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Delays on Wisconsin Avenue due to water main break Jan 3rd 2013, 11:57 A water main break on Wisconsin Avenue in Chevy Chase is expected to create significant delays in the area this morning. The water main break happened around 7 p.m. on Wednesday in the 5500 lane of Wisconsin Avenue. Two southbound lanes have been closed to traffic. Read full article >> D.C. area forecast: Seasonable winter chill and sunny skies today last through weekend Jan 3rd 2013, 10:00 Wintertime temperatures are in place for the next 5 days for a change. However, the sunshine is in full control, so snow lovers will have to make plans for their favorite ski resort. The dry weather should aid all those weekend errands and make for a good evening for the big Redskins game on Sunday. Capital murder defendant, Justin Wolfe, could be set free in Pr. William if federal courts don't intervene Jan 3rd 2013, 06:38 Unless a federal appeals court intervenes, a man who had been on death row for more than a decade could be released from Prince William County's regional jail by 5 p.m. Thursday. Lawyers for Justin Michael Wolfe, who was convicted of orchestrating the slaying of Daniel Petrole Jr. in 2001, are awaiting a decision by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond or the U.S. Supreme Court. Either of those courts would need to halt an order from a federal judge in Norfolk to bar further prosecution of Wolfe and let him out of jail, said Ashley Parrish, one of Wolfe's attorneys. Read full article >> Bolling testing waters for independent run Jan 3rd 2013, 04:14 RICHMOND — Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling said Wednesday that he has been polling voters and meeting with business leaders to gauge the viability of an independent bid for governor. Bolling (R) said he was considering a run as a third-party candidate when he suspended his campaign for the Republican nomination in November. But some political observers doubted his seriousness, even as he went on over the next month to become uncharacteristically vocal on a number issues, including uranium mining and arming school teachers. Read full article >> Boy, 6, suspended from Silver Spring school for pointing finger like a gun Jan 3rd 2013, 03:15 The parents of a 6-year-old Silver Spring boy are fighting the first-grader's suspension from a Montgomery County public school for pointing his finger like a gun and saying "pow," an incident school officials characterized in a disciplinary letter as a threat "to shoot a student." Read full article >> Tysons Corner, on the verge of a do-over Jan 3rd 2013, 03:06 The first thing to go was the parking lot behind the Container Store. And if all goes according to plan, more lots will be bulldozed — as will dozens of mid-rise office buildings, hotels and car dealerships. Read full article >> Chesapeake Bay's health improving slightly, report says Jan 3rd 2013, 02:55 Chesapeake Bay oysters are being resurrected from the dead. Blue crabs are roaring back. And after taking a huge blow from the monster storm called Sandy, the weakened bay proved in the fall that it could right itself and come back looking fresh. Read full article >> Intersections: 18th Street and Columbia Road NW: When the man fell off the roof Jan 3rd 2013, 02:42 As far as Saturday nights partying in Adams Morgan go, Hursch Vasant found this one pretty tame. As he puffed a Newport outside the McDonald's at the intersection of 18th Street and Columbia Road NW, the zenith of the neighborhood's bar scene, swells of young revelers struggled to walk and bite into their big, floppy, pizza slices at the same time. A man stood in front of a cab to protest the driver's picking up someone else. A homeless man exalted after discovering a box of cheap cigars lying on the ground. Read full article >> District police officer says a department speed camera is wrong Jan 3rd 2013, 01:57 A District police officer who is challenging the accuracy of his own department's speed camera program said a discrepancy on a speeding ticket from the Third Street Tunnel helped him beat the charge, and could lead to many other dismissals that would force the city to give back hundreds of thousands of dollars. Read full article >> Injunction over negative Yelp review overturned by Virginia Supreme Court Jan 3rd 2013, 01:41 The Virginia Supreme Court has overturned a preliminary injunction against a Fairfax woman who is facing a $750,000 defamation lawsuit for her negative reviews on Yelp and Angie's List. A Fairfax County Circuit Court had previously ordered Jane Perez to remove some claims she made in her negatice reviews of a D.C. contractor who performed work on her home and barred her from repeating those accusations in future posts. Read full article >> Take guns away from those who threaten violence, Md. task force recommends Jan 3rd 2013, 01:31 Law enforcement officials in Maryland should be authorized to confiscate firearms from people who make a specific threat of "serious violence" against someone, according to recommendations released Wednesday by a state government-appointed task force on guns and the mentally ill. Read full article >> Predictions for 2013 for Washington region Jan 3rd 2013, 00:05 In my column a year ago, I made predictions for 2012 that included as a multiple-choice option that Redskins owner Dan Snyder would "celebrate as a new, young quarterback . . . leads team to playoffs with a 10-6 record." Read full article >>

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