March 2013
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Sinkhole Appears Adams Morgan
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January 2013
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930club:
You know it, you’ve read it, heck, you probably read it every Thursday! It’s not the Bible, but it’s pretty darn close. Our Partner feature this week is the one, the only, Washington City Paper. Boom-chaka-laka, oh how we love thee. They are an encyclopedia of knowledge for my three favorite things: food, arts and entertainment, and free stuff. AW YEAH.
If you’ve lived in DC longer...
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December 2012
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Rep. Jim Moran’s Son Guilty of Beating Up His...
Patrick Moran, the son of Democratic Virginia Rep. Jim Moran, is having a bad year. First, undercover video operative James O’Keefe caught him on tapehalf-heartedly discussing how to commit voter fraud…while acting as the field director for his dad’s campaign. Now Moran’s taken a more criminal turn, pleading guilty earlier today to allegedly beating up his girlfriend...
House Fire "Not Frat," Declares Georgetown Prep...
wistv.com - Columbia, South Carolina |
When University of South Carolina student and Georgetown Prep grad Alex Maroshek opened his door and found his duplex engulfed in flames on Monday, he had one thought: “This is just not frat at all.”
Maroshek, who played on Prep’s cross country and swimming teams when he was in Washington, puts down the fire like he’s talking to a...
Kwame Brown's Brother Charged With Bank Fraud
A criminal information was filed today against Che Brown, the brother of former D.C. Council Chairman Kwame “Fully Loaded” Brown.
Che Brown faced one count of bank fraud, for allegedly submitting false documents to GMAC Mortgage indicating that he had “$35,000 of income that he, in fact, never received,” the filing says.
A criminal information almost always indicates...
November 2012
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Big Lucks Lit Mag: Bringing Weird Writers Together
By Caroline Jones
Of the hundreds of literary magazines published every year, the world seems to pay attention to a prestigious few. What if your work doesn’t fit the tone of The Paris Review or The New Yorker? Are you just supposed to give up? If you ask Mark Cugini, the answer to that question is a resounding no.
When he found himself feeling frustrated by the static nature of...
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Safety First: Affluent D.C. Parents and the...
By Kathryn Masterson
Photos by Darrow Montgomery
Tammy Loverdos enters a three-story Capitol Hill rowhouse with a clipboard, a box of demonstration latches, and a folder stocked with safety pamphlets. She’s been called, as she is between five and 10 times a week around the region, to give an expert’s eye to the potential dangers that could meet this home’s youngest resident.
Loverdos, who...
October 2012
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September 2012
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July 2012
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“The slogan was emblazoned on virtually every piece of Gray campaign literature...”
– Done City?: Mayor Vince Gray tries to pretend the federal investigation is no big deal, but he’s already a lame duck. - Washington City Paper
Also: Irony.
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Derping hard in this week’s cover story.
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ToDo Today: Amelia Earhart's Celebrity →
“One Life: Amelia Earhart” at the National Portrait Gallery! Fort Reno (duh)! The grand opening of Taylor Gourmet’s fifth location! Read more about what you can do today and tonight here.
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June 2012
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“The entire world is going to kick our ass.”
– Sentiments from the steps of the Supreme Court following yesterday’s Affordable Care Act ruling.
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Pour One Out for the Pub Quiz at Ireland’s Four... →
Cleveland Park’s Ireland’s Four Fields held a wake for itself last night; The pub’s been operating for 34 years. But the bar’s not the only thing that’s shuttered. Its pub quiz, probably the most hardcore in the city (about 85 questions on a sheet of paper that players have to answer within 90 minutes), held its last round last night, too.
Didn’t make it?...
