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The picture is by Bogotron. It is only Matt's head (and his camera, though not his picture) that's involved....

One of the reasons this shot is so impressive is that there was no Photoshop used. It was shot, entirely in camera, in one of these. ...

The Irish Channel is all right as far as dive bars go, but I think you mistake the smell of chlorine wafting in from the pool for the "unmistakable ambiance of lonely desperation"....

@Martin: Why the hell did the city pay for the stadium? They certainly aren't doing it for every other team... Personally, I think the Nats should be sent back to Montreal. ...

You don't suppose this has anything to do with sweeps month, do you?...

My guess is that a broken train or two and the mass of people in the system will cause their gravity to collapse and form a black hole. I can't wait for the fun....

I would have sworn this was one of Angela's photos....

Where is this oft-repeated 4 million number coming from? That seems astonishingly high, no? Also, what morning commute? I don't have the day off, and I might not be allowed to take the day off, but I...

I've had that campaign for a while. I just don't shop in those places until the new year. But the retailers have done it to themselves: they make people anticipate black Friday, so no one is buying an...

You do not, and I don't recommend, that you freeze the candy bar before frying. And by candy bar, I do mean a European Mars bar, or the closest thing to that on these shores, a Milky Way bar. Accept n...

It *is* the paper of record, BklyninDC....

@DCist: The Senate, to my knowledge, has never expelled a member. I could be wrong on that, but this NPR story says no other convicted felon (and there have been 10 others) has been expelled. If he wi...

@NaomiRay: By definition, if you search everyone's bags, you are slowing people down than if they just walking into a building unencumbered. But you do get at the heart of the matter: searching "ever...

Bruce Schneier nailed this on the head in 2005 when NYC started doing it: "Okay guys; here are your explosives. If one of you gets singled out for a search, just turn around and leave. And then go ba...

I'm not a coffee aficionado, so I don't know; but if prevailing wisdom is that serving espresso on the rocks ruins the integrity of the espresso, maybe Murky doesn't want to be seen as the kind of est...