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Virginia Tech basketball beats Appalachian State for first 5-0 start since 1984-85 Nov 24th 2012, 00:48 BLACKSBURG, Va. — Virginia Tech's Erick Green and Jarell Eddie have always been good friends off the floor, but their relationship has gone to another level since becoming roommates this year. Eddie does the cooking and Green makes sure the apartment stays clean in between video-game battles and nightly debates about whatever sport is on television. Read full article >> Georgetown basketball vs. Mount St. Mary's Nov 24th 2012, 00:31 When: Noon. Where: Verizon Center. Internet: Game televised on ESPN3.com. Radio:WWXT (92.7 FM), WWXX (94.3 FM), WTEM (980 AM). Records: Hoyas 3-1; Mountaineers 1-2. Georgetown's disciplined, balanced approach to basketball couldn't be more different than that of Mount St. Mary's, which runs an offense its coach, former VCU assistant Jamion Christian, dubs "mayhem." Read full article >> Maryland basketball vs. Georgia Southern Nov 24th 2012, 00:27 When: 7 p.m. Where: Comcast Center. Internet: Game televised on ESPN3.com. Radio: WTEM (980 AM), WWXT (92.7 FM), WWXX (94.3 FM) . Records: Terrapins 3-1; Eagles 2-2. The Terrapins have taken care of business when necessary at home over their past three nonconference games and will look for that to continue against an aggressive and athletic Georgia Southern squad. With Saturday night's game serving as a tuneup before the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Tuesday against Northwestern, Maryland can use this game to work out the kinks and, if necessary, survive thanks to talent alone. Read full article >> Washington Redskins have played their way back into playoff conversation Nov 23rd 2012, 23:56 It wasn't long ago that football's number-crunchers pegged the Washington Redskins' chances at the postseason as mathematically minuscule. The head coach was ready to evaluate his roster for next season, and a frustrated fan base was eager to evaluate the team's coaching staff for the remainder of the current season. Read full article >> Civil War battle rises from old Fredericksburg Nov 23rd 2012, 23:51 FREDERICKSBURG — Perhaps the Yankee boys from Company C had tumbled into the basement on Princess Anne Street to escape the rebel snipers hidden in the ruined buildings outside. Maybe they had sought refuge after the suicidal slaughter on the nearby heights, where the Confederates packed behind a stone wall had mowed down rank upon rank of charging Union lads. Read full article >> Montgomery high school teacher engages students by putting math lessons to rap Nov 23rd 2012, 23:51 On the video, the rapper known as 2 Pi reels off rhymes as teenagers in classrooms and hallways sway and bop to the music. It's upbeat. It's catchy. It's . . . math. We solve triangles one by one Read full article >> Kathleen Hwang, principal of Sanders Corner Elementary in Ashburn, fatally struck by SUV Nov 23rd 2012, 23:24 Principal Kathleen Hwang cherished the quiet moments she shared with her Loudoun County elementary school students and an open book. Each year, she sat down with every child in her office at Sanders Corner Elementary to take part in a literacy program she helped start: "I Read to the Principal." Read full article >> Metro reports decreased post-holiday ridership Nov 23rd 2012, 21:20 Travelers taking Metro on Friday morning were greeted with something unusual for a weekday on the rail system: Breathing room. The day after Thanksgiving falls in that questionable gray area between regular day and holiday. The federal government isopen, but plenty of workers have the day off or simply take a vacation day to make it a four-day weekend. Read full article >> PM Update: Sharp drop in temperatures Saturday, very breezy Nov 23rd 2012, 20:45 Our short reprieve from cooler than normal temperatures ends abruptly tonight as a cold front dashes through the area. Winds pick up and temperatures tank. Saturday is likely to be the coldest day of the fall so far. Sunday remains chilly but without the wind. Amid Black Friday crowds, Wal-Mart draws workers' rights protesters Nov 23rd 2012, 20:18 Hundreds of people rallied outside a Wal-Mart in Landover Hills on Friday morning, protesting what they considered efforts to silence the company's workers. The protest was one of 1,000 planned for Thanksgiving weekend by OUR Walmart, a national labor group. OUR Walmart has accused the world's largest retail chain of retaliating against workers who speak out against low pay and understaffing. Group members said they saw the post-Thanksgiving shopping frenzy as a chance to draw attention to their cause. Read full article >> Brooklyn's Barclays Center and Nets return professional sports to historic borough Nov 23rd 2012, 19:41 NEW YORK — Andy Rosen is only 43 years old, so he wasn't around back then. But he imagines this is what it used to be like at Junior's when his grandfather ran the popular Brooklyn eatery: a bustling morning crowd, some there for breakfast, some for a drink to start the day, many others for cheesecake. His grandfather would watch them pay their check and catch the trolley car to Ebbets Field to watch the Dodgers. Read full article >> Maryland vs. North Carolina: Terps look to finish trying season on a high note Nov 23rd 2012, 19:13 Last Saturday, the despondent members of the Maryland football team's senior class answered reflective questions as if they sat in an exit interview. What is your fondest memory? What will you miss the most? What does the program's future hold? Read full article >> Big cold front promises steep drop in temperatures, strong Saturday winds Nov 23rd 2012, 19:02 In Duluth, Minnesota, the mercury spiked to a record of 52 degrees Thanksgiving only to be followed by 3 inches of snow and frigid temperatures in the 20s today. In St. Louis yesterday it soared to a balmy 70, now it's 36. Soon, it will be our turn to deal with this cold front's wrath. Woman visiting from China dies after Potomac River rescue Nov 23rd 2012, 18:53 A 53-year-old woman from China who was in the area visiting relativesdied Friday after being pulled from the Potomac River in Great Falls, according to Montgomery County police. The woman was identified as Karjia Jiang. Police said she had been staying in Great Falls, on the Virginia side of the park that runs along the Maryland border. Read full article >> Loudoun principal Kathleen Hwang killed in traffic accident Nov 23rd 2012, 18:25 The principal of Sanders Corner Elementary School in Ashburn was killed in a traffic accident Wednesday afternoon, the Loudoun County school district announced in a statement. Kathleen Hwang, who had led the school since 2005, died near her home, according to the school district. The statement did not give additional details about the circumstances of Hwang's death. Read full article >> Virginia Tech vs. Virginia: Commonwealth Cup game is for low stakes, but still a must-win for both teams Nov 23rd 2012, 18:15 BLACKSBURG, Va. —Virginia Tech linebacker Bruce Taylor didn't like what he saw Monday during practice. The Hokies looked sluggish and out of sync, and their senior captain immediately assumed it was the sort of complacency born from the team's recent dominance of the Commonwealth Cup, which has been displayed in a prominent location during the week leading into Virginia Tech's annual game against Virginia. After all, there's a piece of paper attached to the trophy reminding the Hokies that they will have possessed it for 2,917 consecutive days when these two in-state rivals face off again Saturday afternoon. Read full article >> At Old Dominion Speedway, the final race may have been run Nov 23rd 2012, 18:15 For 60 years, the racetrack has been a 3/8-mile-long paean to Southern speed, where spectators still park on the grass, and for $15 anyone can rev their engines and see just how fast they can go. Once a mainstay on the NASCAR circuit, Old Dominion Speedway outside Manassas hosted everything from races with storied drivers like Petty and Earnhardt to Friday night demolition derbies. Read full article >> Walk off those pumpkin pie calories at the Smithsonian's Udvar Hazy museum Nov 23rd 2012, 18:01 For those who don't want to shop, are tired of turkey leftovers and need to work off a few pounds, the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center offers 346,774 square feet of walking room. The companion facility to the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum, Udvar-Hazy opened near Dulles International Airport in 2003 and features the big boys of the aviation world — shuttles, jets, aircraft engines — to fire the imagination and perhaps give a little lift to those weighed down by the excesses of the holiday season. Read full article >> Best and worst of D.C. vending reg comments Nov 23rd 2012, 17:30 So perhaps not all the public's comments have reached the Department of Regulatory and Consumer Affairs, but among the 200 or so that did, there are a handful of ideas worth pondering — if some just for a good laugh. Read full article >> Small Business Saturday is the new black (Friday) Nov 23rd 2012, 17:18 Black Friday has apparently grown impatient. Now it's more like Black Thursday Afternoon, a shopping event that threatens to eclipse Thanksgiving dinner, as would-be pie-eaters save a few hundred calories and a few hundred dollars on a 72-inch flat-screen television. Read full article >> Fairfax man, 25, dead in Thursday evening crash Nov 23rd 2012, 17:02 A Fairfax man has been charged with driving under the influence after a Thursday night crash that killed the passenger, police said. According to the Prince William County Police, Jeffrey Scott Davis Jr., 23, was driving a 2003 Chevy S-10 on Yorkshire Lane in Manassas at about 10:32 p.m. when he crossed into a ditch and rolled over. Read full article >> Are you a Washingtologist? Answer this question about Black Friday. Nov 23rd 2012, 16:59 Think you're a master of local trivia? Try answering the Washingtology question of the day from Cultural Tourism DC. Take your best guess, and see what others have answered in our daily quiz. Read full article >> RGIII has Redskins believing in themselves Nov 23rd 2012, 16:53 Amid the electronics and the video games and trendiest toys, surely Robert Griffin III jerseys were on a few lists during the wee hours of Black Friday, and Dark Gray Thursday night. Even for those who aren't Washington Redskins fans, don't you want that jersey for, I don't know, a nightgown or laundry day apparel? And wouldn't arm stockings be the perfect stocking stuffer? Something to think about on Cyber Monday. Read full article >> Winter outlook summary: From D.C. to Boston snowy winter favored by most forecasters Nov 23rd 2012, 16:42 By now, most meteorologists who produce winter outlooks have released them. Along the I-95 corridor from Washington, D.C. to Boston, there's a common thread: most forecasters are calling for above average snowfall and below average temperatures

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