Marion Barry may have had a health scare, but that didn't stop him from tweeting out everything from deep thoughts to pictures of himself with the nurses and doctors who treated him. more ›

Marion Barry suffered a health scare this weekend and is now hospitalized in Las Vegas, where he traveled with a D.C. delegation for a retailers convention. more ›

Presented with little need for commentary, here is, perhaps, the oddest tweet you will see from a D.C. reporter all day, courtesy of Washington Times crime beat writer Andrea Noble. more ›

Twitter got itself in a bind this afternoon with rumors that the Grandfather of Go-Go, Mr. Chuck Brown himself, had passed. Fear not—it's not true. "Just rumors," said Tom Goldfogle, Brown's publicist. more ›

Who says tweets aren't news? Starting at 4 p.m., the National Zoo will be live-tweeting from an examination room as its scientists attempt to artificially inseminate the female giant panda Mei Xiang. more ›

The HP New Media Gallery at the Newseum shows off some very nifty devices fresh from Hewlett-Packard's laboratories, but it begs asking: How many interactive screens do we need in our lives? more ›

After the Capitals' Joel Ward scored the game-winning goal to beat the Bruins in Game 7 of their first-round playoff series, some Boston fans responded on Twitter with messages containing racial slurs directed at Ward, who is black. more ›

Even though they don't allow Twitter in the courtroom, D.C.'s top judges will use the social-networking service to answer questions from the public next week. more ›

Some people watching today's flyover by the Space Shuttle Discovery mixed the ship up with the Challenger, which was destroyed during takeoff in January 1986. more ›

After a Forbes writer raised Marion Barry's history with drug abuse, did the councilmember respond with a salty barb or a reference to a top-tier business school. We think it's the former. more ›

If you head down to D.C. Superior Court on any given weekday, you can walk into a courtroom, watch a trial and take as many notes as you want. But if you pull out your smart phone and start tweeting away, a U.S. Marshal will likely approach and remind you that those 140-character updates are verboten, as is any type of electronic recording. more ›

Wait, was D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier caught making meth in her home? No, thankfully—a meth lab was found in Lanier Heights last night, though. more ›

The Nationals might need to step up their social-media efforts. The team is dead last in Major League Baseball when measured by Twitter followers and "likes" on Facebook. more ›

Like: The Maryland General Assembly passed a law forbidding employers from asking employees and job applicants for passwords to social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. more ›

Marion Barry celebrated his victory in last night's Democratic primary for the Ward 8 seat on the D.C. Council with an epic Twitter celebration. He even invented a new term: Twaggin, tweeting with swag. more ›

The Saturday morning post, featuring tweeting jailbirds, long-standing senators and endangered whales. more ›

Local ABC affiliate WJLA made quite the typo in alerting its Twitter followers that the suspect in a Montgomery County shooting death had taken his own life. more ›

In today's feel-good moment, D.C. firefighters delivered a baby. more ›

No, Councilmember Phil Mendelson (D-At Large) isn't on Twitter, and he wants you to know it. more ›

For as much as some of our commenters gripe, there's a reason DCist and other news organizations keep tabs on the Twitter accounts of our elected officials here. Mayor Vince Gray and most members of the D.C. Council are fond of the micro-blogging service, and they use it well. more ›

A senior official in D.C. Fire and Emergency Services was suspended this week for comments he made on Twitter and Facebook, reports the Washington Times. more ›

Are you annoyed because the District salted its roads for what ended up being some rain? Yeah, well Mayor Vince Gray has a message for you. more ›

Hey, who's that good-government guy? You know, the one who ran for the Councilmember Jim Graham's Ward 1 seat in 2010 and then again in that special election for an at-large spot on the D.C. Council? Starts with a B or something. more ›

Michelle Obama is on Twitter, and unlike some other recent names who have had verified accounts (ahem, Wendi Deng), this one looks worth its verification stamp. more ›

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company is testing out "tweet seats" for their upcoming production of Civilization (all you can eat). Theater purists beware. more ›

Despite "flash robs" not being much of a problem in the District, Councilmember Phil Mendelson (D-At Large) doesn't want to take any chances. more ›

The Post's Twitter feed tried to make a joke about price increases at Starbucks. It was not a successful attempt. more ›

Social networks were buzzing earlier today with supposed reports that a young man from the District was killed last night at a suburban mall while trying to buy a pair of Air Jordan Concords. Turns out it was all made up. more ›

As we wrote last week, Eddie Murphy has been chosen to play Marion Barry in a Spike Lee-directed biopic on the mayor-for-life. So far, Barry has been quiet on this choice, but given this tweet he sent Lee on Sunday night, he must want to give the acclaimed director at least 140 characters of his mind on the matter. more ›

As part of an initiative by the White House's Office of Digital Strategy, the White House has been hosting a series of tweetups, allowing individuals the opportunity to listen to and ask questions of a variety of speakers. more ›