last night after firefighters rescued him from a blaze in an apartment at Ridge Road and D Street SE, authorities said.
He was revived and taken to a hospital after he was found unconscious about 8:30 p.m. in a smoke-filled, fourth-floor apartment, fire department officials said.
-- Clarence Williams
NORTHWEST
One Man Killed; Another Is Wounded
A 27-year-old District man was slain and a second man was wounded in a shooting early yesterday in Northwest Washington, D.C. police said.
Officers responding to a report of gunshots in the 300 block of Decatur Street found Jason Fannell of the 400 block of Kennedy Street NW wounded on the ground. He was pronounced dead at a hospital. The other victim, whom authorities did not identify, was found near Fannell. He was hospitalized in critical condition, police said.
-- Paul Duggan
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