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Good morning, D.C. The city is grappling with more than its fair share of commute-relate challenges this week, it seems. As the Examiner rightly notes, President-Elect Barack Obama's presence at the Hay-Adams Hotel is causing all kinds of traffic woes. There was a large apartment fire in Arlington early this morning, which briefly shut down a westbound stretch of U.S. 50. And there's something cold and wet falling out of the sky, increasing the possibility that the threat of ice will cause area residents to drive like complete idiots. Be careful out on those roads, DCist readers.
Cheh Thinks Interns Should Be Allowed to Sue: Ward 3 Council member Mary Cheh says she will introduce legislation that would allow interns working in Washington to sue their employers, the Examiner reports. Apparently a sort of legal loophole exists in District law that currently allows only paid employees to sue for discrimination or sexual harassment. Unpaid interns should definitely be legally protected from their employers, but what would all those m4intern guys do if this bill passes?
Man Struck by Train at Braddock Road: Metro's Blue and Yellow line service was disrupted last night after a man was struck by a train at the Braddock Road station in Alexandria. Witnesses said they saw the man intentionally step onto the tracks at around 9:45 p.m., when he was hit. The man was breathing and conscious and was taken to a local hospital.
Briefly Noted: D.C. Council hardens line on handouts to nonprofits ... Three teens confess to beating man to death ... Kaine says he'll limit time spent as party leader.
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There's ice on a tree in Front Royal. Everybody FREAK OUT!
Area residents already drive like an idiots. Something cold and wet falling out of the sky only enhances their ineptitude.
Can we get the word out that stepping in front of the Metro trains is a very inefficient method of suicide?
Maybe something like the 'No Rapture' signs?
"Four young people beat this man to death for no reason," Ivey said in a statement. "We have held them accountable for that. We have to take a hard look at creating new options for sentencing juveniles."
Kinda late for that, dontcha think? And besides, they did beat him to death for a reason. He wouldn't give the kids a cigarette.
there was also a fire last night at 1180 Vermont Ave in Ballston (Arlington). i'm sure that the residents were reached, but last night no one knew who lived there or how to find them. photos of the scene can be found here: fire @ 1180
hey. not cool, the link didn't work. here, copy and paste, old school style:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rokstar/sets/72157612222894770/
That photo makes me think it's unfortunate that there are so few hitching posts left around town. This would be an ideal way to re-purpose them.
About that Arlington fire, once again the Post finds a way to depict car commuters as the real victims. The headline: "Arlington Building Fire Slows Morning Commute on Route 50"
This is just like when they reported on Ristorante Piccolo in Georgetown burning.
Hey Post, car commuters already think the world revolves around them, you don't have to contribute to it by highlighting every slight delay they experience in the headline. Should you mention major delays in the article? Maybe. But how is it even news, let alone headline news?
As I joked after the Georgetown fire, I wonder if the 9/12/01 Post headline was "Airplane Incident Causes Major Traffic Headaches".
Is there a reason the blinkin' site keeps logging me out? It gets tiring having to re-log-in every time I close and reopen the browser.
moose: i'm still having the same damn problem. (mac os 10.4.11 with firefox 3, if one of you debuggers is paying attention). and, i liked it better when the comments kept nesting. i see now that they only nest one level, even if you're not replying to the first comment.
IMGoph: I use firefox 3 as well and have it set up to where it deletes cookies when I close the browser. Perhaps you need to change this setting in order to have dcist's server remember you as a returned visitor instead of logging you on as a new visitor.
blittle: thanks for the advice, but i don't have my cookies deleted. with the old design, i would have this problem once in a blue moon, then it would right itself. but, since the redesign, it's been endemic...