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Georgetown vs. Indiana: Hoyas fall short in overtime despite big game from Otto Porter Jr. Nov 22nd 2012, 05:56 NEW YORK — One night after toppling No. 13 UCLA with spirited defense and an in-sync offense, Georgetown nearly replicated its heroics against top-ranked Indiana in the championship game of the Legends Classic at Brooklyn's Barclays Center. Read full article >> Police urge drivers to learn about Beltway changes Nov 21st 2012, 13:00 Road crews extended the lane markings at the southern entrance to the new Capital Beltway express lanes. But Virginia state police also are asking that people in the D.C. area have their holiday visitors familiarize themselves with the new Beltway traffic patterns. Read full article >> D.C. area forecast: Terrific travel weather here, there, and most everywhere east of the Rockies Nov 21st 2012, 10:00 Mother Nature comes through in the clutch today with nearly ideal pre-Thanksgiving weather not just here in the D.C. area, but for the vast majority of the country with the exception of the stormy Pacific Northwest. Locally, the story is much the same for Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday. No storm threats this weekend, but it does turn breezy and much colder. Maryland vs. Lafayette: James Padgett leads Terrapins to 83-74 win Nov 21st 2012, 03:48 The reminders were everywhere. The newspapers, shaken and crinkled in jest by Terrapins fans during pregame introductions, proclaimed the University of Maryland's move to the Big Ten official. When university President Wallace D. Loh entered Comcast Center midway through the second half Tuesday night, chants began of "Big Ten, Big Ten." And during a promotional advertisement for the Atlantic Coast Conference on the overhead video board, one student waved goodbye. Read full article >> TV and radio listings: November 21 Nov 21st 2012, 03:17 NBA 7:30 p.m. Washington at Atlanta » Comcast SportsNet, WJFK (106.7 FM), WFED (1500 AM) 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles Clippers at Oklahoma City » ESPN COLLEGE BASKETBALL 2:30 p.m. Maui Invitational: Mississippi St. vs. Texas » ESPNU Read full article >> Legality of University System of Maryland's Big Ten vote questioned Nov 21st 2012, 02:37 As the University of Maryland's top officials finalized a surprising move to the Big Ten Conference this week, the school's public governing board went into "emergency" mode and met twice in secret to decide whether it would endorse the change. Read full article >> Maryland move to Big Ten took ACC officials by surprise Nov 21st 2012, 02:29 Since the ACC essentially began the seismic shifts in the college sports landscape 10 years ago by expanding by three schools, Commissioner John Swofford had managed to keep his league one step ahead of the fray. Read full article >> East Coast Rapist suspect is again scheduled to enter guilty pleas Nov 21st 2012, 01:16 Aaron Thomas, the alleged East Coast Rapist, who has said he is responsible for at least a dozen rapes over the past two decades, is again scheduled to enter guilty pleas to rape and abduction charges in Prince William County, prosecutors said Tuesday. Read full article >> Redskins QB Robert Griffin III looking forward to Texas homecoming Nov 21st 2012, 01:11 When he takes the field Thursday at Cowboys Stadium for the Washington Redskins' Thanksgiving game against the Dallas Cowboys, quarterback Robert Griffin III expects a somewhat divided reception. Born in Japan, but raised primarily in Texas, where he starred in both football and track at Copperas Cove High School and Baylor University, Griffin sees this game as a true homecoming. He'll play in front of a large number of family and friends, at the stadium and on televisions in homes across the state. Read full article >> Hundreds are vying for a chance to attend Md. casino's dealer school Nov 21st 2012, 01:10 Live table games won't begin at Maryland Live casino for another five months, but more than 2,000 people are already trying to get in on the action — as craps and card dealers. The casino at Arundel Mills mall plans to hire at least 800 dealers to work about 150 tabletop games that are expected to be introduced in mid-April. Read full article >> Wizards Coach Randy Wittman has faced more than his share of NBA challenges Nov 21st 2012, 01:06 Randy Wittman probably feels more flummoxed than he looks these days. His Washington Wizards have been a confusing lot this season, with inconsistent play forcing him to push different buttons and, like a defective vending machine, never get the expected results. Read full article >> On Mississippi Ave. SE, a place of light and learning Nov 20th 2012, 23:35 On a recent night, Edmund Fleet showed me around THEARC, a town hall complex he runs in Southeast Washington. It's still something of an open secret that a part of the District once known mostly for homicides is now home to a veritable lighthouse of learning —a $27 million, 110,000-square-foot campus set on 16 beautiful green acres along Mississippi Avenue SE. Read full article >>

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