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 | Monitoring the Friday morning commute Oct 26th 2012, 09:53 Good morning, commuters! Well be keeping an eye on the roads and rails this morning, reporting any delays or issues and we will need your help. If you see or hear about any congestion, delays or problems, tell us in the comments section below or by tweeting @drgridlock. Read full article >> | | D.C. area forecast: Mainly benign weather presents the calm before Hurricane Sandy's impact Oct 26th 2012, 09:00 We must pay careful attention to impacts from Sandy anywhere from about late late Sunday into Tuesday. It really may get dicey, but we aren't yet completely sure which of the to most likely scenarios is likeliest. It has probably come down to either a significant impact from a storm hitting to the north, or even worse if it's closer. Stay tuned. But, in the mean time, prepare for possible issues to come during the calm before the storm. | | 2012 World Series: San Francisco Giants shut down Detroit Tigers in Game 2 for 2-0 lead Oct 26th 2012, 03:54 SAN FRANCISCO — This World Series is littered with pitchers who have won Cy Young Awards (Justin Verlander, Barry Zito, Tim Lincecum), pitchers who have thrown no-hitters (Verlander and Anibal Sanchez), pitchers who have been all-stars. Thursday night, the pair that pushed each other deep into the evening of Game 2 included one who had been removed from his team's rotation not much more than a week earlier, and another who has never won more games that he lost during the course of a major league season. Read full article >>   | | D.C. to give charter schools hand with facility costs Oct 26th 2012, 01:05 The District will apply part of its $140 million budget surplus to charter-school facilities costs that are currently paid for with federal funds, Mayor Vincent C. Gray (D) announced Thursday. The $7 million move will free up those federal dollars, essentially turning them over to the charter sector to use for other needs. Read full article >>   | | Rep. Frank Wolf's challengers face uphill battle Oct 26th 2012, 00:38 Over more than three decades in Congress, Virginia Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R) has seemingly become all but immune to political challengers. Virginia's longest-serving member of the House of Representatives, Wolf has been elected 16 times by a loyal electorate in Virginia's sprawling and diverse 10th Congressional District, which encompasses highly populated eastern suburbs of Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William counties as well as rural swaths of Clarke and Frederick counties. Read full article >>   | | In Fairfax County neighborhood, bond levee is Election Day's main event Oct 26th 2012, 00:19 Eunice Johnson, 87, doesn't really care who the next president is. For her, Nov. 6 will influence far more important questions: like how many more times she'll have to watch her small brick duplex fill up with water, and whether she'll continue to depend on the kindness of strangers to move her soaked, sludge-covered belongings from the basement to the trash. Read full article >> | |
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