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Police lean toward robbery motive in Capitol Hill slaying Dec 27th 2012, 00:14 Police think that the 28-year-old man fatally shot two blocks from his Capitol Hill rowhouse early Monday was probably targeted in a random robbery attempt, according to investigators familiar with the case. Read full article >> Former Maryland football coach Joe Krivak dies at 77 Dec 27th 2012, 00:03 Joe Krivak, 77, the University of Maryland's head football coach from 1987 to 1991, died Dec. 25, the university said in a statement. Current head coach Randy Edsall said on Twitter that Mr. Krivak had leukemia. No other details about his death were released. Read full article >> The search for Yarrow Mamout Dec 26th 2012, 23:40 The historic Georgetown home is said to be unsalvageable. The two-story brick house was nearly toppled when a large tree crashed into its second story as Hurricane Irene blew through the region in 2011. Now, everyone agrees, it must come down. Read full article >> Prince George's and Montgomery want more money for transportation Dec 26th 2012, 23:01 There is much that separates Montgomery and Prince George's Counties, but when it comes to one particular goal for the coming Maryland General Assembly, they are united: both want more transportation funding. Read full article >> PM Update: Rain, wintry mix end, howling winds return Thursday with sun; Saturday snow? Dec 26th 2012, 22:18 Today's rainy, "sleezy" (mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain) storm is moving out, leaving multi-colored skies in its wake. Clearing will be slow and some patchy shower activity remains possible overnight. Some icy spots are possible north and west of the beltway. On Thursday, we clear out, but it's very windy, with gusts to 50 mph possible. Update: Heavy rain into tonight around D.C.; ice far west and northwest suburbs Dec 26th 2012, 21:45 Most of the immediate metro area has changed from snow and ice to rain, but pockets of freezing rain continue in the normally colder areas. Mainly rain, heavy at times, continues through 6-10 p.m. or so. It's a cold, miserable rain - the worst kind - with temperatures holding in the low-to-mid 30s - maybe to near 40 southeast of town. December 25-26 storm: record Christmas tornado outbreak in South, heavy snow, rain to north Dec 26th 2012, 21:18 From a record Christmas Day tornado outbreak to today's heavy snows in the Ohio Valley, interior Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, the storm coming up the East Coast has left quite a mark. NHL lockout cripples business near Verizon Center Dec 26th 2012, 20:29 Johnny Cash's "Walk the Line" resonated through the downstairs bar at Iron Horse Taproom on a recent weeknight, but with the exception of a few patrons playing shuffleboard and another handful surrounding a table, the Man in Black serenaded mostly unoccupied orange and black barstools. Read full article >> Catania shakes up staff, bringing back Ben Young Dec 26th 2012, 19:48 D.C. Council member David A. Catania (I-At large) is shaking up his staff as he prepares to take over the all-important Education Committee in January. Earlier this month, Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) named Catania as the new chairman of the Education Committee, a post the at-large council member had lobbied for. Catania will no longer have oversight over health issues. Read full article >> Redskins WR Pierre Garcon: A singular path to the NFL Dec 26th 2012, 18:17 On the evening of Jan. 12, 2010, Pierre Garcon was in the training room of the Indianapolis Colts, his team at the time, a regular Tuesday in the NFL. A playoff game against Baltimore awaited that weekend. Garcon was receiving treatment for the aches and pains that come in January of a football season, but was doing little more than hanging out. A friend called. Read full article >> Nursing homes serving local, sustainable food Dec 26th 2012, 17:30 It's hard to get anywhere around a plate of food these days without the word sustainability popping up. High-end restaurants have gone sustainable. College campuses have gone sustainable. Local fast-food places have, too. Read full article >> Time to get serious about preparing for winter travel Dec 26th 2012, 17:02 [This post has been updated.] The Capital Weather Gang says plain rain will win out this afternoon, which should ease concerns about the evening commute. But Wednesday morning's commute through the wintery mix was enough to call out some of our seasonal advice to travelers in the D.C. area. Read full article >> Update: Wintry mess to change to heavy rain this afternoon Dec 26th 2012, 17:00 From the I-95 corridor, including the District, out into our northern and western suburbs, snow, sleet and freezing may have created messy, slick travel this morning - especially with most roads untreated. This wintry mix will gradually transition to heavy rain late this morning and afternoon, first along the I-95 corridor and eventually working its way towards our far western suburbs. Are you a Washingtologist? Answer this question about a local Tiffany windows display. Dec 26th 2012, 16:59 Think you're a master of local trivia? Try answering the Washingtology question of the day from Cultural Tourism DC. Take your best guess, and see what others have answered in our daily quiz. Read full article >> Md. officer shoots, kills man wielding hammer Dec 26th 2012, 13:38 TANEYTOWN, Md. — State police say a Taneytown police officer shot and killed a man who approached the officer while carrying a hammer. Police say 26-year-old Edward Becker Jr. refused repeated requests to drop the hammer and got within arm's length of the officer with the tool raised in the air. That's when the officer opened fire. Read full article >> Tiffany Alston's rise and fall: A Dreamer — and a dream — undone Dec 26th 2012, 00:01 Tiffany Alston always made things go her way, even with the most difficult hurdles in her path. She was the first in her family to graduate from college, then earned a law degree and opened a law firm in Prince George's County. At 32, she entered politics and won a tight race for the Maryland House of Delegates in 2010. Read full article >> One man's quest to reduce the national debt Dec 25th 2012, 23:48 MIDDLETOWN, Del. — Scott Soucy, 46, left the home he purchased with a mortgage and climbed into the limousine he financed with an equity loan. He charged his breakfast to a credit card and then drove across town to work on paying back the one debt he worried about most. Read full article >> Three New Year's Eve party options Dec 25th 2012, 22:53 As Ella Fitzgerald sings in what I'm just going to go ahead and declare the best cover of a holiday standard: "What are you doing New Year's Eve?" Unlike the song asks, however, it is not too early in the game. It is really late in the game. Fourth-quarter late. Ninth-inning late. Match-point late. Have I covered all necessary lateness-in-game descriptions here? If you haven't made plans already, to quote another great songstress of our time: Tik Tok, kids. 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