Capital Bikeshare may expand to Mall
(Gerald Martineau)
The National Capital Planning Commission will vote March 1 on adding five new bike stations stretching from the Smithsonian Metro station to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial.
Why are weekend Metro passengers targets?
Shouldn’t weekday commuters share more of the pain Metro dispenses to weekend riders through its extensive maintenance disruptions? That’s what one weekender asks.
Giving it up!
(Sarah L. Voisin)
Ash Wednesday and the Lenten season represent a time of sacrifice and personal reflection.
Meeting on Metrobus 14th Street Line
(Courtesy of WMATA / COURTESY OF WMATA)
Metro and the District Department of Transportation are co-sponsoring a meeting Thursday for the public to comment on the 52, 53 and 54 bus routes, part of a study of the transit authority’s 14th Street Line.
Signals at Logan Circle to go dark for upgrade
(Jeffrey Porter / For The Washington Post.)
The District Department of Transportation plans to shut down the traffic signals at Logan Circle in Northwest Washington beginning Thursday at 10 a.m.
Capital Bikeshare may expand to Mall
The National Capital Planning Commission will vote March 1 on adding five new bike stations stretching from the Smithsonian Metro station to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial.
- Giving it up!
- DC police official involved in celebrity escort flap gives notice of whistleblower suit
- Signals at Logan Circle to go dark for upgrade
- On land where 'lives were once traded,' a new black history museum is rising on National Mall
- D.C. community calendar, Feb. 23 to March 1, 2012
- Metro to suspend track work
- President Obama sings the blues
District of DeBonis
DeEvening Link: Simply the best
Donald Trump on his plans for the Old Post Office Pavilion: “I think this has a chance to be one of the great hotels of the world, if not the best.”
District of DeBonis
Gray shows movement on affordable housing
A week and a half after One City Summit participants named housing as their top priority, Gray takes some action.
District of DeBonis
Youth job training contract slammed by appeals board
Panel found “no consistent, discernible standard or approach” in awarding a contract to Synergistic Inc.
District of DeBonis
DeMorning Links: One plastic bracelet
“All of this violence over a piece of costume jewelry,” said the lead prosecutor in the March 2010 shooting spree that left five dead.
District of DeBonis
DeEvening Links: Watch your mouths
D.C. Council members must now “treat other members with dignity and respect and refrain from using profane, indecent or abusive language.”
Local Columns
Have you always liked the painting on the inside of the dome? Bid on the miniature version.
As use has grown, so have positions — civilian and career — in each branch of the military.
COLUMN | The self-defeating campaign against the Girl Scouts by some conservatives won’t win.
Tech firms could disable stolen gadget, but some think disabling robbers is better.
Lifestyle & Entertainment
Artomatic 2012 dates announced
The massive unjuried art festival returns in May after a three-year hiatus.
Twitter controversy at local theater
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company planned a “Tweet Up” for Jason Grote’s new play without asking him.
Mahanthappa is blowing past obscurity
Rudresh Mahanthappa’s “Samdhi” was recorded in 2008, but the jazz alto saxophonist’s album wasn’t released for three years.
Itzhak Perlman joins BSO at Strathmore
The violinist delivered well-upholstered, old-school readings of concertos from Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons.”
In exhibit, 100 years of Marine aviation
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s new exhibit, “Fly Marines! The Centennial of Marine Corps Aviation: 1912-2012,” opens Saturday and runs through Jan. 6, 2013.
Restaurant Week snapshots: #DishDC
We asked readers to snap Instagram shots of their Restaurant Week meals and tag them #DishDC.
Melody of love
Bandleader Doc Scantlin and singer Chou Chou have found a way to live in a different era — when swing was king and romance was everything.
Washington photo galleries
A snowy afternoon in Maryland
A light snowfall descends on the rural community of Middletown in Frederick County.
Trash collecting jobs coveted in the District
Being a trash collector is one of the most sought-after jobs for those without a college degree in the District.
More black pastors backing Occupy movement
A growing number of African American pastors in the Washington area are embracing the Occupy movement.
From street fights to fashion show
Members of two D.C. street gangs show off sometimes hidden talents.
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Your sunset photos
Readers submitted more than 700 photos of their favorite sunset views. Here are some of the pictures.
A dynasty tested
With Harry L. Thomas Jr.’s guilty plea, the family political dynasty is over for now.
Love amid the revolution
Over a dozen couples emerged after months of outdoor living at the Occupy D.C. camps.
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