VIA WUSA: WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA) — Metropolitan Police are investigating the shootings of three men that occurred hours apart Sunday in the same area of Lincoln Heights, NE. Police and fire officials said a 19-year-old man suffered gunshot wounds to the leg, back and arm at 4:30 p.m. in the 400 block of 50th Street. […]

VIA NBC WASHINGTON: While the rest of the country is forced to cough and sneeze into our elbows to avoid swine flu, U.S. senators will be able to slip on a comfy mask at the first sign of H1N1. The Senate will provide the masks to senators and their staffs as part of preps to battle […]

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VIA WASHINGTON POST: A D.C. fire official says a fire broke out at the Embassy of Gabon. The fire was reported around 3:30 a.m. Monday at the embassy in the Adams Morgan neighborhood. When firefighters arrived, fire department spokesman Pete Piringer says they found significant fire in the basement, but it was quickly put out. […]

VIA MYFOXDC: WASHINGTON – As the Washington Football Team prepped for their first official home game, fans poured into Fed Ex Field’s new “Grey Lot.” “When we first heard about it, we were very worried,” says Patrick Randall of Silver Spring, MD. Tailgaters like Randall and his buddies were told in June they would be […]

VIA MYFOXDC: WASHINGTON – It’s back to work for the D.C. Council this week. Some say they’re returning for a new session still in a strained relationship with the Mayor. Last spring, it was those baseball tickets. Now, the Council Chairman says he and others are being used as scapegoats in an effort to fire […]

VIA WASHINGTOPOST.COM: Nearly a year into his tenure as head of Maryland’s second-largest school system, Prince George’s County School Superintendent William R. Hite Jr. is searching for lieutenants to execute his strategy. The executive cabinet of his predecessor, John E. Deasy, has largely scattered. Since Hite was chosen as interim superintendent in December and then […]

VIA NEWSONE.COM: WASHINGTON — President Obama has sent a request to Gov. David A. Paterson that he withdraw from the New York governor’s race, fearing that Mr. Paterson cannot recover from his dismal political standing, according to two senior administration officials and a New York Democratic operative with direct knowledge of the situation. The decision […]