We're getting ready for our staff holiday party tonight, so GHA and AT are combined into one super post! Have fun, y'all. We certainly will be. >> Two more people, both longtime friends of Harriette Walters, were arrested in connection with the Office of Tax and Revenue scandal today. [WaPo] >> The Rock and Roll Hotel is hosting a Trailer Trash dance night. 8 p.m. to close, free. >> Sadly we weren't able to......

In the department of that sounds completely and utterly effed up, via Feministing, a 19 year-old woman who attends Howard University is suing the District, Howard University Hospital and GW Hospital after being denied treatment on the night of and morning after her rape because she "appeared intoxicated." The GW Hatchet reports that the woman says that during an off-campus party near Howard in December 2006, the plaintiff was given a date-rape drug that rendered......

Disturbing news out of the Columbia Heights neighborhood, as reports emerge about a 9 a.m. shooting at a crowded bus stop this morning at the corner of Georgia Ave. and Columbia Rd. NW. A woman being described as a Latino woman in her mid to late 30s is in critical condition at Howard University Hospital after being shot in the head by a man who fled on a bicycle. The shooting ocurred as students at......

Well, D.C. we had a nice weekend together, didn't we? Perhaps we ran into you at the hugely successful opening of the inaugural DCist Exposed photography show on Friday, or we might have crossed paths out walking the dog in the fantastic spring weather. Or maybe it was just that extra hour of evening light created by Daylight Savings. In any case, it was good to see you. But now, it's time for coffee and......

>> Do college students like having fun? Well, DO THEY!? Sounds like a job for Laura Sessions Stepp! Pull-quote highlight: "[Professor Frederic D.] Homer and graduate assistant Rodney Wambeam wanted to know what students meant when they said they were in college to have fun. They wanted to know why students rarely included classwork in that definition. What they heard surprised them." That means if Stepp, herself, was surprised, it could potentially bring the total......

>> As you've all no doubt heard, we're all Time magazine's Person of the Year. Unless you've never authored a blog post, a comment, or even submitted a loosely-sourced tip to a blogger who would irresponsibly publish it. Then you're nothing. [Time] >> Thieves rob hipster bar, police shrug. It's Christmas, after all. [City Desk] >> Police have responded to a shooting on the 1200 block of U Street that took place around 4 p.m.......

Top 'o the morning to ya! It's Tuesday and for many taking Thursday and Friday off, it's already mid-week. Woo Hoo! Here's your early hump-day roundup. Roads Are All the Rage: AAA says this Thanksgiving weekend will see nearly 39 million people hit the road. That's an increase of 2.7 percent giving this year the title of Worst. Traffic. Ever. VDOT predicts Wednesday afternoon and evening will be the peak travel times and suggest arriving......

Happy Friday, folks; may this day be the start of a fantastic, 80-degree yet cloudy weekend. On that note, who loses 1,137 laptops? It seems that, having announced the missing laptops Thursday night, only the Commerce Department is capable of such feats. NBC 4 tells us that since 2001, the laptops, 672 of which belonged to the Census Bureau, have vanished. Says Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez. "The amount of missing computers is high, but......

The local press is occupied this morning with news of a shooting that took place near the Christian Tabernacle Church of God at 10th and V Streets in NW, around 6:00 this morning. The victim, a man, was pronounced dead at Howard University Hospital, and police continue to investigate. Officers are apparently looking for silver car, reported to have Virginia plates reading "JZG5667," and which could be a Nissan or a Honda. Please call police......

These days, if you haven't seen Butterstick in the flesh, well, you may as well not even be alive. Ever since the District's favorite new celebrity was born just over six months ago, residents from across the region have watched as Butterstick grew from grotesque rat-looking thing to the mound of cuteness we see today. And ever since the National Zoo started handing out free tickets to see the 'stick, attendance at the Woodley Park......

In response to allegations that existing state law banning gay marriage hasn't gone far enough in protecting traditional marriages from corrosive homosexual influences, Virginia is now considering further defining marriage as only being between a man and a woman, reports WJLA. We thought that Virginia had made their opposition to gay marriage clear enough last year with their endorsement of "Traditional Marriage" license plates, but it's always good to err on the side of excess.......

Six months on, and we're still not calling him Tai Shan. He's Butterstick, and he basked in even more attention than usual yesterday as he turned six months old. A hefty 27 pounds and boasting a newly-blackened nose, Butterstick has been all the rage in the District as of late -- those who haven't yet seen him in the flesh have opted instead for the voyeuristic Panda Cam, watching and awwing his every move. While......

If you've got a council of city representatives nervous about spending over $500 million for a stadium, what's the best way to soothe their nerves? Throw another huge, risky capital project their way, of course! One would think we're joking, but D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams has done just that. Amidst on-going discussions over the $667 million stadium for the Washington Nationals, Williams yesterday entered into an agreement with Howard University to build a new, state-of-the-art......

When we first mentioned the non-fatal shooting of Cameron “Cam’ron” Giles in town two weeks ago, it appeared to be nothing more than, as Cam’ron’s manager Joe Sherman described it, “a botched carjacking.” It happened, it was reported, and since Killa Cam left Howard University Hospital in fine condition, most thought little of it afterwards. Such things happen after all, and one could hardly be surprised when a rapper who is known almost equally for......

Good morning, Washington. We hope you had an enjoyable weekend - whether it was checking out the D.C. United game (they tied Chicago 0-0 and will play again next weekend), discovering the FSM in the Metro, or checking out Howard's homecoming. Be prepared for wet weather today - today will be cloudy with rain developing later in the day and temperatures in the 50s. Hip-hop Artist Shot Over Weekend: Hip-hop artist Cameron Giles was shot......

The District's plan to have Howard University own and operate a city-built medical facility to replace D.C. General Hospital near RFK Stadium in Southeast is running into some snags. Although a number of politicians and activists have said that Wards 5, 6, 7 and 8 are underserved in terms of access to medical care, some health interests have come out and said the new hospital isn't needed and a reshifting of medical assets could threaten......

We'd like to wish our readers a Merry Christmas, or as Gothamist put it, "the last Saturday in December." Whether you spent the day opening boxes of things you only vaguely wanted (socks?) and making small talk with family, working on finally recovering from your winter solstice bacchanal hangover, or quietly ordering Chinese, we hope it was pleasant. Although most normal activity slows down, the day wasn't without its news. Citing computer problems caused......