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The week ahead: What D.C. travelers need to know during Hurricane Sandy Oct 29th 2012, 12:00 This posting usually previews road and transit work that could affect your commute this week. But as Monday begins, most of you, I hope, are asking, "What commute?" For many, there's no place to go and no way to get there. Government offices are closed to the public, schools are shut and transportation services have suspended operations as they wait out the full effects of Hurricane Sandy. Read full article >> Redskins' performance, Steelers' uniforms sights to avoid Oct 29th 2012, 11:56 What in the world is wrong with the Redskins? When I left town for a couple of weeks, they were interesting and at times exciting, if not precisely good. Now they are unwatchable — or so it appeared Sunday, when they were "Matrix" sequels-unwatchable, Katherine Heigl rom-com-unwatchable, Honey Boo Boo-unwatchable. They were epically unwatchable. Read full article >> Hurricane Sandy causes evacuations, closings throughout East Coast Oct 29th 2012, 11:54 Hundreds of thousands of East Coast residents had moved to higher ground on Monday, and cities announced shutdowns that typically occur after several feet of snow, as the mammoth storm system known as Hurricane Sandy conspired to assault the most populous part of the United States. Read full article >> Hunker down, D.C. Oct 29th 2012, 11:00 In the District of Columbia today, schools are closed. Government offices are closed. Courts are (mostly) closed. Metro is closed. Capital Bikeshare is closed. Early voting is closed. Everything else is closed. And for the love of god, your windows should be closed. Sandy is here, with sustained winds up to 50 mph and gusts of 70 mph expected later today. Keep your eyes on Capitol Weather Gang for the very latest information on a storm that is "unique, large, dangerous and unlike anything our region has ever experienced in a very a long time," according to Mayor Vincent C. Gray — at least since Hurricane Isabel in 2003. If you're looking for the bright side of all this, street sweeping is suspended until Thursday, so don't worry about moving your car. Read full article >> D.C. area forecast: Sandy ready to power slam the nation's capital; downed trees, dangerous travel and power outages imminent Oct 29th 2012, 10:45 At this point it's pretty simple. Don't go out if you don't need to today. If you have to get somewhere this morning, it won't be pleasant but you probably can if you're careful. By around mid-afternoon, it becomes life-threatening. By now you should have your flashlights ready and cell phones charged. Many of us may lose power, and may not get it back for multiple days. Incredibly, we've been through this once before already this year, and we'll get through it again For OPM chief, decision to close federal offices during Hurricane Sandy was an easy one Oct 29th 2012, 10:00 After a telephone call at 5 p.m. on Sunday, John Berry knew what he had to do: close federal offices in the Washington area on Monday. The call was with the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. The subject: Hurricane Sandy. Read full article >> Hurricane Sandy coverage Oct 29th 2012, 09:58 Public transit is shut down in the Washington region, with commuter rail and bus options all canceling service on Monday. We won't be liveblogging the morning commute here, but there will be traffic and transportation updates posted in our Hurricane Sandy liveblog. Make sure to follow that for the latest on what's open, what's closed, where there are outages and where there are problems.  Read full article >> TV and radio listings: Oct. 29 Oct 29th 2012, 04:59 NFL 8:30 p.m. San Francisco at Arizona » ESPN Read full article >> World Series 2012: San Francisco Giants complete their overlooked run to greatness Oct 29th 2012, 04:24 DETROIT — Everything has conspired this month to disguise or diminish the feats of the San Francisco Giants. From the dangers and distractions of a gigantic storm to a presidential election, the Giants have been shouldered aside. Yet in a postseason that had few dramatic games, the world champion Giants have now completed 20 days of magnificent marvels. Read full article >> World Series 2012: San Francisco Giants beat Detroit Tigers in 10th inning of Game 4 to complete sweep Oct 29th 2012, 04:12 DETROIT — What happened here Sunday may not go down as a classic Fall Classic. But when Marco Scutaro's ball settled into the wet grass in center field Sunday night at Comerica Park, the jumping, joyful crew in the San Francisco Giants' dugout didn't care one bit. Ignore them. Say they're not as good as others. And watch them celebrate. Read full article >> Metro system closure is a rarity Oct 29th 2012, 03:38 More than 100 people representing governments, utilities and transit systems in the Washington region held a conference call late Sunday that led to the rare decision to halt Metro transit operations on Monday. Read full article >> Reality check: Redskins need more than just Robert Griffin III Oct 29th 2012, 01:11 PITTSBURGH — For all his improvisation in the pocket, for all his poise, passion and surreal production the first seven weeks, Robert Griffin III was finally revealed Sunday to have his own Kryptonite: Read full article >> World Series notebook: Tim Lincecum has been stellar as a reliever Oct 29th 2012, 00:19 DETROIT — When the San Francisco Giants won the 2010 World Series, the pitcher they sent to the mound for the clinching Game 5 was Tim Lincecum, and the two-time Cy Young Award winner delivered a stellar eight-inning, one-run, 10-strikeout performance to bring San Francisco its first title. Read full article >>

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