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  • To maximize cash, casinos convince gamblers to sleep over

    Matt Connolly

    Published: Wed, Apr 24, 2013

    States in the mid-Atlantic region are expected to focus on overnight guests as they gear up to compete with an even more lucrative Maryland casino industry. "One of the truths is your overnight customer is far more valuable to you than your day-trip customer," said Frank Fantini, CEO of...

  • Prince George's eyeing $12.5 million after state accounting change

    Matt Connolly

    Published: Mon, Apr 22, 2013

    Prince George's County is expecting to receive an additional $12.5 million after a successful bid to change the way the state accounts for county wealth. County officials have long railed against the formula Maryland uses to determine how it hands out funding. In past years, the state would...

  • Six injured in Metrobus crash

    Matt Connolly

    Published: Sun, Apr 21, 2013

    Six people were injured after a minivan collided with a Metrobus, authorities said. The accident occurred on the 3400 block of Woodley Road NW at 6:38 a.m., according to police. A minivan ran a red light and struck a 96 bus, causing the bus to veer into a tree, WMATA spokesman Dan Stessel...

  • The Blotter: Man crashes into building after being shot

    Matt Connolly

    Published: Sun, Apr 21, 2013

    Man crashes car into building after being shot A man crashed his car into a Southeast D.C. building Saturday after being shot, police said. The shooting occurred after 5 p.m., on the 4200 block of Seventh Street SE, police said. The victim was transported to a hospital with a gunshot wound....

  • Talking Points: F-bombing the bombers, extra planets, geography fact Czech

    Matt Connolly

    Published: Sun, Apr 21, 2013

    Did the FCC give a f*** about Big Papi's obscenity? In the first Red Sox home game after the Boston bombing tragedy and ensuing manhunt, superstar David Ortiz told the crowd (and a live television and radio audience), "This is our f***ing city and nobody is going to dictate our freedom."...

  • Man shot in leg in Northwest DC

    Matt Connolly

    Published: Sun, Apr 21, 2013

    An adult male was shot at 8th Street and N Street NW early Sunday morning, police said. The man was shot in the leg at around 3:42 a.m. He was conscious and breathing when he was taken to a hospital, police said. Police are investigating the incident but said they did not yet have any...

  • Wounded man crashes car into building in Southeast DC

    Matt Connolly

    Published: Sun, Apr 21, 2013

    An adult male crashed his car into a Southeast D.C. building Saturday after being shot, police said. The shooting occurred after 5 p.m. On the 4200 block of 7th Street SE, police said. The victim was transported to a hospital with a gunshot wound. Police described the first suspect as a...

  • Police search for three suspects in Fort Washington shooting

    Matt Connolly

    Published: Sun, Apr 21, 2013

    Prince George's County police are on the lookout for three suspects in a Saturday shooting that left no one injured. Officers were called to the 5200 block of Haras Place, Fort Washington at 2:40 a.m. Saturday to find a man who had been shot at, but not hit, while standing on his balcony,...

  • Bad news for the economy can be good news for D.C. tourism

    Matt Connolly

    Published: Sat, Apr 20, 2013

    Tourism dollars as well as the region's abundance of government and government-reliant jobs kept it largely afloat during the recession. D.C. tourism trends are countercyclical, according to Stephen Fuller, director of George Mason University's Center for Regional Analysis. That means hard...

  • Spring tourists greeted by sequester cutbacks

    Matt Connolly

    Published: Sat, Apr 20, 2013

    Major tourist attractions are trimming back as they grapple with federal budget cuts -- just in time for Washington's busy season. White House tours were canceled as school groups came to Washington over spring break, Arlington House has dropped its extended summer hours, the Smithsonian art...


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