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Together Forever
Is your recycling getting trashed?
Cover Story

The New Cronies
The story of Adrian Fenty, some frat brothers, and tens of millions of dollars in parks construction.
Loose Lips

Meet the Other Defendants
How trying to become a cabbie got dozens of no-name men collared.
Cover Story

Out With the Old
The Fenty administration's war with power broker David Wilmot and his nonprofit group home outfit.
Loose Lips


Parks and Wreck
How Ximena Hartsock became the first cabinet-level appointee in memory to be turned down.
Loose Lips

The Happy World of the New Washington Post Magazine
There's levity, brevity - and, so far, a good dose of mediocrity.
Cover Story

What Cost Peace?
What has the District gotten for the $10 million it's paid Ron Moten's Peaceoholics?
Cover Story

Fare Game
The federal taxi investigation explained
Loose Lips

The Right-Hand Man
Graham and Loza close financially, personally
Loose Lips

Bench Warfare
One woman's quest to install seating in a tiny park in Columbia Heights - where not everyone wanted it.
Cover Story

Red Scare
The one place Republicans thrive in D.C. government.
Loose Lips

Dear Zagat
Why we don't need your little burgundy restaurant guide anymore.
Cover Story

Who Will Challenge Fenty?
Loose Lips previews DCision 2010, a year out!
Loose Lips

The Ex-Gay Movement that Wasn't
A look at D.C.'s tiniest demographic, and an ex-gay front organization.
Cover Story

The Case for a Gay Marriage Vote
Five good reasons to put the civil rights question to voters.
Loose Lips

How the District's Children Die
We didn't know them in life, but these are the stories of their deaths.
Cover Story

The $300 Million Grab
Will the city force CareFirst to spend its cash reserves on community health?
Loose Lips

The Crap Shoot
A look at D.C.'s pools: Of 27 tested for bacteria, 10 came up positive.
Cover Story

Border Dispute
The mayor resorts to a bogus privacy rationale on his sons' education at a primo elementary school.
Loose Lips

The Best Summer Job Ever
A thwarted investigation into the District's shaky teen litter patrol.
Cover Story

Dewey Beach: A Way of Life (Indeed!)
A look at Dewey's culture of howling hedonism.
Cover Story

Marion Barry's Other Woman
Ward 8 Councilmember steers social services contracts to another girlfriend.
Loose Lips

Confrontation Clause
How eight words in the Constitution set Kenneth Millard free—for now
Cover Story

Inside the Barry Love Triangle
How do you make your girlfriend's ex-hubby go away?
Cover Story

Marion Barry's Nonprofits
A look at the six groups that absorbed nearly a half-million dollars in earmarks.
Loose Lips

Marion Barry: Boss for Life
Who says he can't have $1 million for his political machine?
Cover Story

The Barry Archives
Voicemails reveal depths of councilmember’s obsession with girlfriend Donna Watts-Brighthaupt
Loose Lips

DeOnté Rawlings Is Gone. The Cops Are Cleared. What's Left?
Plenty: The cops behind the killing of a 14-year-old explain themselves.
Cover Story

Running the Numbers
When it comes to the D.C. Lottery, who's old is new again.
Loose Lips

How Not to Hire a Chef
Andy Shallal hired the winner of a glitzy contest to cook at Eatonville. Then he fired him.
Cover Story

Stone-Cold Whodunit
How did pieces of the U.S. Capitol end up in Rock Creek Park?
The City

Screw U.
Can church teachings keep 3,000 Catholic University students from doing it? (No)
Cover Story

The Price of Whistleblowing on the D.C. Fire Department
What do you get for speaking out against the Fire Department? Spend a day with Greg Bowyer.
Cover Story

All the Garnishes
Is Marion Barry treated just like the rest of us?
Loose Lips

Three Murders, Three Questions
On March 21, Joseph Randolph Mays was arrested and charged with murdering his live-in girlfriend and her two sons. Police Chief Cathy Lanier says “everybody did everything they could do.” Really?
Cover Story

Tech Support
Dirty.gov pops up on Fenty's watch.
Loose Lips

What's Your Excuse?
The lonely life of the D.C. bike helmet
Cover Story

Movealong.org
Uprooting the homeless from the West End Library

The City

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Arts

  • Views from Home
    Giorgio Morandi pushed boundaries by placing severe limitations on his work and his life
    Gallery
  • Kindle in the Wind
    Who needs agents and traditional publishing houses when there are e-books?
    Arts
  • Top Ten Albums of 2008
    The best list of top ten lists you'll ever read.
    Music

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The Mail

  • Make a Mental Note
    Executive takes issue with LL
    The Mail
  • Suit Yourself
    bankruptcy, City Paper
    The Mail
  • Brief Counseling
    While I usually appreciate the ironic appropriation of official formats to cleverly convey a message, I found the cover story for your Oct. 10 issue...
    The Mail
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