Photo by nevermindtheend Good morning, Washington. Well, we made it. The blizzard is over, the sun is shining, and now all we need to do is figure out where to put all the snow. Operation Shovel and Plow commences in earnest today, but for many of D.C.’s residential streets, there are few options...

So in one of those freak occurrences involving a meteorite striking a doctor’s office in Lorton, Virginia, a meteorite struck a doctor’s office in Lorton — and then things got weird. Cool and collected doctors Marc Gallini and Frank Ciampi, having nearly been struck by bits of space...

Word from the George Washington Police Department has it that a man on a mountain bike exposed his genitals to groups of women around campus on two occasions this week: once near Lerner Health and Wellness and then again by Philip Amsterdam Hall. In this snow, it’s difficult to imagine anyone...

Photo by Paul Frederiksen We spent most of the week wondering if the large storm parked over North Carolina and parts of Virginia would extend far enough north to hit the District. It’s not looking too likely. At best we’ll get an inch of snow, but even that’s not a sure bet. Could...

Yvette Alexander Ward 7 D.C. Council member Yvette Alexander (D) has to have the worst luck out of all of her colleagues when it comes to crime. Back in June of 2007, she had her purse stolen while at a gas station . And now today, D.C. Wire reports that a suspected robber pulled a gun on her Wednesday...

                                        Evidently the right-to-life or anti-choice movement is made up of cute young people and cranky-looking old men. Oh, and toddlers. Toddlers are not pleased. Shown...

Photo by KCIvey For an election year, the District’s mayoral contest remains in low-gear at best, and stalled at worst. Though there’s been plenty of talk, plenty of polls and plenty of frustration with Mayor Adrian Fenty, no big-name contenders have yet stepped up to challenge him in September’s...

A fresh coat of paint has been applied to the exterior of the large vacant building at the corner of 9th Street and Rhode Island Ave. NW, taking with it a number of murals that have served as a landmark, of sorts, since about 2002. Prince of Petworth fretted the other day that the disappearance of these...

Photo by ElliotVaughnRichter Good morning, Washington. Well, it looks like Scott Brown has won the special election in Massachusetts , knocking the Democrats’ majority in the Senate down to 59 seats. Exactly what this means for health care reform and President Obama’s larger legislative...

Photo by mofo Mayor Fenty is helping the Haitian Embassy set up a D.C. command center to organize their relief efforts, WTOP reports. I know diplomats aren’t necessarily political, and obviously this tragedy merits everyone’s best efforts, but I have to wonder if Fenty felt at all funny...