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Why Shiloh Baptist Church Hangs On to Those Vacant Properties

The one that got away. Shiloh Baptist Church hasn't made many friends in Shaw by keeping a string of five properties on 9th Street NW...

Lydia DePillis • 5 hours ago. • Housing Complex

The Needle: Go Back to Philadelphia Edition

On The Whole, We'd Rather They Be In Philadelphia: For a variety of reasons, the crowd at Washington Nationals games is often dominated by fans...

Mike Madden • 5 hours ago. • City Desk

Take Me To Your Cafeteria

Office workers of Washington! I need your help. I'm researching the changing role of the institutional cafeteria in this white collar city, and I want...

Lydia DePillis • 3 February 2012, 4:36 pm • Housing Complex

Bowling For Teenage Girls

Of all the ways to get DCPS in compliance with Title IX regulations—the federal law that has effectively meant schools must provide equal opportunities for...

Shani Hilton • 3 February 2012, 4:35 pm • City Desk

House Committee to Berate GSA Again For Dragging Feet on Old Post Office

About a year ago, House Republicans held a hearing on wasteful use of federal government buildings, using the location backdrop of the vacant Old Post...

Lydia DePillis • 3 February 2012, 3:54 pm • Housing Complex

Police Chief Sues District Over Douple Dipping

Lou Cannon, chief of the D.C. Protective Services Police Department, is suing the District in federal court over a recent pay cut after the city...

Alan Suderman • 3 February 2012, 2:30 pm • Loose Lips

The Week In Photos

Occupy Alfalfa Club by Matt Dunn Click image for gallery. Polar Bear Plunge by Mike Hicks Click image for gallery by Mike Hicks and Matt Dunn. Occupy D.C., Deadline...

Darrow Montgomery • 3 February 2012, 12:23 pm • City Desk

Loose Lips Daily: But What a Tent It Was Edition

A deliberative roundup of one city's local politics. Send your tips, releases, stories, events, etc. to lips@washingtoncitypaper.com. And get LL Daily sent...

Alan Suderman • 3 February 2012, 11:36 am • Loose Lips

Bag Tax May Come to Prince George’s