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Ravens vs. Steelers: Shaun Suisham's last-second field goal wins it for Pittsburgh, 23-20 Dec 3rd 2012, 00:59 BALTIMORE — Who needs the arm of Ben Roethlisberger when you have the foot of Shaun Suisham? The Pittsburgh place kicker drilled a 42-yard game-winning field goal — his third of the game — as time expired on Sunday to lift the Steelers over the Baltimore Ravens, 23-20. Read full article >> Winter meetings: Nationals adjusting to different goals Dec 3rd 2012, 00:43 Since he took over as Washington Nationals general manager in March 2009, Mike Rizzo has planned for the future, more of an obvious necessity than a calculated choice. The bleak present he inherited made coming seasons the only priority. Hope was a more valuable commodity than victories. Read full article >> D.C. debates best path to cleaner waterways Dec 3rd 2012, 00:22 For environmental activists who fight to clean the District's dirty waterways, there was no sweeter victory than the one they witnessed in 2004. That year, the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority was forced to settle a federal lawsuit that claimed it failed for decades to stop its Civil War vintage sewers from spewing pollution. D.C. Water agreed to build three huge tunnels within 20 years to stop pipes from overflowing during hard rains, sending billions of gallons of stormwater mixed with raw sewage into Rock Creek and the Potomac and Anacostia rivers every year. Read full article >> D.C. Council has much to consider as session runs down Dec 3rd 2012, 00:21 The D.C. Council will close out a tumultuous two-year session this month, completing work on dozens of bills that include specifying where motorists can park and new employment protections for ex-offenders. Read full article >> Jewish treasures under the eyes of experts Dec 3rd 2012, 00:15 When Simon Isenberg was forced to leave his home in Nazi Germany in 1939, he took his family's exquisite mizrach, a Jewish devotional image. It was folded up and placed in his pocket as a keepsake of his heritage. Read full article >> Work pays off for Wise's Micah Till as Pumas win state title Dec 3rd 2012, 00:08 For most of Friday night's Maryland 4A state title game, both Quince Orchard and Wise tried to rely on their running games. Quarterbacks Matt Choi (Quince Orchard) and Isaiah Black (Wise) each threw fewer than 15 passes the entire game, most of them coming in the fourth quarter. Wise was trailing by one point and time was quickly slipping away. Read full article >> Maryland women prepare to face Connecticut as injuries mount Dec 2nd 2012, 23:28 When players from the 11th-ranked Maryland women's basketball team entered the locker room on Friday, the song "Stronger" by Kelly Clarkson was on repeat over the speaker system. The video and lyrics were on the television as well, serving as encouragement for a team that has absorbed more season-ending injuries over the last six weeks than during the entirety of Coach Brenda Frese's 10-plus years in College Park. Read full article >> BB&T Classic: George Washington tops Manhattan, 67-55 Dec 2nd 2012, 23:09 Concentrating more on defense and rebounding to open the second half, the George Washington men's basketball team gained separation from Manhattan and leaned on seniors Isaiah Armwood and Lasan Kromah to handle the scoring on the way to a 67-55 victory in the first game of the BB&T Classic on Sunday afternoon at Verizon Center. Read full article >> BB&T Classic: Dez Wells leads Maryland past George Mason, 69-62 Dec 2nd 2012, 23:02 Strength derives from depth for this Maryland basketball team, a 10-deep rotation that can weather offensive struggles with relentless pressure and fresh legs. Lagging parts are fixable with simple substitutions. Coach Mark Turgeon can tinker with the padlock until the right combination clicks. Read full article >> On buses, cameras are watching and listening Dec 2nd 2012, 22:48 Around Washington, surveillance cameras are always watching. They peer from rooftops, lurk at intersections and even observe people riding a bus to work. And on Montgomery County's Ride On buses, the cameras do more than capture what they see. Many cameras also record what they hear, a little-known function that bothers civil liberties advocates. They see a creeping erosion of privacy in the growing use of audio recording technology on public transit. Read full article >> Montgomery County parents say new Curriculum 2.0 is 'one-size-fits-all' math Dec 2nd 2012, 22:27 Alison Friedman's third-grade son spends his free time in math class in Gaithersburg playing with his pencil, waiting for his classmates to finish multiplication, addition and subtraction problems he mastered in earlier grades. Read full article >> Teenager stabbed outside D.C. Metro station Dec 2nd 2012, 21:52 A 19-year-old man was stabbed during a fight outside the Minnesota Avenue Metro station in Northeast D.C. on Sunday morning, two weeks after a teenager was fatally stabbed on a Metro platform in Northwest. Read full article >> Inauguration packages at area hotels include chauffeurs, caviar and champagne Dec 2nd 2012, 21:50 Need a place to stay during the inauguration? At the Ritz-Carlton Washington D.C., $100,000 gets you two first-class plane tickets, four nights in a luxury suite and a "fashion concierge" who will outfit you in clothing from Saks Fifth Avenue. Guests will also have access to Joe Biden's beer of choice (Dogfish Head IPA), Michelle Obama's perfume (Creed Love in White) and Barack Obama's favorite candy (salted caramels). Read full article >> Wizards are on pace for historically bad season Dec 2nd 2012, 20:52 Incredibly, the biggest stink coming out of our nation's capital these days is not emanating from Congress. The source of that stench, my friends, is the Washington Wizards. The Wizards began the 2011-12 NBA season 0-8 and began this season 0-12. These are what those of us who've followed the NFL for a long time call "Sam Wyche numbers." Read full article >> High school journalists take a crash course in newspaper economics Dec 2nd 2012, 20:10 Consuming news and information has been easier than ever for a generation of kids with e-readers, smartphones, tablets and laptops at their fingertips. But for some Montgomery County students, nothing beats an old-fashioned print newspaper. Read full article >> Alfred Morris shows no signs of wearing down as 1,000-yard mark approaches Dec 2nd 2012, 19:30 The Washington Redskins' game against the New York Giants will mark the 12th game of Alfred Morris' NFL career which would equal a full college football season. But the rookie running back has shown no signs of wearing down. Read full article >> Man, 19, stabbed outside Minnesota Avenue Metro station Dec 2nd 2012, 17:31 A 19-year-old man was stabbed during a fight outside the Minnesota Avenue Metro station in Northeast D.C. on Sunday morning, authorities said. The fight apparently began as a verbal exchange between the victim and another man as they waited for the station to open some time before 7 a.m., Metro spokesman Dan Stessel said. Read full article >> Teen pedestrian seriously injured in hit-and-run in Alexandria Dec 2nd 2012, 17:09 A 16-year-old boy was seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash in Alexandria on Friday night, police said. Fairfax County police said a red minivan struck the teen as he was walking in a crosswalk at the intersection of Telegraph Road and Broadmoor Street shortly before 7 p.m. Police said witnesses reported that the minivan was traveling south on Telegraph and was making a left turn onto Broadmoor when it struck the teen. Read full article >> Virginia announces QB Michael Rocco will transfer to another school Dec 2nd 2012, 16:56 Virginia quarterback Michael Rocco has been granted an unconditional release from his scholarship and will transfer to another school at the end of this semester, Virginia Coach Mike London announced Sunday. Read full article >> At Sackler Gallery's 25th anniversary gala, happy ending to behind-the-scenes struggle Dec 2nd 2012, 10:00 On the surface, Sackler's 25th anniversary gala was simply a grand party. To insiders, it was belated public lovefest for the Asian art gallery — and the end of a private dust-up between a major donor and the Smithsonian. 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