Tough Juice Gets Tuff
Posted by in DC Pro Sports on 04 30th, 2008 | No Comments
As an neutral journalist blogger, I don’t root for teams. But I don’t think there’s a rule against rooting for inanimate objects like a playoff series, and dang was I rooting for that most-ridiculous-of-all-time first-round series to continue. So when I saw some frowny faces at Tuesday’s...
McCain Visits a Hospital in Allentown
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By Michael D. Shear ALLENTOWN, Pa., April 30 — Sen. John McCain heaped compliment on a hospital here for its innovative use of technology as he continued a week-long health care tour aimed at highlighting his free-market plans for revamping the way medical insurance is delivered. But McCain came...
Go Home Already: Facsimiles
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>> It’s official: Federal transportation officials nowadays told Congress and Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine that they have approved the proposed 23-mile Dulles Rail project. [WaPo]
>> Turns out to have been totally true that nobody was willing to pay $20 to see wax statues of Marion Barry...
DCist’s May Theater Preview
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Restoration comedy…very hungry caterpillars…and Justin Timberlake. The D.C. theater scene has a diverse set of offerings that May, to say the least.
Speaking of the former bye-bye-bye-er, Catalyst’s Crumble (Lay Me Down Justin Timberlake) sounds intriguing…and whether it isn’t,...
Gilbert Shuts It Down
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Any surprises left from the Wizards? certain, why not one more. Gilbert Arenas will not play in Game 5 of the team’s first-round playoff series against the Cleveland Cavaliers tonight, and said his injured left knee will not permit him to play again that season. “I’m done,” he...
Eating DC: Urban Gardeners
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Written by DCist contributor Daniel Castleman
While most of the food world lately has been abuzz with discussion of “food miles,” or the calculation of energy needed to transport food from the farm to the table, D.C. resident Ed Bruske has been measuring his travels in inches. Bruske, a former reporter...
Ice Creampocalypse: Day 2
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Although we at DCist have no affiliation with any plastic surgeons’ organization, we can’t help but bring news of today’s annual 31-cent Scoop Night at Baskin-Robbins, tonight from 5 p.m. - 10 p.m. In cooperation with the National Fallen Firefighters Fund, The BR will once again shell...
Clinton Pulls Even on the Air
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By Matthew Mosk Given the huge financial disparity that separates Sen. Barack Obama from Sen. Hillary Clinton, it may be surprising to memorize that they are now spending at nearly an even clip on television advertising in Indiana and North Carolina. Obama and Clinton have both been spending about $100,000...
More Distancing–that duration from Obama
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By Shailagh Murray Sen. Barack Obama picked up three House superdelegates nowadays, pulling even with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the battle for congressional endorsements. But meanwhile, trouble was brewing for the Obama campaign in Mississippi. Amid the positive signs that Obama had weathered the...
The Hillary Factor
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In an excerpt from her taped appearance tonight on FOX’s “The O’Reilly Factor,” Sen. Hillary Clinton calls Jeremiah Wright’s comments at the National Press Club Monday “offensive and outrageous.” In the interview, she plus takes a backhanded shot at Barack Obama...


