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Across Washington region, many students fight hunger when school is out Dec 24th 2012, 01:07 When classes end for the holidays, many students in the region who depend on their schools' free and reduced-price meal programs will turn to a patchwork of generosity for something to eat. For thousands of low-income children in the Washington area, that could mean no steady meals during the 10-day break. Read full article >> Jack's Boathouse loses lease Dec 23rd 2012, 23:28 Jack's Boathouse, the Georgetown landmark that has rented kayaks and canoes to generations of Washington residents and visitors, is being evicted by the National Park Service. In a letter dated Dec. 18, the Park Service advises owner Paul Simkin that his lease will be terminated. Read full article >> Gun debate plays out at Northern Virginia gun shop Dec 23rd 2012, 23:20 After the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy revived the national gun-control debate, Dennis Pratt figured it was only a matter of time before his Falls Church gun shop attracted attention. Sure enough, the debate played out Sunday in a kind of miniature as a handful of protesters gathering outside the store while customers shopped and supported the merchant. Read full article >> For Hispanics, rituals leading to Christmas preserve their Latin American traditions Dec 23rd 2012, 23:13 Monday night — Christmas Eve or, for many families in the Washington area and beyond, Nochebuena — is the centerpiece of the Latino holiday season. Across the region, however, the celebrations are already well underway. Read full article >> Fairfax appeals to state lawmakers for transportation funding Dec 23rd 2012, 23:01 Despite an all-out offensive by Fairfax County, there appears to be little chance that Richmond will allocate new money this year to solve one of the region's biggest problems: traffic. That was the takeaway at a joint meeting earlier this month between Fairfax supervisors and the county's General Assembly delegation. Read full article >> Fire at 110-year-old Lanham home Dec 23rd 2012, 22:36 A 110-year-old home in Lanham caught fire Sunday, displacing two residents and causing an estimated $50,000 in damages, officials said. At about 12:30 p.m., fire was showing from the first floor of a two-story home in the 6100 block of Princess Garden Parkway, according to Prince George's fire officials. Read full article >> Lanier decentralizes citywide drug unit Dec 23rd 2012, 22:28 D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier has disbanded a decade-old street-level drug unit, transferring nearly 30 officers back to patrol districts in a move that signals a shift in focus from open-air drug trafficking toward neighborhood crime. Read full article >> A 'Nutcracker' that captures Tchaikovsky's spirit, if not his precision Dec 23rd 2012, 21:53 'Twas the weekend before Christmas, and all across the country, sugarplum fairies were dropping and waltzing flowers were wilting. Except in Baltimore, where from party guests to polichinelles, every dancer in "The Nutcracker" could not stop smiling. Read full article >> Metro to expand night bus service along 16th Street NW Dec 23rd 2012, 21:34 Metro is boosting night bus service on 16th Street NW, one of the busiest corridors in the region's bus system and a vitalone among late-night service workers. The transit agency says that starting Dec. 31, limited-stop bus service will run until 9:30 p.m. on weekdays, a move to address crowding on the lines that serve 16th Street between downtown and Silver Spring . Read full article >> Nativity scene placed on courthouse lawn for many years has a new home Dec 23rd 2012, 20:38 Less than three blocks from the Loudoun County Courthouse — but far removed from the uproar that has surrounded holiday displays there — a Nativity scene sits on the lawn of Leesburg Presbyterian Church. Read full article >> Stormy but snow hard to come by Christmas week Dec 23rd 2012, 20:17 Three rounds of precipitation are on tap for Christmas week but snow may prove to be elusive. Bronco the police dog found after outpouring of support Dec 23rd 2012, 19:51 In the end, Bronco the run-away police dog will be home for Christmas. He escaped while he was at a groomer on Friday, prompting the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office to release his photo and an alert asking people to look out for him. Read full article >> Md. police: Officer shoots man dead after knife threat Dec 23rd 2012, 17:07 TOWSON, Md. — Police in Baltimore County say a man is dead after he was shot by a police officer he threatened with a knife. Police say the officer was on patrol just before 4 a.m. Sunday when he saw a suspicious man behind a gas station in the area of Edmondson Avenue and North Bend Road. Police say the officer asked the man to come out from behind bushes, but the man refused and pointed a knife at the officer. Read full article >> Struggling to attract visitors, historic houses may face day of reckoning Dec 23rd 2012, 00:49 The hilltop mansion at Berkeley Plantation has a sweeping view of American history, if you're still into that sort of thing. English colonists settled the land along the James River a year before Plymouth and held one of the earliest recorded Thanksgiving celebrations there. The three-story Georgian home, built by the Harrison family in 1726, was the birthplace of a U.S. president and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Taps was even composed at Berkeley 150 years ago during the Civil War, when Union soldiers used it as a base. Read full article >> Atheist parents comfort children about death without talk of God or heaven Dec 22nd 2012, 22:41 For Julie Drizin, being an atheist parent means being deliberate. She rewrote the words to "Silent Night" when her daughters were babies to remove words like "holy," found a secular Sunday school where the children light candles "of understanding," and selects gifts carefully to promote science, art and wonder at nature. Read full article >>

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