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Today tens of thousands of District children return to school, leaving behind the late-morning starts, extended curfews and breaks at the public swimming pool that summer afforded them. And though the year will proceed as it usually does, they will be part of a school system that has seen drastic changes over the last few months. Now under mayoral control and led by new chancellor Michelle Rhee, the District's public schools have entered a new...

As of yesterday, Metro was placed among the many city agencies with pricey downtown digs currently being considered for more a affordable address. Mayor Fenty approached Metro yesterday with the idea of selling its eight-story headquarters at 600 5th St. in Northwest and relocating to a new, state-of-the-art facility at the Anacostia Metro station. Fenty and city officials say that such a move would provide an economic boon to both the downtown and Southeast areas,...

Emergency officials set up a triage area in Edward R. Murrow Park today after 20 to 30 people in an I Street office building were overcome by pepper spray. There was a bit of confusion at first as to the source, but it appears that a juvenile with the irritant is to blame. The building in question is 1919 I St. NW. The intersection of I and 19th streets, where the Farragut West metrorail station is, has been shut down, the AP reports via the Post.