A Maryland woman was ordered by a judge to stay away from all Walmart stores for the next five years after her role in a fight last October that involved bleach and other hazardous chemicals. more ›

Word from the Washington Convention Center today is that a D.C. Council retreat -- awkwardly timed to coincide with Valentine's Day -- featured yet another shouting match and expletives hurled between Councilmembers David Catania (I-At Large) and Marion Barry (D-Ward 8). more ›

No one will be charged in the death of GW grad student and Afghanistan war vet Patrick Casey. more ›

A violent Halloween night in the District was not limited to the shooting of at least six people around the city, as a large brawl outside and inside the Foggy Bottom Metro station involved pepper spray being dispensed and led police to draw weapons. more ›

Hundreds of people were evacuated at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center this afternoon after a fight broke out between participants at the Greater Washington National College Fair. more ›

During a game in Beijing against the Chinese Basketball Association's Bayi Rockets, the Georgetown men's basketball team got into a brawl after head coach John Thompson III pulled his charges off the court in the middle of the fourth quarter. more ›

Video of at least one crew-related brawl which broke out during Saturday's Caribbean Carnival surfaced on the Internet this morning. It's unknown if there is any connection between the brawls and the shootings which occurred later in the afternoon after the parade had passed, but both incidents appear to involve conflicts between neighborhood residents. more ›

Finally, visual evidence that not every physical altercation on the Metro goes unhandled by the Metro Transit Police! more ›

Remember in Return of the Jedi, when the Ewoks battled the Evil Empire? The Ewoks had the homecourt advantage on the planet of Endor, but their weapons of choice were of the primitive variety -- rocks, logs, rope and so forth. The Empire had superior weaponry, but the unfamiliar terrain prevented them from steamrolling their lesser competition right away. The Ewoks sprinted to an early lead, then the Empire delivered a series of crushing blows to pull into the lead. But thanks to their overwhelming numbers and perhaps a bit of the Force, the Ewoks eventually won, and they joined the Rebel forces in the victory celebration.

My decision to use a 28-year-old movie to prove a point may be a bit farfetched, but the Ewok/Empire battle in Jedi is analogous to last night's Heat/Wizards game. more ›

A Guardian Angel-in-training was assaulted over the weekend inside the Anacostia Metro station after he intervened in a scuffle between a group and a pair of women. more ›

Another disturbing video of physical violence on Metro property has surfaced and is beginning to make the rounds. First posted by anonymous watchdog blog Unsuck DC Metro, the video depicts a fight between two young men which broke out on an Orange Line train while it was in motion. more ›

A 23-year-old Prince William County man is fighting life-threatening injuries after a 40-year-old, Tyree M. Alexander, stabbed him in the throat with a box cutter around 4:30 a.m. in Manassas, Virginia this morning. What did the young man do to provoke such a violent reaction? The Examiner and WUSA9 report that the he threw a snowball at Alexander, who was arrested after police arrived and found him fighting with his neighbors. more ›

In addition to the seven-game suspension he's already received for (allegedly) throwing a ball at a Phillies fan (which is still pending an appeal), Nationals centerfielder Nyjer Morgan has received an additional eight-game suspension for Wednesday night's slapfight. more ›

The District's Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services -- which has had about as bad a year as you could possibly imagine -- held an awards ceremony last Thursday night at the Wilson Building to honor the agency's "most successfully rehabilitated offenders." more ›

We've received a couple of emails from people who say they watched a woman get arrested early this morning during an impromptu snowball fight outside Wonderland Ballroom in Columbia Heights (at 11th and Kenyon NW). We're trying to get confirmation from MPD on this. more ›

The Post is reporting that there was a large-scale fight at Cardozo High School, located on Clifton Street NW between 12 and 13th Streets, during the lunch hour today. An estimated 15 students were injured, five of whom were taken to the hospital. The fight apparently began after a dispute between a large group of girls, and escalated to include more people. Police made 16 arrests stemming from the fight, on such charges as assault and disorderly conduct. From what we've heard, the fight broke out shortly after noon and caused a portion of the school to be briefly evacuated. more ›

Via the Washington Post, news of a really bad fight at Anacostia High School in Southeast that sent five students to the hospital. Three students suffered "superficial cuts" during a knife fight, another was injured, and a fifth had an asthma attack. To top it all off, someone started a small fire just as the fight was ending, and then another group students got into a second fight after the entire school was cleared and led out onto the football field. What a terrible day for students at Anacostia High. more ›

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