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Lane Closures on Connecticut Ave. This Week

If you noticed that traffic was reduced to one lane in each direction on Connecticut Ave. NW today, be prepared for more of the same as the week continues. The DC Water and Sewer Authority is performing test pitting utility work between Calvert and ...

From SOMMER MATHIS, DCist,  23 Nov 2009

Levy Murder Trial Pushed Back While New Charges are Pending

Federal prosecutors plan to file additional charges against Chandra Levy's accused killer, Ingmar Guandique, the Post is reporting. The move will push the trial, originally scheduled to begin in January, all the way back to October, 2010. There's still ...

From SOMMER MATHIS, DCist,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Chandra Levy,  Ingmar Guandique

Fire at 17th and L NW Forces Evacuations

The fire at I-The Indian Experience, located at 1708 L Street NW, began in the kitchen and extended to some duct work, D.C. Fire/EMS spokesperson Pete Piringer said. Firefighters were called to the scene for a report of smoke conditions, and ...

From SOMMER MATHIS, DCist,  23 Nov 2009

Cafritz Suffers Second Fire

Cripes, Peggy Cooper Cafritz can't seem to catch a break. After her Chain Bridge Road mansion burned to the ground over the summer, she had another fire just a couple of weeks ago in the Georgetown apartment where she's been staying since, the Reliable ...

From SOMMER MATHIS, DCist,  23 Nov 2009

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Week Around the Ists

DCist caught up with the dapper gents and ladies who took to the streets in high style for the D.C. Tweed Ride. DCist is a website about Washington, D.C. More Does anyone know about the armed robbery on 13th NW last night in Columbia Heights? The ...

From SOMMER MATHIS, DCist,  23 Nov 2009

D.C. Insurance Dept. Denies Birth Control Coverage Meddling

The blog RH Reality Check posted an item yesterday alleging that Gennet Purcell, the District of Columbia's relatively new insurance commissioner, had surreptitiously conspired to make it possible for D.C. women to lose their birth control coverage. ...

From SOMMER MATHIS, DCist,  20 Nov 2009

Northeast Post Office Branch Spared From Closure List

The U.S. Postal Service today released yet another revised list of possible branch closures, and one D.C. office has been trimmed. The Northeast branch, located at 1563 Maryland Ave. NE, will stay. In Maryland, two other branches were also spared: the ...

From SOMMER MATHIS, DCist,  20 Nov 2009

Former Blade Staffers Launch 'DC Agenda'

From the ashes of the Washington Blade, DC Agenda has risen. The staff of the suddenly shuttered LGBT publication has managed to put together a new web site and "a modest, early iteration" of a print edition, both out today, less than a week after they ...

From SOMMER MATHIS, DCist,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Washington Blade,  White House,  U.S. Congress,  Catholic Charities

D.C. Unemployment Rate Reaches 11.9 Percent

The unemployment rate for the District of Columbia jumped to 11.9 percent in the month of October, its highest level since the current recession began, according to figures released today by the Department of Employment Services. That number marks an ...

From SOMMER MATHIS, DCist,  20 Nov 2009

Affidavit: Former Taxi Commissioner Linked to Bribery Scheme

Authorities have not indicated why they raided Toney's house Oct. 2. He does business with Syume but is not named in the indictment. In the newly unsealed court papers, an FBI agent says that wiretaps and other recorded conversations link the former ...

From SOMMER MATHIS, DCist,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Federal Bureau of Investigation,  Washington Post Company

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