There was a time when Washingtonians who like their water from the tap and those who prefer it in bottles got along just fine. That time was called "last week."

Part of a canopy over a pedestrian bridge at American University—between Mary Graydon Center (MGC) and Battelle—collapsed this morning.
The Eagle reports:
About half the structure collapsed — and pieces were still falling. What was left standing was closest to Butler Pavilion.
After the collapse, few people were outside. No emergency vehicles were in the area either.
The bridge [...]

I just got this song out of my head after joking about it last week to a coworker, but this is funny. Also Alanis Morissette-ironic: That was a nasty storm, but it was not a blizzard.
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It’s an early Saturday afternoon inside the cozy basement café at Politics & Prose bookstore on Connecticut Avenue NW. I’ve been here awhile – a good long while.
I arrive with my laptop and a yellow legal pad before 10 a.m. and install myself at one of the little tables along the wall that leads to [...]

Single Payer Action promised yesterday to picket Whole Foods stores in New York, Austin, and D.C., and today, picketing they are: Neatly, sweetly, and sweatily, making the lunch scene at 1440 P St. NW the most bucolic  in the history of organic-food-store protests.
Holding up a piece of orange poster board three times as wide [...]

College Rag Wrap-up: Your weekly roundup of what’s new(s) in D.C. college papers (and blogs). Each Monday, City Desk summarizes the most interesting stories from college oriented newspapers and blogs in the area. Links are compiled by City Paper intern Ryan J. Reilly, who is an editor at Catholic University’s student newspaper, the Tower.

College Rag Wrap-up: Your weekly roundup of what’s new(s) in D.C. college papers (and blogs). Each Monday, City Desk summarizes the most interesting stories from college oriented newspapers and blogs in the area. Links are compiled by City Paper intern Ryan J. Reilly, who is an editor at Catholic University’s student newspaper, the Tower.

According to an e-mail sent out by American University to its students:
"Today, December 17, AU Public Safety contacted the Metro Police Department about a suspicious item that appeared to be a grenade found in a residence hall room in Anderson Hall.
MPD reported to campus and advised that Anderson, Letts and Centennial Halls [...]