Last week, we noted that Sikh-Americans can now become Metropolitan Police Department officers without having to take off their turbans.
It’s a big win for the Sikh advocacy group that helped get the new policy off the ground—even though there’s currently only one Sikh-American MPD trainee, and no active Sikh officers—because it makes D.C. the first [...]
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 [...]
Finalists for the Association of Alternative Newsmedia's 2012 AltWeekly Awards were released today, and Washington City Paper scored four nominations. Highlights:
Theater critic Chris Klimek won Arts Criticism nominations for a trio of reviews: A Kennedy Center performance of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, Arena Stage's performance of Amy Freed's You, Nero, and a double-barreled July review [...]
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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LEADING THE MORNING NEWS: Top Vince Gray aide [...]
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Gray Gored?: Maybe all that time listening to Sulaimon Brown babble in front of the D.C. Council wasn't wasted, after all. Federal prosecutors say the former chief money man for Vince Gray's victorious 2010 mayoral campaign, Thomas Gore, gave money orders for $535 to Brown's campaign using fake names and cash from Gray's own campaign [...]
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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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 [...]
We caught Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) after his subcommittee’s hearing yesterday on a bill he sponsored that would ban abortion in D.C. after 20 weeks.
“District of Columbia is not the issue here,” he told us, stepping into an elevator. “It’s the pain of the child, and when people make the District of Columbia the issue [...]
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 [...]
The Social Security Administration's latest list of most popular baby names by state is out this morning.
According to the list—which reflects Social Security card applications from the previous year—D.C.'s top five names for boys in 2011 were William, Alexander, Daniel, James, and Christopher.
For girls, the top names were Sophia, Ava, Elizabeth, Olivia, and Sofia. Drill [...]
