I almost didn't believe it this morning when TBD's Ryan Kearney, rounding up the post-Super Bowl front pages of local newspapers, spotted this clunker of a subhead in the Examiner. An attempted slight toward Giants fans, or just lazy copyediting? more ›

Look, Washington Examiner, we know you're bummed out about not actually having crime-fighting superpowers. We would be too! But that's no reason to start wildly promoting the idea that pedestrian accidents are on the rise exclusively because Michelle Obama is encouraging people to fight obesity by walking. more ›

How we enjoy it when the New York Times takes some time out of its busy routine of pontificating on the state of the modern woman to cast a spotlight on the Washington area! Yesterday, the Times' Media Decoder blog lent some attention to the Washington Examiner's crime-fighting abilities. Oh, you didn't know that the paper possessed such awesome powers? more ›

No, these adorable critters don't have anything to do with the last post of the day. We just finished watching many hours of Planet Earth and are now looking for ways to make blogging "green". See, Al Gore, DCist loves Mother Nature and all her creatures. Well, most of them. >> We also love all sorts of maps. Now we've been informed that National Geographic's awesome array of maps are online. Let the cartographic... more ›

>> D.C.'s Rat Czar puts the city's war on rodents in perspective. Gerard Brown, program manager of the DOH's Rodent and Vector Control Division, tells the Examiner, "Rats are genius. They are going to be here after we leave." Is Stephen Hawking available for a little vermin abatement brainstorming? [Washington Examiner] >> Check out these simple steps to making politics funny. We'll see if President Bush can pull it off at tomorrow's White House... more ›

Today, the Washington Examiner returns to a theme we've noticed (and scratched our collective temple at) a number of times over the past year. It seems that Fannie Mae and the Urban Institute have conducted a survey showing that many District families are leaving the capital for the suburbs, due, according to the Examiner piece, to poor schools, excessive condo construction, and high housing costs. Says the article:Most housing booms are “primarily driven by the... more ›

Written by DCists Ryan and Colin Every morning, we enjoy thumbing our copy of The Washington Examiner. With strong local coverage that Express sometimes lacks, we have been glad to make The Examiner part of our morning routine. Yesterday's edition of the paper, however, featured an editorial that is as treasonous to Washington D.C.'s interests as it is uninformed and poorly argued. The piece offers 475 irresponsibly ideological words attempting to convince us that... more ›

The Washington Examiner's Steve Eldridge, who writes the paper's daily Sprawl and Crawl feature, kicked off yesterday's column with some pretty bold claims about the D.C. government's motivations when it comes to Metro. In no uncertain terms, Mr. Eldridge accuses the District of attempting to systematically usurp control of our regional transit system. Could it be that D.C. is actually on such a Pinky-and-the-Brain-esque mission to take over WMATA? DCist takes a look at Eldridge's... more ›

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In the never-ending effort to reduce traffic in metro-D.C., several transportation agencies, including WMATA, have suggested giving buses (and streetcars, when they arrive) "signal priority" in certain congested areas both downtown and outside of the city. Basically this means transit buses would be fitted with a device similar to EZ-Pass that would shorten red lights and extend greens. The goal is to reduce stops and delays for area buses, which already make plenty of stops to pick up and drop off passengers. Several other cities, especially L.A. and Seattle, have had a lot of success reducing traffic and speeding up transit. The L.A. system was actually able to reduce bus trip times by 22-27 percent. more ›

During those desperate times on late weekend nights (see: peeternity), have you ever wondered where are the restrooms in metrorail stations? Or why they don't have any? Turns out they do, though they are hidden in the depths of the stations next to the mechanical nitty-gritties, and it seems station managers are rather selective as to who uses them. Selective, about bathroom usage? The Washington Examiner looks at the issue in today's paper. According to... more ›

Thanks to Patrick Gavin, an editor at the Washington Examiner for tipping us off to a change in the paper's editorial page: starting today, the daily paper won't comment on televangelist Pat Robertson's various pronouncements. Robertson has recently made headlines for saying that Ariel Sharon's recent stroke was a form of divine vengeance.

Refusing to dignify the mean-spirited religious theories of a kook wouldn't merit attention but for the Examiner's parent corporation. the Washington Times Phil Anschutz, who owns the Examiner, is widely perceived to have a conservative slant. Robertson's affinity for the Republican party and his status as an evangelical leader prompt one to naturally assume that he'd be in the good graces of the paper. Perhaps this is just a case of decency trumping party affiliation.

UPDATE: This post originally stated that the Washington Examiner was owned by the Washington Times. That is incorrect, and the post has been updated to reflect this information. This writer apologizes for the error, and thanks our commenters for pointing it out swiftly.

Good morning, Washington. Like every other publication in town, we can't resist a good cover photo of the baby panda. We know how little Tai Shan feels: sometimes we also feel a little apprehensive and just want to peek around corners. The photo was posted along with two other by Flickr user randomduck. Today will be cloudy with highs in the 30s. more ›

Good morning, Washington. Today will be mild again -- with highs in the 60s -- but there is a 70 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon, so pack an umbrella. The photo above of the Gallup office door with a reflection of the National Portrait Gallery was taken by Flickr user Katmere. We couldn't check the headlines over at the Washington Examiner because it appears their website is down. more ›

The Washington City Paper's Department of Media column was interested to find out where the new Washington Examiner delivered. So they called 274 advisory neighborhood commissioners (receiving responses from 119) and scouted around town a bit. What did they find? more ›

The Washington Examiner has ceased using the ad to the right following a complaint by the pro-Palestinian website Electronic Intifada who said the ad unfairly stereotyped and demonized Palestinian children. The advertisement appeared in the trade publication Media Week. A poster claiming to be from the Arab-American Anti Discrimination Committee has posted on D.C. Indymedia that the advertisement also appeared "in several places" in Metro as part of the Examiner's launch advertising campaign, and after receiving the organization's complaint "WMATA agreed to remove these ads and ADC has confirmed the removal of several."
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Today was the first day of publication of the Washington Examiner, which makes them, as their publisher James McDonald points out, "the first generally circulated daily newspaper to be created in the Washington metropolitan area in more than three decades." The newspaper was started by Denver billionaire Philip Anschutz, an evangelical Christian and supporter of the group "Focus on the Family." (The same group that outed SpongeBob) The Post profiled Anschuntz in detail in November. If you haven't had the chance to pick up a print edition their website is up, and they have a free PDF version posted as well -- click on the "edition" pull down box on the top left. more ›

Good morning. Today will be partly cloudy this morning and clearing later with highs around 40. Today is also the first publication date for the Washington Examiner, Washington's new free daily newspaper. (Although their website hasn't launched yet - see dcexaminer.com.) The paper is available for free in red boxes around town and delivered free to some neighborhoods. (Seen in the Ambivalent Images photo to the right.) more ›

Now this should be interesting newspaper war. Tuesday will be the first day that the Washington Post Company's free commuter daily, the Express, will have some heated competition. The Washington Examiner, owned by the billionaire publisher of San Francisco Examiner, will hit the ground running with bright red distribution boxes, a nameplate branded with an eagle and an ambitious circulation game plan. And ads promoting the newspaper -- using side-by-side photos of a girl playing... more ›