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Road closures could go into Thursday from downtown D.C. sinkhole
Naomi Jagoda
Published: Wed, May 22, 2013
Road closures due to a large sinkhole in downtown D.C. could last beyond Wednesday's evening commute, officials said. The sinkhole started developing Tuesday afternoon because a water line broke. F Street NW is closed between 13th and 15th streets, and 14th Street NW is closed between...
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False alarm announcement evacuates McPherson Metro
Kytja Weir
Published: Wed, May 22, 2013
Metro riders had a surprising scare Wednesday morning when the public address system told riders to evacuate the station. Turns out there was no emergency, said Metro spokeswoman Morgan Dye. The announcement ran by mistake just after 10 a.m. at the station that serves the Orange and Blue...
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Officials: Only handful of Capital Bikeshare bikes stolen
Kytja Weir
Published: Wed, May 22, 2013
Capital Bikeshare has shiny red bikes on street corners all over the region, with plans to expand. But surprisingly, those cherry red numbers haven't been stolen very often. Only 15 bikes have gone missing out of the 1,900 bikes ordered for the bikesharing service since it began in fall 2010,...
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Congress takes aim at Eisenhower Memorial
Eric P. Newcomer
Updated: 4 hr ago
As the House weighs legislation that would halt the controversial Frank Gehry plan for the Eisenhower Memorial, the chairman of the subcommittee with oversight over the project has requested documents showing how $63 million Congress already committed to the project has been spent. Rep. Rob...
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Washington area spends big bucks on its students
Matt Connolly
Published: Tue, May 21, 2013
D.C. public schools spent $18,475 per student in fiscal 2011, more than any state outside of New York, according to census data released Tuesday. Among the country's 100 public school systems with the most students, Montgomery and Prince George's counties placed fourth and ninth.
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D.C. residents have highest student loan debts
Kate Jacobson
Published: Tue, May 21, 2013
D.C. residents have the highest student debt in the country, according to a new study by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, but the data also show D.C. residents paying off their loans quicker than the rest of the nation. People in the District have on average of about $41,000 in student...
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Number of holiday travelers down, but roads will remain clogged for Memorial Day weekend
Eric P. Newcomer
Published: Tue, May 21, 2013
Memorial Day weekend in the D.C. area traditionally means cars full of coolers, kids, grandparents and stressed-out parents stuck in traffic and inching their way to the beach. And it's not changing this year, even though fewer people are expected to travel.
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Harry Jaffe: Vincent Gray weighs a second term as D.C. mayor
Harry Jaffe
Published: Tue, May 21, 2013
In working the streets and the phones to figure out where our nascent mayoral campaign is headed, I realized I was dealing with two realities — parallel universes, if you prefer.
