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This was the only AP file photo available to us when the story broke. ...

Tiny HTML error, should be fixed momentarily. ...

Yes of course, and also Eddie!...

Thanks! That should be corrected now. ...

That's exactly right. ...

Weekly Metrorail passes will all go up 15 percent across the board. ...

I've just updated the post to clarify this stuff (it's not simple!). The base regular peak fare for paper farecards will be $2.20, and paper farecard users will also pay up to a maximum of $5.25. vs. ...

That's correct. It will cost more to use paper farecards on Metrorail than it will to use SmarTrip, just like has been the case on Metrobuses for the last year. ...

Yeah, that was my fault, I saw a Spanish word and added the extra punctuation, not thinking that it was the same word in Italian!...

Yes, the cars have to be built first. The companies that manufacture them don't make them in advance, for obvious reasons. ...

Ooh, burn!...

That sounds like an excellent campaign issue for Vincent Orange. ...

I used funnel to describe that it was unusual -- that's not how money normally flows out of the District govt. to construction firms. Whether or not it was improper is the subject of the investigation...

Those facts aren't in question, Dread. Fenty did direct money through the Housing Authority and that money did end up going to a large parks construction contract for Banneker Ventures. ...

I have actually mentioned this to the tech team and was more or less told that there is no easy fix. I agree that it's irritating, but at least it doesn't happen very often? ...