Plea Deal Offered to NFL Player Accused of Sexual Abuse

(WASHINGTON) -- Prosectors in the Albert Haynesworth sex assault case have offered the NFL player a plea deal, according to court documents.

Haynesworth, 29, is charged with misdemeanor sexual abuse for allegedly fondling a waitress at a hotel restaurant in Washington Feb. 13. The deal would drop the sex abuse charge if the Washington Redskins defensive lineman pleads guilty to simple assault. 

According to documents, Haynesworth has until May 17 to agree to the terms of the deal.

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ALA Releases DC-Baltimore State of the Air Report

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) -- The American Lung Association released its annual State of the Air report Wednesday. The Baltimore-Washington metro area showed improvement in 2010.

The report indicates that half of the country has too much air pollution, although many metropolitan areas showed some improvement over last year. The study measured levels of smog and particle pollution, both of which can intensify respiratory illnesses.

The cleanest cities in the country were Honolulu and Sante Fe, N.M. The dirtiest cities were mostly in California, including Bakersfield and Los Angeles.

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Utah's Shurtleff Defends Immigration Laws

(WASHINGTON) -- Utah’s Attorney General Mark Shurtleff was in Washington D.C. on Monday to meet with officials from the U.S. Department of Justice to discuss Utah’s recently passed controversial immigration laws.

Shurtleff hopes to prevent a Department of Justice lawsuit over the Arizona-style laws which allow police to question a detained person’s immigration status. Shurtleff also attended the Immigration Law and Policy Conference at Georgetown University on Tuesday.

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Second Body Identified in Phylicia Barnes Case

(RICHMOND, Va.) -- The man's body found near the corpse of teenager Phylicia Barnes was identified Tuesday and police believe the second body has no connection to the girl's death.

The body of Darryl Harper, 53, of Richmond, Va., was discovered in the Susquehanna River last Wednesday hours after Maryland state troopers found Barnes' body three miles up the same river.

Maryland State Police spokesman Greg Shipley told ABC News there is no known connection between Harper and Barnes.

Police do not have any new leads in the investigation into the death of Barnes, 16, and the time and cause of her death and remains undetermined. Barnes, who was from North Carolina, was visiting her half-sister in Baltimore last December when she disappeared.

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Ginkgo Trees Getting Sprayed

(WASHINGTON) -- The District Department of Transportation will be doing what it can to keep the smell of spring in the air this week.

The department's Urban Forestry Administration will be spraying female ginkgo fruit trees throughout the week in attempt to defuse their smell, which many find unpleasant.

There is no need for residents to move vehicles from streets. Crews will continue spraying in wards 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 this week. The other wards have already been sprayed.

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