DCist: Go Home Already: Duck and Cover

July 30, 2007

Go Home Already: Duck and Cover

>> "District of Columbia Public School students already had been warned that they might not have air conditioning when they return to class Aug. 27. Now school leaders say there might not be enough textbooks to go around immediately, either." [Examiner]

>> The Ballston and Virginia Square Metro stations have reopened after an Orange Line train struck and killed a woman earlier this morning. Police are still investigating what happened. [WTOP]

>> Can you grab a beer near all 85 D.C. Metro stops? Not quite. [Free Ride]

>> Dave Chappelle sightings all over town. [Reliable Source]

>> MPD is investigating a fatal stabbing over the weekend in Columbia Heights. [WJLA]

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Comments (9)

[1] | 07/30/07 05:32PM

Oh, so you mean that putting the mayor in charge of the schools and paying a bunch of folks $200K+ to run the schools doesn't magically fix things?

Now they tell me.......

[2] | 07/30/07 09:22PM

Dave was in Georgetown Sunday afternoon. I'm sure you are greatly comforted by that fact.

[3] | 07/30/07 11:19PM

Re: Getting a beer near Metro stations. The guys on that site are a bit off regarding Federal Center SW. They say that the only place is the bar at the Holiday Inn. I guess they never heard of the Market Inn? Its only been there since long before there was a Metro, a Federal Center, or even an agency called NASA (which is located next door).

[4] | 07/31/07 09:27AM

On ABC local news this morning there was no mention (that I heard) of the person who was killed by a Metro train but there was plenty about the pigeons that got poisoned. Just thought it was weird...

[5] | 07/31/07 10:05AM

Is that another lol squirrel photo?

i'm under ur fence, stealing ur nutz

[6] | 07/31/07 10:21AM

that squirrel makes me happy!

[7] | 07/31/07 10:33AM

I love the squirrel!

[8] | 07/31/07 10:39AM

LOLsquirrels has begun!

[9] | 07/31/07 04:27PM

Apparently the lady in Ballston was 63 and "intentionally placed herself on the tracks." (shudder)

I think I'm the only one left following this, as Ballston is my stop and it kind of freaks me out a little that someone committed suicide there yesterday morning.

http://www.wmata.com/about/met_news/PressReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1734