It may not come as a surprise that the 24-year-old District woman who allegedly stabbed 20-year-old NPR intern Annie Ropeik multiple times and for no particular reason Wednesday morning is mentally ill. Recently filed charging documents say Melodie Anne Brevard has been diagnosed as having Bipolar Type II disorder. Brevard was supposed [...]
WJLA-TV is reporting an "escalated response" to today's suspicious package at 19th and F Streets NW, which had authorities tied up for five hours, sealing off several square blocks surrounding the World Bank and parts of the George Washington University campus.
Some witnesses may have even heard a "small explosion," according the local ABC affiliate's Jennifer Donelan, who describes the overall level of police response [...]
Sir Clement Freud, grandson of Sigmund, Liberal Member of Parliament, chef, scribe, and deadpannist extraordinaire, has died at 84, reports the BBC, the Guardian, and everybody else.
To me and to many of my British classmates, Freud was that disembodied, side-splitting monotone that punctuated the best moments of the hit radio show, "Just a Minute." [...]
The beating that Vinny Cerrato took from listeners to his WTEM talk show this morning was so severe, fans could understand if the Redskins personnel chief puts himself on injured reserve.
Cerrato originally signed on to do the twice-weekly show a few weeks into the season, after the Redskins had beaten Dallas and Philadelphia and everything [...]
Everybody has their own way of finding their Zen. Some do yoga. Some smoke weed. Some turn cuddling into an odd, process-oriented group activity. Me, I stick to Voice of America Special English, which broadcasts news stories about the awesomeness of American culture to faraway lands, using a limited pool of vocabulary words spoken slowly. [...]
Tune into the Kojo Nnamdi Show on WAMU-FM (88.5) at noon to enjoy a rare joint appearance between LL and Ward 8 Councilmember Marion Barry, who will be debating challengers Yavocka Young and Darrell Gaston on air.
This could be fun!
Just when you thought it was over: Another Redskins personnel story by Jason La Canfora, another no-comment by Vinny Cerrato.
Readers only had to get to the third paragraph of Jason's primer (co-written by Barry Svrluga) in yesterday's Washington Post on all the new Seahawks coming to town before the beat writer let everybody know DJ [...]
The Kojo Nnamdi Show on WAMU 88.5 FM talks to our leader today. The segment with Wemple starts at 12:30, but why wait? Tune in at the top of the hour for a discussion about the future of UDC. It's D.C. hell-in-a-handbasket Monday! Let's all tune in!
Capitol News Connection is looking for people to call in to their taped interview with VA Senator Jim Webb. Webb is taking calls on the topic of National Security and Economic Security today at 2:30 PM. What are the big issues the next President and the next Congress will face? What do you want to [...]
On my way home from a vacation up north, I flipped on C-Span radio for much of the Jersey Turnpike. The station replays the morning chat shows. Since I am addicted to the presidential race, I just had to listen to George Will and Brit Hume, etc. I'd listen. Then scream. I'd listen. Then Scream. [...]
DENVER—Tune in to WTOP radio this morning at 10 a.m. to hear LL run down the local side of the Democratic National Convention on the Politics Program With Mark Plotkin.
Plotkin was kind enough to invite LL on after not being able to personally attend his first Democratic convention since 1968. Here's the item from LL's [...]
If you can't get enough of LL's smooth, supple radio voice, just wait till you get a load of his rugged cable-television good looks!
At noon, tune in to the Politics Hour on the Kojo Nnamdi Show on WAMU-FM (88.5). Kojo and LL will be talking about the upcoming Democratic National Convention, the upcoming first day [...]
LL will be serving as a guest analyst today on the D.C. Politics Hour with Kojo Nnamdi on WAMU-FM (88.5 on your radio dial). Actually, this will be a Kojoless Kojo; The Post's Marc Fisher will be subbing as host for Kojo today. Tom Sherwood of Channel 4 will also be on.
We'll be talking teachers [...]
We're used to getting haters who write to us, but usually it's because they hate us. Today we got one from someone who hates Diane Rehm. Well, we like mail, even unsigned anonymous mail, no matter what, so keep 'em coming. But, in the interest of full disclosure, I met Diane Rehm during a stint [...]
As thunderstorms ripped through Prince George's County last week, WAMU's David Furst and I stood there in the downpour and talked about the continued crack down on pupusa truck vendors in the area. The trucks that defy the law against street vending continue to rack up $500 tickets; others have moved their trucks to an [...]
