Whoa - the D.C. Council is considering allowing bars and restaurants to serve alcohol until 5 a.m., and to keep doors open 24-hours per day, between Jan. 17 and Jan. 21 to accommodate inauguration tourists. [The Examiner]Construction began today on the inaugural bleachers in front of the John A. Wilson Building. [D.C. Wire]Did you know there's a neighborhood in D.C. called "Kent"? [Housing Complex]Businesses on H Street NE are reportedly planning on decorating with red......

Photo by Kyle Walton You can still feed an entire family for the holidays for only $28. Give to Bread for the City here.14th and You reminds us to call the hypothermia hotline if you see someone suffering in the cold: 800-535-7252.If you missed the Silver Spring Thanksgiving Day Parade last weekend (who knew?), The Penguin has you covered.Our thoughts are with everyone in Mumbai, especially former DCist food editor Kanishka Gangopadhyay.......

Photo by solupine Are you keeping track of all the Bush pardons? [On Deadline]The Archives/Navy Memorial/Penn Quarter Metro will be closed for the presidential inauguration. [Penn Quarter Living]A reminder that tonight is the PSA 705 meeting. [Congress Heights on the Rise]Montgomery County fire officials say a fire at the home of a Washington socialite has resulted in about $1.5 million in damage. [AP via WTOP]The Southwester appears to be about to fold due to......

Photo by oberlep27 The DCBOEE has certified the election results of the At-large D.C. Council race, despite the protests of the D.C. Republican Committee that Michael A. Brown isn't really an Independent. A few suggestions for more honest posters for Chevron's “Will You Join Us” ad campaign, from the League of Conservation Voters (via Raising Kaine).Via Renew Shaw, the new Shaw Dog Park has its own web site, where we learn that over 100......

Mayor Fenty has signed an executive order making it legal for you to rent out your home for the inauguration without having to register as a landlord or obtain a business license. That doesn't mean renters can ignore any clauses in their leases that prohibit them from subleasing, however. Dulles International Airport has opened a new runway... but flight times won't be affected for a while.The District's annual observance of the Transgender Day of......

Photo by soleil1016 Via 14th and You, heads up that all that construction on 11th Street NW, between L and O, is about to begin. The road work has its own web site, too.Chicagoist examines the hand gestures of future White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.The body of a missing Herndon woman was found in Reston, stabbed to death in her car.Mike DeBonis takes At-large D.C. Council member Kwame Brown to task for......

Photo (and subtitle concept) by sandygbandy Straight from the City Desk liveblog: the D.C. Council has voted to approve Peter Nickles as the District's Attorney General. The close vote, however, foreshadows a lot of tough Mayor vs. Council battles to come next year when Carol Schwartz is replaced by Michael A. Brown. More on all of this tomorrow! Oh yeah, and the Council dealt with other, non-AG business today, too. D.C. Wire says they......

Photo by noahdevereaux Expect a lot more closures of shady used car dealerships, reports the Post.The Blade sets its sights on a local donor to California's Prop 8 movement.SFist catches President Bush throwing what appears to be 'the shocker.'We really hope no one ran into this guy on the way home from the 'Skins game last night.Cowboys spotted in Columbia Heights. Not the football kind.Photos of the long-awaited demolition of the creepy, abandoned Nehemiah......

Photo of the South Korean, Japanese, and French flag at the Willard Hotel, where delegations are currently staying during the G20 Summit, by Bullneck. If you notice extra security at most of the city's posh hotels and all around Judiciary Square this weekend, credit the G20 Summit. The Prince George's County fire department has arrested one of its own firefighters on suspicion of arson. [WaPo]The new Five Guys next to the New York Ave.......

Photo by D©Bloom Still no deal between Metro and the Belgian bank seeking to collect $43 million from the transit agency. [WaPo]"One of two men arrested for assaulting a gay man in Georgetown pleaded guilty Wednesday in D.C. Superior Court to two charges, including felony assault with bias intent." [Washington Blade]More trouble with the Capital Gains program in DCPS, this time at tumultuous Hart Middle School: "It now turns out that, rather than encouraging......

The latest Internet time suck craze: Super Obama World! [via Law & Disorder]The AP says that the Obama family is talking with DCPS officials about public school options for Sasha and Malia. City Desk reports that they, big shocker, wouldn't have to worry about being on a waiting list if they actually decided to choose a public school.Great rundown of the Anacostia Streetcar plans from Greater Greater Washington. Turns out it won't go all the......

Photo by Marcellina. WTOP tries to stir up controversy by declaring that a new batch of ads headed for the Metro system that question the existence of God will be controversial.A new blog is collecting PR, communications, public affairs, lobbying and web development job listings for the D.C. area. WaPo has a cool panorama tool of the inside of the Capitol Visitor Center, which is opening (finally!) next month.Turns out a lot of Washingtonians......

Photo by m hoek In case you missed it over the weekend: the Prince George's County jail guards who went into the cell of Ronnie White were supposed to bring a video camera in with them to record what happened, but reports say the camera malfunctioned and did not record the first five minutes after the guards entered the cell. Despite some calls to slow down the process and hold a public hearing, the......

Photo by Tyrannous The D.C. Council will attempt to cut an additional $50 million from the budget in an effort to give the city more of a safety net against the worsening economy, reports the Post.Harry Jaffe's got a long profile of Mayor Fenty in Washingtonian magazine.WUSA9 jumps on the latest hysterical technology-related danger to your teens: Sexting!WJLA says all your friends will want to sleep on your couch during the inauguration. While you......

Photo by akkleis A veteran D.C. police officer shot and critically wounded a suicidal man this morning, reports the Post. Police responded to a 911 call for an attempted suicide at 1325 13th Street NW, and one officer shot the man after he allegedly wielded a knife against the officers during a struggle. The Blade says the man was gay and that he had been clinically depressed since his domestic partner died last year.......

Photo by voteprime The latest word is that special editions of the Washington Post won't be delivered until closer to 7 p.m. in some locations, though they have been delivered already to others. Decide if you really want to wait in line that long before you go. City Desk's Mike DeBonis has a good rundown of local election winners and losers. Of note: ANC 2C has wrested control away from the notorious Leroy Thorpe,......

>> If you're going to toast to your candidate tomorrow, don't do it with just any ol' booze -- make your own. [Washingtonian] >> Forget the polling lines, what about your commute tomorrow? [WTOP] >> WTOP: Doing its part to keep freaking everyone the eff out. >> A Penn Quarter resident stumbles into a classic renters scam on Craigslist; gives tips for those of you out searching. [PQ Living] >> Prince of Petworth profiles......

>> Check out our Halloween Picks for all the spooky/costumed/drunken events this weekend. >> Move your clocks back one hour on Sunday morning; daylight savings is over. [NIST] >> Next week, D.C. kicks off about six months worth of celebrations, exhibits and events in honor of the Lincoln Bicentennial. [Washington Post] >> "Last night my apartment building distributed flyers warning residents not to answer their doors for anyone wearing a costume or face mask."......

Photo by Kevin H. First it was Robocop and Unicorns, now it's Obama and Unicorns?National Airport was named the fourth-favorite U.S. airport by travelers in the Smarter Travel 2008 Readers’ Choice Awards. BWI was fifth, and Dulles was named one of the circles of hell. The NCAA has officially sanctioned the University of the District of Columbia for, as the school had already admitted, allowing 248 athletes to practice or compete with their Division......

Snowmageddon '08 is just around the corner! Western Maryland got its first snow of the season this morning, meaning impending meteorological doom for the District.A number of members of the D.C. Council have lined up behind Independent-Democrat Michael A. Brown. Why? Because Carol Schwartz should have to endure the pain of not one, but two electoral defeats this year.While a Barack Obama infomercial will be on virtually every major TV network tonight from 8......

Photo of artwork by Doug Wheeler, currently on display as part of the Panza Collection at the Hirshhorn Museum, by * Toshio * Michael A. Brown snagged a couple D.C. Council endorsements today in his bid to win the 2nd At-large seat up for grabs on Tuesday. Ward 5 Council member Harry Thomas Jr. endorsed Brown, as did Ward 8 Council member Marion Barry. The D.C. Council is considering whether to invoke eminent domain......

Photo by esshots There are still major backups on outbound New York Avenue due to a water main break that has closed two lanes of traffic. Use any other method of leaving the city if you can.We'll have to wait until March to find out how Harriette Walters will be sentenced for her role as the mastermind of the Office of Tax and Revenue embezzlement scam mastermind. Virginia's been having its own faulty absentee......

Photo by Samer Farha Hey everybody, John McCain thinks Washington residents are members of the elite! Woohoo! Will this help me be able to afford to buy health insurance? Joe McCain feels terrible about calling 911 over a traffic delay on the Wilson Bridge, and is withdrawing from all McCain campaign activities. The deal for that big multi-use development planned for 14th and T Streets NW looks like it might be falling apart, despite......

Photo by akkleis Barack Obama picked Clinton Portis for his fantasy team.Hot news for Veronica Mars fans: Jason Dohring, who played Logan Echolls on the now canceled cult show, has been cast in the upcoming HBO series Washingtonienne, based on Jessica Cutler's book. Looks like a second round of proposals will be solicited for redeveloping the Old Post Office Pavilion, since nothing ever really came of the previous effort. Madame Tussaud's here in D.C.......

Photo by murkiv Renee Bowman was formally indicted today on attempted murder charges stemming from the abuse she is suspected of dishing out to her living daughter. No one has yet been charged in the deaths of Bowman's other two daughters, whose bodies were discovered inside Bowman's freezer. [WaPo]"Steven Posniak, a former ANC commissioner representing the American University Park neighborhood, faces federal charges for setting the 2007 Ham Lake fire in Minnesota, the state’s......

Photo by spiggycat An arrest has been made in the Oct. 19 homicide in the 1200 block of Simms Place NE. [Frozen Tropics]Search and Rescue authorities are trying to find a Fairfax County police officer who is missing after participating in a training exercise in Pohick Bay. [WaPo]Barack Obama is scheduled to hold a rally in Leesburg, Va. on Wednesday at 3 p.m., which shouldn't change even though he's planning to leave the campaign......

Photo by Ryan Holloway Spotted in downtown D.C.: A Toyota Prius with a "Drill, Baby, Drill" bumpersticker. [Fresh Greens]The Maryland man accused of a string of home invasion robberies around the Potomac area has been ordered held without bond in Montgomery County. [WaPo]The District's Chevy Chase neighborhood has voted to reject a historic district designation. [Raw Fisher]The Sunday night slaying of a teenager in the Trinidad neighborhood may have been the result of a......

Photo by laverrue The D.C. Zoning Commission has given its support to most of the Office of Planning's recommendations to reduce minimum off-street parking requirements.Big news from Montgomery County: police have arrested a suspect in the string of deadly home invasion robberies that have long been worrying residents in and around Bethesda and Potomac. Further evidence that hay rides are a bad idea. Apple picking and pumpkin carving are still considered wholesome, safe and......

Photo by SpecialEd98 The mother of the abandoned newborn who died in Prince George's County earlier this week has come forward, and has since been arrested.Blue Skye Development has been chosen as the developer for the Brightwood condo project, located on 14th Street NW, just south of the Walter Read Army Medical Center. Staffers at the Washington Post will no longer have access to an on site health center.Construction has begun on a new......

Photo by Karon At some point these giant daily market losses (and gains) start to lose their meaning. Right? Michelle Rhee profiled in The Atlantic, along with a q&a by our own Rachael Brown.A Loudoun County judge has sentenced former civil rights leader James Bevel to 15 years in prison for having sex with one of his daughters 15 years ago. Bevel was recently diagnosed with terminal cancer and has been given 6 months......