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  • 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...

  • Maryland Live! leads mid-Atlantic in March slots revenue

    Matt Connolly

    Published: Thu, Apr 18, 2013

    Maryland Live! Casino's $44.6 million slots haul in March left mid-Atlantic competitors struggling to keep up. How the Anne Arundel County's brand-new table games will fare, however, remains to be seen. Maryland Live! brought in nearly 23 percent more than the region's next-highest earner --...

  • Prince George's pushes Joint Base Andrews as development catalyst

    Matt Connolly

    Published: Wed, Apr 17, 2013

    Prince George's County officials are turning to the area around Joint Base Andrews in their next step in redeveloping the county. The Andrews Working Group, established two years ago by County Executive Rushern Baker, announced a preliminary action plan aimed at bringing more county...

  • D.C.-area rents climb more than rest of country, census data show

    Matt Connolly

    Updated: Tue, Apr 16, 2013

    Median price country's second-highest It may come as no surprise to anyone who has tried to hunt down an apartment in the Washington area, but rent here is high -- and getting higher. Median gross rent -- costs for all rentals including utilities -- rose from $1,365 a month in 2009 to $1,391...

  • More young people choose D.C. region despite sky-high housing costs

    Matt Connolly

    Published: Tue, Apr 16, 2013

    Despite the Washington area's rising rents, young migrants are increasingly calling the region home. The median age of those moving to the District from 2007 to 2011 was 26.1, according to census data. Nearby suburbs aren't far behind -- the median ages of out-of state migrants to Montgomery,...


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