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Good morning from Washington City Paper! It's Friday! We'll be off on Monday and [...]
MPD has released the list of new speed cameras that have hit the District. Starting May 7, you may have gotten a warning in the mail. Starting June 7, the "educational phase" will be over and those warnings will turn into tickets. Where are the cameras? List after the jump.
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Good morning from Washington City Paper! It's Thursday! The dead tree edition is hitting [...]
Paging Mayor Franks: Irritated by Rep. Trent Franks' (R-Ariz.) bill that would ban abortion after 20 weeks in the District, protesters met outside of his office with a list of other D.C. specific concerns they wished "Mayor" Franks would address. Rats, potholes, parking tickets and Metro were all fair game. Unfortunately for them, Franks and [...]
Nothing like a health scare to help change someone's mind. After suffering a blood clot in Las Vegas this week while traveling with a District delegation to a retail conference, former mayor-for-life Marion Barry tweeted that he's okay, and that he's been getting excellent care from Filipino hospital staff.
I also thank outstanding medical staff, incl. [...]
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Good morning from Washington City Paper! It's Wednesday!
LEADING THE MORNING NEWS: Now that Thomas Gore [...]
Via their Facebook page, the owners of Fojol Bros. have put out a statement apologizing to folks who have been offended by the food truck vendors' costumes:
The fojol bros. apologize to those who have been offended. That was not, is not, and will never be our intent. Fojol is a celebration of food and community, [...]
Gore-a-rama: Thomas Gore, Mayor Vince Gray's money guy, pleaded guilty today to "illegally steering funds from Gray's mayoral campaign to fringe candidate Sulaimon Brown's campaign, then destroying the evidence of the crimes in order to stymy an FBI investigation." LL takes a few lessons away, including: Don't take notes when you're doing illegal shit, and definitely [...]
Bicycling magazine has ranked D.C. number four on its list of best cities for cyclists, a nine-place leap for the city, which ranked at 13 last year:
There is no clearer evidence of the urban-cycling revolution sweeping the United States than in the nation’s capital, where ridership jumped 80 percent from 2007 to 2010. The District [...]
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Good morning from Washington City Paper! It's Tuesday!
LEADING THE MORNING NEWS: Top Vince Gray aide [...]
Maybe the most amusing part of this story about whether the American Rivers list of the "Top 10 Most Endangered Rivers" is actually meaningful is this quote in the Post:
“Any time you have a list, whether it’s the top 10 movies of the year, or the top 10 endangered rivers, there’s always some subjective judgment [...]
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Good morning from Washington City Paper! It's Monday! Let's do this.
LEADING THE MORNING NEWS: [...]
Alabama Prison For HTJ: Looks like Harry Thomas Jr. got his wish: He's going to the fanciest federal prison in the system on June 20. The camp in Montgomery, Ala. has nightly movies, pool tables, and arts and crafts. The move is unusual since it's 693 miles away from D.C.—well outside the 500-mile radius most [...]
The system hit a pretty cool milestone yesterday, just ahead of Bike To Work Day:
It's official, we have crossed the 2 millon ride mark and there's no going back. Congrats to all of U for all your pedaling!
—Capital Bikeshare (@bikeshare) May 17, 2012
Meanwhile, organizers of today's event say 12,700 riders in the D.C. metro area [...]
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Good morning from Washington City Paper! It's Friday! After last night's season finales of [...]
