Capital One purchased D.C. area-based Chevy Chase Bank back at the beginning of 2009, and now the Post reports that the transition to the Capital One brand will be completed sometime this fall. Capital One Bank signs with temporary Chevy Chase Bank covers will soon be installed at all 247 branches, with the Chevy Chase covers to be removed on some yet to be announced date later this year. more ›

The national banking crisis continues to play out locally this week with a series of uncertain headlines concerning D.C. area banks. First earlier this month we learned that Bethesda-based Chevy Chase Bank was for sale, and that Citigroup was in talks to buy it. But then, as you've all heard by now, Citigroup's stock started to plummet because every investor in the world right now is having an hourly anxiety attack, which led most folks to believe that Citi didn't stand a chance of closing the deal. Other suitors like Capitol One, JPMorgan Chase, SunTrust and BB&T then popped up to express interest in Chevy Chase while Citi flailed about. But, soft! The feds jumped in to help out Citigroup late on Sunday, and now nobody really knows anything except that apparently the only way for a bank to stay afloat these days is for them to get massive cash infusions from the U.S. government. Chevy Chase customers, you're just going to have to sit tight until this all gets sorted out! more ›

The Fairfax Times reports that Chevy Chase Bank will be closing all 54 of its D.C.-area branches that are located inside Giant Food stores starting this August. The bank said that its customers have expressed a preference for the bank's more traditional neighborhood branches over the ones located inside Giants. That statement would have us believe that Chevy Chase Bank customers prefer branches that aren't open on the weekends -- many of the Giant-based branches were the only locations open on Saturdays and/or Sundays, so their elimination means Chevy Chase customers will have few options if any to do banking on the weekends. more ›

In just a few months, fans will finally get a glimpse of the new $611 million baseball stadium rising in Southeast. No longer will they simply be looking at an artists rendering -- they'll get to see the new concourse, the stands, the suites and the field for themselves. And today the Post's Marc Fisher poses an interesting question -- beyond the bricks and mortar, what should the team's owners offer inside the stadium? After... more ›

David Bowie reference aside, perhaps you too, as a way of sticking it to the man for subjecting you to the indoors on a gorgeous day, start coming up with inane ideas, looking for good Family Guy quotes online, and doing other pointless things. Essentially, anything to make the time go faster and to avoid the work you really need to be doing. I've been staring at this pile of pennies that has managed to... more ›

When I was 14, I was a bit of a troublemaker. I'd vandalize, start small fires, throw water balloons at my neighbors -- the usual. Apparently the bar for youthful rebellion has been set a little higher these days. NBC 4 is reporting that a 14-year-old robbed a Chevy Chase Bank in Bethesda yesterday by passing a teller a note hinting that he had a gun. He was caught shortly thereafter. Well, if there is... more ›

In the crush of stories about stadium financing, team ownership, and MLB's general level of Scrooge McDuck miserliness, it's been easy to forget that, had the Nats been able to put a few more runs on the board last year, Washington's inaugural baseball season would likely have included a playoff run. Washington's patchwork starting staff and heroic bullpen were ninth in the league in runs allowed, but the Nats were dead last in runs... more ›

It was starting to look a little dismal for the Nationals. As of Tuesday afternoon, the Nats had lost six of their last eight games (although it'd be unfair not to point out that they murdered the Mets 11-4 on Sunday). But then a funny thing happened: Nick Johnson drilled a home run into the right-center stands in the first inning. Caveat one: Yes, the Phillies had already scored a run of their own. But... more ›