When Yuri Lopez saw her 9-year-old friend with a cellphone, she immediately wanted one.

D.C. Attorney General Peter Nickles is weighing a change in the policy that allows social workers to drive their personal vehicles to get to residents, citing liability issues surrounding the use by city employees of private vehicles for government business.

The Ford's Theatre Museum is scheduled to reopen to the public Wednesday after 20 months of renovations. The redesigned museum will tell the story of Abraham Lincoln's presidency, from his arrival by train in Washington to his assassination.

This is the meeting schedule for the D.C. Council and its committees for the coming week. All meetings are in the Council Chamber of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, unless otherwise noted.

RAINFOREST AND REPTILES PROGRAM, representatives from the Reptiles Alive! wildlife education organization introduce visitors to slimy and scaly jungle animals and discuss how they survive in endangered environments. 10 a.m., 10:15 and 11:30 a.m. today and tomorrow, S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100...

No home sales report was available from the D.C. Office of Tax and Revenue for today's Extra.

These were among incidents reported by D.C. police. For information, call your police district station.

The D.C. Animal Shelter, 1201 New York Ave. NE, and the Washington Humane Society Shelter, 7319 Georgia Ave. NW, offer animals for adoption. The D.C. shelter has viewing and adoption hours from noon to 8 p.m. weekdays except Wednesdays and noon to 5 p.m. weekends. Hours at the society's shelter are...

These were among cases handled by the Washington Humane Society. The society operates its shelter at 7319 Georgia Ave. NW and the District's at 1201 New York Ave. NE. For information or assistance, 24 hours a day, call 202-723-5730 or visit http://www.washhumane.org .