Lululemon killer Brittany Norwood was sentenced to life in prison without a chance of parole at a Montgomery County court this afternoon, reports WJLA. more ›

Good morning, Washington. At roughly 10 minutes before 10:00 pm Friday night, Venezuela’s Interior Minister called Wilson Ramos's family to let them know the Washington Nationals catcher had been rescued. Ramos was kidnapped earlier this week in Venezuela. more ›

After about an hour of deliberation this evening, a Montgomery County jury found Brittany Norwood, the woman accused of brutally murdering her Lululemon Athletica coworker Jayna Murray, guilty of first-degree murder. more ›

This afternoon, one of the Apple Store employees who reportedly heard Jayna Murray being murdered by Brittany Norwood inside the Lululemon Athletica testified during the third day of Norwood's murder trial. more ›

After two days of rigorous jury selection, opening statements in the trial of Brittany Norwood were delivered today. And based on what the defense presented this afternoon, it could be an even more explosive trial than expected. more ›

The escalators at the Bethesda Metro station are the second longest set of single-span uninterrupted escalators in the Western Hemisphere, only slightly shorter than their sisters at Wheaton. So when they stop running, people are none too pleased, even though their calves are probably a little more muscular. more ›

Good morning, Washington. Howard University refuses to relegate homecoming to a single weekend’s football game. Instead, the historically black university boasts a multi-day bash that’s said to be unrivaled in the Mid-Atlantic. The 87th annual cultural celebration kicked off last week, and this morning is the university's spirited homecoming parade. The event kicked off at 9:30 am, so go grab a spot along Georgia Avenue near Banneker High School for a good view of the procession. more ›

The Trawick Prize: Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards announced the winners of this year's juried prize last week -- Mia Feuer of Washington was awarded "Best in Show". more ›

Perhaps realizing that "she used to use her head to hit a soccer ball" might not be the airtight defense they're looking for, attorneys for Brittany Norwood now say they plan to argue that police did not properly Mirandize the suspected murderer before she spoke with police. more ›

Yesterday, a Montgomery County judge denied a request made by attorneys representing Brittany Norwood, the woman on trial for the brutal murder of Jayna Murray inside the Bethesda Lululemon. more ›

Brittany Norwood, the woman accused of brutally killing her coworker Jayna Murray inside the Lululemon store on Bethesda Avenue in March, will go to trial in October. more ›

So reports the Associated Press, which notes that the retailer will not abandon the Bethesda branch where 30-year-old employee Jayna Murray was found dead one month ago. more ›

UPDATE (1:43 p.m.): The Washington Post, who previously reported that the woman had died, has retracted that report and is now saying she has "serious...non-life threatening injuries." The northwestern portion of the Red Line is a bit of a mess this morning, after a woman intentionally placed herself on the tracks and was struck by a train around 7:49 a.m. more ›

Reports from today's hearing in which Brittany Norwood faced a judge for the first time after being arrested on first-degree murder charges revealed the extent of the brutality Norwood stands accused of committing against 30-year-old Jayna Murray inside a Lululemon Athletica store in Bethesda on March 11. According to reports from inside the courtroom, the struggle between the two women may have lasted as long as 20 minutes -- during which time Murray's skull was fractured by innumerable blows to the head and her spinal cord was severed by a wound which went through her neck. Police also hinted that Norwood may have used tools from a toolbox inside the store during the murder. more ›

After the initial details that lead Montgomery County Police to arrest Brittany Norwood for the murder of her co-worker, Jayna Murphy - more details have emerged regarding why police arrested Norwood. The conflicting details that Norwood told the police during the aftermath of the supposed robbery on the Bethesda Lululemon store shed light Norwood's arrest. more ›

Brittany Norwood, 28, was arrested last night in connection with co-worker Jayna Murray's murder in a Bethesda Lululemon store last weekend. Montgomery County police have released more details about the murder following the announcement of Norwood's arrest yesterday. more ›

UPDATE: Wow. ABC7 now reports that the person arrested by police is the unidentified 27-year-old woman who survived the attack. According to that report, police believe she caused her own wounds after killing Murray inside the store on March 11. more ›

Montgomery County police are searching for more clues to help them identify two men who killed 30-year-old Jayna Murray and bound, beat and sexually assaulted another woman at the Lululemon store in Bethesda on Friday night. There were no surveillance cameras at the establishment, so police plan to canvass the area again today to try and find footage from surrounding stores on Bethesda Avenue which might help identify the suspects. more ›

Morning Washington. Did you remember to change your clocks an hour forward? If not, do that now. And while you might have lost an hour of sleep, bask in the glory of a sunset tonight at 7:15. more ›

Montgomery County police announced this afternoon that they have arrested 49-year-old Suburban Hospital employee Keith D. Little for the murder of Roosevelt Brockington Jr. inside the hospital on New Year's Day. According to a report by WUSA9 this afternoon, police say that Little stabbed Brockington "over 70 times" in the boiler room of the hospital on the morning of January 1. Little has been charged with first-degree murder. more ›

We know that a lot of you are fed up with Metro's escalator troubles. We understand that Interim General Manager Richard Sarles' assertion that major overhauls are on the way probably rings a little bit hollow. But that's really no reason to start climbing up the facing of the one of the longest escalators in the system. (Apologies for the Alex Proyas-level of darkness, but you know, YouTube and all.) more ›

The New York Times reports that a Bethesda-based contractor has been detained by authorities in Cuba. The contractor, who was working on a contract with the U.S. government, was detained for entering Cuba without proper papers. The man's agenda in Cuba may have irritated authorities. He was reportedly disseminating cellphones and laptops "on behalf of the Obama administration," ostensibly for the purposes outlined by his organization's mission statement: "to make a lasting difference in the world by helping developing nations become more prosperous, fairer and more just, cleaner, safer, healthier, more stable, more efficient, and better governed." President Barack Obama has also challenged the status quo in Cuba, freeing telecommunications firms to work there (despite renewing the embargo) and even doing a stint as a guest blogger (!) for Cuba's most notorious government critic. These activities aren't openly tolerated in Cuba, and detention is a very serious matter for Cuban dissidents and artists. Detaining a Washington-area resident is a different kind of serious matter, though, and it would be a tension-ratcheting decision for Cuba to continue to hold this contractor. Here's hoping that he returns safely to the States before the start of the holidays. more ›

Bethesda! Hotness rankings! NBCwashington.com's ridiculous sidebar poll! Ladies and gentlemen, it was pretty clear what article wins this week's award for highlighting the least news possible in one go. Quoting a blog post which quotes the Atlanta Fox affiliate's website's collaboration with something called TotalBeauty.com, writer Matthew Stabley obviously tried his best, but we can't help but think that he kind of buried the lede here. Isn't the real news that Hagerstown men have "a 30 percent obesity rate" with "fewer than 10 percent holding bachelor's degrees"? On that note, the real kudos goes to whichever editor who came up with the subhead of "Women find Hagerstown men homely." Phew, how the website's readers could rate this boring, I have no idea. more ›

On Wednesday, winners of the regional visual art competition, The Trawick Prize: Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards, were announced. The top four awards were given to René Treviño of Baltimore, who won “Best in Show” and a cash prize of $10,000; D.C.'s Molly Springfield was awarded second place and $2,000; Jessie Lehson of Baltimore was bestowed third place and received $1,000; while the “Young Artist” award of $1,000 was given to Hannah Kim of Falls Church, Va. more ›

All we can say after reading this Washington Post story about Bethesda physician Eric C. Greenberg, 42, whose office was raided by a team of federal and local narcotics agents in April, is ewwwwww. Not only did officials discover Greenberg at his place of business with fresh, bleeding track marks all over his body, but consider this patient description from 2004: "The patient described respondent [Greenberg] as very disheveled looking with sores on his hands and face, dried blood under his nose, unshaven, and hair 'flaky.' His clothes were not pressed, he did not have socks on, his shoes were 'ratty,' his medical coat was dirty and it had what appeared to her to be dried, splattered blood all over the shoulder. The patient further stated that respondent stuttered and mumbled and was very difficult to understand." And it took five more years to shut this guy down? Cripes. more ›

Whilst enjoying a few beers and the weather with friends yesterday, the conversation wiggled its way towards drinking establishments in Bethesda, D.C.'s friendly borough/township/indefinable blob of offices and residences to the north. Personally -- and, of course, this is opinion at best -- I've got nothing against Bethesda on the whole, but there's certainly no gravitational pull marching me closer to the inner Montgomery County suburban area. Sure, there's a couple of bars, a restaurant here or there, and it's certainly Metro-accessible, but really, it's just kind of...there. more ›

While we were resting our hangovers yesterday, we missed word via the Examiner that River Road was at last reopened, a full eight days after a massive water main break caused flooding, substantial damage and led to the rescue of 15 people by boat and helicopter. The delay in reopening the road occurred after engineers discovered three cracked pipes that needed to be replaced in addition to the one that caused the flooding. The road is now open to vehicles, but crews are still working in the area and traffic will continue to be delayed for some time while final repairs are made. more ›

Montgomery County Schools have announced that they are closing 2 and 1/2 hours early today due to the very large Bethesda water main break that damaged River Rd. and forced the rescue of 15 people from about a dozen stranded vehicles. The Post reports that school officials closed the campuses because the main break "has caused widespread water outages in schools across the lower part of the county," affecting the availability of water and heat in numerous schools. Students are being bussed home. more ›

Leave it to the D.C. metro area to turn something as normally humdrum as a winter water main break into a dramatic rescue operation. Tune in to News Channel 8/WJLA for the best views of the large water main break near River Road that's forced Montgomery County authorities to send in helicopters and, yes we're not kidding, boats to rescue stranded motorists caught in roughly 4 feet of rushing water due to the broken main. At least twelve people have reportedly already been rescued. more ›

This weekend, Bethesda welcomed the Small Press Expo to town. The event has developed into one of the biggest independent comic conventions there is, bringing comic artists and aficionados from all over the continent to the D.C. area. But despite its relatively high profile, it has a remarkably laid-back, D.I.Y. feel. Unlike the bigger, major comic cons, the level of full-scale geekery is scaled back at SPX: a minimum of costumes and dudes you suspect might still live in their parents' basements. Instead, there's just a huge group of friendly people with a shared interest in comic art. And that art comes in a lot of diverse forms here, so that within a few steps you can see slightly skewed super-hero fare, intensely personal and ornately drawn mini-comics, or even graphic novelizations of old Baby-sitter's Club books. You could make a weekend of just perusing all the work on display in the main hall, but SPX had a full schedule of panels, discussions, and workshops to go along with the exhibition. The highly sought-after Ignatz Award was given in ten categories to some of the best comics of the Expo, as rated by the visitors.
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