VIA WJLA: Concern over the spread of swine flu has reached another college campus in the D.C. area. Weeks after hundreds of students at the University of Maryland fell ill, a growing number of students at Georgetown University have now gotten sick. “I just woke up feeling really feverish one day [and] everything hurt,” said […]
VIA WASHINGTON POST: About 1,000 taxi drivers went on strike Tuesday in response to a D.C. Council bill aimed at establishing a taxi medallion system or a taxi vehicle certificate system, organizers said. If passed, cabdrivers fear, the bill could substantially increase the cost of operating a taxi in the District. “We see this as […]
VIA MYFOXDC: GAINESVILLE, Va. – Virginia State Police have released a composite sketch of a suspect in a carjacking that took place on Thursday in Gainesville. Investigators say the armed man took a woman’s car in the parking lot of a store located in the 13300 block of Gateway Center Drive just before 9 p.m. […]
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 […]
Via: News One Recently, there has been a video surfacing on the internet of a white student being beat up by a black student on a school bus. Despite the fact that both black students and white students have been beat up on buses and at other places, Rush Limbaugh believes that the beating is […]
VIA WASHINGTON POST: The D.C. bookmobile will be parked, neighborhood libraries will close on Sundays and all city libraries will close on Monday holidays beginning Oct. 5 to help save $4.8 million, as the District tries to cope with its budget crunch. The library cutbacks are one of a number of service reductions that District […]
VIA WUSA: WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA) — Rome, Paris and now Washington. The new page turner out today from the blockbuster author of the Da Vinci Code is set here in the Capitol. Fans are already seeking out the temples of the mysterious Free Masons, who play a prominent role. Monumental and enigmatic by day, Dan […]
VIA WASHINGTON POST: The Metro employee who was struck by a train last week died Monday, becoming the most recent fatality in a series of tragic events afflicting the system’s operations in recent months. John Moore, 44, of Arlington County, a communications technician, died four days after being hit by a train between the National […]
VIA WASHINGTON POST: President Obama is marking his first anniversary of the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks since his election with a national call to public service, a wreath-laying and a solemn moment of silence. The president and first lady Michelle Obama gathered with about 200 White House staffers on the South Lawn at 8:46 a.m. […]
(Washington, DC) — This time, you’re getting plenty of early notice. Metro has announced a number of station closures for the Columbus Day Weekend, which is a little over a month away. Starting on the night of Friday, October 9th, the Waterfront-SEU and Archives-Navy Memorial-Penn Quarter Metrorail stations will be closed and the Green and […]