Mayor-for-Life Marion Barry is convalescing after a successful kidney transplant yesterday at Howard University Hospital, reports the Associated Press. He received a kidney from longtime friend and District native Kim Dickens. The Washington Post ran a story last weekend about Dickens’s decision...

“OMG Sen. Roland Burris! Ehh, do we really want this guy coming to bat for us? Maybe!” That was DCist Sommer’s response to seeing Sen. Roland Burris (D-IL) take up the cause of District voting rights on Wednesday. It’s weird to have a guy no one likes taking up your cause. And...

View Larger Map Sadly, last night was yet another violent one in Columbia Heights, as multiple listserv reports — including one from Councilman Jim Graham — describe more gunshots on the 1300 block of Columbia Road NW. First, Graham reports that shortly after 7:30 yesterday evening, a 51-year...

I suppose we can never be sure if the driver plunked down here on purpose; but it is clear that sally henny penny was in the right place at the right time to catch this Smart Car’s incredibly photogenic parking spot . Washington DCmore from the original source: Saturday Smart Cars Make Smart...

If you’re anything like me, you can come up with a good excuse to eat out pretty much anytime. (Unfortunately, most of these excuses are simple variations on my own personal laziness. Hey, at least I’m honest.) But on March 5, everyone’s got a perfectly valid reason to take in a meal...

The Washington Post reports that the Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee rejected Gov. Martin O’Malley’s bill to repeal the death penalty, the latest turn in the state’s long back-and-forth history on capital punishment. It’s hardly the last. In fact, it’s not...

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