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D.C. police dispute watchdog report on handling of sexual assault cases Jan 21st 2013, 00:31 D.C. police will create a Web site where sexual assault victims who think their complaints were mishandled can file a grievance, an initiative stemming from a watchdog group's allegations that the department failed to document 170 reported sex assaults during a three-year period. Read full article >> Inauguration weather update: Chilly but big cold waits until night; late day snow showers? Jan 20th 2013, 22:30 Inauguration Day is closing in and the weather?... well, it doesn't look all that bad, at least for the morning through mid-afternoon. Duff Goldman salutes military with inaugural cake Jan 20th 2013, 21:39 At this point in Duff Goldman's career — after opening bakeries on two coasts, creating a sugary replica of the GE Building for the 100th episode of "30 Rock," and engineering a 61-pound cupcake to try to set a Guinness world record — you wouldn't think anything could rattle the founder of Baltimore's Charm City Cakes. But Goldman's assignment to design President Obama's inauguration cake for the Commander-in-Chief's Ball on Monday seems to have stirred his batter. Read full article >> Inauguration Day travel: the essentials Jan 20th 2013, 21:23 Here's a summary of the things travelers must know for reaching Inauguration Day events, followed by links to more travel resources. Weather: The Capital Weather Gang says the temperature is likely to be about 10 degrees warmer than in 2009, when D.C. had a high of 30 degrees and a low of 19, with a noon temperature of 28. The gang says: "While those partaking in the outdoor festivities will most certainly want to dress warmly, it won't be brutally cold or all that windy." Read full article >> Boy, 16, killed in Prince George's County Jan 20th 2013, 21:00 A 16-year-old boy was shot and killed early Sunday in the Fort Washington neighborhood of Prince George's County, and police say they have substantial leads in the investigation. The victim was identified as Marcus Antonio Jones, who lived in Fort Washington about eight miles from where he was shot. Police said he was attacked about midnight as he walked from a house in the 7700 block of Webster Lane to a car. The area is near Branch Avenue and the Capital Beltway. Read full article >> Man stabbed on Metrobus after trying to steal cellphone Jan 20th 2013, 20:46 A man was stabbed Sunday morning aboard a Metrobus after he tried to steal a sleeping passenger's cellphone, Metro officials said. The incident occurred around 11 a.m. on a Route 92 bus that was headed north on 8th Street NE, crossing East Capital Street, according to Metro officials. Read full article >> Metro almost out of commemorative SmarTrip cards Jan 20th 2013, 20:07 Metro said Sunday that it has nearly sold out of its commemorative inaugural SmarTrip cards that have a picture of President Obama on them. The transit agency ordered 100,000 of the cards and started selling the $15 cards right after the election. Read full article >> Obama officially begins his second term Jan 20th 2013, 19:45 Barack Hussein Obama officially began his second term as the 44th president Sunday, setting the stage for him to lay out his vision in an inaugural address on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. Read full article >> Inauguration 2013: The contracting company behind the parade and the balls Jan 20th 2013, 18:40 Sometime last summer, David Solsbery began parsing the presidential campaigns for clues. What color banners did they use on the campaign trail? What did their Web sites look like? What images were they trying to project? Read full article >> On U Street, more like New Year's than a new era Jan 20th 2013, 17:48 Inauguration? What inauguration? Saturday night on U Street brought a mood that was closer to a New Year's Eve than the jubilant, celebratory Obama love-in of four years ago. I saw a handful of people wearing Obama buttons and ski hats, plus some guys on the sidewalk selling reusable bags bearing the likenesses of the president and first lady, but everything was largely apolitical. Read full article >> Davey Johnson on Rafael Soriano: 'As it stacks right now, he's the No. 1 guy' Jan 20th 2013, 16:29 For his vacation this offseason, Nationals Manager Davey Johnson and his wife Susan took a 15-day tour in Africa this month. They visited South Africa, enjoyed Cape Town, went on a safari tour in Kruger National Park, admired Victoria Falls, saw seals and baboons, spent three days in wine country. "There's great fishing down there," he said. Read full article >> Notes from Saturday's inauguration parties Jan 20th 2013, 15:13 This post has been updated. Night one of inauguration revelry is behind us, and as we sip our coffees and re-live last night's high points, there's one observation that we can't seem to shake. At balls, parties and clubs, everyone seemed to have forgotten about the man of the hour: President Obama. No, there were no cardboard cutouts of POTUS this time, no art exhibition with 900 different paintings of him, no t-shirts emblazoned with his face, in rhinestones, as we saw in 2009. Read full article >> Obamas attend church prior to White House swearing-in Jan 20th 2013, 15:00 Barack Obama began the day of his official swearing-in as president of the United States by attending a spirited worship service at one of the District's oldest African American congregations. From soul-stirring selections performed by a choir to prayers and scriptures offered by the Rev. Ronald E. Braxton, members of the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church planned a joyful celebration for the president and first lady Michelle Obama on Sunday morning. Read full article >> Capitals vs. Lightning: Washington drops season opener, 6-3 Jan 20th 2013, 03:22 TAMPA — No one expected that the Washington Capitals' season opener would be perfect. Not after just six days to learn a new system from a new coach, when there's chemistry to establish, communication to pin down and when many players on the roster hadn't played a professional game in eight months. Read full article >>

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