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Neil Young at Patriot Center: Still a heart of gold Dec 2nd 2012, 05:40 How does Neil Young make such mean music feel so good? At a sold-out Patriot Center on Friday night, the 67-year-old rock icon showed up in lumberjack plaid, faded jeans and his stomping boots. His de facto expression was a grimace. And with the help of Crazy Horse, his on-and-off band of the past 44 years, Young pressed an ecstatic energy out of his weather-beaten songs as if wringing happiness from an oily rag. Read full article >> Briar Woods returns to Virginia AA Division 4 final as Cory Colder runs past Courtland Dec 2nd 2012, 01:12 A separated shoulder, as Cory Colder has learned, makes life unkind for a running back. It can be downright unpleasant as a student, too. The Briar Woods senior, only days after reinjuring his right shoulder in a win last Friday over Loudoun County, winced whenever he slung on a backpack for school this week. He couldn't raise his right hand in class, either, so teachers either got grimaced answers, or none at all. Read full article >> Virginia Tech basketball rides Erick Green to win over No. 15 Oklahoma State Dec 2nd 2012, 00:43 BLACKSBURG, Va. — The grin on Erick Green's face as he strolled to the free throw line to ice away another Virginia Tech victory said it all. With the loudest crowd of the year roaring its approval, the Hokies' only senior nodded his head to the beat of the noise and flashed the confident smile of a person who had proven a whole lot of skeptics wrong. Read full article >> Friendship Collegiate overwhelms Dunbar in inaugural DCSAA championship, 48-12 Dec 2nd 2012, 00:41 Play after play in Saturday's D.C. Statewide Athletic Association title game, Friendship Collegiate left tackle Derwin Gray battered former teammates on Dunbar's defense, looking every bit like the 6-foot-5, 290-pound standout that he is. A year ago, this title game didn't exist, and Gray was playing for Dunbar. But the Maryland recruit had no time for rumination Saturday. Read full article >> O'Malley's rigid views on crime and punishment push appointment saga to a head Dec 2nd 2012, 00:38 The headline scrawled across the Web site of the Prince George's County Young Democrats last week was intended to be provocative, taking aim at Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) for his refusal to let a reformed drug dealer fill an open seat in the state legislature. Read full article >> Jan Vesely moving backward in his second season Dec 2nd 2012, 00:27 The showman who became a cult figure in Serbia for his infectious emotion and improbable dunks, once beat out Ricky Rubio for honors as the best young player in Europe and boldly introduced himself at the 2011 NBA draft with a spontaneous smooch with his now fiancée shies away from the stage these days. Read full article >> Georgetown, other Big East basketball-centric programs ponder their future Dec 2nd 2012, 00:23 For all the hits the Big East has taken in the past year, John Thompson Jr. has no doubt that Hoyas basketball remains strong. And should other conference members follow Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Louisville and others out the door, the Hall of Fame coach who spent nearly 27 seasons on the Hilltop insists that Georgetown's stature and brand will remain unscathed, even if the league dissolves entirely. Read full article >> Prince George's House delegation reviews bills for upcoming session Dec 2nd 2012, 00:23 Prince George's volunteer firehouses want to hold poker games. Water authority commissioners want a raise. And the push is on for a 5-cent bag tax, more wine and beer sales in grocery stores, and turf fields for public high schools. Read full article >> Virginia GOP candidates hold annual Advance gathering Dec 2nd 2012, 00:17 VIRGINIA BEACH — With cannoli and cocktails, sticky s'mores and local beer, statewide Republican candidates eager to put November's losses behind them turned toward 2013, and more toward their base. The annual gathering known as the Republican Advance kicked off with a smorgasbord battle waged by GOP candidates for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general, and featuring something unexpected on the menu: Oliver North. Read full article >> D.C. zoning revamp stokes residents' fears about changing city Dec 2nd 2012, 00:12 District planning officials are rewriting the city's zoning rules for the first time in 54 years, a process that has hastened anxieties about growth and at times has erupted into a pitched debate about the future of the city. Read full article >> Washington Wizards' draft strategy is just leaving them cold Dec 1st 2012, 23:35 The potential good news about another awful Washington Wizards season is that a franchise committed to building through the draft appears headed toward another lottery pick. Too bad the people running the Wizards appear to have no clue what to do with them. Read full article >> D.C. Council considers tax break for project near Howard University Dec 1st 2012, 22:30 The D.C. Council is poised to offer an $11 million tax incentive to a development project near Howard University, even though city financial officials have determined that the incentive is not necessary to move the project forward. Read full article >> Winter survival guide for D.C. region's roads Dec 1st 2012, 21:57 Usually, there's a winter weather event that becomes a fixation for us the following season. Might be a blizzard. Might be a lesser storm that arrived exactly at the wrong time, or just a light coating of ice that brought the D.C. region's highways to a halt. Read full article >> Metro riders tire of being in the dark, press for better station lighting Dec 1st 2012, 21:54 Everywhere you look, Metro seems to be busy rebuilding the subway system. That is, if you can see much of anything. As Metro spends billions to repair escalators and elevators and upgrade miles and miles of track, some riders and rider advocates say the transit system is continuing to neglect an even more basic need: light.For years, many of Metrorail's stations have been plagued by dim — even dark — pockets, yet better lighting has remained a low priority. Riders complain that stations are too dimly lighted to read a newspaper or even make out an escalator step. Wheelchair users and the visually impaired say navigating the system is even more difficult when the stations are too dark.Farragut North — one of the busiest stations in the system— has gained a reputation as one of the darkest in town. "I call it the cave," Metro board member Tom Bulger said at a recent board meeting.To focus attention on the problem, a group of rider advocates has inspected nearly 70 percent of Metro's stations and has confirmed what riders already knew.●"We have found that this is a very severe problem, and it impacts everyone in the low-vision community as well as the general public," said Barbara Milleville, president of the National Capital Citizens With Low Vision. Read full article >> D.C. jail inmate dies after apparent hanging Dec 1st 2012, 17:16 An inmate at the D.C. jail died Friday afternoon, apparently after hanging himself, according to the D.C. Department of Corrections. Michael English was given emergency medical care at the jail and then taken by ambulance to Prince George's Hospital Center, where he was pronounced dead. The department of corrections's investigation unit and the D.C. police will look into the death. Read full article >>

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