Is Fairfax County no longer safe for livestock? Over the weekend, four farm animals—two goats, a calf and a chicken—at the Frying Pan Farm Park were slashed by an unknown assailant. more ›

The medical vial containing dried bits of Ronald Reagan's blood was removed from sale last night, says the British auction house that was attempting to sell the sanguinary bit of U.S. history. more ›

Just a friendly reminder that the auction of a vial containing dried bits of President Ronald Reagan's blood will be ending in a few hours. more ›

For conservative activists nostalgic for the morning-in-America days of the early 1980s, thsi might be the ultimate souvenir: A British auction house this week is selling a vial of President Ronald Reagan's blood. more ›

A man in Portsmouth, Va. was visited by local police this week after posting a Craigslist ad in which he offered to sell a toddler for $300. more ›

A woman in Fredericksburg, Va. thought she was doing the right thing when she found an iPhone and returned it to the owners. But then one of the phone's owners beat her up. more ›

No joke. Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain's new YouTube video uses the catapulting and shooting of a cute, fluffy rabbit as a metaphor for the federal tax code. WTF? more ›

Taiwanese animators: apparently unfamiliar with the Height Act. more ›

Hey, fellas: haven't yet jumped on the hot trend of getting a vasectomy during March Madness? Not to worry, because People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has you covered! more ›

Totally and completely not D.C. related, but this hilarious news photo and caption is just starting to make the rounds on Twitter, and we couldn't resist sharing. The photo was included with a routine news story from the Union Leader in New Hampshire about a fire that broke out near the town of Hampton. Thanks to an alert tipster for sending it in. We still can't stop laughing. more ›

If the smell of sewage on the 800 block of Kennedy St. NW is really as bad as residents have said it is, it's a wonder it only started making headlines this week. NBCWashington.com picked up the story after a nearby resident wrote to Prince of Petworth looking for answers. more ›

Thanks to DCist commenter Bethesdaist for pointing us to this unfortunate moment in media. more ›

It's really true. Accused White House crashers Tareq and Michaele Salahi have agreed to do a paid personal appearance at the Las Vegas nightclub Pure next week, as Reliable Source first reported early this morning. This is the same way talentless "celebrities" like Paris Hilton or Heidi and Spencer make extra cash. It's hard to imagine a more perfect confirmation of exactly the sort of people the Salahis are. Though in fairness, it's even harder to imagine any other legitimate ways the pair could make the money they so clearly need anymore. more ›

We've been getting a kick out of this recent posting to the Columbia Heights email list, decrying the shortsightedness of the recently implemented 5 cent disposable bag tax. Let's say for the sake argument that an average grocery shopping trip fills five bags. The logic here then seems to be that roughly 25 cents is enough to draw the line on spending hundreds of dollars weekly, and that the extra hour of personal time it takes "someone with a 6 figure salary" to drive to and from Maryland is worth less than a quarter. Also: bringing your own bags is impossible, and recycling cardboard is inconceivable.

I discovered something interesting this weekend while shopping at Target: I now will spend less resulting in less taxes collected by the city for my purchases. Why? I refuse to pay the 5 cent per bag tax. So I will only buy what I can carry in my own two hands. I usually spend hundreds of dollars a weekend at Target. Now I spend very little. more ›

That Winter Storm Warning from the National Weather Service is only getting more and more real as the day goes on. They are now predicting, without even a hint of humor, that between 10 and 20 inches of snow could accumulate between midnight tonight and 6 a.m. on Sunday. That's well over a foot of snow, for folks keeping track at home. Just how flinty do you think we have to be to take this one in stride? more ›

We had to read through this article from Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail three times before we decided it wasn't necessarily an elaborate prank. According to reporter Paul Koring, it seems that during a two-day military conference set to convene at the Embassy of Canada in Washington Sept. 23-24, Canadian officials plan to stage a mock Afghan village in the courtyard of the embassy, in which they will set off a series of fake explosions. The pyrotechnical spectacle is apparently intended as a demonstration of Canadian military might, and especially their troops' activities in Afghanistan. The paper reports that American military officials, U.S. Congressmen and Afghan experts are expected to attend the conference. Here's what they'll be treated to:

The mock village, complete with a small souk and peopled by nearly a dozen Afghan actors, will be created in the courtyard of the Canadian embassy, halfway between the Capitol and the White House. A handful of Canadian soldiers and, Col. Martin hopes, U.S. Marines will arrive to "see the village leader" just as the IED blows up, "critically injuring" at least one Afghan, who will get immediate first aid from a Canadian medic. more ›

This Hummer, spotted on 14th Street NW this afternoon, rather unfortunately invokes the words "Obama" and "energy" at the same time. On a Hummer. Apparently, O-Bam-Aah Energy Stix is energy supplement, whose creators have an original take on "fuel efficiency." But the O-Bam-Aaah! Energy Stix is not without its virtues! This is an energy drink that is only to be used for the powers of good. According to their Web site: more ›