Protest over national vs. regional chains, the never-ending debate over the place of cars and bicycles in our metropolises, professional sports scandals, remembering a solemn day, and being issued a search warrant - it all happened across our sites this week! Another banner week at Chicagoist started off with daily reports from food writer Lisa Shames on her attempt to eat only locally grown and raised foodstuffs all week as part of a farmers market... more ›

All across the Ist-A-Verse (or at least the American parts thereof), writers and editors are in the midst of enjoying their three-day weekend. But after the week we've all had, we feel like the break is not only needed, but deserved. Just look at everything we've been doing! Gothamist headed into the Memorial Day weekend with a number of tasks accomplished. They worried about Long Islanders giving New Yorkers a bad name. They tried... more ›

>> The President has granted his annual Thanksgiving Pardon today to two lucky birds from Missouri named Flyer and Fryer. Though some animal rights groups are reportedly upset that Bush plans to send them both to Disneyland, which is apparently not the happiest place on Earth for turkeys — last year's turkey only lived for a few months after arriving in the Magic Kingdom. The rest of you Turkeys still hoping for a reprieve, try... more ›

Good morning, Washington. Either you're in the throes of a long weekend courtesy of the holidays, or toiling away at work. We at DCist are glad to be back -- albeit at a slower pace this week -- bringing you the news and events one post at a time. And while Christmas has come and gone, both Hanukkah and Kwanzaa kick off today, extending the celebration for the week to come. more ›

Today will be sunny with highs in the mid 80s. If you're looking for something to do this evening the D.C. blogger meetup is tonight. With 30 people RSVP'd for "yes" or "maybe" it looks it will be just as popular as last month's event. Ok, we know you still find the whole idea of a meetup a bit weird, but we promise you'll be able to communicate in just plain english. No Klingon, we swear. more ›

Corporate mergers and buyouts seem to be changing the names of D.C.'s familiars in recent months. First Verizon (now Qwest?) moves to grab MCI, throwing the name of the MCI Center into flux, and now May Department Stores Co., owner of area stores Hecht's and Filene's, announces a merger with Federated Department Stores Inc. (Macy's and Bloomingdale's). more ›