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If you plan on taking a cab during the inauguration, it may cost you a little extra. According to NBC Washington, the D.C. Taxicab Commission wants to implement a charge targeted at extra passengers to encourage cabbies to work at the busiest times that weekend. The proposal is not set in stone and will be […]

US President of the United States Barack Obama D 51% Vice President  Joe Biden D DC  D.C. Council: Chairman Phil Mendelson D 72% D.C. Council: At-Large David Grasso I 21% Vincent Orange D 38% D.C. Council: Ward 2 Jack Evans D 97% D.C. Council: Ward 4 Muriel Bowser D 97% D.C. Council: Ward 7 Yvette […]

A day after the media dubbed “Frankenstorm” pounded the Atlantic seaboard into a soggy mess Metro authorities have announced that they will resume public transportation service starting at 2PM. According to NBC Washington: Metrorail and Metrobuses will be running on a Sunday schedule starting at 2 p.m. Metro expects to resume normal service schedules, including rush hour […]

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Metro has joined several other area transit agencies in canceling service for Monday. Travel to, from and across the East Coast was already feeling the affects of Hurricane Sandy before the storm had even made landfall. Metrorail service will be closed Monday. There’s no word yet on when it will be restored. MetroAccess service was […]

Major closings DC Public Schools Closed Monday Frederick Co Schools – VA Closed Monday Loudoun Co Schools – VA Closed Monday Loudoun County Public Schools Closed Monday Arch of Wash – all parish schools Closed Monday Capital City Public Charter School Closed Monday Calvert Co Government Closed Monday Calvert Co Schools – MD Closed Monday […]

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The East Coast is bracing for the remnants Hurricane Sandy to hit this weekend. Dubbed “Frankenstorm” due to it’s closeness to Halloween, the storm is likely to run parallel to the East Coast Sunday night through Monday, according to sources. CBS reports: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Friday that wherever the storm comes ashore, […]

  (Washington, DC)  —  An online lottery got underway yesterday morning for tickets to the 90th annual National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony.  The ceremony, on the White House Ellipse, is scheduled for December 6th.  The lottery will continue until 10 a.m. Monday, October 29th.  Three-thousand seated tickets and 14-thousand standing room only tickets will be […]

  (Baltimore, MD)  —  The Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute is offering a huge reward to anyone who comes up with a cure for blindness.  The institute is offering two-million dollars to the person, group or institution that can either cure blindness by 2020.  The prize could also be awarded to someone who does the […]

  (New Sewickley, PA)  —  A nine-year-old girl is in the hospital after getting shot by a relative who thought she was a skunk.  Police in Beaver County outside Pittsburgh say the girl was wearing a black costume and white tassel for a Halloween party Saturday night.  She was shot in the shoulder and airlifted […]