District plans to create ‘living building’
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The Living Building Challenge was one of 12 pilot projects to receive grants.
D.C. school health test scores top expectations
Students in the District scored an average of 62 percent on the nation’s first standardized health test.
Bowser spends big ahead of 2014
Council member Muriel Bowser spent nearly $350,000 on her unopposed Ward 4 reelection campaign.
CFO Gandhi declines to answer D.C. Council questions
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Council sought clarity on award of city lottery contract; Graham denies improper interference in deal.
Marijuana growing center, dispensary move one step closer to opening
D.C. facilities granted “certificates of occupancy,” allowing them to be staffed preparatory to inspections.
D.C. police seek suspect in man’s July stabbing death
Police have released a video of a possible suspect in the stabbing death of a taxi repair shop manager.
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Kwame Brown disavows aggressive tweets
The former D.C. Council chairman blamed a stolen phone for 90 minutes worth of edgy tweeting.
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McDuffie urges Gray to stop bus lot
The Ward 5 council member said he prefers "a proposal that invests in the wellbeing of Ivy City residents."
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More questions for Natwar Gandhi
The District's chief financial officer is back before the D.C. Council today, with plenty to discuss.
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Employee of street-paving firm wants more street paving
D.C. Council member Anita Bonds, employed by Fort Myer Construction, wants to focus on "the repair of these streets."
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No 'Plan' for Ivy City, says mayor
Vincent Gray rejects the suggestion his administration is trying to move poor residents out of town.
Washingtology quiz of the day: Former amusement park
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At which former amusement park could one swim, ride donkeys, canoe, and glimpse the Washington Monument from across the river?
Washingtology quiz of the day: The Nobel Peace Prize
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On Dec. 12, 1906, America received its first Nobel Peace Prize, for negotiating the end of the Russo-Japanese War. Who won it?
Washingtology quiz of the day: The IRS
The IRS used a special machine to calculate the excise tax on what commodity in 1937?
Washingtology quiz of the day: National Menorah lighting ceremony
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Who was the first president to attend the National Menorah lighting ceremony?
Washingtology quiz of the day: Pearl Harbor
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Why did FDR decline to attend a White House luncheon the day of the Pearl Harbor attack?
Charles Hicks: Insider’s guide to D.C.
Chuck Hicks of the DC Black History Celebration Committee shares a list of his favorite local attractions and events.
Kenneth B. Ellerbe: Insider’s guide to D.C.
Chief Kenneth B. Ellerbe of the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department shares a list of his favorite local attractions and events.
Vernard R. Gray: Insider’s guide to D.C.
Vernard R. Gray of CA-FAM III, Inc. and East River Jazz shares a list of his favorite local attractions and events.
Andy Shallal: Insider’s guide to D.C.
Andy Shallal, founder of Busboys and Poets, shares a list of his favorite local attractions and events.
Insider’s guide to D.C.
Doris A.M. Thomas of Serenity Players shares a list of her favorite local attractions and events.
D.C.community calendar, Dec. 13 to 20, 2012
Holiday concerts and performances, help for job seekers, chess instruction, film screenings and more.
D.C. Animal Watch
Among cases handled by the Washington Humane Society and the Washington Animal Rescue League.
D.C. crime report
Among incidents reported by police in the District.
D.C. crime report
Among incidents reported by D.C. police.
D.C. home sales
Residential real estate transactions in the District.
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Capitol Christmas Tree arrives in D.C.
Workers unloaded and placed this year’s Capitol Christmas Tree, a 73-foot Engelmann spruce from Colorado.
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D.C. celebrates Adoption Day
D.C. Child and Family Services Agency holds it 26th annual Adoption Day ceremony at D.C. Superior Court.
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RFD bar is test kitchen for comics
Any other night of the week, the backroom at RFD in Chinatown could be mistaken for every sticky-floored sports bar in Penn Quarter. But on Awesome Thursdays it becomes something quite different.
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MetroAccess changes urged
Since Metro recently changed its fare policy for MetroAccess, a transit alternative for the elderly and disabled, customers have complained not only about higher rates but also that the system can impose different fares for the same trip.
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Occupy D.C. protesters mark first anniversary
About 50 members of the movement took to the streets Monday morning.
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GenOn power plant is set to close
An Alexandria generating station, long criticized as a source of pollution, is turning off the lights — allowing cleanup of its waterfront site to begin.
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Sniper case still haunts those it touched
PHOTOS | Ten years after snipers John Allen Muhammed and Lee Boyd Malvo terrorized the region, the case still haunts those who were directly affected.
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The D.C. Snipers: 10 years later
PHOTOS | Ten years ago, John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo went on a killing spree that terrorized the D.C. area.
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