VIA WJLA: The District of Columbia has done away with vehicle safety checks, but car owners still must pay $35 and wait in long lines for federally mandated emissions tests. The inspection charge is the same as it was before Oct. 1, when the city stopped conducting the 81-point safety inspection. And the wait at […]
VIA REUTERS: NEW YORKÂ – U.S. consumer confidence rose to a three-month high in December, while prices in the hard-hit housing sector stalled in October, breaking a five-month string of gains. The consumer confidence reading released on Tuesday reinforced views that the economy is gradually recovering, and the October housing data from the widely watched […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: A Montgomery County man is being held without bond on attempted carjacking and other charges after police say he tried to steal a Honda Civic from a 78-year-old woman walking with a cane — an endeavor that got him attacked by a group of citizens. Javier Gonzalez-Mena, 27, escaped from the […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: Watch for mid-January changes in how much to pay and when to pay while parking on D.C. streets. Drivers will notice three developments: — The District will complete the premium parking program, under which most of the city’s nearly 17,000 meters charge $2 per hour and a couple of thousand charge […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: The D.C. police department is investigating the circumstances surrounding Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas taking guns to Verizon Center this month, a police official said Monday. The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing, said police are looking into the original account of the incident […]
